Saturday4 Av, 5786July 18, 202602:31 PM IDT

In the News:

Live UpdatesSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranIsraeli SurveillanceNetanyahuNSO in MoroccoIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz Podcast

Jewish newspapers around the world

Keeping the RecordKeeping the Record

Five Stubborn Jewish Newspapers That Have Lived Through It All

LIVE UPDATES

Kuwait reports fire at power plant after Iranian attack; Bahrain says it intercepted aerial attacks
Kuwait says it is intercepting Iranian missiles and drones after IRGC claims attacks on U.S. sites
Power and desalination facilities reportedly hit in southern Iran

A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this picture obtained on December 31, 2022.

Live UpdatesLive Updates

Jordan Says Four Drones Intercepted After Iran Claimed Strike on U.S. Aircraft

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference, Wednesday.

NYC's Mamdani Says He Still Eyes Netanyahu's Arrest During PM's September Visit

Members of the Israeli military take part in a raid, after settler attacks, in al-Mughayyir, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 11, 2026.

Palestinian Teen Dies One Week After Being Shot by Israeli Troops in West Bank

This screen grab made on July 18, 2026 from handout video footage released by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on July 17, 2026 shows what the US military says is the latest wave of precision strikes on strategic Iranian military sites. Bombing intensified in the Middle East for the seventh consecutive night, with Iran threatening a "full-scale offensive" in response to American strikes and hitting several US military sites in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain. US forces reported striking Iran with attacks designed to "continue degrading Iranian military capabilities", according to a statement on X by US Central Command. (Photo by US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US CENTRAL COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Iran Responds to Overnight U.S. Strikes, Targets Multiple Gulf States

מבקרים באתר בשעת שקיעה. רבים הולכים לאיבוד בדרך

The Mysterious, Ancient Israeli Site Attracting Modern Pilgrims

Hélène Cixous at her home in Paris in 2011. "I have a history in resisting the forces of evil. I grew up in colonial Algeria in a family opposed to racism and colonialism."

Hélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'

Our Writers

Ben Samuels

Democrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them

Linda Dayan

Linda Dayan

From the Eye of the Storm, a Young Woman Captures Jerusalem's Rising Violence

David Rosenberg

Not Just Aid and Investment: Decoupling From America Risks Israel's AI Future

Joshua Leifer

Joshua Leifer

How the Azaria Affair Foreshadowed the IDF's New Impunity

Dahlia Scheindlin

Reducing Gaza to a Charity Case or a Security Threat Is a Dangerous Mistake

Breaking News

more in Breaking News

Mamdani tells NYT he still eyes Netanyahu's arrest during PM's September visit

Iran strikes Kuwait oil facility, causes major damage, injuries

News

Shin Bet chief David Zini attends a memorial service at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, 2025.

Shin Bet Chief Demands Access to Airport Facial Images Database Without Approval

Israeli settlers leading sheep out of the village of Amanzil in the southern West Bank, Thursday.

Israeli Settlers Filmed Taking Palestinians' Livestock Under IDF Protection

IDF Opened Dozens of Probes Into Deaths of Detained Gazans. No One Was Charged

Tax Authority Suspends Bnei Brak Missile Damage Claims After Employees Attacked

New Poll Puts Netanyahu Bloc at Lowest Point Yet

Israel Elections 2026

more in Israel Elections 2026

Israel 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest Projections

Gadi Eizenkot speaks at the launch of his party's election campaign in June.

Netanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Miri Regev, in May.

Sources: Netanyahu Gov't Seeks to Limit Expats From Flying Into Israel to Vote

A poster circulating on social media highlights 7.10 in red within Israel's election date.

It's All in the Date: How October 7 Is Already Haunting Israel's Next Election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's photo on a Likud election banner in Tel Aviv for the November 2022 election.

