A symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: How grapevines left behind in 1948 survived against all odds
https://www.haaretz.com/food/2026-08-07/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/how-grapevines-left-behind-in-1948-survived-against-all-odds/0000019f-d6fb-d09d-a59f-f6fbf43c0000

Grapevines left uncultivated on Israel's coastal plain tell a forgotten story in the history of local farming, and offer a key to coping with the climate crisis

Tax revenues shrinking as migration by the rich steps up, study warns
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/economy-finance/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/tax-revenues-shrinking-as-migration-by-the-rich-steps-up-study-warns/0000019f-d6f0-d310-a3df-d6f37bff0000

Doctors and high-tech are overrepresented in migration data while emigration rates among lower-income groups hasn't changed, Tax Authority research shows

In Netanyahu's Israel, your ethnicity depends on how you vote
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-07/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-the-pro-netanyahu-channel-14-turned-israels-identity-politics-on-its-head/0000019f-d878-d310-a3df-dc7be0e20000

Discussing opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, the pro-Netanyahu channel achieved the identity-politics singularity: ethnicity is no longer inherited but determined at the ballot box. All you need to do is ask how someone votes. Bibi? You're Mizrahi. Anti-Bibi? Mazel tov, you're Ashkenazi

Israel can't defend itself on faith alone – prayers won't replenish interceptors
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026-08-07/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israels-most-powerful-defense-systems-are-indifference-and-belief/0000019f-d879-d09d-a59f-fa79e8c60000

Less faith and more reason – that's what Israelis need in confusing times like these, when war has become the default mode, and peace is an illusory hope that deserves our contempt

Likud appeals Israeli court's ban on apps reporting voter identity at polling places
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/likud-appeals-israels-ban-on-apps-reporting-voter-identity-at-polling-places/0000019f-d8a2-d09d-a59f-faba3d300000

The party, which has made extensive use of the app, which one campaign source claimed won it an additional 3-5 Knesset seats in the last election, said that the decision constitutes a 'change in the rules of the game.'

Justice for Awdah Hathaleen requires ending the occupation, not just an indictment
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2026-08-07/ty-article-opinion/justice-for-awdah-hathaleen-depends-on-ending-the-occupation/0000019f-d8af-d315-a1df-fbaf90670000

Yemen's air defenses intercept Houthi drones, state media says
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-07/ty-article-live/houthi-attack-on-saudi-arabia-wounds-11-as-kingdom-warns-of-wider-threat/0000019f-d9f3-d315-a1df-fbfff5c80000

Hormuz deal would hand Iran an unprecedented geopolitical victory
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/hormuz-deal-would-hand-iran-an-unprecedented-geopolitical-victory/0000019f-d8c8-d315-a1df-fbeebfb60000

Iran may reap the greatest rewards from the region's emerging order, while Israel faces the consequences ■ Defense Minister Israel Katz's failed bid to oust a top general came at a broader cost ■ Netanyahu's government has bigger problems than foreign influence campaigns

The smear campaign against Eisenkot backfires, and Netanyahu's paying price in Likud
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/smearing-eisenkot-backfires-and-netanyahus-paying-the-price-in-likud/0000019f-d8a1-d315-a1df-fbaf36ca0000

It's not just Minister Dudi Amsalem who opposes Netanyahu. The Likud primaries are shaking the party like a Super El Niño. Gilad Erdan is playing the bad boy. And does Avigdor Lieberman plan to blackmail Eisenkot into a rotation?

