Stories republished from Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record.
For coverage of Haaretz itself, see Israeli media.
Stories republished from Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record.
For coverage of Haaretz itself, see Israeli media.
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Fast Forward Israeli Paper Slammed For Column Suggesting Settlers And Allies ‘Worse Than Hezbollah’
(JTA) — Israeli political leaders condemned an article in the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz saying Israel’s national religious community is “worse than Hezbollah.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Facebook Wednesday that the article is “shameful and disgraceful,” and called on the newspaper to apologize. Education Minister Naftali Bennett, opposition leader Isaac Herzog and…
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Breaking News Pharmacist Sued For Destroying Cancer Drugs Worth $1.2 Million
(Haaretz) — An Israeli HMO filed a 4.5-million-shekel ($1.2 million) lawsuit against a former employee last Tuesday, after he admitted destroying cancer drugs worth 4 million shekels in 2015. The pharmacist, a resident of the southern Bedouin town of Kseifa, had been employed by Clalit Health Services for 10 years. He said in a statement…
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Opinion How Did Zionism Become a Dirty Word on Campus?
Sooner or later we’re going to have to face the facts: Zionism has become a dirty word in certain precincts — important and growing precincts — of the Western society that we call home. It’s unfair. It’s short-sighted. Given the way things are headed, the end could be tragic. But it is a reality. Zionism…
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Breaking News Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg Stirs Storm After Tweeting He Might Stop Reading Haaretz
U.S. journalist Jeffrey Goldberg stirred up a media dust storm in Israel after he tweeted that he might give up reading Haaretz. “I think I’m getting ready to leave Ha’aretz behind, actually,” Goldberg tweeted, including a link to an article in the left-leaning Israeli daily written by two American-Jewish historians who discuss why they have…
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Food The 10 Best Restaurants in Tel Aviv
If there were ever such a thing as an “Israeli kitchen” this would be it. In a light-filled, spacious room in a German Templar building that has been revamped as part of the Sarona complex, one can slip onto a comfy bar stool and enjoy the culinary show of Ran Shmueli’s dizzying, captivating open kitchen….
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Breaking News Liberal Israeli Paper Urges Barack Obama To Back Palestinian UN Resolution
The liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz has urged Barack Obama to back a Palestinian resolution at the United Nations — and to ignore Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for a veto. The resolution, expeceted to be oonsidered later this month, calls for a resumption of direct talks and a one-year deadline for an agreement on a…
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Breaking News Samantha Power Asks Tough Questions of Israel — and Palestinians
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said Sunday that the United States and Israel’s security relationship “has never been stronger.” Speaking at HaaretzQ, the Israeli newspaper’s daylong event with the New Israel Fund, she stressed U.S. efforts to defend Israel at the United Nations. “As you all know, the U.N. is a place…
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Breaking News Obama at Haaretz Conference Pushes Peace, Justice for Palestinians
President Barack Obama, making a surprise address, told a Haaretz-sponsored conference in New York that Israelis and Palestinians must “exercise restraint.” “Inexcusable violence has taken too many lives — Israelis, Palestinians, Americans and others,” Obama said via teleconference on Sunday morning at HaaretzQ, the liberal Israeli newspaper’s event with the New Israel Fund. “I’ve been…
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