This week at Ben-Gurion airport: A Jewish-Bolivian ruminates on how Israel has changed since he lived here in the '70s, and a Russian transplant explains why he left St. Petersburg for Tel Aviv
The diplomats confirmed a Lebanese report stating that the Egyptian proposal does not include a detailed Israeli commitment not to return to the Gaza Strip, and that Egypt is trying to convince Hamas that the proposal will guarantee security for the militant group
Ben Gvir's pick for police chief, Avshalom Peled, asked his friend Moshe Dadon for help to cover up construction violations at his home in a phone call in 2015. What he didn't know was that the national fraud unit was listening to the call, investigating Dadon. The transcript of the call has been revealed
Twenty years before Hutus slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Tutsis in Rwanda, Tutsis massacred Hutus in Burundi. Records about Israel's military assistance to Rwanda remain top secret, but declassified Foreign Ministry correspondence about Burundi hints at indifference to ethnic massacres
'Innocence Disrupted: Children in Wartime' refuses to turn a blind eye to death and destruction in Gaza, plus Israel's documentary film week DocAviv and the Jerusalem Writers Festival return later this month
Dismantling Rafah's tunnels is a crucial requirement for long-term security along the Israel-Gaza border. But before a fateful decision on attacking the southern Gazan city is made, Israel must carefully examine this alternative
“Just because they’ve cleared away the encampment doesn’t mean that they have dealt with the underlying problems,” said Kenneth L. Marcus, the founder of the Brandeis Center.
1. The caveat to redemption of captives Part of the Israeli ethos is that Pidyon Shvuyim (release of captives) is a "supreme value" in the sense that it is a value that takes precedence over other values. Indeed, it is a very important value. A moment after Passover, we should reflect on the fact […]
Rereading the letters of Yoni Netanyahu, who died heroically at Entebbe in 1976, may shed light on the troubling persona of his younger brother Benjamin
October 7 brought settler violence to a head in the West Bank: 18 Palestinian herding communities have since been uprooted from their homes, with the residents now living in makeshift dwellings on the outskirts of other villages, impoverished and anxious for the future
Leading members of the far-left French Unbowed party are facing police questioning over their messaging in regard to the October 7 Hamas attack. 'This is a threat to free speech,' says its prospective European lawmaker Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-French lawyer
Turkey hasn't yet formally announced the move, which comes amid a straining of relations between the two countries amid the war in Gaza, but Israeli importers have already complained about delayed shipments
When Netanyahu ridiculously compares pro-Palestinian students to Nazis he is only making it easier for the tiny, privileged minority to insist they're not the antisemites they truly are, just 'anti-Zionists'
Hamas delegation is due in Cairo to continue truce negotiations ■ When asked about PM Netanyahu's promise that Israel would enter Rafah with or without a hostage release deal, Blinken says 'people say things; let's focus on what they're doing' ■ Turkey reportedly halts all exports and imports with Israel ■ Israel's National Security Council issues new travel warning for Malmö ■ Here's what you need to know 209 days into the war
AIPAC, the powerful and divisive Israel-U.S. lobby group, pulled funding for 15 Republican lawmakers' reelection campaigns after they refused to vote for the recent $14 billion Israel aid bill, though the halt is unlikely to affect the politicians' reelection chances