The residents of the unrecognized village of Umm al-Hiran are busy taking apart their houses before their departure. 'The struggle here is about justice,' one says. 'I'm connected to the tree, the house, the hill'
As the Iranian economy flounders and amid concern about new American economic sanctions against Tehran, Iran intends to use its nuclear program and the war in Lebanon to advance negotiations that will provide it with relief
President-elect Donald Trump won't immediately announce a withdrawal from the alliance, but the fracturing of NATO will begin with other steps by the U.S. – that could ultimately lead to a nuclear domino effect
According to the Israeli army, the rate of ultra-Orthodox conscription remains negligible, even though more than 3,000 draft orders were issued to Haredi men since the beginning of the war
Dr. Saeed Ghasseminejad believes there's already a detailed plan to transform Iran's political landscape. Born in Tehran, he regularly participated in protests against the clerical rule during his university years. "One day, while driving back from a protest, two Revolutionary Guard members suddenly got into my car," he recalls in a phone conversation with […]
The security chief at the Prime Minister's Office, Alon Haliva, allegedly asked the office's legal adviser to brief him on the investigators' activities and made a disciplinary note in the personnel file of one staffer who gave testimony to the police without informing him
On October 7 Aviv Atzili's body was abducted to Gaza after he was killed defending his kibbutz from Hamas' assault. His wife, Liat, who was taken hostage and later released, says that though Aviv's body is still in the enclave, those protesting to free the hostages must focus on the living
President-elect Donald Trump's emerging cabinet – from Mike Huckabee as ambassador to a Fox News commentator as secretary of defense – looks like a Palestinian nightmare, but is far from a dream team for most Israelis
The makeshift path runs between the isolated town's fence and cabbage and lettuce greenhouses. We follow the soft sand dunes characteristic of the area, driving between ground folds, hidden from military cameras that web the region, swiftly passing lemon and orange orchards planted in desert soil, alongside potato and carrot fields carved into the […]
Business magnate Elon Musk engaged in a confidential hour-long meeting with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations at an undisclosed New York location, The New York Times reported Thursday night. The revelation comes as Tehran shows signs of potential diplomatic realignment with a future Trump administration. A Foreign Ministry official in Tehran disclosed details […]
The Israeli prime minister is on a collision course as he attempts to navigate his ultra-Orthodox partners' demand for a blanket exemption from military service ■ Sources close to Netanyahu are celebrating Trump's reelection, but some of his nominations are much less likely to delight them
In just a few days, Israel Katz has declared victory over Hezbollah, fumbled the presentation of his director-general and driven the army chief to distraction – all to the delight of the prime minister ■ The lid has finally been lifted from the vipers' nest that is Netanyahu's bureau ■ And Smotrich can look back on an excellent week
ISRAEL: IDF officer killed in South Lebanon; Two soldiers moderately wounded in drone hit in north Israel ■ LEBANON: Lebanese PM asks Iran to aid secure a cease-fire with Israel, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader says ■ GAZA: Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over Gaza displacements ■ IRAN: Iran reportedly postponed its strike on Israel to begin negotiations with President-elect Trump