1923-2018 Uri Avnery, Two-State Solution's First Champion
Fearless activist laid the foundations for political dissent in Israel
Breaking:
- UN rights chief warns UN could 'collapse' without change (AP)
- Militants attack police targets in Russia's Chechnya (Reuters)
- German foreign minister honors Nazi victims at Auschwitz (AP)
- PM on SodaStream's purchase: 'I congratulate this deal and decision to leave company in Israel' (Haaretz)
- Russia says West hampers aid to Syria, return of refugees (AP)
Haaretz Editorial
Naftali Bennett's Gaza Warmongering
Education Minister Naftali Bennett is convinced that Israel’s indirect negotiations with Hamas over a long-term truce in the Gaza Strip are sowing the seeds of disaster.
Israel
Analysis Bursting Out of Their Bubble: SodaStream's Controversy-ridden Path to the Big Sale
The carbonated-drink maker, bought by PepsiCo for $3.2 billion, made its name by competing hard with Coke and Pepsi - so hard that its ads faced censorship and backlash, time and again
Haaretz Magazine
U.S. News
Steve Bannon Calls for Republicans to Rally Behind Trump to Survive Midterms
Bannon, who was fired from his White House post in 2017, believes that the GOP would lose 35 to 40 seats in the House if the election were held today: 'You're going to get smoked'
Middle East
Analysis Sissi's Crackdown on the Arts in Egypt Captured in One Satirical Pop Song
Egypt's artistic community can only recall with longing the time of Mubarak, when the boundaries of freedom of artistic expression were much broader than those instituted in 2013
Jewish World
Jewish Cemetery in Poland Being Restored by Anonymous Entrepreneur
The neglected cemetery had fallen into ruin following World War II and is expected to be fully restored by September, according to the anonymous philanthropist
Culture & Life
Ancient Judeans Wrote Torah Scrolls on Gazelle Hide, Archaeologists Find
Since rabbis frowned on eating hunted animals, discovery of gazelle remains in the 1,900-year-old Galilean towns hints at parchment industry, say archaeologists
