National Like Netanyahu, Barak wants second shot as prime minister Aluf Benn
Haaretz-Dialog survey shows Barak has overcome public's disgust and is once again considered legitimate.
Tags: Israel news , Ehud Barak
Defense Minister and IDF chief at loggerheads over Ashkenazi's future By Amos Harel
Barak reportedly furious over what he sees as Ashkenazi's efforts to extend term for exceptional fifth year.
Tags: Gabi Ashkenazi , Ehud Barak , Israel news
Suspected Jewish terrorist admits to anti-missionary activities By Yuval Azoulay
Anti-missionary group gained notoriety in recent years for its actions against Messianic Jews.
Tags: Yaakov Teitel , Jewish terrorist
Clothing store H&M to open Israel flagship on March 11 Adi Dovrat-Meseritz, Haaretz Correspondent
Last week GAP also opened its first store in Israel; both stores located in Azrieli towers, Tel Aviv.
Tags: Azrieli towers , Israel news , H&M , GAP
Barak: Only those who risk living in Israel should vote here Barak Ravid and Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondents
Defense Min. criticizes bid backed by Netanyahu, Lieberman to allow absentee voting for Israelis.
Tags: Israel news , Ehud Barak , Benjamin Netanyahu
Knesset Speaker freezes plan to have MKs fly business class Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
The plan could cost Israeli taxpayers an estimated several hundred thousand shekels per year.
Tags: Israel news , Reuven RIvlin , Knesset
9 arrested in Jerusalem refugee camp for hurling stones at cops Liel Kyzer, Haaretz Correspondent
Police officers were deployed for protection during repairs to damaged infrasturcture in Shoafat.
Tags: Israel news , Shoafat , Israel Police
Toyota recalls 1,335 Prius cars in Israel over faulty brakes Daniel Schmil, TheMarker Correspondent
Toyota recalls over 33,000 models for faulty accelerator; Union Motors say Prius repair will take 40 minutes.
Tags: Union Motors , Prius , Israel news
Interior Ministry freezes all entry permits for Thai workers By Amiram Cohen
Interior Ministry source said the freeze came as part of a review regarding the extent of the shortage of workers on some farms versus the surplus on other farms.
Tags: Israel foreign workers , Israel news
Gilad Shalit supporters block visits to jailed Palestinians Haaretz Service
Campaigners picket Hadarim prison, urging visiting mothers to pressure Hamas for captured soldier's release.
Tags: Israel news , Gilad Shalit
If Israel lets ex-pats vote, what's to stop enfranchising all Jews? Gideon Levy, Haaretz Correspondent
Those who left will vote for racism and war and we will be force-fed the rotten fruit of their belligerence.
Tags: Zionism , Israel news , Gideon Levy
If Netanyahu wants peace, he must lose Lieberman Yoel Marcus, Haaretz Correspondent
Our foreign minister conducts himself like the extreme right's worst thugs, with the PM's blessing.
Tags: Israel Syria , Avigdor Lieberman
Move for absentee voting prompts fire across the political spectrum By Mazal Mualem, Jonathan Lis and Lily Galili, Haaretz Correspondents
Netanyahu to push bill that would enable Israeli citizens to vote from abroad in Knesset elections.
Tags: Avigdor Lieberman , Benjamin Netanyahu
Officials: Jewish bid for East Jerusalem home likely to fail By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent
Interior Min. Yishai moves to thwart court-ordered evacuation of building illegally built by nationalist Jews.
Tags: Beit Yonatan , East Jerusalem , Eli Yishai
Israeli researcher: Cold War protected Soviet ecology By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Hebrew University research project finds Iron Curtain shielded Eastern Bloc countries from invasion by non-native birds.
Tags: Soviet ecology , Hebrew University
Israel's top skier dreams of victory as he heads to winter games By Uri Talshir, Haaretz Correspondent
'This time I'm coming with more experience,' says Mikail Renzhin, 32, who will compete in the slalom events.
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics , Israel ski
Gay Israeli families struggle for acceptance at kids' schools By Tamar Rotem, Haaretz Correspondent
Israel's alternative families are demanding more formal consideration from the education system.
Tags: Aaternative families
Yishai moves to legalize Jewish ownership of East Jerusalem building Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Interior Minister turns Beit Yonatan issue over to planning council; Netanyahu not notified of bid.
