3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (135+ words) Cafe Basimta's Saturday closure is a warning: Netanyahu's years in power have emboldened Haredi autonomy, deepened Jerusalem's culture war, and fueled ignorance, racism and misogyny Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Cafe Basimta's…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (105+ words) Haaretz Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format This election should reckon with October 7 and the devastation in Gaza and Lebanon. An election cycle that avoids important issues foreshadows what will happen once it's…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (127+ words) Haaretz Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Religious and secular soldiers are asserting competing claims to freedom. The Israeli military needs a framework that protects both, without forcing either side to live by…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (79+ words) Haaretz Senior rabbi Dov Landau told veteran lawmakers Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev they would leave the Knesset to make way for new representatives. Gafni first entered the Knesset in 1988 Rabbi Dov Landau, leader of the non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredi community,…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (112+ words) Police received reports of an armed man with a long gun roaming between homes in the city. Large forces were dispatched to the scene, and a shootout developed between the sides. The suspect was seriously wounded, and no other people…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago   (95+ words) Haaretz Lapid unveils slate as part of planned merger with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party, with polls projecting just six or seven MKs and most current lawmakers either departing or unlikely to secure realistic spots on the joint list…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (69+ words) Haaretz Ultra-Orthodox demonstrations in Jerusalem follow weeks of clashes, including a protest earlier Saturday targeting a coffee stand outside the Jerusalem café at the center of a dispute over businesses operating on Shabbat For the third consecutive week, Ultra-Orthodox protesters…...

17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (88+ words) Haaretz The U.S. ambassador met Palestinian Americans in a West Bank town repeatedly targeted by settlers, saying Washington is working on a mechanism to curb violence and that U.S. citizens there are 'our responsibility' U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday described…...

18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (99+ words) Iranian state media said four U.S. missiles struck the tanker near Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export hub. The U.S. military did not immediately comment on the report Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Iran…...

20+ hour, 39+ min ago   (170+ words) With a fateful election looming in under two months, we spoke to LGBTQ Israelis of every stripe about how their identities shape – or possibly clash – with their politics, how Oct. 7 and the Gaza war affected them, and what they fear…...