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Haaretz

April 2026

'Brought to whitewash fascism and genocide': Palestinian soccer chief hits out at Israeli delegate at FIFA Congress

Israel has denied committing genocide in Gaza

Gianni InfantinofIFA President
We will work together, president Rajoub, vice-president Suliman. Let’s work together to give hope to the children. These are complex matters.”
Jibril Rajoubpalestinian soccer federation President
I cannot shake the hand of someone the Israelis have brought to whitewash their fascism and genocide. We are suffering.”
To be put in a position where to have a handshake after everything that was said, this negates the whole purpose of the speech that the general (Rajoub) was giving,

A country grasping onto life: A journey through Israel's missile-hit sites

The magnificent purple blossoms brushing against the security fence felt more real than the danger to life

IDF soldier killed by drone blast in south Lebanon as 12 troops wounded

In a separate drone attack earlier on Thursday, two Israeli soldiers were moderately wounded and 10 lightly when a Hezbollah drone detonated in northern Israel

Trump faces Friday deadline to get Congress approval to continue Iran war

Democrats are citing legal and constitutional concerns as the Iran war approaches its 60th day, requiring Congress to vote to continue the war under the 1973 War Powers Resolution

How Israel's Education Ministry is fueling youth violence instead of preventing it

The Education Ministry has no plan to curb youth violence and is instead fueling it through political crackdowns on schools

U.K.'s Starmer urges prosecution over 'Globalize the Intifada' chant after London antisemitic stabbing attack

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the nation Thursday following the antisemitic stabbing attack in London's Golders Green, in which two Jewish men were wounded, calling to prosecute people who chant "Globalize the Intifada."

Israeli importer drops shipment of allegedly Russian-stolen Ukrainian grain

The announcement follows a Haaretz exposé released Sunday, revealing how grain stolen by Russia from the territories it occupies in Ukraine is being smuggled into Israel