Ex-spy Who Set Up Zionist Underground in Iraq Dies at 95
Shmuel Moriya regretted founding the undercover ‘mistarvim’ unit, whose members posed as Arabs and infiltrated Israeli Arab communities
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Analysis In Israel, a New Consensus on What Being Jewish Really Means
When the issue of religion and state becomes central to campaigns, voters move from the right-traditional religious bloc to the central-civic bloc — as long as its parties clearly brand themselves as Jewish
Opinion My Day With the West Bank Settlers Who Are Destroying Zionism
I found good and caring people. The only problem was that they are living in denial, in a fervent but alternative reality where the occupation is not only sustainable but irreversible
Opinion Israel's Latest Fearsome National Security Threat: Yiddish
There was once a war between Yiddish and Hebrew. For a motley band of pro-Israel Yiddish-haters, that battle is still raging - and a production of Fiddler on the Roof, in Yiddish, has triggered them
An anti-Zionist Movement That Promoted Judaism as a Secular Culture Shuts Its Doors
They believed in a just society and wanted to teach Palestinians Yiddish. The Bund’s center in Israel closes, marking the end of a movement that offered a radical alternative to mainstream Zionism
The Religious Activists Waging a ‘Holy War’ Against Israel’s Arms Exports
The country’s sale of weaponry to murderous regimes goes against all Jewish religious teachings, charge members of No 2 Arms — and they are fighting back
How the 1929 Arab Massacres of Jews Shaped a Generation of Israeli Leaders
More than 130 Jews were killed in Jerusalem, Hebron and elsewhere. Children would write about their experiences, and Haaretz noted that ‘we know that the whole of the Arab nation in this land wasn’t responsible’
'I Want to Show My Friends and Family in Rome That There’s a Different Israel'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: This Italian student feels like she belongs in Israel – but isn't sure making aliyah is the right thing to do
Ignored by Liberal Elites, Exploited by Extreme Right: The Left-wing Case for Nationalism
In an age of populism and virulent nationalism, Prof. Yael (Yuli) Tamir’s new book 'Why Nationalism' deftly explores issues that the liberal elites have ignored and the extreme right has exploited for its own ends
When Arabs Were Invited to Live the Zionist Dream
In Israel’s first decades hundreds of young Arabs left their villages to work on kibbutzim, where they learned Hebrew, raised the Israeli flag and even took Hebrew names. The Arab pioneers movement was born of romantic hope that was soon tragically dashed
The Jew Who Helped Defeat Iraq’s pro-Nazi Regime
Yoav Byron Kattan, who passed away last week, founded a Zionist underground in Iraq and served as a judge in Israel
When Jews Praised Mussolini and Supported Nazis: Meet Israel's First Fascists
Some worrying components of Hebrew fascism are still evident in Israel's right wing, 80 years on
'I Moved to Israel Because of the Hummus'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Young Uruguayan-Israelis explain where they get their optimism from ■ An Israeli couple whose story is what rom-coms are made of
Haaretz at 100: Israel’s National Poet Praised the Paper for Shunning Fake News
In 1933, Haim Nahman Bialik lauded the daily – and its left-wing competitor Davar – for eschewing ‘harmful exaggeration’
Haaretz at 100 The Untold Story of Haaretz's First Days
The manual printing press, the feminist article by Jabotinsky and the resignation that jolted the paper's staff. A return to the early days of Haaretz, on the occasion of the centenary of its founding
Opinion The Last Truly Zionist Institution and Most Jewish Newspaper in the World
From its launch in 1919, Haaretz was never just about building the Jewish state. It was also about ensuring the state always lived up to its Jewish and Zionist ideals
Neither Israel's nor Germany's Slide Into Fascism Was Accidental
The Zionist attempt to create a secular-national movement based on Jewish identity could not help but have a religious messianic component. From there it was inevitable that it would turn racist
Did Zionist Leaders Actually Aspire Toward a Jewish State?
Israel’s efforts to block Palestinian independence may lie in a historic aversion of the Zionist movement to the nation-state model