Since the war broke out on October 7, 2023, Netanyahu has disrupted Gaza cease-fire talks and agreements in a variety of ways. The question now is whether he will also choose to do so in an election year
The Knesset approved a NIS 31 billion increase to the 2025 state budget to cover the costs of 'Gideon's Chariots A' and the attack on Iran ■ The IDF's demand for NIS 20 billion to fund 'Gideon's Chariots B' is not covered in the budget ■ This is the fifth time in two years that the government has broken the approved budget
The term 'humanitarian' masks a policy of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing, which are war crimes and crimes against humanity, while the aid itself is used to exacerbate the existing humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip and perpetuate irreversible demographic change
Ending the war, freeing the hostages: The Trump plan answers the key priorities of the Israeli public. But the proposal also offers Hamas the chance to achieve one of its holy grails – unless Netanyahu manages to push them into refusal
A forced apology in the first act, a 20-point plan very light on specifics - and the hovering feeling that Netanyahu will get yet another chance to prolong the Gaza war
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan, said the families 'will not buy into Netanyahu's empty words until all the hostages are home.' Netanyahu has agreed to Trump's plan, which, if carried out, would see all hostages released within 72 hours of the deal
According to the ministry, five of the dead and 48 of the wounded were people seeking aid who were hit in distribution areas. In Gaza City, there were reports of casualties from fire directed at medical teams and journalists
According to the White House plan, the IDF will hand over the parts of Gaza it controls to an international force, which will 'immediately deploy in Gaza.' Trump says he will head Gaza's international 'Board of Peace', overseeing Palestinian technocrats who will temporarily govern the postwar Strip
When I met Ruth Gavison as a law student, she was the most isolated person in Israeli legal academia, after she dared to criticize the Supreme Court's pretensions to police Israeli politics. The story of a previous prominent case of a scholar falling victim to internal intrigues in the legal academic world is told in two books
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Trump's 'New Gaza' plan to end the war in Gaza and release the hostages. Trump promised Israel will be 'fully backed' if Hamas does not adhere to the plan
According to the White House, Netanyahu promised the prime minister not to violate Qatari sovereignty in the future. Members of the Netanyahu government slammed the apology, with Finance Minister Smotrich calling it a 'disgrace'
Ben-Gvir's chief of staff, Hanamel Dorfman claimed the settler fired at Palestinians 'in self-defense' and refused to cooperate in questioning. He is currently implicated in a separate police investigation in which he is suspected of attempting to exert influence in Jewish terrorism cases