For over a year, Anat Angrest stayed silent, trusting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep his word. But when she realized that Netanyahu was leaving her son behind, she took to the streets

While the IDF said it was unaware of messages sent to Gazans encouraging them to leave the Gaza Strip, Hamas said the messages are part of an Israeli campaign to 'destabilize the standing of the Palestinian people and undermine its national resolve'

The 2018 Tzafit River disaster claimed the lives of 10 teenagers during a hike organized by their pre-military academy. Families of the victims expressed outrage over what they viewed as a lenient sentence, saying ' it cannot be that the lives of each of our children are worth less than one year in prison'

Ronen Bar's shocking affidavit to the High Court of Justice, highlighting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alleged demands for complete loyalty to him, reveal everything that's wrong with Israeli governance

The Netanyahu adviser was arrested as part of an investigation into ties between the PM's staffers and the Qatari government, and is suspected of running a PR campaign that damaged Egypt's standing as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas hostage talks while elevating Qatar's role

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's ignominious and dangerous views do not deserve legitimization in the public square. American Jewry must fight to discredit his vision during his official visit this week

Sixty years after the Mossad assassinated Herberts Cukurs, Latvian prosecutors ruled evidence – including testimonies from Holocaust survivors – was insufficient for prosecution. An Israeli-Latvian historian said that Latvian extremists saw an opportunity and revealed Israel had ignored requests for testimonies

The late pontiff's suggestion that Israel may be guilty of committing genocide in Gaza set him at odds with many in Italy's Jewish community – though its leaders were quick to mourn his loss on Monday

Whether it's the stunning architecture or the cozy café, Israel's new National Library is drawing crowds – even in the digital age

While Israel's Culture Ministry failed to publish a call for curators and artists, leaving them little time to prepare, the Foreign Ministry blamed the delay in renovating the Israeli pavilion on the lack of a state budget

The Shin Bet chief set up a command post in an underground IDF bunker in central Tel Aviv, ordering agents to detect and report any incoming threats against Netanyahu, after a drone hit the PM's home last October

Julie Brill always wondered how so many members of her family were spared when virtually the entire Jewish population of Belgrade was wiped out in the war. Her new book 'Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia' unravels the mystery

'If it weren't for the hostages, many troops wouldn't be here': As the burden of the war becomes increasingly more difficult to bear, it's clear to IDF troops that the return to combat in Gaza is just more of the same – and is not intended to benefit the hostages

The Anti-Defamation League's annual audit found that one out of every five incidents of Jew-hatred last year took place on college campuses, which it calls 'the epicenter of American antisemitism'

In a landmark Tel Aviv Municipality initiative, half of all productions at leading venues will be directed by women

The PM is charged with fraud and breach of trust over gifts he received from U.S. businessman Arnon Milchan in exchange for taking actions in his favor. Netanyahu testified that Milchan's gifts were a sign of friendship: 'He likes to please'

Ronen Bar's revelations highlight yet again that Benjamin Netanyahu is an immediate danger to Israeli democracy, statehood, norms of integrity and fairness - and to Zionism itself. He will not be declared incapacitated, but the Supreme Court must order a criminal investigation

ISRAEL: MK says Israeli officials should avoid hostages' families ■ GAZA: Report: Mediators submit new cease-fire proposal; Hamas delegation heads to Cairo to discuss ■ LEBANON: IDF strikes kill 'significant' militant

Harvard alleges the Trump administration's actions were arbitrary and unlawful and violated the university's First Amendment rights to free speech

The minister in charge of the ceremony, Miri Regev told Sharabi that the government remains committed to returning all the hostages

After destroying buildings and killing human beings, it's time to destroy the life of the mind. A university's defining trait is the battle of ideas. If that is crushed, the entire world is impoverished

The Netanyahu camp's celebrations marking the nearly complete capture of Israel's security establishment are misplaced. The prime minister may soon be the last man standing, facing a futile, unpopular and brutish conflict he can't win

The Israeli police cannot suppress solidarity and empathy; quite the opposite: in their racist ineptitude, they might just end up amplifying it even further

Despite reassurances from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the status quo in Al-Aqsa has been steadily tilting thanks to efforts by the far-right. Critics warn that the erosion of the long-held agreement could have explosive consequences

Mayor Yitzhak Keshet, of the Likud party, has headed local government in the city of Harish since 2013. At a detention hearing on Monday, the court ordered that he remain in custody until Thursday

What is a country supposed to do when its leader is a direct threat to its existence? Are the gatekeepers supposed to let him complete his work of destruction rather than putting a stop sign in front of him?

