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Even before the first stage of the Trump plan is completed, a political situation is developing in the Gaza Strip that offers a cautionary tale from the past experience in Afghanistan: without proper planning, international forces fail to achieve stability. Beyond Israel, El-Sisi and Egypt are unhappy about the potential for Turkish involvement

Even before the first stage of the Trump plan is completed, a political situation is developing in the Gaza Strip that offers a cautionary tale from the past experience in Afghanistan: without proper planning, international forces fail to achieve stability. Beyond Israel, El-Sisi and Egypt are unhappy about the potential for Turkish involvement

Prof. Marc Gopin, a world-renowned peace expert is convinced that reconciliation is possible here too – but the Israeli left will have to challenge some of its core assumptions. Civilizations that once slaughtered each other have made peace – Jews and Muslims are no different, he says

What is happening before our very eyes could be viewed as an expansion of the Oslo Accords, but with a twist that would make former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin turn over in his grave and former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan gouge out his other eye

'The army stood by,' write journalists who see themselves as opponents of the occupation, saying the IDF 'has the legal and moral duty to protect Palestinians,' but the army cannot protect those whom it is oppressing

Former Governor accused of 'making light of 9/11 and stoking hatred' in remarks aimed at Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, who hopes to become New York's first Muslim mayor

Israeli control of the West Bank is the darkest curse hanging over the nation. Without efforts to establish a Palestinian state, Israel won't recover from the calamities that have befallen it under the current government

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch urged New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to abandon positions that were geared toward delegitimizing and dismantling Zionism and Israel

In the New York mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani's views are not fringe. He is articulating what many Americans already believe. So when his critics attack him on Israel, they are out of touch, to say the least

Angrest, an avid athlete and a die-hard fan of the Maccabi Haifa soccer team, was kidnapped on October 7 from his tank while serving in the IDF. Two years later, thousands crowded the streets of northern Israel's Kiryat Bialik to witness his return, breaking into Maccabi Haifa chants and waving flags

Smuss joined the Jewish resistance in the ghetto, throwing Molotov cocktails at the Nazi soldiers from the rooftops of the ghetto. He was also one of the few resistance fighters to survive the almost one month of fighting

A woman who charged a member of Netanyahu's party with rape has vanished in Russia. The Israeli PM himself is managing a trial in which key witnesses who have retracted their testimony are rewarded by his Likud party. A former senior law enforcement official admits: 'Undoubtedly, we've been deterred'

The 'operational backbone' of the proposal would be a so-called 'Gaza Humanitarian Belt' – 12-16 humanitarian hubs positioned along the line to which Israeli forces have withdrawn within Gaza. However, one senior aid official said the hubs 'are very concerning as they resemble GHF sites'

Speaking at David Zini's inauguration ceremony at his office in Jerusalem, Netanyahu slammed claims that the U.S. is determining Israel's security policy: 'As both I and Vance said yesterday, we are partners, we work together'

Visiting Israel, Kushner articulated a scenario suggesting the West Bankification of Gaza, just as Israel's Knesset voted to progress a bill to annex the West Bank. That 'vision', with Netanyahu still in power, would be a tremendous regression, a disaster for the Palestinians as well as for Israel

Israeli defense sources say that senior American officials have said that they will not tolerate any surprises from Israel that could jeopardize the cease-fire in Gaza. In practice, the U.S. is taking over certain security authorities from Israel

Ohad Naharin will hold a virtual class on Gaga, his globally renowned dance and pedagogy, where proceeds will support Standing Together, a Jewish-Arab grassroots peace group in Israel: 'It unites people – a real online community has formed, with people from the UAE, Iran, Lebanon and Egypt'

Onlookers expressed disgust at the provocative chants, which included 'every soldier is a partner to murder,' sometimes shouting at the group and at other times approaching to argue with members of the marching crowd. Some onlookers were shouting 'shame on you!' and 'go to Gaza!' at the marchers