'The worst gamble in Israeli military history': Amos Harel on the failures of October 7
The decision by Israel's top generals and intelligence chiefs not to put the IDF on high alert in the hours before October 7 was "the worst...
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How the Flydubai midair attack gave Netanyahu an election boost
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu handling of the crisis after the Flydubai attack demonstrated his "facility at dominating the news cycle a...
Why Netanyahu's rivals have a unity problem – and a big Arab party problem
The most recent attempt at a show of unity by the Jewish Zionist parties opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was only partially suc...
Yuval Abraham on 'NAZA' storm, 'unhinged' Netanyahu and why he wants to come back home after all
On the eve of the New York premiere of their film, "NAZA," co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor sat with Haaretz U.S. senior writer Et...
Ed Sheeran and Macklemore-gate: What happened and what does it mean?
After rapper Macklemore cried "Free Palestine!" as he took the stage as the opening act for music superstar Ed Sheeran, opened a Pandora's b...
'Under siege by settlers:' A Palestinian American on his month trapped in his West Bank home
The violence of extremist settlers on the West Bank as they systematically terrorize, attack and even displace Palestinian communities is a...
'Bibi or a Wannabibi?': Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin on what the elections are all about
The intensifying Israeli election campaign encompasses a long list of issues, but at its heart, the results of the vote on October 27 will b...
‘It’s a real struggle against neo-Nazis’: Behind the far-right’s political rise in Germany
The stunning triumph of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a German state election represents a true "challenge to democra...
Hasan Piker, Mike Huckabee and a week of Israeli political party-hopping
A last-minute scramble before the party lists for Israel's elections are finalized on September 8 has led to the disappearance of small part...
Fear of Muslims, socialists and Tucker Carlson: Behind the scenes at the Republican Jewish Coalition confab
Vice President JD Vance's charm offensive failed to completely win over skeptical GOP donors who gathered this week in Las Vegas at the Repu...
Do Israelis care about settler violence enough to change their vote?
Nothing is helping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current coalition boost its standing in the polls, and it is clear that the premier i...
Is Turkey the new Iran?
Israel's controversial strike on an airbase in northern Syria close to Turkey was "first and foremost a message to the United States" that T...
A desperate Netanyahu is firing at all fronts to win the election. Even Trump has had enough
The glut of new small parties throwing their hats in the ring is increasing the chances that after the voters have their say, there will not...
The New Yorker's David Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani, and Israel's 'failure to face' Gaza
Longtime editor-in-chief of The New Yorker David Remnick joins the Haaretz podcast and guest host Joshua Leifer for a wide-ranging conversat...
Israeli election update: Netanyahu's iron grip on the Likud primary
The battle over the Likud Party primaries this week was a clear example of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserting his dominance over hi...
What the hell is going on in the West Bank?
Nearly three years since Israel's war in Gaza began, and despite a lengthy case brought before the High Court of Israel, journalists remain...
'Right-wing but not Netanyahu': Will Israel's new mini-parties save Bibi or bury him?
While the polls in Israel have been relatively stagnant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal standing has faltered. "The minute tha...
'Trump started a war with no plan. Now he doesn't know how to end it'
Haaretz senior defense columnist Amos Harel joins the Haaretz Podcast to discuss Trump's latest U-turn on Iran, from threatening to bomb the...
Could a Jewish politician joining an Islamist party shake up Israel's elections?
Gadi Eisenkot "hasn't finished his rise" in the polls after his party, Yashar, has overtaken Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party...
This Israeli ultra-Orthodox feminist activist has a warning for U.S. Jews
On this week's Haaretz Podcast, guest host Joshua Leifer talks to Pnina Pfeuffer , a liberal, feminist ultra-Orthodox social activist. The J...