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According to Palestinian reports, dozens of settlers set fire to a garage in the northern West Bank and attacked a Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills. The army believes that settlers are planning further attacks on Palestinians into the evening, and is deploying Border Police and other law enforcement units in key areas of the West Bank

Germany withheld support for extending the UN Palestinian refugee agency's mandate despite repeated requests from Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon for continued support, citing the need for 'consistent and verifiable reforms' after alleged ties to groups hostile to Israel

In Israel's first official comments on the U.S.-Saudi sale, a Netanyahu office spokesperson said that there are understandings between Israel and the U.S. ensuring Israel's ability to maintain its qualitative edge in the region, as well as its advantage in access to advanced American-made weaponry

Citing changing security realities, Shin Bet chief David Zini endorsed the death penalty bill, which passed first reading in the Knesset. Prior to October 7, security officials warned that executed 'martyrs' could become heroes – but with Hamas no longer holding any living Israelis hostage, there is no longer an obstacle to promoting the bill

Syria condemned Netanyahu's visit as a violation of its sovereignty, while Qatar denounced Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon that killed and wounded dozens, calling for urgent regional and international action to uphold cease-fire agreements and prevent further escalation

Called Teva Rise, it aims to accelerate innovations such as AI, digital health, smart manufacturing and biotech

Levy, who was released from captivity in February, shared his experience of becoming a full-time single father to his young son after his wife was killed during the October 7 Hamas attack, and says that despite his experiences since October 7, he wants to ensure his son does not 'hate or fear' Arabs

The fact that Israel and the Kurds have had common enemies – Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria – have led to shared strategic interests and on-and-off covert relations since the mid-1960s. But the big question today is whether, in the wake of the tectonic shifts of the last two years, this could trigger an open alignment between them

'Tua is right,' Mike Huckabee, the United States Ambassador to Israel, wrote on X. 'Bringing an NFL game to Israel is a great idea. Next year in Jerusalem ... I like the sound of that'

With tensions flaring in the West Bank, far-right Jewish settlers are now targeting members of the Israel Border Police responsible for cracking down on their violence

Two thousand Israelis turned out for Kevin Spacey's Tel Aviv show, a night of mostly schmaltzy jazz numbers. They chose to look past his troubling history

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, around 80,000 Jewish girls and women from Eastern Europe were forced into prostitution. Novelist Eytan Dror Freier tells how these victims fought to survive and even maintain their Jewish culture

Pollard, who served 30 years in a U.S. prison over Israeli espionage, told The New York Times that his meeting with Trump's envoy Huckabee was 'friendly.' U.S. officials were reportedly unaware of the meeting that was missing from the ambassador's official schedule. Later, Pollard said he 'despised' Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff

Defense Minister Israel Katz isn't the first to try and shutter Israel's Army Radio. Even though public opinion surveys overwhelmingly demonstrate that Israelis don't support closing the station, former commanders say this time, the threat seems more serious than ever

According to the prosecutor's office, the four took advantage of the fighting in Syria to smuggle weapons into Israel, sometimes under the guise of humanitarian activities. Indictments were also filed against Syrian citizens who collaborated in the smuggling

The president loves the multi-billion-dollar deals he gets from the Gulf powers and gives them what they want in return, like a Palestinian state. Israel can't match that kind of influence

The expropriation order is the largest ever issued for an archeological project since Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967 and is sure to affect the residents of nearby Palestinian villages. Thousands of Palestinian-owned olive trees could be uprooted

The protesters chanted “Resistance is glorious,” “Intifada revolution,” and “Resistance, you make us proud; take another settler out,” footage posted to social media revealed.

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu lambasted the Israeli news media for reporting on the investigation into abuse at the Sde Teiman detention center, calling out the journalist who broke the story

Haaretz has analyzed a massive leak that exposed the global hacking operations of one of the Revolutionary Guards' top hacker units. Advanced tools were used, including in an attempt to break into the systems of the company that makes Iron Dome and the Israel Airports Authority