Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington may be historic and decide the fate of the hostage deal and the government ■ The first signs of election season were also observed this week in Jerusalem ■ Who takes first place in the parade of distortion and gaslighting?
Just as Hamas' victory trumpets are pathetic, there are not grounds for the prime minister's blind supporters' bragging about 'total victory' in Gaza ■ Trump's plan to transfer Palestinians from Gaza is still along way from being implemented
Foreign hostages were invisible to the Israeli public and the government did not negotiate for their release. While they were greeted by a handful of well-wishers from the embassy and hospital staff – who prepared clothes, food and prayer area for them – their families celebrated thousands of miles away
ISRAEL: Hostages Ofer Kalderon, Keith Siegel and Yarden Bibas set to be released from captivity on Saturday ■ LEBANON: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon ■ GAZA: Foreign ministers of the U.K., France and Germany express 'grave concern' over Israeli bill banning UNRWA ■ WEST BANK: Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza hostage/cease-fire deal
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel of Shas also called on the government to 'reach out to Arab society in all areas – social, economic, energy, transportation, education, and the fight against crime'
U.S. Secretary of State said the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has already paid further dividends than the Biden administration's efforts
Progressive Jewish organizations vow to fight the 'repressive' order, while others welcome Trump's 'historic commitment to protecting the Jewish community'
What happens when a soldier commits acts on the battlefield that conflict with his own moral code, or a civilian refrains from standing up for her principles in public? And what about the society in whose name those deeds, or nondeeds, are perpetrated?
Members of the committee working to resolve conflicts within Arab communities and families warn that 'there is a risk that the vacuum created will be exploited by criminal elements, who will try to impose their own solutions'
The dehumanization of Palestinians that has to take root before mass murder is already here, in parallel with the dehumanization of Jews among Palestinian Muslims. There is only one possible way to prevent genocide from happening
Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas, but they were the ones who secured the hostages' safety as a mob of civilians surrounded them. The PM's statement after the event only cemented Hamas' rule in Gaza
The operation, which prompted many to leave the Jenin camp, followed a prolonged siege by Palestinian Authority security forces against militants in the area. Many residents who fled don't know what has become of their homes
Freed hostages Agam Berger and Liri Albag were reportedly held together, 'forced to cook and clean for their captors' and forbidden from eating the food they prepared ■ Gadi Moses reportedly said that he didn't know his wife Efrat was killed on Oct. 7
Integration and education will be the real Haredi revolution, and many in Israel's ultra-Orthodox community want it. Drafting large numbers of Haredim into the army, on the other hand, is a red herring