Analysis A Detached Netanyahu Leaves Israel and Reality for ‘Historic Mission’
As Israel braces for its second full-scale lockdown, Netanyahu glosses over his coronavirus failure and rushes off to a signing ceremony in Washington
Anshel Pfeffer
Opinion Israel’s COVID-19 Tragedy: How Hubris, Hasbara and Netanyahu Downed the Start-Up Nation
How an enticing slogan fed the complacency which led to our downfall against the coronavirus, while our prime minister was focused on tearing the country apart
Analysis If You Think Yeshivas Can Follow COVID-19 Guidelines, You’ve Clearly Never Visited One
The ‘capsule plan’ is supposed to prevent the coronavirus from spreading among ultra-Orthodox students in Israel, but a trip to a few yeshivas in Bnei Brak reveals some fatal flaws
Analysis Netanyahu Caught Between Two Impatient Allies: Trump and Rabbis
As Israel is threatened by a total lockdown over Rosh Hashanah to satisfy Haredi rabbis, a trip abroad, even to sign a 'historic' agreement, is insufferable
Opinion The Toxic Antisemitism That Trump and Corbyn Share
Jeremy Corbyn’s gone, but Donald Trump traffics in exactly the same selective antisemitism
Analysis When It Comes to COVID-19, the Haredim Will Do Their Own Thing, and No One Can Stop Them
During the first wave, Haredi apologists said that the government had not made an effort to inform and educate their community. Those excuses are no longer available
Analysis For Netanyahu, the Biggest Danger of COVID-19 Is the Rise of Naftali Bennett
The former defense minister recently published a book on how Israel can defeat the pandemic. Hidden within is a playbook for how to defeat Netanyahu
Analysis With This Bombshell Resignation, Netanyahu Completes Erasure of Likud’s Old Liberal Elite
A paragraph at the end of departing budget chief Shaul Meridor’s letter hints at a divide within the Israeli right wing over much more than just financial policies
Opinion The Anarchic ultra-Orthodox Jews Prepared to Die for Their Pilgrimage
20 percent, and rising, of the Jewish people live in closed communities run by rabbinical edict. COVID-19 is exposing a core conflict with wider society, exemplified by pilgrims defying reason, norms and the law to get to Uman
Analysis How a Hasidic Pilgrimage to Ukraine Could Bring Down Israel's Acclaimed COVID Czar
While the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman is now seemingly out of reach, ultra-Orthodox politicians will fight any coronavirus program that singles their community out
Analysis Protests Outside Netanyahu’s Residence Won’t Bring Him Down, but They’ve Already Made Him Blink
The weekly protests at Balfour Street are an insurance policy for Israeli democracy, and may have contributed to Netanyahu’s decision not to call another early election
Opinion No Tsunami, No Problem: What Bibi's Denialism Means for the Occupation and Peace
Netanyahu always denied not only the real existence of the Palestinians as a separate nation, but also the existence of a problem for Israel in the existence of millions of Palestinians under its rule
How Netanyahu’s Huge Diplomatic Achievement Turned Into a Self-made Political Fiasco
An unforced error by the prime minister has now turned his master stroke of diplomacy into a potentially explosive scandal that involves national security concerns
Don't Compare MBZ and Bibi to Sadat and Begin – the UAE-Israel Deal Is Much Bigger Than Peace
Unlike Israel’s treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the recent agreement with the UAE isn’t really a peace deal. But it has much greater potential for a geopolitical reshuffle
Opinion Adin Steinsaltz, a Key Player in Judaism’s Oldest Conflict
Adin Steinsaltz was a key protagonist in a millenia-long debate within Judaism: Should access to its core texts be confined to an elite or to the masses? Is Judaism about conservation or innovation? What makes a rabbi ‘great’?
Analysis In UAE Deal, Netanyahu Trades Imaginary Annexation for Real Life Diplomacy Win
PM shows peace with Arab states can be achieved at no real cost for Israel
Analysis A Bruising No-holds Barred Exchange: What We Saw in the Bibi-Lapid Showdown
Netanyahu has a new dilemma: Attacking Lapid with guns blazing increases his popularity in the anti-Bibi camp, and Lapid, unlike his predecessors, is also prepared to follow Netanyahu into the mud
Analysis Gantz’s Ultimatum Has Passed and Netanyahu Is Relishing His Win-win Political Crisis
Yet another election? No budget? This would be political high-drama, if Israel wasn’t facing, along with the rest of the world, a pandemic. But Netanyahu is relishing it
What You Need to Know About Netanyahu’s Controversial New ‘Air Force One’
Long delayed and over budget, Israel's PM was about to receive a VIP-configured Boeing 767 to fly him around the world. Fearing criticism amid an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the plane has now been grounded ■ Take an interactive tour
From Soros to Shakespeare – 16 Great Books to Read This Summer
Haaretz writers pick the books that have kept them entertained and enthralled this summer – from a book about alt-Hillary to one about the most amazing U.S. presidential race of the 20th century
Opinion COVID-19 Is a Crisis for Jewish Life in the Diaspora – and a Chance to Remake It
A major post-coronavirus shakedown is about to hit Jewish institutional life. Who is best prepared to survive it?
Analysis Grounded Flag Carrier El Al Is the Perfect Parable of Israel's Coronavirus Predicament
A champion of resilience during wars, El Al probably won't be allowed to go out of business over COVID-19, but its grounded planes stand as a symbol for the thousands of small businesses that will
Analysis Netanyahu Can’t Divert Attention From the Coronavirus Protests. It Could Be the Beginning of His End
For now, the demonstrators are the usual center-left suspects. But what if the unrest spreads to Netanyahu's base?
Analysis Why Netanyahu Failed the Coronavirus Stress Test
Years of politicization laid the groundwork for Israel's second wave. Coronavirus has exposed the weakest links in the Israeli governing system, starting from the very top
Opinion Peter Beinart's One State Solution Sounds So Perfect It's Practically Utopian
I’d love to live in Beinart’s peaceful hyphenated state of 'Israel-Palestine.' But I can’t vote for it. No one actually living here is proposing it. And that’s exactly where his thesis unravels
Analysis Is the Latest Purge of Journalists an Attempt to Appease Netanyahu?
Even if the prime minister isn’t behind the firings, the atmosphere of suspicion serves him well
Analysis Many Will Take Credit, but This Is the Real Reason Netanyahu Delayed His Annexation Plan
To avoid his biggest nightmare, the Israeli prime minister has to show some restraint
For Palestinians, From Hebron to Nablus, Annexation Is Already Here. A Journey Through the West Bank
With the world holding its breath to see what Netanyahu will do on annexation, Haaretz meets Palestinians across the West Bank to hear their divergent views on what the future holds. For many, one thing is certain: It doesn’t matter if you call it occupation or annexation, Palestinian Authority or Palestinian state
Analysis U.K. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Has Just Set New Standards for Fighting Left-wing Antisemitism
By firing a senior member of his team over retweeting an ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory,’ the U.K. Labour Party leader has differentiated himself from his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn
Opinion No, Diaspora Jews Won't Divorce Israel Over Annexation
It's a pipe-dream to expect that annexation will trigger a wholesale disengagement of Jewish Diaspora communities from an Israel running towards formalizing its undemocratic occupation