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General18:09 · Oct 8, 2025

Israeli media roundup spans politics, culture, and consumer tips

By דני בר-און
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
The story · English

The text is a roundup of multiple Hebrew-language items rather than one continuous news report. It references claims that people cannot be persuaded to change political views, a note on Israel expelling 300,000 people in the 1967 Nakba, and a court ruling saying it is allowed to kick an older person lying on the ground. It also says lecturers are expected to discuss politics in class, while another item argues Jews are not more criminal than others, but do suffer from a lack of self-criticism.

Other entries touch on choosing coffee, describe the IDF as “the sharpest army in the world,” and profile figures including Sebastian Ben-Daniel (John Brown), Yishai Levy, Naama Riba, and Shaked Beshan. One item says a child who visited the Israel Museum vandalized Magritte’s “The Castle of the Pyrenees.” Another anecdote quotes a shopper who saw eggs in a supermarket labeled “together we will win” and realized “something strange is happening.”

The page also promotes a podcast on why tahini thickens when water is added, and why the water should be cold.

Read the original at Haaretz
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