The head of the pediatric department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis told Haaretz that six children have been diagnosed with the disease in the last 48 hours, compared to an average of two cases a year before the war. He notes several factors contributing to the spread of the disease: sanitation issues, poor nutrition and the cold, which weakens the immune system

While the driver's motive is still unclear, NYPD ramped up security at synagogues across the city. Mayor Mamdani, who visited th scene, called the incident 'deeply alarming'

Roi Star, a far-right Israeli agitator under police investigations for harassing and assaulting left-wing activists, announced he would cancel two performances by his Sting cover band, after social activist Barak Cohen threatened to protest outside the venues

Political analyst Michael Lange predicted Zohran Mamdani's historic rise and coined the term 'Commie Corridor' to describe the New York City area inhabited by the young leftists that powered his win. In an interview with Haaretz, Lange discusses how these trends will play out in 2026

There is no true unity at a ceremony in which a prime minister who abandoned the hostages and a national security minister who boasted of thwarting deals that would have led to their being released sooner, as the prime minister himself admits, are the main speakers

Officials are quick to blame those who are killed by police as having caused their own deaths. But if Israelis think they are exempt from the logic that Ben-Gvir has applied to Palestinians, they are mistaken

A bill to make gender-segregated classrooms is a blueprint for a public space and the workforce. This is longer just a partition in the classroom: it's the blueprint for all-male offices and a society in which men will not have to encounter women

Supreme Court Isaac Amir told a conference of jurists that the current government's attack on Israel's legal system is far beyond legitimate critique, while former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak said that Israelis 'are no longer citizens, but subjects'