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Blinken: Israel has not shown U.S. 'credible plan' to prevent Hamas from re-establishing its presence in areas of Gaza IDF has left ■ Biden admin reportedly offered Israel intel on Hamas leaders in exchange for avoiding Rafah op ■ Egypt announces it is joining South Africa's petition against Israel at the ICJ ■ Hezbollah reportedly planning to gradually withdraw most combatants from border ■ Here's what you need to know 219 days into the war

  1. The poet Abba Kovner remarking on the difference between Jewish existence at the time of the Holocaust and at the time when the State of Israel was fighting for its independence observed disintegration versus crystallization.  The blows systematically rained down on Jewish communities in the Holocaust caused what he labeled "atomization of the […]

The Netanyahu government has, almost from the very beginning of the Gaza war, pitted itself not just against Hamas but against the U.S. president. Pushing Biden to breaking point may trigger irreparable damage to the already deeply-strained U.S.- Israel relationship

The Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on Saturday night, likewise attracted such negative attention over Israel’s participation.

  Israel is poised to mark Memorial Day marked by a one-minute-long siren Monday evening during which the nations will stand in silence to remember the fallen soldiers and victims of terror.  This year, Memorial Day – otherwise known as the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, or "Yom HaZikaron" – is […]

Israel conveyed its reservations to Hamas' proposal in talks with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators last week

'Netanyahu is leading the State of Israel to complete failure. Stop cooperating, overthrow the government and save the hostages and the country,' Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held captive in Gaza, called on Israel's ministers

IDF: 300,000 evacuated from Gaza's Rafah ■ Biden administration: 'Reasonable to assess' Israel used U.S.-supplied weapons in instances 'inconsistent' with international humanitarian law, but stop short of conclusive statement, cite a lack of info in verifying incidents ■ Hamas airs video of Israeli hostage ■ South Africa asks ICJ to order Israeli withdrawal from Rafah ■ Here's what you need to know 218 days into the war

Watching protesters around the world call for a cease-fire in Gaza, some Gazans are asking Palestinians in Israel to join the protests to end to the war. 'Seven months of silence is enough,' says one of them

Germany's Scholz warns ground attack on Rafah would be irresponsible ■ Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports ■ Hamas published video of Israeli hostage Nadav Poplewell ■ IDF deploys forces to Jabaliya in northern Gaza, saying Hamas has reorganized in the area ■ IDF says 300,000 Gazans have evacuated Rafah

The admistration's assertion that Israel is not obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid – even qualified as an 'ongoing assessment' – will likely be the most contentious element of a report that will assuredly gain significant criticism from across the political spectrum

WH: Biden administration hasn't made final decision on delivering arms shipment to Israel ■ Hamas demanded 12-week cease-fire instead of the six weeks Israel agreed to, CNN reports ■ Israeli tanks capture the main road dividing eastern and western Rafah ■ Netanyahu says 'government's first responsibility is to protect the people … and the people weren't protected' on October 7 ■ Here's what you need to know 217 days into the war

  Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham, who has worked extensively over the past year to promote a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, says that President Biden's decision to halt certain arms shipments to Israel will cause Riyadh to rethink whether it can rely on the US. In a phone interview with Israel Hayom Graham […]

The U.S. president is trying to prevent Israel from becoming a pariah state, seeing himself as having an obligation to maintain the historical alliance between the two countries. A mission Israel's leaders seem to be completely blind to

While normally a global leader in innovation, Israel appears to be lacking in the field of AI. The Institute initiative is meant to help Israel catch up, and even be ahead of the game.

Israeli officials have struck a defiant tone after US President Joe Biden warned that the United States would not provide weapons for a full-scale ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are hemmed in with no safe way to leave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in televised remarks on Thursday that Israel, which is heavily reliant on US weapons shipments, would “fight with our fingernails” if necessary.“Hamas [hearts] Biden,” Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right security minister, wrote in a social media post. The US has consistently provided Israel with military support throughout the campaign in the Gaza Strip, defying growing international and domestic pressure and sidelining concerns over alleged violations of international law by Israeli forces. Biden, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, said the US was still committed to Israel’s defence and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms but, if Israeli ...

'If we don't defend ourselves, nobody will. And if we must stand alone, we'll stand alone,' the prime minister said this week. The arrogance of these remarks, as if Israel could 'stand alone,' is comparable only to his inherent ungratefulness to America

The U.S. president's threat to halt shipments of offensive arms to Israel may erode the army's prowess in the north ■ The gaps in the talks on a hostage deal aren't immense but largely depend on political considerations ■ Netanyahu is playing into Sinwar's hands, and Hamas is regaining control of the Strip

U.S. says it's 'reasonable to assess' Israel has violated Intel' law in Gaza, but won't suspend arms aid ■ France demands Israel to immediately halt assault on Rafah ■ Large blazes broke out in northern Israel following over 30 rockets launched from Lebanon ■ White House: U.S. watching Israel's Rafah operation with concern ■ Senior Hamas official says Netanyahu wants the far to continue ■ IDF names four soldiers killed in Gaza combat

Letters written in Hebrew in the 1930s by Jewish-Polish schoolchildren to their beloved teacher, who had left for Palestine, were discovered decades later and are featured in a new book. The youngsters had their heart set on joining the teacher in the Land of Israel – but most were murdered in the Holocaust