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Their previous documentaries warned of the disaster that has befallen Israel, but these directors worry about whether their films will even have enough of an audience to get made

Turkish businessmen, risking financial damage as a result of the boycott, put pressure on Erdogan to reconsider. But the head of the Manufacturers Association in Israel thinks the easing of the restrictions is just 'an illusion'

CIA chief heads back to U.S. after meetings with Netanyahu and Mossad head and stop in Cairo ■ Hamas' delegation for negotiations leaves for Doha, blames Israel of trying to scuttle truce talks by entering Rafah ■ WHO says it has only three days of fuel left for medical operations in southern Gaza ■ Over 150 Israelis blocked a Jordanian aid convoy heading to Gaza ■ Here's what you need to know 216 days into the war

Israel is under threat, but not from U.S. campuses. Without a vision that ensures equality and dignity for all the people of the region, what's left for protesters to propose but a one-state solution?

It was news that Turkey severed trade relations with Israel, but not news that 120 other countries didn't. The hard facts are still waiting to emerge, but Israel shouldn't be complacent

Dani Dayan, the head of Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum, tells Haaretz that the notion that Israel has no right to exist might end up 'the undoing of the universities, not of the Jews'

  Political leaders Thursday reaffirmed Israel's determination to eliminate Hamas and secure the return of hostages held by the terror organization after US President Joe Biden threatened to withhold weapon shipments if the IDF entered Rafah. "Israel will continue to fight Hamas until its destruction. There is no more just war than this," Foreign Minister […]

  US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in Cairo on a ceasefire plan for the enclave were due to continue on Thursday. "I made it clear that if they go into Rafah […]

Israel "has a right to defend itself, and we need to get rid of this cancer that is Hamas," Ali said.

President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah. “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in an exclusive interview on “Erin Burnett OutFront,” referring to 2,000-pound bombs that Biden paused shipments of last week. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,” Biden said. The president’s announcement that he was prepared to condition American weaponry on Israel’s actions amounts to a turning point in the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas. And his acknowledgement that American bomb...

In CNN interview, U.S. president said that he told PM Netanyahu that Israel would not have America's support if it enters Gaza population centers

In an interview aired Wednesday, Aviv Kochavi also admitted that Israel failed to recognize that Hamas was an existential threat before October 7

Austin publicly confirmed the Biden administration paused a pending weapons transfer to Israel last week, but said no final decision has been reached

Defense Secretary Austin confirms U.S. is pausing specific weapons shipments to Israel ■ Israel sees no sign of breakthrough in truce talks, but keeping delegation in Cairo, official says ■ PM Netanyahu meets with CIA chief Burns ■ Kerem Shalom border crossing reopens to humanitarian aid ■ Visiting Lebanese border, Israel's defense minister says 'mission here is not completed' ■ Here's what you need to know 215 days into the war

From trade to academia to diplomacy, Israel is facing intensifying international isolation. The burning question is whether Israelis will continue to deflect the consequences of the Gaza war - or change course

  The United States' decision to temporarily halt a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel has drawn deep frustration from Israeli officials, according to an Israeli official who spoke to NBC News. This comes as the Biden administration raises concerns over a potential Israeli military offensive on Rafah and pushes for a ceasefire between […]

The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior US administration official says. The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC's media partner in the US. Israel has not "fully addressed" US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah, the official says. Israel made no immediate comment.   Overnight, there were further Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli forces backed by tanks took control of the Palestinians side of the key Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt. The Israeli bombardment was particularly intense around Rafah. Local medics said seven members of one family were killed in one strike. Rafah has been a key entry point for aid and the only exit for people able to flee since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last October. The crossing remained closed on Wednesday morning, but the...

  Less than a month after the Iranian attack on Israel, which led to the cancellation of flights to and from Israel by many foreign airlines, one of the most significant foreign airlines operating in the country is taking a dramatic step for those planning to fly to the US. The American airline United, which […]

Pentagon chief says U.S. reviewing near-term security aid to Israel ■ amid events in Rafah Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing for aid into Gaza ■ Israeli special forces officer dies from wounds sustained in West Bank raid ■ Netanyahu meets CIA chief in Israel amid U.S. efforts to salvage Gaza talks ■ Israeli defense minister at northern border: 'It might be a hot summer' ■ Missiles hit northern Israel, IDF strikes 20 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

While the Biden administration has effectively paused a sale of weapons to Israel, officials dismissed claims this marks a new shift in policy despite U.S.-Israel tensions over a looming Rafah operation