New Poll Shows Israeli Opposition Defeating Netanyahu Without Arab Parties

Podcasts

more in Podcasts

subscribe to podcast

pod

Haaretz Podcast

Ro Khanna 'More Disturbed by Israel's Lies Than Being Detained in West Bank'

total-- : --time0:00

Haaretz Elections Podcast

Haaretz Elections Podcast

Iran and Netanyahu Both Sow Conflict and Chaos Online Ahead of Israeli Elections

pod

Haaretz Podcast

Reform Movement Head Rick Jacobs on the Growing 'Isolation' of U.S. Jews

Haaretz Elections Podcast

Haaretz Elections Podcast

'Israel's Opposition Must Join With Arab Parties. It's the Right Thing to Do'

Roundup threesome collage

How a Secret Mossad Operation in Dubai Ended Up in Israel's Design Week

Opinion

more in Opinion

Haaretz Editorial

Good Riddance to a Bad Knesset

The most harmful Knesset in the history of Israel is finally due to dissolve on Friday. We will all be able to breathe a little easier. It won't be a breath of relief but rather the breath of someone who's drowning and has momentarily risen to the surface.

Liam Hoare

Liam Hoare

A Lesson From Vienna: Antisemitism Must Be Fought, Not 'Contextualized'

Merav Alma Sever

An Israeli Doesn't Know Who Rabin Was? Our Haredi Schools Made It Happen

Nehemia Shtrasler

Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel Needs a Ballot-box Revolution to Rid Itself of Netanyahu

Carolina Landsmann

Carolina Landsmann

Eisenkot Allows Israelis to Replace Netanyahu Without Changing Who They Are

Aluf Benn

Aluf Benn

The Netanyahu Regime's Black Boxes Must Be Revealed

Leon Hadar

It's Time to Make the U.S.-Israel Relationship Normal Again

Culture

more in Culture

מנת חומוס | מסעדת אבו גאנם | נוף הגליל

'Before 1948, Hummus Was an Arab Food. Most European Jews Never Ate It'

Junkie IL: The interviewees in this article lead conventional lives. They are students, interns, business owners, freelancers and programmers.

Bumps at Funerals, Lines in Shelters: Israel's Wars Drive Israelis to Drugs

Sasson, left, and son Liam Kedem. "We designed pieces for men with presence, men who are grounded."

Clothes Like Homes: Sasson Kedem's Oversized Vision Finds a New Generation

הפגנה נגד אלימות בחברה הערבית סכנין

'Israel Isn't anti-Arab – Just Look at How It Treats Its Arab Citizens'

Paul Celan survived the Holocaust and became a world-famous poet before committing suicide in 1970 at age 50.

A Genius Encumbered by Loss: A Haunted Jewish Poet Is Brought Back to Life

Israel News

more in Israel News

Hagai Agmon-Snir. "We can't help but covet the next hilltop."

The Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the Country

IDF soldiers in Jerusalem, earlier this year.

Despite IDF Demands, Knesset Keeps Mandatory Military Service at 32 Months

Shas chairman MK Arye Dery in the Knesset plenum in June.

Haredi Party Leader Says Courts 'Have No Authority,' IDF Chief 'Has Lost It'

Yariv Levin, left, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Katz in the Knesset this week.

AnalysisAnalysis

Netanyahu Hopes Political Harakiri Keeps His Bloc, and His Grip on Power, Alive

Live UpdatesLive Updates

For Seventh Night in a Row, U.S. Launches Strikes on Iranian Infrastructure

U.S. News

more in U.S. News

From podium left, U.S. Senate candidates Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson, Dr. Nirav Shah, and Jordan Wood talk with moderator Phil Hirschkorn at WCSH-6 before a televised debate at the WCSH-6 studio Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Portland, Maine.

