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Dystopia wasn't a popular genre in Israel's early years, but gradually local artists began to imagine a dark future that portended national destruction. But could the present period actually produce a wave of consoling utopias?

The political center's silence about settlers stems not from naivete but from full partnership. It offers conciliation, unity – anything not to be branded 'leftist'

Another shepherd community in Masafer Yatta is being suffocated. It's surrounded by violent settlers, and since the start of the war, it's become impossible to take the animals to pasture. A fence the shepherds built on their land for protection against the thugs was also vandalized

ISRAEL: IDF officer and Israel border police officer killed in north Gaza combat ■ CEASE-FIRE: Hamas reportedly willing to release all hostages for five-year cease-fire ■ GAZA: dozens killed in last 24 hours, Gazan health officials say ■ IRAN: five killed, hundreds wounded in explosion in Iranian port ■ SYRIA: al-Sharaa forms committee to eliminate Palestinian militants, says it will not be 'a threat to Israel' ■ VATICAN: Israeli leaders missing from Pope Francis funeral

Citing Gaza war crimes, Iceland's foreign minister said Israel's inclusion in Eurovision was 'strange and unnatural,' stopping short of calling for a boycott. Spain and Slovenia have also urged a union-wide debate

This comes after several Israeli diplomatic missions deleted condolence messages after Pope Francis's passing.

In his visits to Gaza, new IDF chief Eyal Zamir has found a worn-down army, with Hamas now trying to attack Israeli weak points. A stab at 'total victory' means soldiers' deaths, a threat to the remaining hostages, the extensive killing of Palestinian civilians and rising criticism abroad

No, there is no 'arson intifada' by mysterious Palestinian sleeper cells. Still, it's very likely that in the next few years we'll suffer a blaze lasting a week or more, and fire chief Eyal Caspi is preparing

In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump said he 'didn't stop' Israel from attacking Iran, adding that the U.S. wouldn't be dragged in to war, but rather 'may go in very willingly if we can't get a deal'

The UN organization said it had run out of both humanitarian and commercial supplies since all crossings in to the Gaza Strip have been closed for nearly two months

The protests targeted the embassy as the institute had the Israeli flag at half-mast in memory of the six million Jews murdered by Nazis.

Mohamad Hamad, 23, and Talya A. Lubit, 24, a Jewish Pittsburgh resident, were previously indicted for defacing synagogues with pro-Palestinian graffiti.

Eyal Gur, who leads the Jerusalem protest for the return of the hostages, says the rallies aim to bring in religious and right-wingers alienated by the Tel Aviv protest. 'The hostages were being abandoned, and there was a disregard for responsibility and life. Our country needs us now more than ever'

A striking number of Diaspora Jews fundamentally disagree with Israelis on the Gaza war, the policies of Netanyahu and Trump. But the events of October 7 and since have also heightened many Diaspora Jews' connection to Israel. Where is this crucial relationship heading?

Kibbutz members who tried to contact the IDF received no response due to a breakdown in the Southern Brigade's chain of command ■ Six security squad members were killed and five residents were taken hostage ■ 'Investigations are a band-aid on a bleeding, open wound,' hostage relatives say

'I can imagine there's dissatisfaction with the pope's criticism of the war in Gaza,' an adviser to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said. 'But criticism is legitimate. It has been heard from almost every country in the world'

Eight weeks have passed since Israel stopped allowing aid into the enclave. As one Gazan puts it, 'the expectation is that the situation will get worse'

A video recording of the meeting with Netanyahu shows one of the families' representatives, a right-wing activist, harshly attacking the Shin Bet chief. The group also demands the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into Oct. 7 rather than one 'led by the High Court'

On his first day as a judge, Ariel Erlich – whose nomination was supported by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the leader of the coalition's judicial coup – ordered the university to provide investigators with the personal information of hundreds of students

Official statistics released ahead of Memorial Day show that 4,503 civilians have been killed since the founding of Israel, including 934 since the October 7 Hamas attack in 2023