‘Netanyahu will never leave Gaza. War is part of the classic authoritarian playbook’
Israel is approaching the “horrifying” position of becoming a pariah state due to the Gaza war, former MK and Middle East expert Ksenia Svetlova said on the Haaretz Podcast, expressing deep worry that...
22 Aug 202531min
'Israeli musicians must choose if they want to be boycotted at home or boycotted abroad'
Israeli musicians are learning the hard way that speaking out against the war in Gaza comes at a price, Haaretz culture reporter Shay Ringel explained on the Haaretz Podcast. The letter, signed by 1,2...
18 Aug 202522min
'A very dangerous gamble': Netanyahu's open clash with IDF leaders over invading Gaza City
The Israeli public is “exhausted” by the nearly two-year conflict in Gaza, and the vast majority of IDF military leaders believe it should end. Yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is forging ahead ...
14 Aug 202532min
Recognizing Palestine? 'It may be a punishment for Netanyahu, but it's a big prize for Israel'
Israel is swimming in unprecedented diplomatic waters. Last week, Germany announced it will restrict arms exports to Israel, and a growing number of world leaders – led by France and the U.K. – are de...
11 Aug 202522min
Behind Netanyahu's dangerous Gaza takeover: A conversation with Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often portrayed as a political improviser who seizes opportunities and dodges land mines as they occur to preserve his hold on power, he is in fact guided by...
8 Aug 202531min
Why ‘deep pain’ over Israel and Gaza is boosting Jewish support for an anti-Zionist candidate for NYC mayor
The "last thing" Rabbi Rachel Timoner says she wanted to do was block the street in front of New York's Israeli consulate as part of a protest calling on Israel to increase the flow of humanitarian ai...
5 Aug 202523min
'Israel doesn't want journalists on the ground': CNN’s Jeremy Diamond on the fight to enter Gaza
The foreign press corps in Israel has been battling – unsuccessfully – since the Gaza war began in October 2023 to be permitted access to the Strip in order to report on the conflict and the humanitar...
31 Jul 202534min
'Starvation is being livestreamed. Every minute we lose a life in Gaza': Palestinian testimonies and growing Israeli protests
The latest crisis of mass starvation and death in Gaza seems to have finally cut through the layers of denial and media self-censorship in Israel – and in both Arab and mixed cities, demonstrations ag...
28 Jul 202529min