Maine Democratic Senate Candidates Echo Platner's anti-Israel Rhetoric at Debate

JD Vance Says Israel Is 'Losing the Battle' for U.S. Public Opinion

103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote

Congress Votes Push Democrats to a Stand on U.S.-Israel Relations

Promoted

Promoted

CUTTING EDGE 2026

Israel is emerging as a global Deep Tech hub

The revolution that Trucknet offers to the world of logistics and transportation

Haaretz Explains

more in Haaretz Explains

Ultra-Orthodox men protest against military recruitment and call for the release of detained draft resisters outside a military prison in central Israel, last month.

Can Israel's New One-line Law Shield Haredim From IDF Service?

Netanyahu's Last Stand? What to Know About Israel's 2026 Election

Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset last year, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the architect of the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, to his right.

Explained | Constitutional Crisis? Why Israel's Gov't Just Defied the High Court

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Monday to attend the G7 summit in the French town of Evian-les-Bains.

What You Need to Know About the U.S.-Iran Deal – and What It Means for Israel

Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Gaza City, May 15

Can Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza Force Its Plan on Hamas and Israel?

National Security & Cyber

more in National Security & Cyber

King Mohammed VI of Morocco in France, 2017. Macron reportedly told him: "Either you're lying or you don't know what's happening in your country."

RevealedRevealed

Israeli Spyware in Morocco, French Targets and NSO Founder's Diplomatic Passport

Israel Einhorn in 2022.

Qatari Money to ex-Bibi Adviser via Serbia Stops After Influence-op AbortedQatari Money Paid to ex-Bibi Adviser via Serbia Stops Flowing After Influence-op Aborted

Made in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding Israel

Qatar's emir arrives in Algeria, March 2024. In red: An Elbit defense system.

Advanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images Show

Flamingos, Jared Kushner, an Israeli Businessman: Albania's Political Meltdown

Photo Blog

Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin.

1/8 Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin. Credit: Gil Eliyahu

Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin.

1/8 Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin. Credit: Gil Eliyahu

Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin.

1/8 Participants in the reenactment of the 1187 Battle of Hattin. Credit: Gil Eliyahu

A turtle in the animal hospital at the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Mikhmoret.

Gallery for article

8 images

A protest marking 1,000 days since October 7, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday.

A Look at the Past Week, as Captured by Haaretz Photographers

A march to raise awareness for Haymanot Kasau, an Ethiopian Israeli girl who went missing more than two years ago. She was 9 years old at the time.

A Look at the Past Week, as Captured by Haaretz Photographers

Jewish World

Opposition MKs protest the vote, on Thursday.

Israel's Knesset Approves Bill Legalizing Gender Segregation in Universities

Inside an Urgent Conference Opposing Women's Integration Into the IDF

Europe's Smallest Jewish Community Gets a New Home and Geothermal Mikvah

Middle East News

A Houthi follower looks on, during a pro-Iran demonstration, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen, in April.

Report: Iran Tells Houthis to Close Red Sea Oil Route if U.S. Strikes Power Grid

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Tehran Threatens More Shipping Disruption

Trump Walks Back Hormuz Transit Fee, Threatens Strikes on Iranian Energy Targets

HaQuiz

Two students wearing Unicorn costumes are seen during an NCAA college football game between Vanderbilt and Mississippi, in 2020.

Which Country's National Animal Is the Unicorn?

What Country's Constitutional Crisis Ended With Tanks Shelling the White House?

What Israeli Military Operation Took Place on the U.S. 200th Independence Day?

Israel's Judicial Coup

Then-IDF head Herzl Halevi, then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and then-Mossad Director David Barnea conferring in 2025.

Shin Bet and IDF Planned to Warn Netanyahu Before Oct. 7. Mossad Head Refused

Inside Israel's Other War: Fighting the Quiet Dismantling of Democracy

Netanyahu's Coalition Pushes Judicial Overhaul, Expecting Imminent Dissolution

Gaza & West Bank

more in Gaza & West Bank

Dr. Ezzideen Shehab.

