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11 hours ago

UN Inquiry Finds Israel Committed Crimes Against Humanity in West Bank

2 days ago

Who Is Gadi Eisenkot, and What Does He Stand For?

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How the Election Results Help Netanyahu Avoid a Reckoning Over October 7

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Seat Results Steady as Elections Committee Begins Counting Absentee Ballots

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2026 Israel Election Results: Live Vote Count

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Israel's Opposition Says It's Different From Netanyahu. Prove It

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Breaking a Decades-Old Taboo, East Jerusalem Palestinians Turn Out in Force

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Israel's Standing in the U.S. Is on a Precipice After Election Deadlock

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Israel's Election Had No Clear Winner: What Happens Next?

8 hours ago

Netanyahu's Likud Accuses Arab Parties of 'Stealing' Election, Demands Probe

6 hours ago

Hundreds Call for Jewish-Arab Government in Demonstrations Across Israel

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Iran Says New Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Under Review

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With 88.6% of Votes Counted, Opposition Wins 67 Seats – With 19 for Arab Parties

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Arab Party Leader: Netanyahu Can Be Unseated if Oppostion 'Brave Enough'

13 hours ago

Opposition Party Head Urges Partnership With Arab Parties to Oust Netanyahu

15 hours ago

Report: U.S. Prepares Gulf Allies for Short Post-Midterm Conflict With Iran

14 hours ago

Attacker Shot Dead Near Israeli Embassy in Serbia After Assaulting Officer

18 hours ago

Lieberman Urges Netanyahu MKs to 'Revolt' and Join Opposition-Led Government

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Liberal U.S. Jewish Groups Hail Israeli Exit Polls as Rebuke to Netanyahu

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Lapid Hints at Minority Gov't, Bennett: 'Will Do Anything for Zionist Coalition'

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Netanyahu Claims Victory Without Majority, Declines to Call for Unity Gov't

12 hours ago

Why I, a Palestinian Citizen of Israel, Broke My Election Boycott to Vote

9 hours ago

What Now? Israel's Three Post-Election Scenarios

16 hours ago

Ignoring Arab Voters Is a Self-Inflicted Wound for Israel's Liberal Bloc

16 hours ago

Israel's Democracy May Not Get Another Chance Like This

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There Is Only One Way Eisenkot Can Ensure Victory

15 hours ago

Inside Netanyahu's Echo Chamber That Tried to Sway Israel's Election

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'Very Anxious and Nervous': Israel on Election Eve, in a Race Full of Wild Cards

2 days ago

Rahm Emanuel Tells Haaretz: 'We're at a Tipping Point, There's No Reset Button'

6 days ago

Can a Trump Endorsement and a Racist Smear Campaign Decide Israel's Election?

8 days ago

more in U.S. Midterms 2026

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Can Republican Scandals Give Democrats an Opening in Red Ohio?

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In the Race to Succeed Pelosi, Israel Divides San Francisco Jewish Voters

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The DSA Is Growing in Congress – and So Is Its Leverage Over Democrats on Israel

3 days ago

'Dead Within the Democratic Party': How AIPAC's Electoral Adventure Unraveled

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Providence Is Poised to Become the Largest U.S. City to Divest From Israel

2 days ago

Israel's Opposition Should Form a Government With Arab Parties

1 hour ago

Stop Calling It an 'Operation.' Israeli Soldiers Aren't Exercising

11 hours ago

The Public in Israel Decided: No More

12 hours ago

Voting as a Palestinian: Choosing When There Is No Choice

12 hours ago

Will Netanyahu Refuse to Accept the Election Results?

23 hours ago

How Will Netanyahu Try to Reframe His Defeat as a Huge Victory

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Angie Nixon Is Testing Jewish Democrats' Loyalties in Florida

3 hours ago

Can a Post-Netanyahu Israel Win Back Estranged American Jews?

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Report: Iranian Officials Say U.S. Diplomats 'Fair Game' as War Tensions Mount

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U.S. Has Repeatedly Asked Musk to Switch Starlink on or off in Iran

4 days ago

Report: Iran Steps up Efforts to Assassinate U.S. Officials in Middle East

4 days ago

Why Haaretz Called Israel's First Election in 1949 a 'Failure of the Extremists'

7 days ago

When Terror Came to Australia's Shores, It Found a Nation Unprepared

8 days ago

'Hamas Turned Gaza Into a Citadel, Allowing Netanyahu to Act as He Did'

8 days ago

Israel on Demand: Amid Boycott, Israeli Streaming Services Thrive in the U.S.

