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In a rare public rebuke, IDF chief Eyal Zamir said Israel's policy of containing Hamas since 2008 allowed the group to grow stronger and criticized previous Israeli military operations in Gaza for being 'concerned with weakening the enemy and restoring deterrence – not with defeating it'

The Shin Bet orders against the aides were revealed in the state's response to a High Court petition filed by an Israeli NGO. 'Shows the seriousness of the affair, contrary to Netanyahu's attempt to minimise it,' petitioning lawyer says

The Israeli LA consulate warned that authorities need to pay attention to aggressive and violent protests before another Washington shooting occurs.

Opposition parties would win 69 seats if an election were held on the day the poll was conducted, while Likud remains the largest party with 25 projected seats. Far-right Religious Zionism party would win four seats, after previously failing to clear the electoral threshold

Effi Lifshitz, who has worked in and documented America's fabled film industry, talks about the turn it's taking in the 'post-liberal' era

Defense Minister Israel Katz rejected IDF Chief Eyal Zamir's decision to promote an officer who led IDF reservists' protests against the judicial coup in early 2023. Recently, Katz and Zamir have clashed on control over senior IDF appointments

Hamas' 'Jericho Wall' plan for a surprise border incursion was obtained by Israeli intelligence 18 months before the Oct. 7 attacks. On Thursday, Israel's army chief announced he had tasked five senior reserve officers to investigate why the military failed to respond

The 31-year-old British Pakistani was charged with one count of preparation for acts of terrorism not linked to the Heaton synagogue attack, and three counts of disseminating terrorist publications.

At a Haifa conference on public law and democracy, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit said that his ostracization by the Justice Minister Yariv Levin was a boycott of the judiciary as a whole, while former High Court President Aharon Barak said that 'the Prime Minister is ruling the country by himself'

Hundreds of New York Jews and allies gathered in the cold for a support rally, weeks after Park East Synagogue was targeted by anti-Israel protestors calling to "globalize the Intifada.”

After the Hamas attack, Tomas Adzgauskas fought in the Gaza Strip and was discharged in April 2024. Haaretz has identified 15 soldiers who died by suicide since the war began, due to mental health issues linked to their military service

He agreed last month to plead guilty to illegally discharging the pellet gun and serve six months of pretrial probation.

Soon after being liberated from a concentration camp, a group of young Holocaust survivors decided to start a kibbutz – on German soil. In a shared journal, excerpts of which have recently surfaced, they recorded their new lives, including gossip, tensions, humor and even sexual longing

The Israeli president wants to revive a plea bargain that was agreed with a previous attorney general – which includes Netanyahu stepping down from public life ■ The bizarre events this week at the PMO, surrounding a recording announcement that never happened, show just how much they are panicking there ■ And, is anyone keeping tabs on Boaz Bismuth's version?

When 17-year-old Ori Elmakayes was arrested, Roman Gofman was interviewed by the head of the Operations Division in the IDF. Gofman's denials led to the military declaring that it had no contact with the teenager – who subsequently spent 18 months in jail

Vice President JD Vance dismissed warnings of rising antisemitism in GOP circles, pushing back on conservatives who cite growing influence from far Right figures.

All 12 committee Republicans supported Kaploun, while only two Democrats, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, joined them.

A federal judge questioned why ICE blocked Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk from campus work after her Gaza op-ed, raising concerns about retaliation for protected speech.