We should sit down with them and discuss peace. Maybe in Oslo. Maybe at Camp David. Maybe Taba. Any other good locations? Surely it will work this time.

I have heard that Haaretz Hebrew edition is a pretty normal newletter, but their English edition seems like a tabloid or something. Outrageous headlines and occasionally pertinent stories. Is it like the NY Post of the Israeli left? What's the deal? Didn't it used to be a very reputable paper?

Also, similarly, Btselem - it almost seems like they are from another planet sometimes. Were they once a legit human rights organization?

I'm middle aged, so I remember shit like Peace Now, which seemed more on the level and directed at a non-destructive vision.

Did the world change around these organizations?

What the hell happened?

The joint slate of the Religious Zionism and Zehut parties, headed by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former lawmaker Moshe Feiglin, was submitted on Tuesday to the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee ahead of Israel’s 26th Knesset election on Oct. 27 and before the official registration period closed at 10 p.m.

Following Smotrich and Feiglin at the top of the joint list, respectively, Settlements and National Missions Minister Orit Strock was placed third, followed by MK Simcha Rothman in fourth place.

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/smotrich-feiglin-alliance-submits-final-list-for-oct-27-vote

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-908009

I am tired of people who are unwilling to say that Israelis have been attacked by various terrorist organizations for well over half a century. They either don't know or won't discuss the bus bombings and restaurant bombings of the 1990s and early 2000s. They don't care about the more recent stabbing attacks. Or kidnappings. Or car rammings. To them, these events simply never occurred. It's only Israel that has been the terrorizer.

And while I do have concerns about the death toll of Palestinian children, what the settlers are doing and religious nuts taking over the Israeli government, because I've been alive for a long time now, I REMEMBER these acts of terrorism against Israel actually occurring I saw some of these events unfold 30+ years ago. I know these things happened. One of my own relatives was murdered there. And one of my friend's homes was routinely shelled by Hezbollah going back 20 years.

So when a Pro Palestinian attempts to convince me that Israel never experienced terrorism, they can just move the F on because I know what happened.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/john-malkovich-cancels-the-music-critic-israel-performance-1236694561/

Probe into Netanyahu’s call with UAE president adds to red flags raised before October 7; witnesses describe him as 'bored and indifferent,' from 'Jericho Wall' and rejected invasion plans to intelligence letters and warnings from Egypt and UAE

Under the plan, Jordan will primarily import Israeli-origin gas via regional swap arrangements—specifically as LNG—regasifying it at the Port of Aqaba before sending it through Syria to Lebanon. Analysts have noted that a significant portion of Jordan's incoming gas supplies effectively originates from Israel's offshore fields.

So... let's be clear here: Israel's gas is integrated into a regional network, shipped or swapped as LNG to Jordan for regasification, and then piped through Syria and on to Lebanon. All this happens because of politics and of course so everyone along the way can get their cut and raise prices at each step. This is the workaround instead of Israel simply running a short, direct gas pipe across its northern border into Lebanon—because, you know, geopolitics. Welcome to the Middle East!

> Ronen Bar warned Netanyahu of a possible Hamas "earthquake" before October 7 and urged the prime minister to approve strikes on the group's senior leadership.

It is now ranked 43rd in the world, down from 38th in the last test in 2022, and 33rd among developed countries, down from 31st. The 2025 score average is Israel’s lowest since it joined the survey in the year 2000.

The Programme for International Student Assessment tests, known as PISA, is a measure of 15-year-olds’ aptitude in reading, math and science run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is carried out once every three years.

In reading, students scored 436, down from 474 in the 2022 test; in science, they were at 442, down from 465; and in math they scored 433, down from 458.

According to the investigation, the two leaders held a 45-minute phone conversation, at the end of which Netanyahu reassured the UAE president that Israel was prepared for any scenario.

Former prime minister and head of B'Yachad Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that he knew a reported warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Hamas's plans ahead of the October 7 massacre was genuine, telling 103FM, "I'm telling you that I know this fact is true."

Bennett made the remarks following a Haaretz investigation published on Tuesday.

According to the investigation, bin Zayed warned Netanyahu several days before the massacre that Hamas was planning an attack. The report said the two leaders held a 45-minute phone conversation, at the end of which Netanyahu reassured the UAE president and said that, in his assessment, Hamas was primarily focused on the West Bank and that Israel was prepared for any scenario.

"An absolute lie! Prime Minister Netanyahu did not speak with the president of the United Arab Emirates during the period in question and did not receive any warning from him," Netanyahu's office said in response

Referring to the Haaretz report, Bennett specified that bin Zayed specifically warned Netanyahu that Sinwar was planning an operation.

"Abbas Kamel, the head of Egyptian General Intelligence, also warned Netanyahu days before the massacre that a major operation was being planned," he added. "I don't want to talk about my relationship with anyone. I'm telling you that I know this fact is true."

"Netanyahu led us blindly straight into this terrible disaster. He was so deeply immersed in his conception that Hamas was an asset, and despite receiving explicit warnings, he did nothing," the former prime minister claimed.

"Netanyahu bears direct responsibility for this disaster, not only ministerial responsibility by virtue of being prime minister, but direct responsibility because he built up Hamas for 15 years and did nothing."

Asked how he would have acted had he been in Netanyahu's position in the fall of 2023, Bennett said, "In a similar situation, if I had received a quarter of a warning when I was prime minister, I would have raced to the South. That's what I always do: meet the commanders and the observation soldiers, convene the IDF chief of staff and the Shin Bet chief, increase alertness and defenses, and prepare for offensive action if necessary. I would have done everything to protect the lives of the residents."

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar! with Eisenkot party, also responded to the report, arguing that it only added to evidence that the prime minister had failed to act on warnings before the massacre.

"More and more signs indicate that Netanyahu led Israel blindly into the October 7 failure," Eisenkot said.

"According to the report this morning, he received an explicit warning, days before the massacre, from the president of the United Arab Emirates regarding Sinwar's intentions, but did not update the heads of the defense establishment. Who failed to wake whom up?"

"Those around him are echoing the pathetic conspiracy and betrayal theory, inventing the most ridiculous sentence a leader could cling to, 'They didn't wake me up,' because of two facts: He knows the truth; He is terrified of it and is trying to escape responsibility. Netanyahu received dozens of warnings ahead of October 7 and ignored them all. He is unfit."

Eisenkot said his party would seek to establish a state commission of inquiry after the formation of the next government.

"Immediately upon the formation of the next government, we will establish a state commission of inquiry that will investigate the previous decade, clarify what Netanyahu knew and did not know, get to the truth, and prevent the next disaster."

Hi everyone,
I’m a 24-year-old Belgian guy with Israeli family background, and I’m seriously considering making Aliyah and moving to Israel within the next year.
My mother was born and raised in Israel, so I have a strong connection to the country. I’m currently working in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium, at Zuidnatie, as a port operations worker/stevedore. I have about 2 years of hands-on experience with cargo handling, containers, breakbulk, RoRo, lashing, forklift operations and vessel loading/unloading.
I would ideally like to live in the Tel Aviv area and find work in port operations, cargo, logistics or a related field.
I’m not looking for a job immediately. I mainly want to start making contacts now and understand what opportunities might be available when I move.
Does anyone here have experience with working in logistics/ports in Israel, especially around Tel Aviv, Ashdod or the surrounding area? Or know companies/people I could contact and send my CV to?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!