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Benjamin Netanyahu's eye-rolling video, in which he accused the Americans of holding up an arms shipment and yet again evoked Winston Churchill, is him playing politics – it's the only thing he knows how to do. His invite to address Congress in July should be delayed until after the U.S. elections

Red Cross visits to Palestinians held in Israel have stopped since the start of the Gaza war. Israel didn't provide details on an alternative mechanism, but Haaretz has learned that one option is visits by a judge and foreign diplomats. An Israeli civil rights group says the move contravenes international law

Adam Maraana, who has a Muslim father and a Jewish mother, will be the first Arab athlete to represent Israel in the Olympics in half a century. In this dark time, he says he can succeed as a 'mini-ambassador' too

For some 60 years from the turn of the 20th century, the National Desertion Bureau tracked down Jewish husbands in America and overseas who had abandoned their wives and families. A new exhibition reveals more about this little-known, quasi-detective agency

'It is clear that the announcement of such a match being held in our capital will undoubtedly provoke major demonstrations,' the city's top sports official said. Brussels has been on security alert even before the war in Gaza started, with Belgium being hit repeatedly by extremist attacks

A photo juxtaposing a lush field of sunflowers in Israel against the ruins of Gaza has gone viral, sparking comparisons to an Oscar-winning film about the bucolic home of a Nazi commander next to Auschwitz. The debate is a reminder of what images not only suggest, but also hide

99-year-old Chaim Shilo survived the Nazis by escaping with his family. He survived Hamas by hiding in a safe room at his home in Kibbutz Nirim. As someone who lived through both wars he has interesting insights to share

A senior Israeli official says that Netanyahu's charge of U.S. holding back arms from Israel damaged weeks of coordination efforts; The Israeli prime minister has since walked back his claim

Miki Ben-Dor and Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University didn't set out to resolve the extinction conundrum. But while researching human evolution, a giant skeleton popped out of our closet

Singer Ishay Ribo battles the Tax Authority at the Jerusalem District Court over his NIS 6.5M apartment purchase. The key question: what were they bought for?

Singer Ishay Ribo battles the Tax Authority at the Jerusalem District Court over his NIS 6.5M apartment purchase. The key question: what were they bought for?

While ornate grandeur characterizes synagogues around the world, the situation in Israel is much different. What's being done wrong?

Israel's response to Hezbollah fire has resulted in the evacuation of 100,000 Lebanese. Thousands of houses have been totally destroyed in the south with billions in damage

The report rejected FEWS NET claims of the Gaza famine, yet the UN ignored its main conclusion rejecting the Gaza famine.

At a time saturated by death and sorrow, Netanyahu's coalition is committing suicide over a legislation whose goal is to create a reservoir of jobs that'll be in the ultra-Orthodox parties' hands. Several 'rebel' Likud MKs, however, represent a strong sentiment among party voters, who can no longer bear the nausea

A London suspect who attacked a Jewish man on Shavuot was revealed by a Jewish neighborhood watch to have attacked at least one other Jewish man that day.

'ADL no longer appears to adhere to a serious, mainstream and intellectually cogent definition of antisemitism,' wrote an editor, whose request for a discussion about the ADL ultimately led to the ban

  In an escalating diplomatic rift, the White House has canceled a high-level US-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday, according to reports from Axios. This move comes in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's video claiming the US was withholding military aid, which enraged President Joe Biden's top advisors. As Axios reports, […]

"This is only the beginning of a conversation. We're looking to open a conversation so we can all talk more about we can do to sop this genocide," she said, referring to Israel's offensive in Gaza.