Demonstrations have taken place at multiple locations across Israel, calling for the hostages' release and an end to the Gaza war. The protests were organized as part of a strike initiated by families of hostages and families of those killed during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack
In 'My Undesirable Friends,' Julia Loktev follows journalists at Russia's last independent news channel as the Kremlin strangles free expression in the year before the invasion of Ukraine. She tells Haaretz her friends in Israel warn the film 'hits so close to home'
Likud MK and Finance Committee chair Hanoch Milwidsky, who is currently under investigation for rape allegations, described the nationwide protests demanding a hostage release deal as 'riots supporting Hamas'
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, son of late Shas leader Ovadia Yosef, said Netanyahu 'betrayed the Haredim in 2013' and warned ultra-Orthodox lawmakers they cannot rely on him to pass the IDF draft exemption law for yeshiva students
For Kyiv, no deal was better than a bad one, as Ukraine's president sees a silver lining in Trump not fully yielding to Putin and leaving some routes open
Recordings of former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, who resigned over the October 7 failure, show him blaming himself and others, underscoring that only a state probe can uncover the truth, unless Netanyahu stays in power