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Why This Israeli Rightist Wants to Go 'Live With the Bedouin'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: What it's like to serve on an Israeli army counter-terrorism unit ■ The difference between the American and the Israeli Burning Man
Revealed: Israel's Cyber-spy Industry Helps World Dictators Hunt Dissidents and Gays
Haaretz investigation spanning 100 sources in 15 countries reveals Israel has become a leading exporter of tools for spying on civilians. Dictators around the world – even in countries with no formal ties to Israel – use them eavesdrop on human rights activists, monitor emails, hack into apps and record conversations
Analysis Why Netanyahu Really Isn't Eager for a Gaza War
As Gaza boils and Netanyahu balks, Lieberman, one of the premier's main rivals on the right, is demanding a tough response by Israel. Meanwhile, their colleagues on the center-left are looking for a savior
Opinion No, Europe Isn't Returning to the Bosom of Islam
The Continent has indeed received millions of migrants, and they pose a variety of problems to their host countries. But these emanate for the most part from right-wing nationalists, not Muslim refugees
'Bad Times at the El Royale': Blood, Suspense and Chris Hemsworth's Abs
Several strangers cross paths at a derelict roadside motel in a time-jumping, twist-filled movie that cleverly deconstructs and remakes its genre. But what’s the message?
General's Final Confession Links 1956 Massacre to Israel's Secret Plan to Expel Arabs
'Yiska' Shadmi, the highest IDF officer tried for the Kafr Qasem massacre, admitted before his death that his trial was staged to protect military and political elites. Historian Adam Raz believes that behind the horrific 1956 event was a secret plan to transfer Israel's Arabs
Analysis Planting the Seed of Netanyahu's Immunity From Corruption Charges
The seriousness with which top politicians are handling the idea that Netanyahu could be immune from prosecution demonstrates how Israel has gone off the rails
Why Won't Ellen Pompeo Quit 'Grey's Anatomy' Already?
Is it just for the sake of financial security that the same actors stay in long-running shows like ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season after season?
Analysis Israeli Lawmaker's Attack on Celebrity Jewish-Arab Marriage Echoes Nazi Ideology
MK Oren Hazan accused TV anchor Lucy Aharish of seducing Fauda actor Tzahi Halevi in order to hurt Israel – and Netanyahu said nothing
How Many People Have Lived on Earth?
Debunking the myth that the living outnumber the dead
'Venom': The Movie Tom Hardy Would Rather Forget
Sony's 'Venom,' starring Tom Hardy, has a huge hole in the shape of Spider-Man
What It's Really Like to Live in an Israeli Settlement
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A former resident talks about the freedom of growing up in a West Bank settlement ■ a true kibbutznik's view on being a surrogate mother: 'It was a dream come true'
Opinion When Your Favorite Vacation Destinations Are Run by Dictators
Where can one flee? To anti-liberal Hungary? Oligarchic Bulgaria? Nationalist Austria? Rapidly deteriorating Italy? More and more countries are succumbing to the powers of darkness
How the Writer of Israel's Anthem Fought Capitalism in 1890s America
Poet Naphtali Herz Imber is best known for penning the words to 'Hatikva.' But at the end of the 19th century, he was warning Americans about the dangers of capitalism and families like the Rothschilds
Why Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman Gave Up on Happiness
The cognitive psychologist spent years studying happiness, yet now he considers satisfaction and life satisfaction of greater importance to people
Analysis Netanyahu Is Treated to a Display of Groveling Worthy of Kim Jong Un
The Knesset’s winter session will be held in the shadow of an election, with a prime minister preoccupied by investigations and campaign calculations. He can always count, however, on some sycophantic minister or other in his corner
What It's Like to Be a Socialist Zionist in the U.S.
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A group of young Diaspora Jews talk about what Zionism means to them; an Israeli tour guide recalls how a busload of Jews and Arabs in Slovenia realized they weren't so different
'His Pen Was My Prick': The Incredible Secret Life of Author Alice B. Sheldon, Aka James Tiptree Jr.
