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The Israeli prime minister wants his people to remain in a fog of uncertainty, making them even more reliant on their dysfunctional government ■ An all-out war with Hezbollah seems less likely than it did just a few days ago – but that doesn't mean hostilities are over ■ The IDF is getting used to the new routine of fighting at fluctuating levels of intensity

This week at Ben Gurion Airport: An American Jew travels to Israel for three days to meet members of her team for the first time, and two septuagenarian sisters recall the choices they made with regards to love

Israeli army says three drones, 25 rockets launched from southern Lebanon, no casualties reported ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah air defense system ■ U.S. shifts assault ship to Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating ■ IDF launches intelligence-based operation in Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood; Gazans report 30 killed ■ Smotrich to backtrack on decision to withhold funds from PA ■ U.S. urges citizens to 'strongly reconsider' Lebanon travel

Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, known as "Abu Saheeb," a senior Hamas official and commander of the Gaza Brigade, held a secret meeting with his battalion commanders on October 6, hours before the surprise attack on Israel. He personally handed them a printed page bearing the logo of Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. "With […]

Trump was the first to mention Israel, attacking Biden's foreign policy and reiterating his claim that Hamas would have never attacked Israel under his watch. Biden maintained that his administration has stuck by Israel's side, adding that 'We're providing Israel with all the weapons they need, and when they need them'

One effect of the protracted war is the removal of all the masks of people who thought they could live together. The gap is growing and seems terminal

Justice Anat Baron, who retired from the Supreme Court days after October 7, says that Israel is at its lowest point; in these dramatic times, she doesn't feel she has the privilege to remain silent

A new ADL survey reveals a troubling increase in antisemitic attitudes in seven major countries, with nearly 40% endorsing multiple stereotypes.

France's Jews are caught in an electoral vise between the far right's xenophobic nationalism and nostalgia for Vichy France, and the hard left's antisemitic rhetoric and refusal to condemn Hamas atrocities. But the campaign debates about antisemitism, Jews and Israel are not only about the Jewish community – but the nature of the French republic itself

The IDF denied it was creating a buffer zone. The IDF claimed it was only pushing back Hezbollah in order to prevent persistent attacks on Israeli residents of the North.

Canada is the first government to sanction Amana, a key West Bank settlements group which states that its goal is to settle one million settlers in the West Bank

A reporter from online newspaper Fanpage infiltrated PM Meloni's rightist Brothers of Italy youth movement and recorded videos in which members declared themselves fascists and shouted the Nazi slogan 'Sieg Heil'

Rarely, if ever, have Israel or antisemitism been central issues in a U.S. presidential debate. This time, they are likely to have a starring, if jarring, role