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  Eden Golan, representing Israel at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, aims to bring people together through her music when she performs this week in Malmo, Sweden. The 68th edition of the world's biggest song competition takes place as protests occur in many countries against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas' October 7 […]

  Tensions reached a boiling point at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, as pro-Palestinian student protesters refused to heed a 2:30p.m. university deadline to dismantle their encampment on campus grounds, just hours before a preapproved Israeli event marking Israel's independence was set to take place. Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators after […]

  In the solemn halls of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an annual ritual meant to honor the victims of the Holocaust was conspicuously absent this year. The school's traditional Holocaust Day ceremony, typically held at the iconic Powell Library plaza, was abruptly canceled amid escalating tensions and fears of unrest on campus. […]

  Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the Ivy League school. "We have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are […]

  Amidst a wave of protests by pro-Palestinian students across the US, Jewish students have decided to launch a counterattack against displays of antisemitism. Liat (not her real name), a doctoral student at Harvard University, was one of the central activists on campus. Together with other students, she entered the anti-Israel lion's den on campus […]

  Breaking his silence on the pro-Palestine protest encampment, Interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber issued a university-wide email on Monday morning, threatening "involuntary leave" for demonstrators who persisted in controlling Harvard Yard.  "I write today with this simple message: The continuation of the encampment presents a significant risk to the educational environment of the […]

Hamas' announcement that it accepts the proposed cease-fire deal took Israel by surprise, given the crisis in the talks over the past few days ■ While Jerusalem keeps sending delegations to Egypt, the IDF is increasing the military pressure and operating to the east of Rafah

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his War Cabinet approved continuing an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in order to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages and achieve the country's other war goals. "The war cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continue the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on […]

  The Biden administration has delayed the sale of thousands of precision weapons to Israel, raising questions about whether the US is deliberately slowing the delivery of arms to its top Middle East ally amid growing domestic political pressure. The administration faces pressure from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers to cut back arms supplies […]

Israel commits to limit Rafah operation, grant control of crossing with Egypt to private U.S. firm ■ Hamas delegation also in Cairo for hostage talks ■ Defense Minister Gallant: Rafah operation will not stop until Hamas is eliminated or the first hostage is released

Ceremony was disrupted by a group of Israeli expats outraged by the presence of Simcha Rothman – a lawmaker from the far-right Religious Zionism party – among the guests of honor

The pro-Palestinian protest occurred during a march commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

A church congregant wrestled the shooter to the ground and restrained him until police arrived.

It may well be that the Israeli prime minister does not want a deal at this time – but it's also feasible that the threat of a ground invasion of Rafah is the final leverage on Hamas. 'If Netanyahu wants a deal,' says one official involved in the talks, 'this is more or less the best one he can get'

As Israel prepares for a Rafah ground operation against U.S. wishes, and while Israel and Hamas are inching closer to a cease-fire and hostage deal, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has to tell Congress by Wednesday whether he accepts Israeli assurances that it isn't violating international law while using U.S. weapons

Ilan Sinelnikov, founder and President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post