Despite Sanctions and Protests, Israel Knows Trump Still Wants Negotiations With Iran
Iran threatens destruction, Israel invokes Vietnam – and one Mideast country fears getting caught in the middle
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Weekend reads
How Trump Shrugged Off Israeli Fears Over U.S.-Iran Thaw
Thanks to Netanyahu, Gantz Is Now Ready to Be Prime Minister
At Art Basel in Miami, a Tale of Jewish Redemption
A Psychological Key to Solving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In E.Jerusalem's Drug War, Police Are on the Wrong Side
An Italian Institution's Antidote to anti-Semitism
Meet Israel’s New Rhodes Scholars
Why This Israeli Election Could Be Different
Orwell's '1984' Oceania Is Like 2019 Israel
'America's Dr. Mengele'
Meet the Legal Crusader Fighting Israel’s Kahanists
Israeli Army Fears New Election Will Torpedo Gaza Deal
Inside the Unlikely Ties Between Israel and the Kurds
Being Macho Is Not a Mental Disorder
Hail the Mighty Shekel
Tel Aviv Gallery's Race to the Top
Must Reads
Haaretz Editorial
The Immune System Did Its Job
The fact that Israel has to hold a third election within such a short period of time reflects a grave political crisis. The fact that millions of people will again be exposed to...
Israel
The Hurdles Facing Israel’s Parties Ahead of Third Election in March 2020
Likud’s campaign chief says only one leader can push the right-wing bloc higher, while the left-wing parties just want to make it past the electoral threshold
Haaretz Magazine
Israel Election 2019
Right-wing Zehut Party Won't Run in Israel's Third Election
Zehut, identified with rebuilding the Temple, legalization of marijuana and free capitalist economy, will run again 'when Israeli society is ripe for change,' said Feiglin
U.S. News
New Jersey Shooting 'Fueled by anti-Semitism, Anti-law Enforcement Beliefs,' Authorities Say
Two gunmen stormed a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, killing four people before being shot dead by police
Middle East
UN Can't Confirm Weapons Used in Saudi Attacks Were Iranian
The U.S., Israel, UK and others accused Iran and the Houthis of being behind attacks on a Saudi airport and oil installations earlier this year, but a UN report says drones, missiles used are inconsistent with Houthi models
Jewish World
Belgian Carnival Removed From UNESCO List Over anti-Semitism Row
The Aalst carnival, which included a float this year of large-nosed Jews atop piles of money, was the first-ever cultural tradition to be taken off the UN's global inventory of cultural practices
Culture & Life
Earliest Figurative Art Tells Story of a Hunt in Indonesia 44,000 Years Ago
The part-human, part-animal hunters targeting pigs and bison look a lot like prehistoric European depictions of therianthropes, which some think attest to early shamanism
Travel in Israel
Foodie Alert: Israel Nabs 13 Spots on La Liste's Roster of 1,000 Top Eateries
Israeli chef Meir Adoni comes through again with flying colors when it comes to local restaurants included on the algorithm-based list of the world's best
