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Israel has been escalating its strikes on Lebanon in recent days while senior officials are escalating their rhetoric against it. The Israeli narrative was that Hezbollah had been weakened and deterred, one official said, but now it is shifting to justify strikes and pressure Beirut

Donovan Hall carried out a three-month campaign of intimidation, terror, and harassment against the Jewish victims, amounting to over 1000 threats.

Gitai's 'Yitzhak Rabin: Chronicle of an Assassination' explores the incitement in 1995 that Benjamin Netanyahu helped stoke. After 30 years, the play has finally been put on in Israel

He was an officer in the reserves who a few weeks before his suicide said the war would have unforeseen consequences and had to stop. Other drone operators are suffering just as he did. A Haaretz exposé

Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was detained after being reported missing on Sunday morning, only to be found safe and sound in the evening. She resigned on Friday after admitting she had authorized the leak of footage showing the abuse of a detainee at the Sde Teiman facility

As the Western Wall plaza grows increasingly religious and even messianic, many secular Israelis feel out of place. Just to the south, however, a beautiful empty plaza awaits for egalitarian prayer, quiet reflection or a historical tour

Among the artifacts on display at Yad Vashem's new 'Living Memory' exhibit are actual Holocaust hiding spaces, a Shabbat candelabra made from barbed wired picked off a concentration camp fence by a Jewish inmate, and an original copy of 'Schindler's List'

Scott Cooper's biopic about Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' album trades rock-and-roll energy for moody silences, while 'Regretting You' lives up to its title, and Guillermo del Toro's lavish 'Frankenstein' can't bring fresh life to an over-stitched tale

It wasn't a state ceremony, no one tried to make it one. It belonged entirely to one camp: smaller now, bruised and insecure, yet still there, still standing. Even the word peace was spoken

Audio recordings have been newly released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination. The former chief of staff and prime minister talks about balancing military might with a diplomatic process, the importance of U.S. ties and the need to strengthen ground forces

The videos from the southern West Bank show masked Israeli settlers entering the sheep pen, abusing and injuring lambs on the ground. Human rights activists say that settler violence against Palestinian flocks in the West Bank has worsened recently

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's circle are seeking the same strict conditions for those who leaked the video of IDF soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee as were imposed on his associates who leaked confidential IDF documents to Bild. Though both involve security leaks, key differences remain

In the dead of night, an unexpected animal walked on the freshly mortared wall of a Byzantine church complex by the shore of the Sea of Galilee 1,700 years ago

Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians.

'I fear living in a city where anti-Zionist rhetoric is normalized,' said Central Synagogue's Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, saying his remarks echo 'age-old antisemitic tropes.' Days from the mayoral election, as polls suggest a significant decline in Jewish support for Mamdani, Buchdahl cited legal limits and the synagogue policy for refusing to endorse any candidate

After resigning last week over the Sde Teiman affair leak, the IDF legal chief, senior sources told Haaretz, used 'various pretexts to avoid opening or advancing investigations 'into numerous IDF abuses in Gaza, including the army's March 2025 killing of 15 medical personnel and a 2024 airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen volunteers

An Israeli Christian media summit is set to start on Sunday and will confer honors on pro-Israel media figures, including a posthumous award for Charlie Kirk

Sources said the prime minister urged leaders in the congress to delay, not block, the vote, which was not possible under WZO bylaws. Yair Netanyahu's name is not on the list, compiled by representatives of a majority of the factions, as voting on appointments began Sunday morning

Professor Marianne Hirsch also argued the Holocaust must be taught alongside Gaza and the "Nakba," warning against “exceptionalism” in Holocaust memory.

The Neo, produced by 1X Technologies, is called the first “consumer available humanoid robot, specialized in working on house chores.”