After settlers expelled West Bank Palestinians, Israel's top court asks: Who does the IDF protect?
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-30/ty-article/.premium/after-settlers-expelled-palestinians-top-court-asks-who-does-the-idf-protect/000001a0-5195-df55-a3b3-7d9dfcfd0000

The High Court of Justice harshly criticized Israeli security forces for not adequately protecting a Palestinian family that is being harassed by Israeli settlers. 'Why aren't we seeing people behind bars?' one judge asked

Two Israeli teens charged with spying for Iran, photographing shopping malls
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-30/ty-article/.premium/two-israeli-teens-charged-with-spying-for-iran/000001a0-52e3-dc19-a5a4-dfff446a0000

The 14- and 16-year-olds allegedly received hundreds of shekels for tasks assigned over Telegram and remained in contact with the agent even after he acknowledged ties to Iran

Former hostage Eli Sharabi, whose family was murdered on October 7, to host memorial ceremony
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-08-30/ty-article/former-hostage-whose-family-was-murdered-on-october-7-to-host-memorial-ceremony/000001a0-5342-dcfd-a9b9-7b7689f70000

The ceremony, absent an official one organized by the state, will take place on the anniversary of the massacre in Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv. Eli Sharabi: 'Time mustn't let us forget'

Palestinian attacked by Israeli settlers freed after month of detention in rare release
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-30/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-attacked-by-settlers-freed-after-month-of-detention-in-rare-release/000001a0-51f5-d276-a7a1-fff7f08a0000

Thabet Masalem was detained over alleged 'violent friction incidents with settlers' and placed in administrative detention until January 2027. A military judge ordered his immediate release after an appeal

When to say 'genocide': What leftists could learn from Germany
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2026-08-30/ty-article/.highlight/when-to-say-genocide-what-leftists-could-learn-from-germany/000001a0-52c6-d3eb-abf5-57dfe86b0000

Germany's left-wing parties have largely defused the political volatility of the Gaza war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, allowing them to campaign on domestic issues such as the rising cost of living – and gain in the polls. U.S. Democrats could take note

Four men plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-08-30/ty-article/four-men-plead-guilty-to-arson-attack-on-jewish-ambulances-in-london/000001a0-536b-d3eb-abf5-577f58540000

The four admitted damaging property while being reckless as to whether life would be endangered in the March attack, which destroyed four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Hatzola emergency service

Haredi Israelis protest IDF draft outside military enlistment center
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-08-30/ty-article/.premium/haredi-israelis-protest-idf-draft-outside-military-enlistment-center/000001a0-533d-de9b-a3f3-d37df7fa0000

Protesters chanted 'We'll die and won't enlist' as a few hundred ultra-Orthodox Jews were conscripted into the IDF. Religious and secular Jews counter-protested in support of the conscripts

Parents to suspend classes at Tel Aviv school over admission of migrant children
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-08-30/ty-article/.premium/parents-to-suspend-classes-at-tel-aviv-school-over-admission-of-migrant-children/000001a0-5413-defa-a1fc-f51792990000

Parents say the school's admissions policy discriminates against children from the surrounding neighborhood and that migrant students were admitted without meeting requirements imposed on other applicants. The city rejected the claims

Senior IDF officials: Growing risk of armed Palestinians organizing to return fire against violent settlers
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/idf-risk-of-palestinians-firing-back-at-unrestrained-violent-settlers/000001a0-5427-da56-a3fd-f5bf35470000

Senior army officials expressed concern about an attack similar to the 2015 Duma arson and Palestinian acts of revenge against settler outposts. They also warn of the worsening disconnect between the army and police commanders

Netanyahu's right is turning anti-Arab incitement into election strategy
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-31/ty-article-opinion/.premium/netanyahus-right-is-turning-anti-arab-incitement-into-election-strategy/000001a0-5438-de9b-a3f3-d57824960000

The bloc that is supposed to cleanse the cesspool of Israeli politics is submitting to Netanyahu's discourse dictates. How is it that the man who has inflicted so much damage on the country still sets the agenda for those who aspire to replace him?

