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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the launch of the National AI Program, August 9, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads Likud into the October 27 election as the ruling party seeks to retain power amid slipping polls and questions over Netanyahu’s future.

Netanyahu announces planned libel lawsuit over Haaretz report claiming UAE warned of Oct. 7

A photograph of the glass door at Haaretz smashed by a masked vandal.

Israeli man indicted for throwing bricks at media offices, threatening 'someone will die'

Front door of Channel 12 News offices shattered by vandals in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2026.

Prosecutors signal indictment over vandalism attacks on Justice Ministry, Israeli media outlets


Israeli minister targets Haaretz newspaper for 'anti-Israel incitement'

Karhi explained that much of the paper’s funding comes from ads and subscriptions purchased by the government.

 An illustration of israel daily newspapers, including The Jerusalem Post, Maariv and Haaretz. Taken October 13, 2012

Protest group pays for all-black front-page ads in major Israeli newspapers

The ads read, "a black day for Israeli democracy" in small white text at the bottom. Also in small text at the top was the word "advertisement." 

 The headlines of the newspapers in Israel at a shop in Jerusalem, July 25, 2023, a day after the reasonableness bill passed at the assembly hall of the Knesset

Ben-Gvir seeks NIS 3 million from Israeli reporter in libel lawsuit

The report alleged that far-right activist Benzi Gopstein had been advising the national security minister on police matters.

 Benzi Gopshtein speaks during an Otzma Yehudit party election campaign event in Jerusalem on July 4, 2019

South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70

Gordin’s many friends say that his sympathy for the underdog was inextricable from the Jewish traditions and attitudes he inherited.

 Police put up a cordon outside the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa, December 26, 2021.

Gadi Taub should celebrate being 'cancelled' - opinion

Taub was informed on Wednesday by the publication, for which he has been writing for more than a decade, that his articles would no longer be welcome.

 Israeli author Gadi Taub speaks at the International Writer's festival in Jerusalem on May 06, 2010.

Incoming Housing Minister Goldknopf owns illegally divided apartment - report

His wife is paying the property tax on the apartment in Jerusalem, which was illegally split up into five units.

 United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022

Were five Gazan kids killed by IDF or Islamic Jihad during Breaking Dawn? - report

The IDF initially said that five children were killed by an Islamic Jihad rocket, but a new report suggests the Israeli military is responsible.

 A fireball and smoke erupt following an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City, on August 6, 2022.

Haaretz reporter arrested after questioning police

Weitz approached the officers in Tel Aviv as they were questioning a construction worker, asking what they were doing and explaining that he was a journalist.

Israeli journalist Gidi Weitz speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, held in Tel Aviv on March 28, 2019.

The state of our democracy - opinion

We Israeli citizens really need to wake up and face the reality that Israel cannot call itself a democracy and at the same time prevent millions of people from having full democratic rights.

 MK AHMAD TIBI addresses the ‘Haaretz’ conference in Jaffa on Tuesday.

Israeli academics praise Ben & Jerry boycott in newspaper ad

More than 30 of the signatories included well-known academics, notably 21 professors from Hebrew University and 11 from Tel-Aviv University.

Ben and Jerry Ice Cream claims "Voting is in good taste"