To counter the ethnonationalism displayed in Bezalel Smotrich's twisted remarks, Yair Golan needs to flex his political and moral muscle and take the step Naftali Bennett won't
The Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops council call for urgent international protection of civilian and religious property, citing reports of demolished structures. French Catholic charity L'Oeuvre d'Orient also denounce what it calls a 'systematic destruction' of homes aimed at preventing civilian return
Many south Lebanon communities were already devastated in the 2024 war, but satellite imagery shows that recent IDF demolitions have caused even greater destruction. An Amnesty International investigator: 'This is basically the same pattern that we documented back in Gaza'
In November, the Shin Bet informed the security chief of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office of a 'specific directive' barring the prime minister's aide and spokesman from accessing the office premises due to them being national security suspects
At Tel Aviv's poetry festival closing night, subtlety was in short supply, but earlier in the week, Gertrude Stein drew a crowd. Also: Yair Garbuz leaves a final impression in New York City
Moments after Starmer began speaking, counter-terrorism police confirmed they had launched an investigation into an arson attack at a former synagogue in east London. The incident was the latest in a series of arson attacks on Jewish targets since March
Israel's defense establishment has been on high alert since the United Arab Emirates announced Monday that Iran had launched a combined attack against the country, with strikes around the Gulf wounding five
The United Arab Emirates said Iran had committed an unprovoked 'terrorist' attack and an 'unacceptable act of aggression,' saying it is within its rights to retaliate
Sharon Sharabi announced that he will be running for the Knesset alongside Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the right-wing party Yisrael Beiteinu, who he says was the only politician who warned about October 7 and 'consistently called for the elimination of Hamas'
CSIS said the threat of religiously motivated violent extremism in Canada had been "particularly worrying," with the problem exacerbated by ISIS operations, the October 7 War, and radicalization.
Netanyahu's testimony in his graft trial was also canceled last week, after the Iran war caused a two-month hiatus in the trial. Since Washington and Tehran agreed on a cease-fire in early April, the prime minister has only testified twice
"My family and I no longer want to live in Australia. We don't feel safe here. We don't feel welcome," one witness told the Royal Commission on antisemitism.
2,000 vessels carrying about 20,000 sailors are effectively trapped in the Persian Gulf, with no clear idea of when they'll return home. Trump presents his 'Project Freedom' as a major breakthrough, but Iran has made it clear that its response won't necessarily be one the president expects
United Arab List chairman Mansour Abbas said Minister Bezalel Smotrich's comments are 'wretched and immoral,' adding that former Prime Minister Bennett's coalition, which included his party, is 'a thousand times preferable' to Smotrich's 'October 7 government'