Israeli defense minister can't ban senior officers from briefing Haaretz reporters, AG says

by mgall74 | Jan 8, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara informed Defense Minister Israel Katz in the past few days that he was not allowed to bar meetings between senior military officers and Haaretz writers, the newspaper has learned, following reports last month of one such ban....

Born in Transylvania, banned in wartime Hungary and reborn in Israel

by mgall74 | Jan 7, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The lobby of Tel Aviv University’s Green House was packed last Thursday evening. The air buzzed with a cacophony of Hungarian, English and Hebrew. In the corner of the hall – a restored 19th-century building and one of the last remnants of the village of...

A Jerusalem tragedy that contains all the ills of this sick Israeli government

by mgall74 | Jan 7, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Netanyahu's close confidante is spinning a hollow reality for us Israelis

by mgall74 | Dec 29, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Israel's top court freezes Netanyahu government move to shutter Army Radio

by mgall74 | Dec 28, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The High Court of Justice on Sunday issued a temporary injunction halting the closure of Army Radio, accepting Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s request that the cabinet-approved closure not be carried out until the court rules on challenges to the...