Tags: East Jerusalem , Beit Yonatan , Israel news
Peres reveals his secret to a long and healthy life Haaretz Service
President tells Fruit Growers' Association: Israel is the only place with hi-tech agriculture.
Tags: Shimon Peres , Israeli fruits and vegetables
Court frees foreign activists, raps West Bank crackdown Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent
State: Arrest of ISM activists near Ramallah was mishandled, should not have included immigration unit.
Tags: Israel news
Unknown assailants torch car belonging to Haifa judge Jack Khoury, Haaretz Service
Incitement against judges must be stopped, said Supreme Court Justice Dorit Beinisch after the incident.
Tags: Israel news , Haifa judge , Moshe Gilad
Evacuation orders nixed for controversial East Jerusalem building Nir Hasson and Liel Kyzer, Haaretz Correspondents
Police say they weren't informed of intent to distribute evacuation orders, despite vow from Mayor Barkat.
Tags: Israel news , Israel settlements
Knesset Director-General: MKs to travel only business class Zvi Zrahiya, TheMarker Correspondent
Knesset Speaker Rivlin: MKs shouldn't have to beg for an upgrade, they need to be alert for meetings.
Tags: Israel news , Knesset
Likud minister to rightists: Give up dream of Greater Israel By Yossi Verter
Min. Michael Eitan: Majority is willing to make concessions for peace, everyone wants an agreement.
Tags: Greater Israel , Israel news , Likud
Israel bars Palestinian expert on settlements from travel abroad By Amira Hass
Palestinian activists say that the order is part of a policy of oppression by Israeli authorities.
Tags: Israel settlements , Palestinians
Israeli author: Censorship turning Israel into mini-Iran By Maya Sela and Or Kashti
Leading Israeli writer slams Education Min. decision to ban sexually explicit poetry from school.
Tags: Israel school , Israel Iran , Israel news
The less rosy aspects of Shai Agassi's electric car By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters
Price of cars and safety of battery replacement stations unclear; electromagnetic fields in cars may cause cancer.
Tags: Shai Agassi , Israel electric car
After family hurt, IDF admits Golan minefields not properly marked By Fadi Eyadat and Anshel Pfeffer
IDF sources reiterate that minefield which Yuval family entered had clearly visible warning signs.
Tags: IDF , Israel land mine , Israel news
Tel Aviv principal defends banning IDF program from his school By Or Kashti
Principal says he received death threats due to decision, cites pedagogical reasons for ban of army program.
Tags: Gabi Ashkenazi , IDF , Israel news
'Golan mine zone wasn't marked,' says boy injured in weekend blast Fadi Eyadat, Haaretz Correspondent
Daniel Yuval, 11, suffered serious leg injuries when he tripped a land mine during a vacation up north.
Tags: Haaretz TV , Israel news
Toyota to recall 32,000 cars in Israel By Daniel Schmil, TheMarker Correspondent
Israel's official Toyota importer pledges extended hours for garages to facilitate the repair process.
Tags: Israel news , Haaretz TV , Israel Toyota
Jerusalem Post: Chazan fired due to lawsuit over NIF advert By Cnaan Liphshiz and Gili Izikovich, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Staff
Prof. Chazan was at center of right-wing media campaign against the New Israel Fund, of which she is president.
Tags: Israel news , Jerusalem Post , Naomi Chazan
Israel moves to ban import, export of furs for all non-religious uses Yonatan Liss and Amiram Cohen, Haaretz Correspondents
Bill covers production and selling of all furs, excluding cows hides and shtreimels.
Tags: Israel news , Jewish world , Haredi hats
Casualty toll in bus accident on Highway 40 rises to 26 Haaretz Service
Magen David rescue team treating injured people on the site of bus and truck collision.
Tags: traffic accident , highway 40 , Israel news
Im Tirtzu hides behind respectable mask of 'Zionism' Gideon Levy, Haaretz Correspondent
Israel has an atrophied political system, a thwarted justice system and media outlets that engage mainly in brainwashing.
Tags: Israel news , Im Tirtzu , Gideon Levy
Alleged Haredi child abuser's lawyer charged with harassment Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent
Attorney Ariel Atari apparently presented Elior Chen's wife with evidence, though she was forbidden from speaking to him.
Tags: Haredi child abuser , Israel news , Elior Chen
Israel gearing up to inaugurate electric car grid by next year The Associated Press
Dozens of recharge stations to be placed around country, with thousands of cars expected on the road.