10 days ago

The World Hates Israelis. So Why Are They Traveling Abroad in Record Numbers?

14 days ago

Gaza & West Bank

8 months ago

Settlers Attack Olive Pickers as IDF Conducts Raids, Expels Farmers

1 day ago

Israel Quietly Splurging to Rebuild Gaza Border Fence That Failed on October 7

2 days ago

The Palestinians Are the Real Issue at Stake in Israel's Election

1 day ago

What Every Foreign Buyer of Israeli Real Estate Must Know Before Signing

19 hours ago

A Fungus Which Feeds Plants Can Save the Planet

8 months ago

Israeli Shares Tank in Mid-Day Trading Wednesday After Inconclusive Election

14 hours ago

Israel's Worst Election Outcome: No Clear Winner, No Chance for Change

14 hours ago

Inside the Civilian Effort to Safeguard Israel's Election

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Netanyahu Films Campaign Ad at Israeli City Hall in Violation of Election Law

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We Followed Six Israeli Feeds. We Found Six Different Elections

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Fugitive Ex-Netanyahu Aide Used Ties to PM's Office to Advance His Interests

2 days ago

'Missiles From Iran': TikTok and Instagram Feed Us Scary News From the Past

3 days ago

Iranian Hackers Expose Senior IDF Commander, Leak Data Endangering Top Officers

4 days ago

Fake Accounts Used Against Iran's Regime Now Amplify Netanyahu's Attacks

6 days ago

Israel at the polls: Election Day in pictures

13 hours ago

Photos of the Week by Haaretz Photographers

4 days ago

From Here to Bear: Best of the 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year', 2026

4 days ago

'I Grew up Under Haredi Mafia Rules, Not Israeli Law. I Was Brainwashed'

3 days ago

German Police: Suspect Arrested as Fire Engulfs Nazi Guest House 'Eagle's Nest'

4 days ago

Two Iranians to Stand Trial Over Alleged Plot to Attack U.K. Jews on Yom Kippur

5 days ago

Israel's Election Had the Arab World Glued to Its Screens, Too

6 hours ago

Jordan Strikes 'Terrorist Groups' in Syria Following Deadly Church Attack

2 days ago

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Hold De-Escalation Talks With Iran

2 days ago

Which Haredi Party First Included a Woman on Its Knesset Slate?

6 days ago

Why Did Israel's Foreign Ministry Say Goebbels Was 'Applauding From Hell'?

13 days ago

Which Israeli Party Won the Most Knesset Seats in a Single Election?

18 days ago

A Few Good Women: Photos of Israelis Protesting the War While Most Stay Silent

2 months ago

Five Israeli Education Officials to Quit in Protest of Gender Segregation Law

3 months ago

Shin Bet and IDF Planned to Warn Netanyahu Before Oct. 7. Mossad Head Refused

4 months ago

Lizard's Secret of Defense Preserved in 100-Million-Year-Old Amber

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Ancient Revenge Porn: When Sex Became a Weapon

9 days ago

Second Neanderthal Killed by Spear Reported in Shanidar Cave

13 days ago

17th-Century Cleric's King David Spin on Dirty Roman Play Pops Up

14 days ago

Are We Living in a Simulation? A Question 2,500 Years in the Making

24 days ago

It's Time to Confess. I Was Broke, and I Agreed to Work for Sara Netanyahu

4 days ago

Their Son Died in Israeli Prison. No Answers. No Body

3 days ago

As Long as the Mall Stays Open, Israelis Can Live With War Crimes

5 days ago

'They Agree Likud Is Terrible. That's the Most Frustrating Part'

5 days ago

'I Left a Religious Bubble in Brazil, and Found the World in a Tel Aviv Suburb'

5 days ago

In a Village Near Nazareth, Women Keep the Ancient Secret of Bread Stamps Alive

11 days ago

Ancient Negev Wine Was a Global Hit. Can Israeli Winemakers Bring It Back?

26 days ago

'There Are No Politics in My Kitchen, Neither in Tel Aviv nor in Turkey'

29 days ago

Could You Find Napoleon's Buried Treasure on This Lower Galilee Trail?

1 month ago

57,000 Israelis Have Left the Country Since Last Rosh Hashanah

1 month ago

Despite Iran War Effects, Record 1.4 Million Israelis Traveled Abroad in August

1 month ago

Behind the Numbers: The Truth About Gaza's Death List

8 months ago

'But No One Came': Untold Heroism, Anguish and Abandonment at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

11 months ago

Erased: Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

9 months ago