If the Druze in Syria's Sweida province are allowed to keep their weapons, this could set an example and block the regional framework the Trump administration wants after it withdraws U.S. forces from Syria
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Clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes resumed Thursday, ending a fragile cease-fire. Allowing Syrian forces into the restive region would mark a shift from earlier Israeli policy rejecting government forces' involvement
Israeli-born Hollywood star Gal Gadot called for the return of the hostages and the end of the war in Gaza, while top film producer Lawrence Bender criticized Hollywood for turning its back on him following Hamas' October 7 attack
Hundreds attended a birthday party for hostage Nimrod Cohen in Tel Aviv while he remains held in Gaza. 'The speeches on Saturday, the demonstrations, the birthday parties are important to achieve the goal: ending the war and a hostage deal', said Cohen's brother
Housing Ministry Chief of Staff Moti Babchik was appointed by the current housing minister's predecessor. He blamed the prime minister for the government's inability to pass a bill granting Haredi men an exemption from mandatory military service
Joint attacks by soldiers and settlers are taking an increasingly deadly toll on West Bank Palestinians. These acts of terror – including a recent one in the village of Surif – are barely reported in Israel, and no one is blamed for them
Assuming Trump is finally serious about pushing Netanyahu into a hostage deal, all we can do is nervously await the usual threats from the coalition's two right-wing thugs Brutes ■ And: What turned Aryeh Dery from mighty lion to scaredy-cat?
The Israeli prime minister continues to spout separate, even contradictory, messages ■ Is there any truth to claims from senior IDF officers that interim Syrian president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, is directly involved in the acts of massacre?
Leaders of the nationalist ultra-Orthodox community see the wars in Gaza and with Iran as divine intervention that expedites the era of redemption. The security discourse has given way to talk of miracles, and prominent rabbis are anointing Netanyahu as a messenger of God
Israel and international mediators are currently awaiting Hamas' response to an updated proposal addressing the central sticking point: IDF troop deployment during the proposed 60-day cease-fire
'Silence in today's circumstances is complicity,' say over 600 rabbis and educators following the killing of a Palestinian and a Palestinian-American last Friday, warning that religious leaders' silence has emboldened settlers to commit violence under the guise of divine command