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In written correspondence revealed by the Wall Street Journal, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar told Hamas officials in Qatar that 'Things went out of control' on October 7' and that the deaths of civilians in Gaza would 'infuse life into the veins of this nation'

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said that he condemned the "repulsive, vile" targeting of the exhibition.

National Unity Party's departure from the coalition failed to set off nationwide protests, but the government's conduct may yet bring Israelis back to the streets ■ Gantz and Eisenkot's decision suggests a belief that Netanyahu is still sufficiently reined in, mainly by U.S. opposition ■ Israel, as a result of Netanyahu's clear choice, is missing the Saudi normalization train

Blinken meet families of eight American-Israeli hostages ■ U.S. Ambassador to the UN: Israel is ready to move forward with cease-fire hostage deal ■ U.S. State Dept: U.S. to add $404M in aid for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank ■ Reports in Lebanon: IDF strikes in villages Kfarkela, Naqoura in southern Lebanon ■ Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in West Bank arrest raid ■ WSJ quotes Sinwar's letter to Hamas officials: Gaza civilians killed are 'necessary sacrifices'

Meeting in Jerusalem, Blinken warns Netanyahu: Collapse of Biden administration's hostage deal could lead to the collapse of the entire framework

Lihi Lapid should have been on a book tour in the U.S., celebrating the English-language release of her novel 'On Her Own.' Instead, she's attending protests in Tel Aviv and discovering that no one wants to host an Israeli author right now – not even the better half of the opposition leader

In her third novel, now translated into English, Lihi Lapid describes the relationship that develops between two women who are strangers to one another. It's a superb work written with restraint and intelligence

In recent weeks, Turkey's President Erdogan has repeatedly accused Israel of plotting a post-Gaza takeover of the Turkish heartland, while praising Hamas for being Anatolia's 'first line of defense.' It's an outlandish conspiracy theory with deep roots in Erdogan's biography, antisemitism and his current political predicament

14 countries voted in favor of the proposal, while Russia abstained ■ Publically, the Netanyahu gov't has opposed the framework of the resolution

Benny Gantz's unsurprising departure from the Netanyahu government won't strengthen the opposition, because Israel barely has one worthy of the name. That's bad news for ending the Gaza war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israelis would be well advised to listen to figures like the head of the Conference of European Rabbis, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who wrote on the eve of the EU election that there were 'no good choices' for European Jews

Since the Gaza war broke out, more and more Israelis choose to move far away to Thailand. 'I'm not bothered by the moral question of not fighting in Israel right now,' confesses one of them

The Biden administration reportedly discusses securing deal with Hamas for release of five U.S. citizens held in Gaza in case talks involving Israel fail ■ U.S. Secretary of State Blinken lands in Israel for his eighth visit since October 7 ■ UN Security Council set to vote on U.S. resolution backing truce proposal presented by Biden ■ An Israeli drone was downed in Lebanon ■ Here's what you need to know 248 days into the war

The semantic fireworks on campuses around the world over anti-Zionism and its relation to antisemitism are a distraction from the debate we need to be having. The real danger is the growing power of Israel's racist far right and its consequences for Israelis, Palestinians and Diaspora Jews

The Palestinian man lost sight in one of his eyes as a result of the officers' action, which was allegedly done 'without any justification.' Despite the severity of the act, it was decided to charge them with a crime which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison

Following jubilation after the Israeli army's daring rescue of four hostages Saturday, Israelis attending Coldplay's Athens show joined together in a chant calling for the release of the remaining hostages in Hamas captivity