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Calls within the PLO for a new political vision have increased against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, and U.S. demands for a comprehensive reform. The maneuvering between Israel and Hamas and the tight schedule make the task especially complicated

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he was "disappointed" by an Israeli announcement that it plans to build 3,000 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Blinken said during a news conference in Buenos Aires that it was long-standing US policy […]

Israel’s entrepreneurs and inventors are still delivering under these nonoptimal circumstances.

According to Palestinian militant group, the two were Said Jaradat and Yasser Hanoun – a 'field commander.' The IDF said Hanoun was on his way to carry out a shooting attack

It’s an unusual Holocaust book because it was written soon after the war by an adult journalist and focuses not on death camps but on the slave-labor camps in which he toiled.

The prime minister's newly released plan for Gaza's future lacks much innovation, but it could fit into the outline formulated by the international community. The important question that remains is when will Israel withdraw from the Gaza Strip and allow for its rehabilitation to begin

A budget bump of 650 million shekels ($179 million) will fund new services and technologies including treatments for growth disorders and severe asthma as well as expanding eligibility for invasive prenatal screening tests

Ehud Barak has joined defense establishment figures imploring Gantz and Eisenkot not to resign from the government; The Meron disaster commission, whose findings are expected to be published soon, looks like a teaser for what awaits the prime minister after his criminal trial

  Ukrainian forces withdrew from Avdiivka over the past weekend. This retreat from the decimated town in Donetsk captures the set of problems that Kyiv is facing as it enters the third year of the war. The defenders suffered from a numerical disadvantage against the Russians, who did not spare cannon fodder; Ukraine's fighters also […]

“A genocide chant about Jewish people was projected onto Big Ben last night whilst we heard of reports of Labour MPs feeling intimidated and threatened by pro-Palestine mobs,” wrote Chris Rose.

Lovely music and French aesthetics complement a wide array of sweet and savory pastries and dishes, bringing a little taste of Paris to the Middle East. 

  The Israeli military said on Friday it had targeted a terrorist from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in an air strike in the West Bank who was on his way to carry out an attack. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said a 17-year-old was also killed in the strike late on Thursday in the […]

  After being criticized for not discussing the "day after" Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his principles for the post-war reality to the government overnight Thursday. According to the Prime Minister's Office, this is a "document of principles reflecting a broad public consensus on the goals of the war, and the civil […]

The illusion that the National Unity Party's presence in the emergency government is helping Israel maximize its wartime goals has morphed into damage control ■ The 'Zionism' of Smotrich, Ben-Gvir and their ilk is fascism, which puts the state before the individual

An Israeli delegation will travel to Paris for negotiations over a hostages-for-truce deal, but domestic opposition in Israel and Hamas' intransigence mean CIA director William Burns has his work cut out

Family members of hostages held in Gaza block Tel Aviv highway in protest ■ Israeli delegation arrives in Paris for new round of hostage, cease-fire talks ■ Senior member of Hezbollah's missile corps killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon ■ Leading Hamas member says Gaza could be led by another 'competent Palestinian government' ■ China demands World Court to speak out on Israeli occupation ■ Houthis say they will ban all U.S., U.K.-owned ships from crossing Red Sea

The various new “options will save people time and allow them to communicate more effectively through their WhatsApp messages,” Meta said in a statement. 

This week at Ben-Gurion airport: A Canadian engineer who found himself driving up and down Israeli roads to maintain medevac helicopters amid war, and a French bathing suit designer who felt at home in Israel the moment she stepped foot here

Yiddish as an official minority language? A government agency that promotes Yiddish? Translations into that language of 'Harry Potter' and 'The Lord of the Rings' – and all this in Sweden?? Vos? Yo, yo!