Trapped in Gaza, a Young Doctor Documents Life Between Survival and Death

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, handcuffed during a video-link High Court hearing, earlier this month.

Jailed Gaza Doctor Says He Was Beat and Isolated After Lawyer's Previous Visit

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna, center, standing with Palestinian residents of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the West Bank on July 9.

'Israel Has Lost Americans Under 50. Netanyahu Antagonized an Entire Generation'

Travelers waiting on the Jordanian side of the crossing.

No Dignity at Allenby: Palestinian Babies 'Are Suffocating in 95°F Heat'

The funeral of the child Mu'taz Abu Sha'ar outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Tuesday.

Israeli Fire Kills 10 in Gaza, Including a 10-year-old, Officials Say

Most Popular

Most Popular

1

Live UpdatesLive Updates

Jordan Says Four Drones Intercepted After Iran Claimed Strike on U.S. Aircraft

2

The Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the Country

3

Hélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'

4

'Before 1948, Hummus Was an Arab Food. Most European Jews Never Ate It'

5

Iran Responds to Overnight U.S. Attacks With Strikes Across the Region

6

The Mysterious, Ancient Israeli Site Attracting Modern Pilgrims

Archaeology

more in Archaeology

Amber embedded in coal, extracted from the Hujiersite Formation.

Earliest Amber Found in China Changes Story of Plant Evolution

Fourth century C.E. manuscript, with the end of 'The Epistle of Enoch' and the start of the Passion homily of 'Melito'; note the large text reading ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΝΩΧ (EPISTOLE ENOCH).

Did Breakoff Ancient Jews Really Use a 'Divine' 364-day Calendar?

mandible of Qafzeh-25

Human in Israel Smashed in the Face With a Rock 100,000 Years Ago

פומפיי | איטליה | אמנות

The Original Tradwives of Ancient Rome

New Theory of Smallest Human: Not a Hunter, but Eater of Lizard Leftovers

Haaretz Magazine

more in Haaretz Magazine

מדור טיסות
ארז גרנית

'Then Someone Says: "You Saved My Son." And I Think: What Did I Even Do?'

'Yearning for Zion Was Stronger Than Anything': Seven Jews' Epic 1932 Journey

Musk, SpaceX

'Elon Musk Likes to Think of Himself as a Self-made Visionary. He Isn't'

Eisenkot at a campaign event in Kiryat Bialik. "I've already lost the dearest thing in my life."

Eisenkot Is Quietly Gaining Ground in Likud Territory. Enough to Beat Netanyahu?

When a Palestinian Family's Bathroom Becomes an Israeli Closed Military Zone

Science & Health

Food

Qasim Amireh. The kitchen is my kingdom.

The Tel Aviv Chef Who Also Consults for a Ramallah Wine Bar

An Israeli Artisan Dairy Born From Memories of Cheesemaking in Zakho

Ben and Jerry's Has a New Zionist Ice Cream

Travel In Israel

So-called Missile Spring. The secret location isn't deterring hikers – quite the contrary.

Going Ballistic: Israelis Are Thanking Iran for a 'Crater of Joy'

A Remote Kibbutz Was Named a UN Best Tourism Village. Too Bad You Can't Visit

Israel's El Al Airlines Signs Internet Deal With Elon Musk's Starlink

Special coverage

Behind the Numbers: The Truth About Gaza's Death List

'But No One Came': Untold Heroism, Anguish and Abandonment at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

Erased: Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

ICYMI

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 2024.

Inside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's Leader

Gadi Eizenkot speaks at the launch of his party's election campaign in June.

Netanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gestures, on the day of the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks with a Palestinian resident of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, during a visit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Thursday.

Ro Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' Him

A burnt vehicle in a Palestinian village following an attack by violent Israeli settlers earlier this year.

I Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I Saw

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna speaks with a Palestinian resident of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, during a visit in the West Bank last week.

The Week the Democrats Defined the Israel-Palestine Debate for 2028