The farm, which had been operational for over two decades, closed to visitors during the Second Intifada, which ended in 2005, after a sharp decline in tourism. According to the owner of the farm, the IDF buried the crocodiles in an undisclosed location without notifying him

Hunger-related deaths rise as aid shortages persist, with 29 killed seeking aid. A senior doctor warns, 'basic food has disappeared, access to clean water is extremely limited.' Local officials call for urgent international intervention as famine deepens and emergency services falter

In her verdict, the judge described the outcome as 'deeply troubling.' She cited evidentiary difficulties and criticized the police for not holding a lineup to properly identify David Chai Chasdai, an Israeli settler who was sanctioned by the Biden administration as one of the alleged leaders of violent riots in Huwara

A new museum exhibit revisits the 90-year history of the Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans, once described as the 'pride of every Southern Israelite'

The deaths of two Arab men in northern Israel show rising violence in Arab communities, with 150 murders in 2025 – a sharp rise from past years. This surge follows Itamar Ben-Gvir's 2022 appointment as police minister, raising concerns over growing violence and weak police response

'We show the army and police where they come from — it doesn't help,' says Palestinian farm owner after settlers torch building and damage orchards. Settler violence has surged across the West Bank in recent weeks, with devastating consequences

'I am appalled by the crisis in Gaza and recognize the deep emotional impact this has had across our community and wider society,' said head of the Royal Ballet and Opera Alex Beard. The cancelation comes after almost 200 opera employees signed an open letter in favor of banning 'any current or future performances in Israel'

Some may shrug off the artists who signed, but they know condemning the atrocities unfolding isn't echoing Israel haters or 'inciting against' soldiers. It's a call to save them from a forever war with no end other than destruction

In a rare joint appeal, former Mossad, Shin Bet and IDF heads call for an immediate end to the Gaza war, warning it now serves 'messianic and extremist goals' and is leading to 'the loss of Israel's security and its freedom'; right-wing pundits slam video as propaganda

The requirement is largely symbolic, as at least 34 states already have anti-BDS laws or policies, according to a University of Pennsylvania law journal. It applies to at least $1.9 billion that states rely on to cover search and rescue equipment

Mike Johnson's visit to the West Bank marked his first visit to the Israeli-controlled territory since being confirmed as House Speaker. In June, he was meant to address the Knesset in Jerusalem, but his trip was cancelled due to the Israel-Iran war

Operation Gideon's Chariots was meant to pressure Hamas and dull global focus – but it instead escalated humanitarian, diplomatic, and economic fallout. As Netanyahu flirts with a shift in strategy, Israel faces a costly reckoning over both its war aims and its long-term role in Gaza

American Jewish Committee's donation to the New York Archdiocese aims to help repair Gaza's only Catholic church, damaged during a July military operation. The move comes amid growing scrutiny over civilian harm and interfaith solidarity efforts

Our August reading picks: Historian Shari Rabin traces rural Jewish life in the American South; Vivienne Silver-Brody honors her slain friend Vivian Silver in a photo book of Palestine–Eretz Israel; and Eli Valley elevates the grotesque by dragging it into the light

During his tenure, Edelstein refused to advance the ultra-Orthodox exemption bill, which led the Haredi parties to withdraw from the coalition amid concerns for the fate of yeshiva students who had received draft orders and are now considered draft dodgers

Religious Zionism MK Rothman says any action Israel is taking in Gaza aimed at advancing a hostage deal undermines the war's objectives. 'Creating the conditions for a deal means keeping Hamas alive'

On Instagram and TikTok, only a handful of Israeli influencers dare voice opinions now seen as leftist – from calls to end the war and famine in Gaza to demands to bring the hostages home. In today's climate, even that invites hate. They're scared – but they keep going

Kobi Ohel, whose son Alon is still in captivity, says that he could not watch recent videos showing emaciated Israeli hostages. 'I don't even know if I want Hamas to release a video of Alon or not'

The government's meeting agenda opens with addressing 'serious threats' to Netanyahu and his family, drawing opposition criticism for sidelining the newly released videos of hostages in Gaza

While calling for urgent sanctions on your own country is extraordinary, it must become a key part of Israeli resistance from within against the racist, anti-democratic government. Not because we have nothing left to lose – but because we still have everything to lose

2,000 demonstrators gathered near the Gaza border on the 20th anniversary of the disengagement. For many, the re-settlement of Gaza is no longer a question of if, but when

Since Netanyahu appointed his confidant, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, as head of the Israeli negotiating team in February, he has met hostage families 18 times, never gathering all families together

At face value, 'Guns & Moses' is an unremarkable Jew-ified remake of a classic Western action movie. But therein lies the danger behind it: There is no silver bullet to defeat antisemitism

The mayor of the Greek capital slammed the Israeli ambassador, who said the mayor isn't doing enough to protect the city from 'organized fringe groups,' making Israeli tourists uncomfortable. Greece is traditionally considered a close ally of Israel

