Israel took the risk of a complex maneuver entailing increased contact with Hamas’ core security infrastructure. The IDF wants to signal that even though the current raid has limited goals, there is no place its forces fear to enter and there is no place Hamas can feel safe
U.S. and European diplomats tell Haaretz that their support for Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas attack is exacting a price in the Arab and Muslim world – particularly as civilian casualties mount and Israel undertakes military operations in hospitals
Wine sales are up a staggering 100% since the war began, with sales of cookie products up 50% and beer sales up 40%, according to data provided by Yango Deli.
Biden is operating on a tighter deadline than the Israeli Prime Minister, due to growing discontent within the Democratic Party and his own state apparatus – not to mention a public opinion war that the administration has tried to acknowledge without giving too much oxygen
Israel's Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said that Israel cannot allow itself to conduct a prolonged military campaign 'with a PM we simply do not trust.' Former Likud Minister: 'I'm enraged with Netanyahu, it burns me from the inside'
Poll conducted by the Accord Center shows spike in mutual distrust in the Jewish and Arab communities. 'The collective trauma of October 7 will shape the relationship between the groups for years to come'
Diplomatic sources tell Haaretz that Hamas seeks to release around 50 hostages, mainly women and children, in exchange for the release of Palestinian female and minor prisoners. Israel demands that the number of hostages be increased significantly
It is not only Gantz's political interest that demands he start planning his exit from the emergency government. An exit strategy for Gantz is also in the interest of the country
As in so many other arenas, when it comes to exposing Hamas' gender-based violence on October 7, Israeli citizens stepped in where their government left a gaping void
Monumental structures at Gezer have been redated to the early 10th century B.C.E., which means maybe Solomon built them after all, biblical archaeologists say. But colleagues remain skeptical
Owens posted that "you cannot serve both God and money" and that "Christ is King," her first post in two days, hours after video circulated of Shapiro calling her coverage of the war "disgraceful."