This week, finance minister and security cabinet member Bezalel Smotrich invoked the 'I don't know' clause to avoid accountability. He learnt this from Netanyahu, who's built the coalition's most infamous reputation for not-so-plausible deniability
The U.K. has also issued a warning to all vessels going through the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Straits of Hormuz after being 'made aware of increased tensions'
As the guest of honor for Tel Aviv Pride, Jenner will tour Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Gaza border region. The decision to host her has been contentious in the LGBTQ community, where many view Jenner's support for Trump and conservative politics as a threat to LGBTQ rights and progressive values
The boys, aged between 13 and 14, are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion and death threats as well as capturing, recording, or transmitting intimate images.
Many Jews have been "met with a stunning mix of silence, blaming, excluding, and even outright denying the atrocities of Oct. 7," explained Bar-Halpern and Wolfman.
'Dad, I love you,' hostage Yair Yaakov's son, Yagil, who was also taken hostage to Gaza and released in November 2023, wrote in a post on Instagram. 'I'm waiting for your funeral, I love you and knew this day would come,' he added
The display featured a large image of a Palestinian flag and received applause and cheers from tens of thousands of fans at one of Europe’s largest music festivals.
In a cable sent to other nations, the United States said countries taking 'anti-Israel actions' following the French-Saudi conference next week will be viewed as acting in opposition to U.S. foreign policy
Development comes as Ultra-Orthodox parties seek draft exemption deal to avert new elections. Earlier on Wednesday, opposition party leaders announced that they would bring forward a bill to dissolve the Knesset amid tensions in the coalition over Haredi military conscription
A day after a Bosnian minister issued a public appeal to cancel the event, claiming participants support those who 'commit genocide,' the Conference of European Rabbis was notified by Swissotel that its contract had been cancelled
A Pew survey published on Wednesday found that 69 percent of Israelis have confidence in Trump's ability to handle world affairs. That compares with only 56 percent who did so in his first term in office, and 57 percent who trusted Joe Biden
As the Olympic gold medalist turned Fox News pundit prepares for Friday's Pride parade, some say Caitlyn Jenner encapsulates Tel Aviv's complexity and welcome the visibility for trans Israelis. Others criticize the choice to invite someone who 'makes a career off of discrediting the LGBTQ community'
With social collapse, mass starvation and displacement, the Gazans living through the war aren't marking the death toll: They're trying to survive. 'Violent men are taking control of humanitarian aid,' a social scientist in the Strip says
Hateful rhetoric toward Reform Jews in Israel is nothing new, but this time it came from Likud, rather than the far right. To ensure that Israeli Judaism doesn't become exclusive to barn arsonists and false messiahs, we need to act