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  European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made a thinly veiled call on Monday for the United States to rethink its military aid to Israel due to what he said was a high number of civilian casualties in the war in Gaza. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Borrell recalled that US […]

  The board of directors of B'nai B'rith Israel recently approved a strategic plan for B'nai B'rith Israel overseas activities to establish and initiate relationships with all B'nai B'rith organizations around the world, for the purpose of cooperation, exchange of information and mutual hospitality. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The president of […]

Israel has drawn up plans for Gaza rescue operations, but safeguarding hostages' lives prevented most of them from being carried out

Although exporting Hashish to Israel was incredibly lucrative to dealers in Morocco, they are no longer willing to sell to Israeli dealers: 'Why Should Israelis be able to make a living selling Moroccan hashish when our Palestinian brothers are suffering from hunger?'

Egypt reportedly warns Hamas it has two weeks to seal cease-fire deal with Israel before IDF Rafah, but also threatens to suspend peace treaty with Israel if it launches ground offensive there ■ Senior Hamas official: Any attack on Rafah will end talks for a hostage release agreement ■ Palestinian President Abbas flies to Qatar to discuss scenarios for post-war Gaza with PM Al Thani ■ Here's what you need to know 128 days into the war

  Israel is set to send a top-level delegation to Cairo next week for hostage and ceasefire talks involving Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, according to multiple Israeli reports. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The discussions, focused on securing the release of hostages held by Hamas, come against the backdrop of […]

Egypt threatens Israel, Hamas as IDF Rafah ground incursion looms ■ Netanyahu: 'No alternative in the foreseeable future' for Israel's security control over Gaza Strip ■ Biden, Netanyahu to speak amid U.S. warnings over Israeli military conduct in Gaza ■ Germany: Israeli Rafah offensive would be 'humanitarian catastrophe'

This campaign by the Met is an open invitation to all and sundry – and especially those dedicated to delegitimizing Israel – to flood the police with antisemitic and anti-Israel bile.

  In recent days an interesting debate has raged on social media: Is Israel winning in Gaza? As is often the case with debates, it quickly turned into a personal and political fight with occasional ad hominem attacks, but it's an important debate because beyond the usual Left/Right squabbling, it raises the pressing question of […]

Biden's new memorandum requires human rights assurances for arms transfers, but the White House says it won't restrict military aid for Israel.

  A Bedouin Israel has been indicted for crossing into the Gaza Strip and joining the Hamas terror organization and then attempting to return to Israel. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima, 26, from Hashem Zana in the northern Negev, had crossed into Gaza in 2016 and was arrested […]

This week at the Ben-Gurion airport: A father and son grapple with the latter's decision to leave Israel

He used to view Israel as a model for the safe use of firearms. Now an American gun policy expert warns that Israel is making the same mistakes as the United States

The U.S. Secretary of State was supposed to evaluate the passage of aid trucks from Israel to Gaza firsthand, but the visit was cancelled due to fear that protesters would be present, stopping aid trucks from entering Gaza

On the way to Israel, the plane will make a 45-minute pit stop in Cyprus for a crew change while passengers remain on board. Crews won't remain in Israel overnight due to insurance companies' conditions

Blinken says Hamas' response to cease-fire proposal has 'clear nonstarters,' but the U.S. thinks 'it creates space for an agreement' ■ Senior Hamas official says Netanyahu's reply to Hamas shows the PM intends to pursue conflict in the region ■ Several Israelis wounded from rocket, missile fire from Lebanon on Thursday ■ A Hezbollah commander killed in strike attributed to Israel ■ Here's what you need to know 125 days into the war

Israeli-Druze artist Fatma Shanan left Israel for Europe days after the Oct. 7 massacre. She explains why she felt the need to escape the constant demand made of Arab Israelis to condemn the Hamas attack

  Human rights activist Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, a survivor of sexual violence during the Kosovo war and one of the world's leading voices against wartime sexual violence, has arrived in Israel for a solidarity visit.  Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Krasniqi was invited by the Shurat HaDin organization to witness the atrocities […]

Hamas proposes 135-day cease-fire plan ■ PM Netanyahu calls Hamas proposal "delusional" ■ New round of Qatari/Egyptian-mediated talks towards hostage release deal is set to begin Thursday ■ Saudi Arabia says no normalization with Israel without an independent Palestinian state ■ Here's what you need to know 124 days into the war

The 2011 Hamas-Israel hostage deal, which I helped negotiate, set a price of over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one Israeli soldier. It should have been the very last time Israel had to ransom its citizens, but today, Hamas has the upper hand