GOP Jews rail against Democrats at Vegas confab, but worry about their own party's Israel drift
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/gop-jews-bash-democrats-at-vegas-but-worry-about-their-partys-israel-drift/000001a0-563d-d692-a5e3-f67d6ea70000

At the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual Las Vegas summit, Abdul El-Sayed and the left drew boos – but Vice President JD Vance's looming appearance underscored fears that the GOP's pro-Israel consensus may not outlast Donald Trump

Weeks into West Bank siege, police seek warrants for settlers involved in attack
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/weeks-into-west-bank-siege-police-seek-warrants-for-settlers-involved-in-attack/000001a0-5676-dcfd-a9b9-7e76e0180000

The police's action follows a top court petition by 10 Palestinian residents, which alleges that settlers repeatedly attacked the village of Qusra as the army failed to enforce a closure order. The settlers remain in the village

For Israeli vets with PTSD, soccer is a friendly game again
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-31/ty-article-magazine/.premium/for-israeli-vets-with-ptsd-soccer-is-a-friendly-game-again/000001a0-5345-d3eb-abf5-575ff1500000

Roaring crowds and exploding fireworks can make soccer matches unbearable for veterans with PTSD. A new initiative is helping them return to the game they love

IDF soldiers guard West Bank settler raid, shoot four Palestinians, reports say
https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/idf-soldiers-guard-west-bank-settler-raid-shoot-four-palestinians-reports-say/000001a0-56a2-d085-a3fd-7ee2f9550000

Two minors were among the Palestinians wounded, medics said. Settlers then reportedly besieged a house and stole equipment from its yard while IDF forces operated in the area

Spain's Sanchez: Israel, Russia amplified disinformation over Ceuta migrant crisis
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-08-31/ty-article/spains-sanchez-israel-amplified-disinformation-over-ceuta-migrant-crisis/000001a0-56f1-d822-a3b8-56ffe0370000

Sánchez said it was 'evident' that both countries had used the crisis to criticize the Spanish government, amid their disagreements with Madrid over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East

The Gefilte fish has never been hotter
https://www.haaretz.com/food/2026-08-31/ty-article-magazine/.premium/gefilte-fish-has-never-been-hotter-this-tiny-tel-aviv-eatery-is-a-groyse-metsie/000001a0-51f5-db96-a7fb-f1f571910000

A tiny Tel Aviv eatery established 81 years ago is still a Groyse Metsie: A place where people come to cry over a plate of jellied calf's foot

IDF: 16 male soldiers to be jailed for refusing to operate alongside female soldier
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/idf-16-male-soldiers-to-be-jailed-for-refusing-to-work-with-female-soldier/000001a0-56c0-d49c-afa0-fed378560000

As a result, the operation was canceled, the IDF said. Smotrich backed the troops, saying he would demand answers from the army, prompting former IDF chief Eisenkot to accuse him of calling for refusal to serve

Palestinian state schools in East Jerusalem to expand access to Israeli curriculum
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/east-jerusalem-palestinian-state-schools-to-expand-access-to-israeli-curriculum/000001a0-5714-d4a7-a1a3-d7de02820000

Since East Jerusalem was annexed in 1967, Palestinians have objected to the use of the Israeli curriculum in schools – but due to pressure from both parents and the Israeli government, all new first and seventh graders will study for Israeli matriculation

What I learned by teaching American university students about Israel
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-31/ty-article-opinion/.premium/what-i-learned-by-teaching-american-university-students-about-israel/000001a0-57b3-d3eb-abf5-57ffb6970000

As a new academic year begins, antisemitism remains a major reason for concern, but growing interest in courses on Israel provides some necessary hope

Arrests of Ethiopian, Arab Israelis, Palestinians surge during Ben-Gvir's tenure
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-crime/2026-08-31/ty-article/.premium/arrests-of-ethiopian-arab-israelis-palestinians-surge-during-ben-gvirs-tenure/000001a0-574f-d4eb-affc-5f7fee650000

Between January and July 2026, more Ethiopian Israeli minors were arrested than in the entirety of 2022. A senior police officer said that 'people are arrested even when there is no real need'