Tags: Israel news , electric car , Shai Agassi
Israel's 'Ajami' nominated for best foreign film Oscar Haaretz Service
This is the third consecutive year an Israeli film is nominated for best foreign film in Academy Awards.
Tags: Israel news , Ajami , Oscars
Ministers seek to beat court by annexing West Bank highway Haaretz Service
Proposed law would dodge Supreme Court ruling allowing Palestinians onto route 443.
Tags: Israel news , West Bank , route 443
Ghajar residents could go to sleep in Israel, but wake up in Lebanon By Shay Fogelman
It was only when the sun rose on Tuesday morning that the inhabitants of Ghajar ascertained their village was still in same country.
Tags: Israel Lebanon , Israel news , Ghajar
Nazareth man suspected of murdering his wife Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
Man thought to have shot his 28-year-old wife to death; police find gun at scene.
Tags: Israel news , Israel murder
West Bank rabble rousers should be forced to see Avatar Shaul Arieli
The film Avatar should be a must-see in rehabilitation programs for West Bank settlers who vandalize mosques.
Tags: settlers , Israel news , Shaul Arieli , Avatar
Actor in Israel's Oscar-nominated film Ajami arrested By Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz Correspondent
Brothers of Arab co-director briefly arrested in Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood for allegedly assaulting cop.
Tags: Israel news , Ajami , Oscars 2010
Police warn public any next-door neighbor could be a Web pedophile By Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz Correspondent
Interpol submits monthly report to the Israel Police on IP addresses of Israelis who visit porn sites.
Tags: Israel pornography , Israel pedophilia
11-year old seriously hurt in Golan land mine blast Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
5 family members hurt; rescue services believe family accidentally entered closed military zone.
Tags: Israel news , Golan Heights , Israel land mine
Pilot who refused to bomb Palestinian targets gets 'golden wings' Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
Brig. Gen (res.) Iftach Spector was forced out of IAF in 2003 for claiming bombings were immoral.
Tags: Iftach Spector , IAF , golden wings
Amid row over contentious ad, Jerusalem Post fires Naomi Chazan of New Israel Fund By Jonathan Lis
Rightist group accuses NIF of providing 92% of negative references to the IDF in the Goldstone report.
Tags: Naomi Chazan , The Jerusalem Post
One year on, most Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu By Yossi Verter
Haaretz poll shows Likud gaining steam despite dissatisfaction with PM, while Livni still strong opposition.
Tags: Kadima , Likud , Israel news
When did the Israeli right become so McCarthyite? Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
A bit of funding in the right place could nurture appreciation for freedom of speech across the political board.
Tags: Israel news , IDF , IDF Spokesman's Office
Israel may charge cop over death of Palestinian boy By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
If indicted for fatally shooting 10-year-old, alleged killer will face charges of negligent manslaughter.
Tags: Palestinians , Israel Border Police
U.S. firm signs deal to produce Israeli TV shows Ruta Kupfer, Haaretz Correspondent
The American television industry continues to show interest in original Israeli programming.
Tags: Electus , Israel TV , Israel news
Toyota recalls 4,518 cars in Israel, so far TheMarker Correspondent and Agencies , By Daniel Schmil
Toyota models Auris, Yaris, Avensis and Verso may have faulty accelerator pedals; company fixing 6.1 million vehicles worldwide.
Tags: Israel Toyota , Toyota recalls , Israel news
New bill seeks to honor slain minister Rehavam Ze'evi like Rabin Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Yisrael Beiteinu MK David Rotem: Ze'evi was an IDF general, a great man and a great Zionist.
Tags: David Rotem , Yisrael Beiteinu , Israel news
Palestinians, Israelis propose plan for mixed Jerusalem neighborhood By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent
Jerusalem councilman: Mayor Barkat didn't rule project out, but thinks it should be pursued at different location
Tags: Nir Barkat , Palestinians , Jerusalem
Teenager who killed dozens of cats sent to 20 months in prison Ofra Idelman, Haaretz Correspondent
Suspect said that he felt an uncontrollable urge to kill, and that he derived satisfaction and pleasure from killing cats.
Tags: Israel news , Israel crime
Rabin assassin asks to be removed from 'vengeful' solitary confinement Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
Yigal Amir has been in solitary confinement for the last 15 years.
Tags: Haaretz TV , Israel news , Yigal Amir
IN PICTURES / Snow in northern Israel, as cold snap bites Eli Ashkenazi, Fadi Eyadat, Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondents
Despite forecasts, no snowfall in Jerusalem; rain and unseasonable cold expected to continue this week.
