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  The one who declared Wednesday that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi's resignation comes too little, too late was right. Halevi, like the rest of the security leadership, should have removed their uniforms and devoted themselves to writing memoirs more than a year ago. But the central problem isn't the resignation of […]

  United States President Donald Trump's appointment of Mel Gibson to be one of three special ambassadors to Hollywood brought the latter's antisemitic history into the limelight again, including Gibson's drunken anti-Jewish rant when a police officer arrested him for drunk driving in 2006 (which he later profusely apologized for); and his ugly alleged "oven […]

  A historic handwritten letter by Rabbi Chaim ben Attar (1696-1743), the revered author of the biblical commentary "Or HaChaim," sold for $700,000 (2.5 million shekels) at auction in Jerusalem Wednesday. The sale, conducted by Kedem auction house, includes an additional 25 percent commission fee. The manuscript, which emerged from a comprehensive collection assembled by […]

Despite war challenges, the 1.5M shekel project will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 68% using locally-manufactured solar technology.

LEBANON: Israel seeks U.S. support to delay IDF withdrawal; Two UNIFIL soldiers wounded in Israeli bombardment ■ ISRAEL: About 200 protesters block main Jerusalem road over shooting of two settlers in West Bank ■ GAZA: IDF: Soldiers in Gaza opened fire at armed persons who posed a threat to them ■ WEST BANK: Shin Bet chief on IDF's Jenin operation: 'We are in a multifront act, now is the time for Samaria' ■ GAZA HOSTAGE DEAL: Israeli sources: Hamas might send number of living hostages without naming them

Defense Minister Israel Katz says operation marks a shift in the military's security plan in the West Bank and is 'the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza'

  1. In the shadows of the violent twilight that Israel is experiencing, we've once again been exposed to the views of Israeli Arab public officials. Ostensibly citizens of their state, but in their consciousness they live under occupation in a country that kidnapped their land. This isn't fantasy but rather a persistent narrative marketed […]

Ahmad Nimr al-Shayeb, 43, was killed when driving near the Jenin refugee camp. He heard gunfire, accelerated and crashed into a pole. His passengers said that an IDF sniper open fired at them. Palestinians officials say al-Shayeb was one of 10 people killed on the first day of the IDF's operation in the city. On the second day, the military blocked entrances to hospitals and, according to residents, told patients to leave

Clearing the debris and rebuilding their homes with their own hands: this is the reality some Gazans share on social media, after the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took effect

Defense Minister Israel Katz announces Amir Baram, Eyal Zamir and Tamir Yadai as possible replacements for outgoing chief of staff Herzl Halevi. Zamir has long been considered Netanyahu's favorite candidate: Interviews start Sunday

Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon said in a Knesset committee that the Defense Ministry's plan to conscript ultra-Orthodox draft-age men falls short of IDF requirements

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed that Yariv Levin or Israel Katz lead the three ministries vacated by Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit, but they declined leaving Tourism Minister Haim Katz as the leading candidate

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Millions of Israelis are anxiously waiting to see if the precarious cease-fire collapses, and are placing their hopes in the Trump administration. But they are overlooking a cohort of countries that could impact the fate of the hostages: Egypt, Qatar, the UAE and Jordan