'In Ofer Prison, it doesn't matter if you're guilty. What matters is that you're Palestinian,' says Nasser Laham, editor-in-chief of the Ma'an News Agency, who was arrested because of his journalistic work. 'This isn't Israel. This is Ben-Gvir's gang'

In a letter to ministers ahead of the vote, Gali Baharav-Miara said the move effectively removes the chief prosecutor in the prime minister's trial. She won't be dismissed until the High Court rules on petitions against it. Government officials doubt her removal will succeed, expecting the court to block it

'We have to put an end to this madness,' said the brother of Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage seen emaciated in a Hamas video. 'Imagine not knowing where your child is for five minutes at the mall – now multiply that by 667 days,' he said of his parents' struggle

Haaretz has learned that the AG would continue to have the authority to conduct the criminal cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the arrangement. Associates of the AG say she won't agree to the arrangement

Why should Arabs always adjust themselves to the security and welfare of Israelis? While crimes in Gaza go on, the world gives voice to remarks that Israelis are not accustomed to, after decades in which the aberration here has become the truth

There are no more military objectives to be reached in Gaza. The entire top brass of the General Staff knows this. Killing the surviving emaciated hostages in a commando raid is not a military objective

It was not a Christian monarch who uprooted the settlers of Gush Katif in 2005, but a Jewish government headed by a heartless prime minister. By their very presence, the settlers of Gaza had saved lives, and this was the thanks they received

The Jerusalem district commander recently expressed his anger at the police commissioner for failing to support him against Ben-Gvir on executive decisions. He was also not invited to a February meeting with PM Netanyahu on police preparations for Ramadan

The visit comes after Netanyahu, acutely aware of public sentiment, suddenly signaled his support for a comprehensive deal with Hamas. Ben-Gvir has persistently undermined police regulations for the Temple Mount, stoking outrage in the Arab and Muslim world

The IDF chief's plan to expand the Gaza offensive includes extending operations into sensitive areas and central Palestinian refugee camps, where the IDF has so far avoided ground activities over concerns about the presence of Israeli hostages

Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan shared belated revelations with Israel's public about the Gaza war. After Witkoff's short visit to Israel, it's clear that Trump and his people are falling into the same traps Netanyahu had previously set for Biden

Rather than mourn the destruction of the ancient Jewish temples thousands of years ago, a group of activists commemorated the annual fast day by bearing witness to the catastrophes Israeli Jews had inflicted on others

'Please stop this hell we're in. Please stop the suffering': In the video, Braslavski says he is unable to stand or walk, and that food and water have run out. His family have yet to be contacted by PM Netanyahu after having requested a meeting when Islamic Jihad alleged it had lost contact with Braslavski's captors

This shift in the J Street leader's position comes days after he took part in a debate in which he repeatedly refused to call Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip genocide. The statement marks a shift in tone from the head of one of the most prominent liberal Zionist organizations in the U.S.

A coalition of anti-war groups, including those who lost family members during the October 7 Hamas massacre, called for a hostage release deal and Gaza cease-fire in central Tel Aviv: 'The people starving in Gaza and the hostages are on the same side'

Some wars are lost on the field of battle, others in people's hearts, over the airwaves and in the cyber domain. Israel's situation with Gaza is self-inflicted damage, and it will take decades to repair

A petition signed by over 2,300 Israeli artists calling for an end to the atrocities committed in Gaza by Israel drew anger from popular Israeli singer and actor Idan Amedi, who called the signatories 'a group of privileged people continuing to echo stupidity, ignorance and lies'

As 'Guygu,' a short anime-inspired film about hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, premieres at the Animix Festival, Tel Aviv's cultural scene turns inward – featuring wartime dance, displaced paintings and art shaped by trauma

Australian police said earlier this week that they could not rule out further arrests and believed that the arson attack had been orchestrated from abroad. Police also said a string of antisemitic attacks in Sydney last year was the work of a criminal gang

Netanyahu has set conditions that he knows Hamas will reject, in order that Hamas will reject them, so that he can maintain the status quo in Gaza without being considered the obstacle. The solution to the crisis lies in the hands of the American president

In a document set to become a diplomatic benchmark, the conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia last week was the first to present sustainable operating principles, precise demands of both sides and offer mechanisms to ensure both Israel and the Palestinians meet their obligations – but left critical questions unanswered

A total of 116 Palestinians were killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. The Red Crescent said three staffers were wounded and one was killed at their Khan Yunis headquarters on Saturday night

'We have one goal: Stop the next suicide': A surge in soldier suicides has driven longtime PTSD survivors to camp outside the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Department, demanding urgent reform. Calling on the public to join them, they cry: 'Our brothers are taking their own lives'

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

West Bank Settler 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 said the evidence on the ground strengthens Levi's claim that he acted in self defense

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'