Tags: Mount Hermon , Israel news , Israel weather
Petah Tikva court indicts brothers over murder of 7-year-old boy Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent
Sudmi twins charged with offenses against other minors such as molestation and unlawful imprisonment.
Tags: Israel news , Israel crime
Israeli schools to teach about Eichmann trial for first time By Or Kashti
High school students will learn about the trial and its impact on the collective memory of the Holocaust.
Tags: Nazi trial , Adolf Eichmann , Israel news
Under pressure from settlers, IDF rebuilding West Bank watchtower By Amira Hass
The IDF is rebuilding a military position on a base it evacuated in April 2006 east of Beit Sahur near Jerusalem.
Tags: Gush Etzion , Israel news
Eichmann united the Jewish people Tom Segev
The trial of Adolf Eichmann was a seminal event which long ago should have been included in school curriculum.
Tags: Adolf Eichmann , Israel news
J'lem Haredim abduct woman's corpse to prevent autopsy Liel Kyzer, Haaretz Correspondent
The corpse was returned after police promised it would be buried overnight without an autopsy.
Tags: Haredim , Israel police , Israel news
Storm expected to sweep Israel as northerners brace for snow Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
Snow expected to fall on Golan Heights, with a possibility of snowfall in mountains near Jerusalem.
Tags: Israel news , Israel weather , Golan Heights
Treasury chief: Boosting Arab and Haredi employment would make Israel rich Lior Zeno
Israel would rank among richest nations if it could unlock the potential of its minorities, top finance official says.
Tags: Israel news , Israel economy , Israel Arabs
Russian Jews in Israel outlive those who stayed behind, study shows Haaretz Service
Immigrant families also have twice as many children as their Russian counterparts.
Tags: Israel news , Russian immigrants
Police arrest 4 suspects in murder of wedding hall owner Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz Correspondent
Aviv Ben Basat, 21, is suspected of stabbing the hall owner during a wedding last week.
Tags: Israel news , Israel crime , Israel murder
Illegal Chinese worker arrested on IDF military base Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz Correspondent
Special unit Oz was tipped off that Julis military base was employing 2 illegal Chinese workers.
Tags: Oz unit , Israel illegal immigrants , IDF
Who is the real Israel: its citizens or its politicians? Carlo Strenger
Citizens must pressure state to change the system, or we won't regain the pride that Israel could give us.
Tags: Carlo Strenger , Israel news
Are Haredi leaders losing their followers to the Web? By Miriam Shaviv, The Forward
Top Israeli rabbis have launched a new push to curtail Internet use among ultra-Orthodox Jews - but many users have remained online.
Tags: ultra-Orthodox , Israel news , Haredi
West Bank settlement growth slows as freeze starts to bite By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz Correspondent
Figures obtained by Haaretz reveal 38 of 120 settlements grew by less than 1.7% in second half of 2009.
Tags: Israel news , Israel settlement freeze
Two top execs arrested in raid on Israel's largest investment house Eti Aflalo
Arrested Psagot traders repeatedly manipulated foreign accounts and bonds at Israel's largest brokerage, authorities say.
Tags: Psagot , Israel Securities Authority
What has Netanyahu achieved after a full year in office? Yoel Marcus, Haaretz Correspondent
There's little to say about a prime minister whose greatest triumph is that he got through the year.
Tags: Barack Obama , Yoel Marcus
Students address Knesset in honor of its 61st anniversary By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
High school junior Dana Gavrieli: Those who refuse orders are lawbreakers who undermine the foundations of democracy.
Tags: Reuven Rivlin , Knesset , Israel Knesset
Meet the homeless woman who lives at the Western Wall By Orly Vilnai, Haaretz Correspondent
Annetta and her 13-year-old son have been living near to the men's section for a month and a half.
Tags: Israel news , Israel Western Wall
Advocacy group: Israel is a pedophile's paradise By Dana Weiler-Polak , Haaretz Correspondent
National Council for the Child: Justice Ministry must impose harsher penalties on online sex offenders.
Tags: Israel paradise , Israel sex offenders
Netanyahu to Intel: Want money? Promise to stay in Israel By Ora Coren, Haaretz Correspondent
In exchange for the state's financial support, Intel Israel undertook to provide 400 new jobs.
Tags: Israel news , Intel Israel
