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Escalation comes hours after Trump explicitly stated he wanted Israel to refrain from striking Iran until the U.S. exhausted its diplomatic efforts on Iran's nuclear program

Mainstream consciousness in Israel has become unprecedently aggressive during the war, but the reasons lie not in the Gaza Strip but far from here

The State Department cited a "complex" security environment as U.S. officials confirmed Israel is ready to strike Iran. Washington is also preparing evacuations from Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait

Jews account for 16 percent of voters in N.Y.C, making Israel is a wedge issue in the Democratic mayoral primary set for June 24. Socialist Zorhan Mamdani, a critic of the Gaza war, is for the first time leading over former governor Andrew Cuomo, who has secured Hasidic endorsements - and been cursed in Yiddish by a rival

A psychological barrier has been broken: Sanctions on two far-right ministers in the Netanyahu government show that even Western allies have had enough. But what happens next depends on Israel

Israel hopes other Arab countries will get on board as it provides a path for cooperation that has even helped Morocco send aid into Gaza, but the resumption of the war has slowed progress

The Israeli strike is reportedly being prepared without U.S. support, while Iran is said to be planning a retaliatory barrage of hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israel

Strong-arming Damascus into adopting political, commercial and cultural ties with Israel like the United Arab Emirates risks inducing the exact opposite. Here's what might prove a better model for peace with Syria

Giving birth to a future fighter, the pressures of becoming a Jewish mother and what is means to be gay parents in Israel. Three new Israeli plays take aim at society's soft underbelly

A group of Jewish worshippers planned to enter the compound singing and dancing, but the Israel police refused. Eyewitnesses said the far-right minister claimed that banning Israeli flags at the highly contentious holy site 'harms Jews worldwide'

The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied comments made by Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, who claimed that Israel had delivered Patriot missile systems to Kyiv.

The announcement cited 'serious safety concerns' as the reason for pulling out of San Diego Pride. It is the latest in a string of recent criticism and cancellations R&B singer Kehlani has faced for her criticism of Israel and Zionism

The White House has denied a report that the U.S. and Israel have already decided to terminate its operations, but confirmed that it is under consideration. The U.S. can veto a UN Security Council vote to extend UNIFIL's mandate in August

The low-cost giant, which hasn't operated flights to Tel Aviv since early 2024, announced it wouldn't return to Israel until at least August

Milei is only the third foreign leader to visit Israel in 2025, as visits declined following a surge of leaders that came immediately after October 7, 2023. A source said the president is expected during his trip to announce the commencement of direct flights between the two countries

Israel is preparing to strike in Iran as the U.S. deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran approaches ■ Israel may not strike Tehran's nuclear sites, but may target strategic sites across Iran

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky says Israel sent Ukraine Patriot air defense systems, received from the United States in the early 1990s.

The populist right has been finding its voice on Israel – and strangely it sounds like what one might find reverberating in the corridors of a left-wing Jewish non-profit

Fischer’s nomination as special envoy was announced amid controversy over his accusations that Israel’s Gaza campaign fuels antisemitism and exploits the Holocaust.

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas, following comments by a former minister that Israel had transferred weapons to it. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab. The European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR) think tank describes Abu Shabab as the leader of a “criminal gang operating in the Rafah area that is widely accused of looting aid trucks”. Knesset member and former defence minister Avigdor Liberman had told the Kan public broadcaster that the government, at Netanyahu’s direction, was “giving weapons to a group of criminals and felons”. Popular Forces outfit denies being ‘a tool of the occupation’ “What did Liberman leak? That security sources activated a clan in Gaza that opposes Hamas? What is bad about that?” Netanyahu said in a video posted to social media on Thursday. Michael Milshtein, an expert on Palestin...