If anything is clear from the affidavit filed by Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, it is the inappropriateness of the considerations guiding the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision-making in the midst of the most terrible war in Israel's history

The search, conducted along the coast of Israel, near Hadera, is ongoing. Though sharks in the area do not typically attack humans, Israel's parks authority has warned against approaching them

Proceeds from the downloads will support social initiatives in Masafer Yatta, where the film was shot. Controversy surrounding the film made it difficult to screen in America, and the filmmakers decided to release it independently

On the national security minister's agenda are meetings with right-wing philanthropists, West Bank settler patrons and rabbis. Israeli expats protested his arrival, saying that they won't let Ben-Gvir be 'legitimized' in the U.S

Since her election, Eshkol Regional Council Chairwoman Michal Uziyahu has been busy with people's recovery from the October 7 massacre, but says that the process will not be complete until the hostages come home. If we fail, 'I fear that we'll be a generation of destruction,' she says

Ambassador Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, said his support for Israel was 'not simply a geopolitical position, but a divine position' in a ceremony marking the start of his tenure as ambassador

Low-cost airline Israir has received a two-year license from the U.S. government, setting the stage for it to join El Al, Arkia, Delta and United on New York-Israel flights

Despite years of debate in Lebanon over disarming Hezbollah, recent military setbacks and regional shifts have revived calls to integrate its fighters into the nation's army – a move Hezbollah appears unwilling to accept for now

'Israel has become a country tainted in the eyes of international content giants': Since the Gaza war began, there has been a discernible drop in the number of original Israeli film and TV productions. Industry professionals reveal how they're surviving, barely

The finance minister said that the IDF must storm Gaza now that former U.S. President Biden is gone. 'At least the minister is revealing the harsh truth to the public – this government has decided to abandon the hostages,' the hostages' families said

Benz used an online alter ego to claim that 'Hitler had some decent points'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said out loud what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu truly thinks: That the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas should be sacrificed on the altar of messianic aspirations and perpetual war

Since January, the IDF has stopped marking safe areas on maps and has struck a zone once considered safe more than 20 times in the past month. It continues to issue open-ended evacuation orders that render most of the Gaza Strip off-limits

Haifa is becoming increasingly popular among Arab Israelis from across the country. Some are even ditching Tel Aviv, the city that never sleeps. So what if most places in Haifa close at 10 P.M.?

Despite being poor, Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews have a higher-than-average home ownership rate. How is this possible? Do secular Israelis have anything to learn from them?

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar told Israel's High Court that Netanyahu often raised sensitive matters after dismissing his aides and the stenographer to avoid a record. He submitted the affidavit Monday as part of a petition against his dismissal

AI won't replace commanders, says the IDF software chief, but will officers ask the right questions about the answers they receive in battle and save civilian lives?

'Look around you – where else in Israel can you see something like this?': Around 200 Jews and Arabs in northern Israel relished a performance honoring legendary Lebanese singer

The legal case against Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza is explicit in its claims. The moral terrain of dual loyalties and asymmetric warfare is anything but

The conditions outlined in the document, prepared by the Prime Minister's Office, would have made it nearly impossible for him to testify as scheduled in his criminal trial

The French delegation, consisting of members of parliament and mayors, was set to tour Israel and the West Bank for four days. Their entry was denied based on a newly passed bill allowing to bar individuals who call for boycott of Israel

The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth's use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details

Last month's killing of 15 rescue workers revealed another truth of the war in Gaza. It revealed what the IDF has tried to hide – that its reports about 'terrorists,' 'terrorist infrastructure,' and 'fighting' are exaggerations in the best case, lies in worst

As Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar finalizes his affidavit against his dismissal to the High Court, Netanyahu is pressuring him to compromise, help select his successor and cancel the filing. But here, Netanyahu is tripped up by the very distrust he accused Bar of – only in reverse

ISRAEL: Shin Bet chief submits affidavit to High Court as part of petition against removal from office ■ GAZA: At least 39 killed in past 24 hours, Hamas-run health ministry says ■ U.S.: Report: Hegseth shared Yemen strike plans in additional Signal chats ■ YEMEN: Houthis say they attacked Israeli, American targets

