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Officials in the President's Residence were concerned that selecting the publisher Sela Meir would provoke backlash. Sela Meir has released books by judicial overhaul architect Simcha Rothman, Netanyahu and founder of the far-right group Im Tirtzu

In an interview with Turkish Anadolu News, President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Syria is seeking Israeli withdrawal from positions in southern Syria, where previous U.S.-mediated talks have explored restoring parts of a 1974 border framework

The Eurovision Fun website reported that Spain’s public broadcaster, RTVE, had announced it would not air the song contest for the first time since the country began participating in 1961.

Between high-voltage lines and underground gas pipelines, residents of Wadi al-Na'am, who live next to the Neot Hovav petrochemical industrial zone, have no way to protect themselves – not from missile attacks and not from the hazardous materials that could leak from the factories. In this war, they say, they were lucky. But what will happen next time?

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke to several survivors, including 40-year-old Elon Zizer, who survived after being shot numerous times while shielding his children.

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A production quality specialist offers a glimpse into the secret world of car manufacturing, and a psychology student explains how Israelis devise ways to live with recurring war

Channel 12 poll shows Likud steady at 25, Bennett down to 20 and Eisenkot up to 14; Jewish opposition would struggle to form a coalition without Arab parties

Akram Abu Assa, 29, died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition following the stabbing, with police linking the attack to a land dispute between neighbors. This is the fourth homicide in Israel this week

Roy Sharon, who grew up in a religious Zionist settlement in the West Bank, is perhaps the most vigilant Israeli reporter when it comes to exposing burgeoning settler violence. The farthest fringes of the hilltop youth now set the right's agenda, he says

As the Israel–Lebanon cease-fire took effect, celebrations broke out in Beirut with gunfire into the air. At the same time, displaced residents began returning to southern Lebanon, despite warnings from both the IDF and the Lebanese Army not to return yet

Some of them killed civilians in Gaza; others just looked on, or witnessed abuse and cover-ups in the name of revenge. Now they're trying to cope with something a bit different than PTSD

Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as the most political pope in many years. The consequences are being felt in Israel and the territories as well

Penn has appealed the case and this week asked for a stay on the court order, which would otherwise require them to produce the list by May 1. 

The Israeli prime minister told the security cabinet that the U.S.-facilitated cease-fire is an effort to align on the major issue – Iran. But Netanyahu can't convince the Israeli public that the war's goals were achieved, with Hezbollah not disarmed and the Iranian regime still largely intact

Naftali Bennett may be encouraged by the victory of a right-wing candidate in Hungary, but he has a problem with his opposition partners. Research is showing that Netanyahu's most loyal voters are leaving Likud. And, what's the hottest name to appear on a party slate for the next Knesset election

The cease-fire could bolster the authority of the Lebanese government, jumpstart diplomacy with Israel and strip Iran of a significant bargaining chip in negotiations with the U.S. But it's vital that Israeli recognize the limitations on Beirut's ability to disarm Hezbollah

At the start of the Arab Revolt, which began 90 years ago this week, the newspaper told its readers that 'the God of Israel wanted our sacrifices,' and promised that the Jewish community was here to stay

Analilia Mejía - the former national political director for Bernie Sanders - defeated Joe Hathaway to narrow the Republicans' House majority

Israel's culture minister said Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv 'expresses the path of religious Zionism, which combines values, faith and action.' The same Zarbiv who detailed and celebrated Gaza's destruction as 'tens of thousands of dead who were eaten by the dogs'