Trump loves Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE – they're rich, under U.S. influence, and led by regimes he finds easy to handle. But if it's deals we're talking, maybe it's the Saudi crown prince we should speak to about trading a Gaza cease-fire for a multi-billion-dollar pact with Trump

The settlement was reportedly paid after Naftali Bennett's wife, Gilat, accused activists from Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party of having broken into her home

The merger will shut down the Palestinian affairs office's direct line to the U.S. State Department and bring it under the authority of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

The preliminary discussions will not set the exact structure or timeline of the post-war administration, which will depend on conditions on the ground, sources told Reuters

In Canada, for the first time ever, members of the Jewish community will hold an election to determine what slates get represented in their delegation to the 'parliament of the Jewish people.' It will be an end to secret backroom deals in the U.K. and Australia as well

Israel's expanded assault on Gaza is setting it up for a prolonged and costly occupation that the economy cannot afford

Several officials in Ahmed al-Sharaa's new regime, including a senior defense figure, met with Israeli defense officials in Israel, Syrian sources told Haaretz. This follows Damascus' public shift in its stance toward the country, declaring Syria is not 'a threat to Israel'

The judge ruled that the actions of the protester, who displayed a sign reading 'Chikli is abandoning the hostages,' were 'a clear expression of freedom of speech,' adding that 'freedom of expression is the lifeblood of democracy'

Humanitarian organizations in Gaza reject the army's plan, saying it will harm the population's security. The Washington Post reported that Israel will allow 60 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily and that residents may collect food and household products at six hubs

The Israeli north and south have been empty for many months. Now Carmen from Madrid, Trevor from London and Albert and Janny from Apeldoorn join Israeli kibbutz members in helping deserted towns look better

The bill aims to ensure that High Court panels are 'composed independently without the involvement of a human factor.' Also on the agenda are the NGO bill, academic silencing laws, and a law to exempt Haredi men from military service

A Gaza resident tells Haaretz about how his family is coping with the lack of food in the Strip: 'We agreed: one meal a day, no bread. We rely on water trucks for drinking water'

Rather than cheering the looming closure of the USAID mission and the termination of assistance projects to Palestinians, Israel and its supporters in the U.S. should recognize this immense loss and advocate its return

ISRAEL: Likud MK: Israel prepares for 'major event of destruction and displacement in Gaza'; goal is occupation of entire territory ■ GAZA: Over 107 people, including women and children, killed in Israeli strikes since Wednesday morning, Gazan medical sources say ■ SYRIA: UAE mediating secret talks between Israel and Syria; Syrian officials visited Israel in April ■ LEBANON: IDF kills senior Hamas official in Lebanon

Jacob Bardugo has been Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack dog against law enforcement agencies and has turned opportunism into an art form

Teachers, who are protesting planned pay cuts, doubt the dismissals will go ahead - given the severe nationwide teacher shortage

For Netanyahu's government, the Gaza war is still 'existential' and protesting its surging cost is a matter of disloyalty to the cause. Perhaps it's fitting that it's teachers, with their duty to Israel's next generation but their salaries slashed, are now on strike

Issa Amro, one of the Palestinians featured in Louis Theroux's new documentary, claims appearing in the film has made him a target of IDF harassment and settler violence

Within a tension-filled powder keg of war, there's one thing Israelis still need: to know they can get out if they want to. The Houthis just put that in doubt

Longtime collaborators Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood said they fear the cancellation, celebrated 'by some progressives,' will be 'weaponized by reactionaries'

'This is how you bring in a million residents': Far-right minister Smotrich said that the government is 'already working on it,' and that 'God willing, there'll be [Israeli] sovereignty [in the West Bank] during this term'

The Houthis later clarified that it would not stop attacks on Israel ■ Trump also teased a 'very important' decision to be announced before his Middle East trip later this month

After missile successfully strikes Ben-Gurion Airport, Yemen is hailed as Gaza's lone defender - while Arab states face growing criticism. 'We can't even open a crossing to Gaza while Yemen shut down the enemy's air and sea,' wrote an Egyptian analyst

Responding to the report by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a senior Israeli official said no new proposal had been received. Per the source, the cease-fire would include a limited release of hostages, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander

With Gaza in flames and extremism on the rise, three women are leading a coalition to bring peace back to the center of Israeli public life, starting with a mega event in Jerusalem this week

The far-right MK said he would have the final say in all police promotions. Last week, Ben-Gvir agreed not to interfere, as part of a deal with the attorney general meant to ward off threats to his position as national security minister

As long as the U.S. finds itself emboldening crises of Israel's own creation, Witkoff's base of support in the Jewish community will keep shrinking

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said Netanyahu confidant Jacob Bardugo 'is an aggressive hack trying to run the country per his own personal interests.' Ministers Shlomo Karhi and Miki Zohar joined him against Bardugo, saying 'they won't stop because of one Bardugo'

55 aid organizations including OXFAM and Save the Children urged the international community to intervene, saying the bill further entrenches Israeli 'de facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory'

Friedrich Merz only received 310 votes out of 316 majority votes needed in the first round of voting in a secret ballot. It might never be known who had defected from Merz's camp

The strikes reportedly struck civilian aircraft and shut down the airport, after the IDF issued an urgent evacuation order for the area. Israel also hit power plants and a concrete factory in the attack, a response to Sunday's Houthi strike on Ben-Gurion Airport

This is the singer's second recent cancellation; last week, Cornell dropped her show after students accused her of promoting antisemitic and anti-Israeli rhetoric in her pro-Palestinian statements

What does it say about a society that sells eclairs inciting IDF destruction in Gaza while Palestinian children wait in lines at community kitchens, unable to enjoy even one cookie?

In a new book, therapists who volunteered after Hamas' massacre try to process the trauma – so that they don't fall victim to it themselves

The Israeli Air Force is aware of at least 3,000 unexploded bombs in Gaza. After tens of thousands of airstrikes, the IDF ran low on reliable fuses and turned to outdated ones – some decades old. 'Tens of tons of explosives are lying in Gaza, waiting for Hamas,' said one officer

The indictment alleges that an activist, previously charged with unlawful possession of arms, 'pushed the policewoman with pelvic movements, and that he did so for sexual provocation, gratification or degradation'

'The dead have a right to be buried, and a society that desires life has a duty to return them': The mother of Sgt. Oz Daniel, who was killed on Oct. 7 and whose body is held in Gaza, is sure that her son believed that if he sacrificed himself in the line of duty, the state would bring him back

Jack Khoury and Sheren Falah Saab will recieve the Uri Avnery Award for Courageous Journalism. The judges panel noted that 'Haaretz is the only Hebrew-language media outlet that has not shied away from covering what is happening to the civilian population in Gaza'

'The media has been crucifying me for 30 years. If anyone is subjected to abusive behavior, it's me,' the prime minister's wife said in court, where she faces allegations of mistreatment, imposing punishments and yelling at her former housekeeper

'We know it's apartheid, but we will live and die here': Israeli authorities razed most of the village of Khallet al-Daba in the Masafer Yatta region, which has faced ongoing threats of expulsion since Israel designated it a military firing zone

Ivy League school rejects demands, sues over $2.3 billion funding cut

Beirut's decision to confiscate weapons from all of the Palestinian organizations in Lebanon – a move which has the backing of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas – underscores Hezbollah's weakened position