In his fourth Mideast visit since the war started, the U.S. is sending Blinken on his hardest mission yet – to salvage an image of victory out of Israel's destruction in Gaza. But the U.S. and Israel aren't on the same page on what that looks like
At a caucus meeting, right-wing Israeli lawmakers offered advice like 'in the northern Gaza Strip we first have to conquer, annex, destroy all the houses.' Every time someone mentioned the resettlement of Gaza, loud applause erupted
He, she, or ... ? The gender identity of eunuchs was already debated in Greco-Roman times. Castrati triggered curiosity, hate – and, for some, even arousal
'Eighty-thousand people need to be able to go back to their homes safely,' Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells the Wall Street Journal, referring to Israelis displaced from their homes near the Lebanese border
'My brother was murdered because one man is waging a private war against the state just so he can survive,' says one protester at the rally, which was organized by families whose members were killed on October 7
Israeli troops and the few residents who have stayed in the far north have learned Hezbollah's routines for firing anti-tank missiles. But they can't get used to a life on hold
The scale of death and destruction caused by Israel's air and artillery strikes dim any willingness to voice criticism or question the logic of Hamas' strategy
Meat-heavy diets are a modern privilege, researchers posit, based on the unexpected find that 6,000 years ago the Cucuteni-Trypillian ate chiefly cereals and legumes - grown in cow manure
Netanyahu's gangs in the government, the media and on the street humiliated the former Supreme Court president. In giving Barak this role, Bibi has issued him an impressive seal of approval
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sets out on his fourth Middle East trip since Oct. 7 amid Biden administration's fears that Netanyahu sees escalation with Lebanon as the key to his political survival
Senior commander of elite Hezbollah unit killed in strike attributed to Israel ■ Two Israelis wounded in separate incidents along border with Lebanon ■ Palestinian Islamic Jihad released video of hostage held in Gaza ■ IDF reportedly entering 'new and less intense phase' of war ■ Dozens of protesters forcefully dispersed after blocking Knesset entrance, chanting 'elections now' ■ Three killed in car in airstrike near Rafah, southern Gaza ■ IDF chief says war will last the whole year
What ordinary people with little control over any aspect of their lives should be forgiven for, powerful heads of state and decision makers shouldn't be
In response to the allegations against his wife, former MIT professor Neri Oxman, Bill Ackman vows to conduct a widespread plagiarism investigation at the school
The pick, former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who took a stance against the judicial overhaul plan, had been the target of angry protests in front of his home last year. Some Netanyahu's party members decried his appointment to the ICJ judicial panel as 'wrong,' and that they 'don't trust him'
The Hezbollah missiles were fired at the Meron base in northern Israel. While the Iron Dome system can intercept rocket fire, Israel has no system to intercept the anti-tank missiles used by Hezbollah