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At a recent conference held in London by Israel’s longest-running newspaper, Haaretz, the publisher Amos Schocken – who is known for his critical stance towards Israel’s treatment of Palestinians – argued that the Palestinians who are defined by Israel as terrorists are, in fact, freedom fighters. Schocken also claimed that…

Despite the Lebanon truce, Israel’s prime minister shows no desire to seek peace with Hamas

Israel's cabinet sanctions Haaretz newspaper for critical war coverage, sparking concerns about press freedom.

Ministers also ban government advertising from critical newspaper that is widely respected internationally

The Haaretz news outlet called the decision ‘another step in Netanyahu’s journey to dismantle Israeli democracy’.

Speakers at event call for commitment to a two-state solution and urge Labour government to do more

In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake. According to research revealed in a recent Spanish documentary, Christopher Columbus was not Italian, as widely assumed, but Sephardic: of Spanish…

Western political leaders were quick to argue that the killing of Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, on October 17 presented a window of opportunity. Perhaps the decapitation of the militant group’s senior command would be a chance for renewed ceasefire talks and the release of the Israeli hostages.

“October 7 was horrible. Nothing of what happened after October 7 justifies what Israel has done ever since then,” says Israeli journalist and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, in an exclusive conversation with Sreenivasan Jain.