Since July last year, the IDF issued 24,000 notices but only a few hundred Haredim reported for duty. The army says it will work to 'adapt service conditions for the Haredi population.' Ultra-Orthodox rabbis declare opposition to any designated military track for Haredim
Declarations about recognition of a Palestinian state and the European Union's move to exclude Israel from research projects are still reversible. It all depends what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does in the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told party colleagues that 'police in Judea and Samaria used to chase 14-year-old girls and follow young men from the settlements to harass them. That is over'
Two leading Israeli rights groups have named what others still deny: the campaign in Gaza is not just brutal or disproportionate – it is the deliberate destruction of a people. The evidence is overwhelming, the intent undeniable, and the silence complicit
You don't know it yet, but they've already chosen you. This war no longer defends anything – it consumes lives for politics and pride. While leaders indulge abroad, you're left in the dust and danger. You deserve more than a number. Come home before it's you
As long as the Palestinian stuck at roadblocks for hours, kicked off his land and shot at by settlers does not sense a real change, European declarations will help no one. Palestinian leadership also has the burden of proof: a state is not only a declaration, it entails responsibility
A leading international authority on food crises also warned on Tuesday that 'the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip'
CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond notes that 'the power of images can sometimes move President Trump in an unexpected way' – a dynamic now playing out in his break with Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza: 'I see it, and you can't fake that'
An IDF court extended the detention of four Palestinians after settler Yinon Levi was placed under house arrest by a civilian court. Levi is suspected of killing Palestinian Awdah Hathaleen in the West Bank. Eight more Palestinians were detained overnight by the Israeli army
Eyewitnesses said Yinon Levi, the suspect who shot and killed Awdah Hathaleen on Monday, was the only one who fired during the incident. An Israeli-U.S. activist said Levi told him he was 'happy' that he had killed him. Hathaleen's cousin described him as a 'teacher, the nonviolent activist' and 'wasn't involved in anything'
Far-right ministers pressured the IDF to present a plan to conquer and destroy Gaza City, home to 1.2 million people. The army chief said the operation would take months and require extending active service or a large reserve call-up. Sources said Netanyahu did not rule out the plan
Naama Gaha, a mother of eight, who traveled to Gaza to visit her mother in early October 2023, was stuck in the enclave after the war began, returning home only on Tuesday after an extensive legal battle; 'I can't describe the joy I'm feeling,' she told Haaretz
We Israelis and Jews abroad are all responsible for what our government is doing to Palestinians in Gaza. That is why we must demand the only effective measure left, that which the Netanyahu government cannot ignore