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Israel's focus on al-Dura is harmful propaganda

The report released on the death of Mohammed al-Dura doesn’t lift the fog off the case, if there ever was any. Instead, it raises a more painful issue: the many young people killed by IDF soldiers during the second intifada.

By Haaretz Editorial | May 21, 2013 | 05:59 AM

Mohammed al-Dura's father calls for international probe into whether IDF killed his son
By Jack Khoury | 23
Israeli physician acquitted of libel against Mohammed al-Dura's father
By Avi Issacharoff | 20
Report on IDF shooting of Palestinian boy during intifada may cause Israel more damage than good
By Barak Ravid | 25
Israeli panel: Palestinian boy 'killed' by IDF at start of intifada did not actually die
By Barak Ravid | 75

Outlaw Amana

The purpose of Amana is to create 'facts on the ground' and thwart any possibility of a future diplomatic accord.

By Haaretz Editorial | May 12, 2013 | 02:03 AM | 8

For Israelis, it's all about the money

Nothing makes an Israeli happier than a good deal (honest or not). But who talks about education, our anti-democratic legislation or weapons exports?

By Gideon Levy | May 12, 2013 | 02:03 AM | 7

On the backs of our children

Education ministers tend to deal with trivialities, since the core problems are too huge.

By Yossi Sarid | May 10, 2013 | 03:46 AM | 4

Illegal exclusion

The attorney general's recommendation to make the exclusion of women in public places a criminal offense is a necessary step by a democratic state that wants its citizens to enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

By Haaretz Editorial | May 10, 2013 | 03:39 AM

Lapid is in love

Israel's finance minister understands full well that a huge opportunity has landed in his lap.

By Nehemia Shtrasler | May 10, 2013 | 02:07 AM

How we lost the Western Wall too

Through a lack of vision and assertiveness, Israel's governments have relinquished the Temple Mount and the Western Wall and weakened the state's claim to other parts of the Jewish homeland.

By Israel Harel | May 10, 2013 | 01:54 AM | 7

Let's put the tents back up on Rothschild Boulevard

Maybe Israel's so-called middle class will finally learn that with Yair Lapid's budget cuts it's on the way to being the underclass.

By Oudeh Basharat | May 10, 2013 | 01:32 AM

Robbing refugees and Holocaust survivors

A country that uses the Holocaust to justify its establishment but preys on refugees and neglects Holocaust survivors undermines the basis for its own existence.

By Aner Shalev | May 9, 2013 | 06:20 AM | 3

'Jenin, Jenin Law' will prove something's rotten in the IDF

Rather than protecting the IDF, the new law will cement its image. An army that needs laws to prevent criticism of it is an army with a problem.

By Gideon Levy | May 9, 2013 | 06:16 AM | 8

Yair Lapid under fire

The baptism of fire that Lapid has undergone is necessary for anyone who views himself as the future leader of the nation.

By Ari Shavit | May 9, 2013 | 06:14 AM

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