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Haaretz

August 2026

IDF names new Central Command chief amid ongoing friction over West Bank policy

The appointment comes after Defense Minister Israel Katz fired Avi Bluth's live on television, then retracted it a day later

'We can vet all day long': Georgia's Mike Collins responds to antisemitism scandals dogging Senate campaign

At the Republican Jewish Coalition's conference, Mike Collins sought to reassure Jewish voters after three people in his orbit — including his son-in-law — were implicated in antisemitic, white nationalist activity online

Greece gets an 'Achilles Shield' in $3.5 billion Israeli defense deal

The Israeli Defense Ministry called the agreement the largest defense export contract with Athens, and one of the largest of its kind with any country

Do Israelis care about settler violence enough to change their vote?

On the podcast, Maltz shares what she's found as she visits cities and towns around Israel taking the pulse of voters

Judy Maltzhaaretz correspondent
Many of them subscribe to these conspiracy theories about the army in cahoots with Hamas together orchestrating October 7 to make Netanyahu look bad,
Dahlia Scheindlinhaaretz columnist Dr.
Netanyahu is begging the right wing not to fragment the parties. He's warning the right wing: If you do the wrong thing, the entire world explodes,

Weeks into West Bank siege, police seek warrants for settlers involved in attack

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