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The organizers of Fierté Montréal, the city's Pride festival, said it barred Ga'ava and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for 'spreading hateful discourse,' in condemnation of 'the ongoing genocide in Gaza' and as a move expressing solidarity with queer Palestinians

After a prolonged legal battle, a Tel Aviv Court ruled that Holon's efforts to prevent land allocation for a synagogue for a Jewish Reform Congregation breached values of equality and religious pluralism. 'The court has ruled that Holon will remain pluralistic,' the congregation rabbi said

Residents of the Bedouin village of Mu'arrajat who were expelled by settlers last month tried to return on Thursday and were once again forced to flee after settlers set fire to a building, despite the High Court's ruling that the IDF must coordinate their return

Last year, protests over the murder of six hostages in Gaza captivity, calling for an end to the war and the release of the remaining hostages, flooded the streets. Now, as the remaining hostages' condition deteriorates, the families are asking the public to protest 'before it's too late'

People in the Pazyryk Valley in central Siberia were buried in land so cold that even their skin was preserved. Their ornate animal tattoos show that the ancient artisans used a range of tools to achieve artistic drama – and make their customers cry out in pain just like today

Legendary Broadway actor Mandy Patinkin compared Gaza with the Holocaust. And yet, we must remember that the Holocaust was orders of magnitude more horrific than even this senseless slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians

She's the only Israeli woman who's both a superstar and a true singer-songwriter. She also remarkably mixes the traditional, religious Israel and the Israel of technology and sex

With the expected dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Israel is poised to cross a red line: the collapse of legal and professional safeguards in favor of political loyalty to Prime Minister Netanyahu's government. From the justice system to the civil service and press, the warning signs of democratic backsliding are no longer theoretical – they're unfolding in real time

Flanked by police and over a thousand Jewish worshippers, National Security Minister Ben-Gvir entered the Temple Mount on Sunday and, between bouts of prayer, called for the reoccupation of Gaza

After police initially blocked the mass protest, the state's Supreme Court ruled that the march be allowed to go ahead, citing 'the horror and urgency of the situation in Gaza.' Police later ordered the march to halt, citing fears of a crowd crush along the route

Salem al-Atrash, whose brother was killed and his body taken by Hamas on October 7, calls for retrieving all the bodies for burial, but says that the living hostages must come home first. 'The children still don't believe they don't have a father. He had a month-old girl when he was killed, and she won't know him'

Eli David, brother of hostage Evyatar, whose video was just published by Hamas, said the images of his emaciated brother 'broke' their father, comparing it to images from the Holocaust

Yinon Levi, who was detained after an incident in which he was seen firing several shots and Palestinian Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead, was released from house arrest on Friday after the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court found that he had acted in self defense, and that there was no causal connection between the shots he fired and the one that killed Hathaleen

The protesters were arrested by Israeli police on suspicion of behavior that 'breaches public peace,' but the judge ruled that 'concern that the flag might hurt the feelings of those who see it is not enough to stop a protest'

Efforts by Egypt, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to secure a hostage deal are faltering amid Hamas' internal divisions, conflicting demands, and Israeli rejection of a broader diplomatic initiative tied to Palestinian statehood

After an Iranian missile struck Holon in April, officials returned to the site not to mourn but to stage a ceremony. Like a wretched echo of fascist rituals, it framed destruction as healing and turned ruin into a spectacle of revival

According to the IFMA, the move was sparked by the death of a Palestinian boy named Ammar Hamayel, who was a member of the Palestinian national Muay Thai team.

European recognition of Palestine is a hollow gesture that lets Israel off the hook. Without sanctions to stop the slaughter in Gaza, it's not diplomacy – it's complicity