Israel's attorney general says the government's move to sever ties with Haaretz was carried out through an unlawful process, raising legal concerns about its validity and impact on press freedom

Hamas and Israel both viewed the holidays as a potential deadline to reach a follow-up agreement, but the gap between each side's conditions has not been bridged – Israel rejects the idea of continued Hamas rule and Hamas refuses to release the hostages without guarantees for an end to the war

Both hard-right homophobic pundit Ben Shapiro and iconic Hamas captivity survivor Emily Damari have been asked to light torches in this year's Independence Day ceremony. This is why Damari should consider politely declining

Israel Police had initially barred protest organizers from holding photos of Gazan children or using the word 'genocide,' despite prior assurances to the High Court that it would allow 'controversial' signs

Shapiro's history of bigoted remarks have raised questions about the organizers' commitment to this year's declared theme, 'Bridges of Hope.' Youth LGBTQ+ group IGY called on the Israeli minister in charge to 'reverse this disgraceful decision' based on Shapiro's past homophobic comments

A body from which only a tooth and three vertebrae remained was sexed by Weizmann Institute scientists based on proteins, with an unexpected result

Authorities have prepared indictments against 22 suspects, but prosecutors say broader legal action is delayed by sensitive legal and diplomatic concerns, including fears for the safety of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza

At the Coachella festival in California, the Kneecap hip-hop band from Belfast used unapologetically crude language about Palestinian suffering: 'If you're not calling it a genocide, what the fuck are you calling it?' In his surprise appearance, Senator Sanders also referenced 'the terrible, brutal war in Gaza'

While Raif Rashed was trying to recover from the Nova festival massacre on October 7, he turned to the foods of his childhood – and his mother's recipes in particular. Those Druze dishes are now wowing diners at his Taboonia restaurant in Manhattan

The prime minister's political maneuvering has upended Trump's most important foreign policy victory this term. Netanyahu is jeopardizing more than the release of the Israeli hostages

'A dangerous precedent': Defense Minister Israel Katz's move to cancel the tour is highly unusual, and the IDF warned that hindering the freedom of movement of PA leaders is likely to harm other aspects of security coordination between the PA and army

Ruth Adler's colorful, nostalgic shirts have a second run at a Tel Aviv vintage shop. Plus, a pop-up art gallery explores the politics of language and identity in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

For the first time, foreign policy on Israel, the Palestinians, and Gaza is playing a major role in Australian elections

Australia once had the second largest community of Shoah survivors in the world, only after Israel. With their numbers dwindling, institutions tasked with commemorating the worst genocide in history resort to technology to keep their stories alive

The contrasting stories of two fashion designers – one murdered in the Holocaust, another who survived and moved to Israel – are recounted in a colorful new Israeli exhibition called 'Heroines'

The probe concludes that soldiers felt an immediate threat and believed they were firing at Hamas vehicles. According to the army, the soldiers did not identify weapons in the possession of the aid workers, and the shooting of a UN vehicle violated orders

With made-up characters and a positive portrayal of the war criminal's wife, an Israeli play that was supposed to be staged in Tel Aviv three years ago has become a large-scale opera in Romania

The decision to favor Qatar over Egypt in hostage and cease-fire negotiations raises questions about the motives of Israel's leadership

2025 has been dubbed the 'year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria' by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The Knesset's winter session brought forth an onslaught of bills aimed at fundamentally changing the character of the West Bank while ignoring the Palestinian population and attempting to circumvent international law

'Bringing back everyone, will bring back Hamas,' said the spokesperson, Omer Dostri, calling any statement saying otherwise 'a spin.' Opposition leader Yair Lapid demanded to know if Dostri's statements are Netanyahu's official position

Amit Nachman, an activist working for the release of hostages held in Gaza, was arrested roughly a month ago for reading their names next to the home of Israel's Education Minister. Since then, she has come back to demonstrate, believing that it's the Israeli public's job to bring them back

Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava said that Naftali Bennett is in good condition following the procedure

In a 2024 survey of Israeli scientists on fellowships overseas, 45 percent said they are staying there because of the regime coup, 47 percent cited the war

Ronen Bar is expected to address the harsh criticism levied at him by government officials, including the PM, in an affidavit that will be submitted to the High Court of Justice ■ A confidential portion of the affidavit is to be submitted in a sealed envelope dealing with security-related issues