Yoav Segalovitz quits Yesh Atid amid talks to join Arab party
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/yoav-segalovitz-quits-yesh-atid-as-talks-to-join-arab-party-continue/0000019f-db4d-d310-a3df-df4f68300000

The former deputy minister could become Mansour Abbas' party's candidate for national security minister as it seeks to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional base

Police close probe into fatal West Bank shooting despite 'mistaken' killing
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-crime/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/police-close-probe-into-fatal-west-bank-shooting-despite-mistaken-killing/0000019f-db64-d9df-af9f-fbf5b24a0000

Khaled Hassan, a 34-year-old father of three, was killed during a police operation in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah in 2025. His family said footage showed officers made no attempt to arrest him before opening fire

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign defense pact amid regional tensions
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2026-08-07/ty-article/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-defense-pact-amid-regional-tensions/0000019f-dbc5-d310-a3df-dfc75f0a0000

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement treats an attack on any member as an attack on all and is described as open to other regional countries

Iran is getting closer to controlling the Strait of Hormuz without curbing its nuclear program
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/iran-is-getting-closer-to-controlling-hormuz-without-curbing-its-nuclear-program/0000019f-dc45-dc86-a59f-df4571260000

The Iranian-Omani deal on tap for the waterway would give Tehran power it didn't have before the war. The Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, have set the boundaries of U.S. military action, so Trump will enter any talks lacking leverage

Lebanon, Israel agree shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify Hezbollah disarmament
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/lebanon-israel-agree-on-countries-that-could-verify-hezbollah-disarmament/0000019f-dd90-d86b-a59f-ddb647af0000

A Lebanese official declined to identify any of the countries on the shortlist or say how many there were. A U.S.-brokered deal signed in June links Israel's progressive withdrawal ⁠of troops from Lebanon to the disarmament of Hezbollah, which would be 'verified' by a third party

Four killed in Houthi attacks in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, sources say
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-08-08/ty-article-live/four-killed-in-houthi-attacks-in-yemen-and-saudi-arabia-sources-say/0000019f-ddff-d86b-a59f-ddff5b7b0004

Jerusalem braces for Saturday Sabbath battles over downtown café
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/religion-relics/2026-08-08/ty-article/.premium/jerusalem-braces-for-saturday-sabbath-battles-over-downtown-cafe/0000019f-dd64-dc86-a59f-df647f050000

As demonstrations against Café Basimta grow, one Haredi leader said that the owner has a 'right to open on the Sabbath, and we have the right to protest against it. There are plenty of secular neighborhoods in the city – let them open there'

'It's hard to know if we'll endure': Israel's leading philosopher on manipulation, morality and the future of Zionism
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/israels-leading-philosopher-on-manipulation-morality-and-the-future-of-zionism/0000019f-c651-d15e-a7bf-df77ebab0000

For decades, Avishai Margalit was the intellectual who explained Israel to the world. At 87, one of the country's greatest philosophers reflects on justice, the price of freedom, nationalism and the uncertain trajectory the Zionist project

We were sent to rehab in Bnei Brak. We discovered another world
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/we-were-sent-to-rehab-in-bnei-brak-we-discovered-another-world/0000019f-d744-d315-a1df-ff6e12b30000

My father broke his hip. With Tel Hashomer's rehabilitation ward filled with wounded soldiers, we ended up in a Bnei Brak nursing facility, where elderly Jews are cared for by Israeli Arab and immigrant staff from across the globe

Report: U.S. general privately urges Trump officials to seek 'off-ramp' from Iran war
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-08-08/ty-article/report-u-s-general-urges-trump-officials-to-seek-off-ramp-from-iran-war/0000019f-dfe1-d310-a3df-dfe3ef950000

Gen. Dan Caine has raised his concerns with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, two sources told CNN

Haredi crowd gathers for weekly protest outside Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-08-08/ty-article/.premium/haredi-crowd-gathers-for-weekly-protest-outside-jerusalem-cafe-open-on-shabbat/0000019f-e06f-d86b-a59f-e47f0dc50001

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters gathered in streets surrounding the cafe, which in past weeks has turned into the center of a growing dispute over businesses operating on Shabbat. 'Let them open in a secular neighborhood,' one Haredi leader said

The Israeli-Canadian climate activist taking Prime Minister Carney to court
https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/nature-environment/2026-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/the-israeli-canadian-climate-activist-taking-prime-minister-carney-to-court/0000019f-d79b-d7e2-a39f-f7fb81bf0000

Canada's government has developed a rapacious appetite for oil and minerals. Activist Shirley Barnea has had enough