After a lengthy five-year legal battle, Amos Dov Silver and other employees of Telegrass, which became a channel for dealing marijuana and other illegal substances, were convicted of a series of drug trading offenses
An Israel Democracy Institute poll shows that 56 percent of Israeli Jews and 88 percent of Arabs believe that Israel should prioritize a hostage deal over a Rafah offensive – most of them identified with political left or center views, while the right prefers a military assault by a thin margin
'In the last couple of days, the school put up these massive walls, and then an ID checkpoint – it's becoming more and more like how Palestinians live in the West Bank under occupation,' said one of the demonstrators, a graduate student at the university
Former Rep. John Hostettler, who has long been accused of trafficking in antisemitic tropes, voted against foreign assistance to Israel on 13 separate occasions during his previous 12-year spell in the House of Representatives
The New York Times staff, including Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman, has won the prize in the international reporting category for several investigations and exposés, including the pre-war intelligence failure and the massacre at Kibbutz Be'eri
Hamas' announcement that it agrees to the ceasefire terms, referred to in Israel as the "prisoner deal," caught Israel by surprise. Last night, the political-security establishment grappled with understanding the motives behind this strategic shift by the organization. On the surface, there appear to be three possibilities: The most concerning possibility The first and […]
At the annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in Manhattan, Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Nicole Kidman stunned while other made questionable fashion choices
In a new song he just released on his Instagram account, “Hind’s Hall,” he celebrates the masked throngs who occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York two weeks ago.
Amidst significant progress in the hostage negotiations, IDF forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing to Egypt, which is now closed for entry of humanitarian aid, as well as the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israeli source to CNN: 'The incursion is a limited operation intended to pressure Hamas to agree to a deal'
Since October 7, the flagrantly anti-democratic, morally bankrupt political theology of Israel's right-wing Jewish radicals, a worldview that justifies the death, starvation, and hunger of Palestinians, is becoming more dominant. Jews in Israel and around the world must confront this desecration of our tradition
In messages posted overnight on social media X, police said they had to act to stop the event and dismantle tents that been set up by protesters, who used violence against police at the site.
The Israeli military has launched a ground operation in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, with clashes reported between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near the Rafah border crossing, according to Palestinian reports. The Gaza side of the Rafah Crossing came under Israeli control, presumably in order to prevent smuggling from Egypt. The […]
Eden Golan, representing Israel at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, aims to bring people together through her music when she performs this week in Malmo, Sweden. The 68th edition of the world's biggest song competition takes place as protests occur in many countries against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas' October 7 […]
Tensions reached a boiling point at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, as pro-Palestinian student protesters refused to heed a 2:30p.m. university deadline to dismantle their encampment on campus grounds, just hours before a preapproved Israeli event marking Israel's independence was set to take place. Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators after […]
In the solemn halls of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an annual ritual meant to honor the victims of the Holocaust was conspicuously absent this year. The school's traditional Holocaust Day ceremony, typically held at the iconic Powell Library plaza, was abruptly canceled amid escalating tensions and fears of unrest on campus. […]
Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the Ivy League school. "We have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are […]