Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's empty threat that yeshiva students will leave Israel rather than serve in the army is a new low in the story of the Haredi community
Hamas' hope is to provoke Israel into killing enough civilians to defeat Israel politically – a classic terrorist strategy of provocation that Israel has fallen for. But beating Hamas requires unconventional thinking
The Dutch Jewish anti-Zionist organization Erev Rav that organized the protest, along with the Dutch Palestinian Community and Socialist International, said it couldn't stand by while the war in Gaza continues
The Noam party asked the Knesset to approve the added funding, which will be used for initiatives 'promoting unity and mutual responsibility, and strengthening the spirit of volunteerism to society and the state' and 'public diplomacy and advertising' on Jewish identity issues
A confab in Jerusalem last week examined the concept of motherhood and its role in political organizing and activism, with solidarity a key goal between the various movements present – from Mothers for Life to Mothers Against Violence
Arrival of thousands of Muslim worshippers to the Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount compound will put Israeli policy on the flash point to the test, after the government decided not to place new entry restrictions amid Hamas war
Chief rabbi's comments come as the deadline approaches for the state to explain to the High Court why it doesn't draft ultra-Orthodox men into the army – despite the expiration of the law exempting them from service
IDF names soldier killed in Gaza combat ■ U.S. President Biden warns there can't be '30,000 more Palestinians dead' in MSNBC interview ■ U.S. army sends ship to Gaza with materials for temporary aid port ■ Strike attributed to Israel reportedly kills five and wounds nine in Lebanon
Following the aid convoy incident's casualties and the Israeli government's inaction on demonstrations blocking aid from entering Gaza, the U.S. plan to build a seaport reflects the change of tone in Washington. Hamas stands to gain without making significant concessions, and its incentive to strike a deal may decrease
In a wide-ranging interview with MSNBC 48 hours after his State of The Union address, U.S. President Joe Biden said 'you cannot have 30,000 more Palestinians dead as a consequence of going after Hamas - there's other ways'
A police investigation found that a crime suspect killed in February was shot in the back three times, contradicting the shooter who claimed the suspect tried to attack him with a knife, a version initially endorsed by the police
16 were arrested in demonstrations against Benjamin Netanyahu's government held around the Israel, including Haifa, Be'er Sheva, Caesarea, and Tel Aviv, where protesters temporarily blocked Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway
At the rally held in Tel Aviv's hostage square, which marked both 155 days to the war and International Women's Day, videos in Hebrew and Arabic stressed that 'society cannot begin to recover with 134 men and women still in Hamas captivity'
One man was killed while sitting in his car, two others were fatally shot in a gas station near the southern Israeli city of Arad, a 33-year-old man was killed in the Druze town of Maghar and a mother of five was shot dead outside a club in Haifa