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  In a scathing dissent, a United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge urged the court not to micromanage the conflict in Gaza and chided her colleagues for requiring Israel to work on the Jewish Shabbat while responding to a case brought by South Africa under the Genocide Convention. ICJ Vice President Julia Sebutinde […]

After the ICJ ruled that Israel must halt all action in Rafah that 'inflicts conditions that could bring physical destruction' of the Palestinians, Israel quickly claimed that 'destruction' was not, and is not, their goal. Israel will now wage a three-front war against its own bad PR, the UN and the courts

  While Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, the IDF conducted large-scale counterterror operations in the Jenin area – part of the never-ending effort to thwart terrorism's strongholds in the West Bank. Since Oct. 7, the security forces have conducted over 4,000 arrests in Judea and Samaria, averaging a staggering […]

  The deepening relationship between Iran and Russia is one of the negative trends in our region that has greatly alarmed the Israeli security establishment in recent times. So far, reports have mainly focused on Iran's extensive assistance to Russia – primarily in the form of selling drones that the Russians have used in their […]

  Benjamin Netanyahu may not realize it yet, or perhaps he does, which would explain his political behavior, but his defiance against the political odds is over. Israel's longest-serving prime minister, who was reelected in November 2022 despite an ongoing corruption trial and whom even rivals acknowledged as a political magician, is out of tricks. […]

  Amid fears of rocket fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli authorities have scrapped plans for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in the Galilee region. Instead, up to 30,000 worshippers are anticipated to congregate at the Shimon HaTzadik tomb in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem to mark the […]

  An Israeli military spokesman firmly rejected claims by Hamas on Saturday that the terrorist group had abducted Israeli soldiers in Jebalia during the ongoing war. "There was no event of a soldier being abducted," the spokesman said in an unusual statement addressing the Hamas allegations directly. 'No such event happened," the IDF said in […]

  A troubling incident of academic censorship has come to light after an Israeli academic had his manuscript rejected by the journal Cultural Critique published by the University of Minnesota Press solely based on the publication's adherence to the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Gai Farchi, an Israeli scholar, penned a letter to […]

War cabinet to convene to discuss hostage release negotiations ■ 40 rockets fired at northern Israel on Sunday evening ■ IDF announces deaths of two soldiers ■ Rockets fired at Tel Aviv, central Israel for first time since January

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The bodyguards told their supervisor that the manner of driving endangers them, Minister Ben-Gvir and anyone else on the road. Last week, the investigation of the accident preceded by Ben-Gvir's car entering an intersection on a red light concluded with police investigators believing there is sufficient evidence to prosecute his driver

While there are no immediate moves to rein in the IDF, in the longer term there are two dangers: an imposed cease-fire without a resolution of the hostage crisis and missing the Biden administration's proposal for a comprehensive U.S.-Saudi-Israeli agreement

= Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday firmly rejected any notion of soldiers defying orders from the defense minister and military chief after a video circulated online of a supposed IDF reservist demanding that the cabinet member retract his comments about the future of Gaza, which has created tensions in the government. In the video, […]

Crowds rallied in cities across the country, with relatives of hostages held in Gaza calling on the prime minister to resign

Distance requirements from an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and a network of barriers have prevented Palestinian farmers from tilling their plots to the west of Bethlehem for over seven months

A report on Transportation Minister Miri Regev aired claims by her former chief of staff, who said she prioritizes local projects based on the regional council's ability to help her in the Likud primaries