She always felt deeply alienated – a woman born at the wrong time and in the wrong gender. Her intimate correspondence sheds light on the secret life of Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote science fiction in the mid-1900s under the pen name James Tiptree, Jr., and was compared to Hemingway
'Traitor? Who, Me?' Talia Sasson Sums Up Her Term as New Israel Fund President
Outgoing New Israel Fund president talks about how the offensive from Israel’s right has affected her, and why she’s convinced that it remains in Israel’s power to return to the values of democracy and equality
Opinion Criticizing the Israeli Army Is a Jewish Obligation
The trend of banning criticism of the Israeli army clashes with its ethical foundations and with religious tradition
Egyptian Bombings, Stubborn Leaders and Buried Nazi Gold: The Chronicles of the Tel Aviv Prime Minister's Bureau
The historic prime minister's bureau in Tel Aviv has been restored and opened to the public. If only its walls could talk
From Political Appointments to Hit Lists: The Untold Story of How Israel's Supreme Court Was Born
A look at the scheming and scandals that went on behind the scenes of the founding of Israel's top court 70 years ago
A Corporation Saved My Life. Now It Watches My Every Move
A wireless pacemaker saved my life, but also got me wondering how easy it would be for hackers or commercial profiteers to 'break into' my heart. I traveled to the medical tech firm's HQ and got less than reassuring answers
The Little-known Language Spoken by Jews Across the Medieval Arab World
Less known than Yiddish or Ladino, Judeo-Arabic was spoken by Jews from Iran to Spain, from Yemen to Syria. The 99-year-old doyen of Maimonides' tongue, says that during Golden Age of Islam, Jewish culture in Arab lands was 10 times greater than that of Ashkenazi Jewry
How a Self-proclaimed Geek Fought Off an Attacker on Colombia's Open Seas
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An athlete-turned-doctor returning from Hungary gives life advice, and a Belgian-Israeli couple recounts a frightening experience on a Colombian island
That Moment When Your 9-year-old Daughter Wants Pole-dancing Classes
The author found herself forced to choose between a stuttering explanations of the associations that pole dancing arouses and quiet acquiescence. She chose the latter
Analysis What Netanayhu Really Hopes to Achieve by Lowering the Electoral Threshold
Netanyahu's proposal to allow parties a mere three seats in Knesset was met with a resounding 'no.' But he was aiming at one specific group of voters ■ The race for Jerusalem mayor could send shock waves across the political scene – all the way to the general elections
Illegal Organ Harvesting Is Rampant in Egypt, and Refugees Are the Main Target
Thousands of Egypt's 250,000 African refugees have fallen victim to the illegal organ trade. Haaretz traveled to Cairo and spoke with six survivors. 'A strange man held a rag doused with an anesthetic over my mouth. Six days later, I woke up with a scar'
This Controversial Russian Novelist, Accused of Promoting Cannibalism and Pornography, Is a Literary Star
Baking and eating a girl on her birthday, a man roasting meat over a bonfire of burning books – these are just two provocative scenes written by Vladimir Sorokin. Haaretz sits down with the author and talks sex, food and terrorism
'I Am Absolutely Too Young. My Life Was a Waste': Conversations With People on Their Deathbed
A young Buddhist diagnosed too late with a genetic disease, a Holocaust survivor with cancer, and a once-happy nurse suffering from complications of bariatric surgery. Three people approaching death talk about a life of value, regret and what's next
When It Comes to Climate Change, the Rich Are the Culprit – but They Won't Pay the Price
An oligarch does as much damage to the climate in a day as an average person does in five years, according to a leading anthropologist and environmental researcher. Nevertheless, he remains hopeful
Opinion Monotheism Is Seen as Judaism's Gift to the World. But Has It Really Brought Peace and Harmony?
Monotheism is widely considered more moral and rational than polytheism. But a controversy in Germany is raising the question whether the belief in one God actually leads to fanaticism and violence
'Intimate Conversations Happen Only on the Way to Food'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An Israeli flying to El Salvador who would marry his best friend – if he was a girl, and a New Jerseyite who founded a startup to make a living
Opinion The State of Israel vs. the Jewish People
Israel has aligned itself with one nationalist, even anti-Semitic, regime after another. Where does that leave world Jewry?
Exposing the Zohar's Secrets: First-ever English Translation Unlocks the Gates to Jewish Mysticism
The first-ever complete translation of the seminal work of Jewish mysticism grants access to English readers who were heretofore unable to grasp the brilliant stories rendered in its original Aramaic and medieval Hebrew versions
That Time Someone Called a Social Justice Lawyer a 'Nazi'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A newlywed pair of Russian immigrants, who met on Facebook, works to make the world a better place through courtrooms and apps for children with Down Syndrome
In Defense of Shame
What some contemporary heroes of culture and politics have in common is not contempt for the law, but contempt for guilt
Opinion Days of Atonement for Israeli Liberals: Were We Pushing Israel in the Wrong Direction?
On the left, we have persisted in pushing our agenda even in the face of continued failure and disappointment. Could it be that we were wrong all along?
Opinion The Messianic Zionist Religion Whose Believers Worship Judaism (But Can't Practice It)
The Noahide Project, which has Israeli governmental and rabbinical support, is trying to proselytize members of remote communities. Just as long as they don’t call themselves Jews, right?
