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  Amidst a wave of protests by pro-Palestinian students across the US, Jewish students have decided to launch a counterattack against displays of antisemitism. Liat (not her real name), a doctoral student at Harvard University, was one of the central activists on campus. Together with other students, she entered the anti-Israel lion's den on campus […]

  Breaking his silence on the pro-Palestine protest encampment, Interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber issued a university-wide email on Monday morning, threatening "involuntary leave" for demonstrators who persisted in controlling Harvard Yard.  "I write today with this simple message: The continuation of the encampment presents a significant risk to the educational environment of the […]

Hamas' announcement that it accepts the proposed cease-fire deal took Israel by surprise, given the crisis in the talks over the past few days ■ While Jerusalem keeps sending delegations to Egypt, the IDF is increasing the military pressure and operating to the east of Rafah

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his War Cabinet approved continuing an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in order to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages and achieve the country's other war goals. "The war cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continue the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on […]

  The Biden administration has delayed the sale of thousands of precision weapons to Israel, raising questions about whether the US is deliberately slowing the delivery of arms to its top Middle East ally amid growing domestic political pressure. The administration faces pressure from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers to cut back arms supplies […]

Israel commits to limit Rafah operation, grant control of crossing with Egypt to private U.S. firm ■ Hamas delegation also in Cairo for hostage talks ■ Defense Minister Gallant: Rafah operation will not stop until Hamas is eliminated or the first hostage is released

Ceremony was disrupted by a group of Israeli expats outraged by the presence of Simcha Rothman – a lawmaker from the far-right Religious Zionism party – among the guests of honor

The pro-Palestinian protest occurred during a march commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

A church congregant wrestled the shooter to the ground and restrained him until police arrived.

It may well be that the Israeli prime minister does not want a deal at this time – but it's also feasible that the threat of a ground invasion of Rafah is the final leverage on Hamas. 'If Netanyahu wants a deal,' says one official involved in the talks, 'this is more or less the best one he can get'

As Israel prepares for a Rafah ground operation against U.S. wishes, and while Israel and Hamas are inching closer to a cease-fire and hostage deal, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has to tell Congress by Wednesday whether he accepts Israeli assurances that it isn't violating international law while using U.S. weapons

Ilan Sinelnikov, founder and President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post

After Israel shuttered the local offices of the Qatari-owned news network, Palestinians criticized the ban as an attempt to hide its intensive coverage of the war in Gaza

There will now be another round of accusations and counter-accusations, Israel will 'study' the details and perhaps send its negotiating team yet again to Cairo. But meanwhile, Israeli troops won't be going into Rafah

Dozens of tents were erected overnight at Oxford and Cambridge, where students came to 'show a united force'

  Hamas said in a statement on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar. The Islamist faction said in a statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatar's prime minister and Egypt's intelligence chief of its acceptance of their proposal. Earlier on Monday, US President Joe Biden pressed […]