Hagar Shezaf
Haaretz.com
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Dozens of Israeli Lawmakers Call for Release of Settlers Detained Without Trial Following Hawara Pogrom
The lawmakers from Israel's coalition called on Defense Minister Gallant to stop arresting settlers without trial, 'as if they were the enemy of the state' → Read More
Videos From Hawara Rampage Indicate Depth of Israeli Authorities’ Failure
Settlers were already rioting in Hawara in the afternoon, hours before hundreds of them lit fires and threw stones there. Haaretz mapped out the main damage in the town → Read More
Two Settlers Placed in Administrative Detention Over Hawara Riot
The two were placed in detention without trial and barred from meeting lawyers until midnight ■ Attorneys file appeal against the decision ■ Total of four Jews held over deadly rampage → Read More
Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli at West Bank Settler Farm
The incident comes after Hamas claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on Thursday night in central Tel Aviv that wounded three Israelis → Read More
Israel Arrested 18 Settlers Who Rampaged Through Hawara Last Year. Only One Has Been Charged
In January 2022, a convoy of around 30 cars drove through Hawara, attacking locals as they drove through the town. Yesh Din: 'Israel is not interested in dealing with settler violence' → Read More
Four Palestinians, Including One Girl, Wounded by Settlers in Hawara
'The pogroms in Hawara continue also as part of the settlers' Purim celebrations, backed by the government and lack of enforcement by the authorities,' the Yesh Din organization says → Read More
Court Shortens Detention Without Trial for Israeli Settler Involved in Hawara Rampage
The administrative detention of another settler involved in the rampage on the Palestinian town of Hawara was also shortened by a month on Sunday night → Read More
Zionist Fantasies Mixed With Sober Look at Sexual Assault in New Israeli TV Series
The Israeli series 'Chanshi' sheds light on American-Jewish stereotypes of Israelis, and vice versa, while stressing the need to understand sexual violence outside the normal gender equation → Read More
Israel to Impose Closure of Palestinian Territories During Purim
Policy renews after last Purim was the first in five years not to see a closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip → Read More
Israeli Lightly Wounded in West Bank Shooting Attack
A gunman shot at the Israeli, aged about 65, while he was in his car near Hebron. → Read More
Israeli Settlers Seen Throwing Stones at Palestinian Houses in West Bank as Soldiers Stand by
In a video documenting the incident, the rioters are seen vandalizing trees and throwing stones, as soldiers stand by without trying to stop or detain them. According to Israeli NGO Yesh Din which published the video, three Palestinian houses were damaged → Read More
Israel Detains Two Suspects in Hawara Riot Minutes After Court Releases Them
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant signed rarely used administrative detention orders against two suspected ringleaders of rampage in West Bank town → Read More
Out of Hundreds of Rampaging Israeli Settlers, Only One Remains in Custody
Six Israelis were detained on the night of the rampage in the West Bank town of Hawara. After a court hearing, five of them were released and one was sentenced to four days of house arrest → Read More
American-Israeli Killed in West Bank Shooting Attack Identified as Connecticut Native Elan Ganeles
The 27-year-old U.S. citizen was visiting Israel for a wedding when he was shot and wounded near the Dead Sea. He was pronounced dead at a hospital several hours later → Read More
Israeli Critically Wounded in West Bank Shooting
The shooting took place near the Dead Sea. The Israeli victim is currently unconscious → Read More
'It's Forbidden to Harm the Army,' Mourning Parents Say as Sons Laid to Rest
Thousands attended the funeral on Monday of 21-year-old Hillel Yaniv and 19-year-old Yagel Yaniv in the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha, after they were shot to death in a terror attack in the city of Hawara → Read More
Despite Netanyahu Pledge, Far-right Ally Smotrich Vows to Expand West Bank Settlements
Netanyahu earlier told the U.S. that he would freeze settlement construction in the West Bank after a wave of international criticism → Read More
Seismic Political Events Took Place in Diyarbakir Long Before the Quakes Struck
At least 20 buildings collapsed in Diyarbakir when the earthquake hit. But The Kurdish-majority Turkish city is used to seeing buildings destroyed, following a bloody war ■ How will it be rebuilt, and will become an unlikely tourist attraction? → Read More
West Bank Outposts Israel Decided to Legalize Are on Disputed Lands
Clarifying the legal status of lands, a process which is required before declaring a piece of land as 'state land,' has not been done in the case of outposts that the Israeli cabinet voted to legalize on Sunday. The NGO Peace Now found that as many as 38 percent may be privately owned by Palestinians → Read More
Methkal Rayyan Was Shot Dead by Israeli Settlers. Witnesses Who Can Identify the Settlers Who Killed Him Were Not Questioned
Eyewitnesses told Haaretz the deadly confrontation began when settlers from a nearby illegal outpost went to a building site in West Bank village and threatened workers → Read More