Haaretz Media Bias

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Israeli moderately wounded in suspected stabbing in West Bank

According to Magen David Adom, the man was conscious when paramedics arrived, and is moderately wounded with injuries to his upper body. The Palestinian stabber was shot dead at the scene by an Israeli citizen and has been identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as Sanad Mohammad Samasra, 19, from the Hebron district town of Dahriyeh.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Israeli 'cultural refugees' in Berlin: 'Things were always lacking in Israel'

BERLIN – When Yael Nachshon Levin arrived in Berlin in 2016, she wasn’t remotely thinking about staying there. At that point in her life, she was a rather well-established musician in Israel. She had recorded three albums. She had appeared with leading Israeli musician Yoni Rechter and trained other singers, among other accomplishments.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Hundreds of items hidden by Jews at start of WWII uncovered in Lodz

As Polish construction workers restored a building last month in the city of Lodz, they found an exceptional historical treasure while excavating the building’s foundations. About 1.5 meters (five feet) below the surface were hundreds of Jewish-owned items, including Judaica and household utensils wrapped in newspapers, which had been preserved below the ground for over 80 years.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Israeli president invites Turkey's Erdogan to visit, receives new ambassador

travel

"In his conversations with me and in his public statements in the past year, President Erdogan has emphasized more than once how much he acknowledges the importance of the partnership between Israel and Turkey. I would like to take this opportunity to invite President Erdogan to visit Israel, a visit that will contribute to deepening the ties and cooperation between our countries," the president added.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Shas leader intervened in bidding process to supply kosher food to Israeli army

Ultimately—according to conversations with various sources and documents obtained by Haaretz—senior officers in the army, including the deputy chief military rabbi, changed the terms of the tender so that the group, known as Neve Zion, could compete and, ultimately, be awarded a deal to supply kosher meat and poultry to the army, worth millions of shekels a year.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Why are Hindus and Muslims in India worshiping dead Jews?

Across India, Jewish tombs are venerated according to Hindu and Muslim rituals, including those of a Jew-turned-Sufi saint whose severed head recited love poems and a Yemenite Kabbalist with supernatural powers. So how did the graves of Jews become such resonant non-Jewish pilgrimage sites?
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

A day in Netanyahu's new Israel: threats, violence and calls to arrest the opposition

politics

He named four critics of the government: Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid; National Unity Party head Benny Gantz; former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon; and former Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan. Three of these four are retired IDF generals. He labeled them the “most dangerous people in Israel at the moment.” The four men, he said, were calling for “war” and therefore “should be arrested.”
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Computer outage brings U.S. domestic flights to standstill

At 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, there were more than 2,500 delayed flights within, into or out of the United States, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware, exceeding the number of all delayed flights on the previous day. More than 150 have been cancelled.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Five-fold increase in immigration to Israel from Russia, Ukraine in 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought about a near tripling in the number of immigrants arriving in Israel in 2022, according to Jewish Agency figures. By contrast, after a sharp spike in 2021, immigration from the United States reverted last year to its pre-pandemic levels.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

In first judicial reforms draft, Knesset given free rein over constitutional amendments

A newly released draft of Justice Minister Yariv Levin's proposed judicial overhaul would not only bar the Supreme Court from checking amendments to the country's Basic Laws, but even requires a supermajority of judges to nullify so-called "regular laws"
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Israel's president wants to put out the fire, but Netanyahu's allies revel in the flames

Isaac Herzog’s big test will be what he chooses to do and say next, if old-school diplomacy proves untenable ■ Who will lead the real opposition to Netanyahu's onslaught? ■ Israeli army advances eviction of eight Palestinian villages in West Bank ■ Today's best reads on Haaretz
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023

Israeli army advances eviction of eight Palestinian villages in West Bank

Senior Israel Defense Forces officers, headed by the chief of the Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, have begun to prepare for the eviction of hundreds of Palestinians from the area of Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron Hills, so it can be turned into a regular training ground for the army.
Haaretz     Jan 12, 2023