In June 2025 like June 1967, existential anxiety was eased by a great military victory. But minutes from cabinet meetings after the Six-Day War show how it's possible to win the war and lose the peace

Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed that an envelope containing suspicious powder was delivered to the embassy. Last week, security officers arrested a man in the Danish city of Aarhus on suspicion of gathering information for Iran

In recent years, about 30 Israeli-trained non-Orthodox rabbis have left for congregations abroad, mainly in North America, where rabbinical students are in short supply. They're being lured not only by higher pay but also a sense of freedom: 'I don't need to fight here for the Judaism I believe in,' says one recent transplant

Contractors reported the security staff at GHF sites were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed, and acted with little oversight: 'There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly,' one said ■ The GHF says claims 'categorically false'

Syria's chances of becoming a regional linchpin are boosted – and marred – by neighbors eyeing territory, financial deals and political gains. An Israeli deal could 'rehabilitate Turkey and Israel's relations,' a diplomat tells Haaretz

Despite its success in the Iran war, Israel lacks the economic, technology and soft power assets to wield true power

Sent into Gaza straight from high school, five young Israeli conscripts describe the brutal, exhausting reality of the war with Hamas – a world of despair, rage and crippling fear, with no end in sight

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pursuit of 'total victory' over Hamas as well as Iran have caused Israel's regional relations to flatline. And while he claims that Israel's victory 'opens an opportunity' for normalization, here's why he's wrong

The new Gaza cease-fire proposal from the U.S. calls for the release of 10 living hostages and the return of bodies of 18 deceased hostages in five phases over 60 days

Amid a war in Tehran and a trial in Tel Aviv, I can't recall the military leadership ever showing such spinelessness toward the government. We've had IDF chiefs of many types, but never one so eager to brown-nose

Any political novice understands that expelling Hadash party leader Ayman Odeh is a prelude to expelling all the Arab parties from the Knesset, followed by denying Arab citizens the right to vote. That is the plan

The clock, erected in 2017, was programmed to count down to 2040, the year in which Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had declared Israel would be destroyed

Yoav Mordechai is suspected of contact with a foreign agent and taking bribes. In May, Haaretz reported that World Cup campaign funds were funneled from Qatar to Netanyahu's associates via a British firm partly owned by Mordechai

Sources say police are delaying restraining orders meant to keep violent far-right settlers out of the West Bank, especially since Israel's defense chief stopped issuing detention-without-trial orders for Jews in November

It's unclear when the terminal, which primarily serves low-cost airlines, will reopen since most airlines aren't planning to restart flights to Israel until the end of the summer

In a single day this week, Israeli ministers pushed to gut public broadcasting, a mayor vowed to ban Haaretz from his city, and an Israeli strike in Gaza killed another journalist

If the appointment is approved, Israel Eichler will replace his party colleague Yitzhak Goldknopf, who resigned from the government last month in protest over the fact that the status of yeshiva students' exemption from military service had not been settled

The judges urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to reach a compromise – but without it, the court may accept the attorney general's position or hand down a ruling that adopts an intermediate position

No country draws more contempt from Yair Netanyahu, son of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, than Israel – no wonder he no longer wants to live there. In a chilling interview, he cast Likud as a victim and exposed a disturbing glimpse of his worldview

In an interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan, Israeli Equality Minister May Golan claimed she knew how many of the dead in Gaza were Hamas members, but she's 'choosing as a member of the government not to tell you that'

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reached out to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in an effort to thwart a deal, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar saying that any opportunity to release the hostages 'must not be missed'

Palestinian scholar Thair Abu Ras explains why a deal may be complicated by al-Sharaa's hostility to Iran, a history of Palestinian support for the Assad regime, and the Palestinian and Syrian 'common struggle' against Israeli occupation: 'The biggest obstacle is the Golan Heights'

Two additional Israeli soldiers were severely wounded in the incident in Gaza City's Shujaiyeh neighborhood

The prosecution did not oppose postponing Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's testimony, but asked that additional hearings be held the following week

The famed Glastonbury Festival this year featured performative chants of "Death, death to the IDF." But real support for the rights of Palestinians has never been more urgent

Mega-study of prehistoric Northern Eurasians connects waves of ancient Siberians to Hungarians, Finns and even many Native American cultures

A new bill targeting Israel's public broadcaster threatens press independence, legal norms and the public's right to know at a moment of national vulnerability

Hours after Swiss authorities cited legal shortcomings in the group's establishment as the reason for the proceedings, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was planning to shut its branch in Geneva

In the 1980s, the United States armed militias in Afghanistan – and paid a heavy price for it. This has been repeated many times throughout history, and always led to deadly results. Sometimes, risk management leaves us no choice, as in the case of Israel and Abu Shabab, a Middle East expert tells Haaretz

The Weizmann Institute and Ben-Gurion University suffered catastrophic damage from Iranian missile strikes. Buildings collapsed, irreplaceable research samples were destroyed, and entire colonies of lab animals were lost. Now, both institutions are pleading for government compensation and fast-track approval to rebuild

Hamas issued an ultimatum on Wednesday, giving Yasser Abu Shabab 10 days to turn himself in ■ The move by Hamas is widely seen as an attempt to show that it still maintains control in the Gaza Strip