Heated, polarizing and violent discourse is everywhere. In the run-up to elections, educators have a responsibility to protect educational spaces from dehumanizing discourse to protect Israeli democracy

Saturday's murders bring the total homicide rate so far this year to 49, 44 of which come from Arab society. Between Wednesday and Thursday, six members of Arab communities were killed in 24 hours

The recent outrage over an Israeli minister's rejection of the word 'massacre' in reference to October 7 revealed that in Israel, the word is reserved for one side. Those fighting for its preservation must apply it to what happened in Gaza

A national memory that isn't accurate in its language doesn't merely endanger the historical truth, but also undermines our own moral judgment of the enemy that perpetrated the massacre

From withholding tax revenue to expanding law enforcement in the Palestinian territories, the Netanyahu coalition continues to take pages from the prime minister's fundamental playbook of weakening Palestinian leadership to strengthen itself

According to IQAir, Jerusalem's air particulate matter levels reached 93 times the World Health Organization's guideline. On average, Jerusalem has 'moderate' quality, according to the agency's air quality monitoring, measuring at an AQI of 56, compared to Saturday's score of 777

In a letter to Justice Minister Yariv Levin, committee members accused law enforcement of coordinating efforts to undermine their mandate. Their resignation follows a high court proposal to bar the panel from examining active criminal cases, including those involving the prime minister

According to witnesses, Israeli settlers later returned to the scene and threatened them. The incident follows a campaign of IDF demolitions and settler harassment that drove two families to leave the village earlier this week

The upcoming summit will be the first gathering of the Board of Peace since the charter signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland in January. Gaza's reconstruction is among the issues to be addressed, according to a source

Police announced that the victim has not yet been identified and that a criminal investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is underway, including a search for suspects

As Orphaned Land frontman Kobi Farhi publishes a memoir, he confronts the question of whether his provocative band is still relevant after October 7

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized 'unconditional' U.S. aid to Israel, linking it to civilian deaths in Gaza, and called for enforcing the Leahy Laws, which prohibit aid to foreign units committing gross human rights violations

The Pentagon is preparing for a prolonged campaign that could expand beyond nuclear sites to Iranian state and security targets. U.S. officials expect retaliation and escalating reprisals, raising fears of a wider regional war even as talks continue

The former captive says in an interview that seeing strangers rally for her gave her a 'commitment to return.' Yehoud also recalls months of exchanging letters with partner Ariel Cunio until captors threatened: 'No more letters. We will kill you'

Israeli soldiers opened fire from an ambush on two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank. One was killed, and his cousin was wounded. The IDF says the two had thrown stones and a firebomb, but eyewitnesses claim otherwise

Burning with hatred for Israelis after his family was forced to leave Palestine in 1948, Taysir Abu Saada joined Fatah and carried out attacks against them. What led him to become an evangelical Christian – and to believe Palestinians must live in peace within a Jewish state?

Amid a surge in homicides since the start of the year, Police Commissioner Danny Levy made an unusual statement this week, claiming that various factors are hampering the force's ability to tackle violence in Arab society. His assertions, however, are at odds with the facts

Philippe Lazzarini said his organization does not foresee any more cuts in the immediate term and urged Gulf Arab countries to increase their financial support

At the end of December 2024, after Gur Kehati's death, army officials told the family that the investigation would be published 'soon.' In practice, however, the investigators did not speak with the soldiers who were involved in the incident and did not collect their testimonies

A 1989 comedy film by Indian author Arundhati Roy, and two films – Sudanese and Egyptian – from the 70's, were withdrawn from the festival's screening on Friday after jury chair Wim Wenders and other members evasively said that 'the festival has to stay out of politics'

After Trump on Thursday suggested another round of talks with the Iranians was at hand, possibly within the next month, a source said the carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, which would take at least ‌a week to reach the Middle East

Netanyahu's 55-page affidavit, released last week, 'contains classified materials and is worded unilaterally,' wrote the former agency chiefs, demanding that Shin Bet security service Chief David Zini reject 'the false claims of treason on the eve of October 7'

Israel insists on an 'all or nothing' policy linking talks on Iran's ballistic missiles to nuclear negotiations, but other regional powers believe such a policy could lead to war. The Arab-Turkish influence over Trump and Iranian threats present the president with a troubling dilemma

For the prime minister, it's better to argue about what happened in the hours before the October 7 massacre than to hear about his failure to shape Gaza after the war ■ The de facto annexation of the West Bank keeps rolling on

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were both convicted and sentenced to a minimum term of 37 years and to a minimum term of 26 years, respectively. Prosecutors said the pair were Islamist extremists who wanted to use automatic firearms to kill as many Jews as they could

In an interview with Channel 12, Barak responded to the trove of official documents revealing the scope of his relation to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, apologizing and saying he is 'responsible for my actions and regret ever having met him'

The fiscal crisis is political, not technical, Finance Minister Estephan Salameh said, and is a result of Israel withholding transfer of tax revenues. According to him, monthly revenues do not exceed $130 million, but $320 million is needed to cover minimal operating costs

The resignation of the flagship Human Rights Watch group's Israel-Palestine team is just the latest example of how October 7 and the Gaza war have triggered unprecedented infighting in the global human rights community. Could the whole edifice be imploding?

A village resident told Haaretz that the demolitions were carried out throughout Tuesday, from morning until dark. '30 settlers arrived in the morning, accompanied by several soldiers in uniform and carrying weapons ... Most of my family, about 60 people, were left homeless'

Former Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai told Channel 12 that Ben-Gvir would summon promotion candidates for interviews, even for non-senior positions, and demanded the use of force against anti-government protesters

'This will be very traumatic for Iran if they don't make a deal,' Trump said on Wednesday after meeting with Netanyahu. Shortly after the talks, it was reported that the Pentagon ordered a second carrier to prepare for deployment amid efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear program

During the weekend, Israelis and tourists arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport are often forced to wait in long lines for taxis and pay a premium rate to travel on the Sabbath. A senior Tel Aviv municipal official called the service an 'important milestone in Israeli freedom of movement'

Palestine Action was proscribed in July, having increasingly targeted Israel-linked defence companies – particularly Elbit Systems – in Britain with 'direct action,' often blocking entrances, or spraying red paint

Ireland's November motion to suspend Israel from UEFA accused the country of violating UEFA's statutes by organizing clubs in West Bank settlements and failing to enforce an 'effective anti-racism policy.' The Irish association said it spoke with UEFA before it decided to go on with the match

Residents said the victim, Wafa Awad, was shot on the street as she left her home, adding that she was not the intended target of the shooting. Awad is the sixth person killed in 24 hours in Arab society

Netanyahu is trying to blame the entire world for October 7, but he became trapped in a deadly whirlwind of media reports exposing just what he was trying to conceal. What we saw this week provides a glimpse of what to expect in the election campaign as authoritarianism gains pace

Trump conducting deliberate deception always has to be considered, but he is clear that he would rather put a stop to Iran's nuclear project than get involved in a prolonged military campaign. The key question remains what, if anything, was agreed with Netanyahu should negotiations fail

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: An American couple who followed their children's footsteps to Israel, and a young Israeli whose psychologist mother helped her navigate PTSD as a teen

After the police shut down a screening of 'Palestine 36' in Jerusalem, watching it in a theater as a Palestinian in Israel reminded me of the fragile conditions in which our stories are allowed to exist

How do you convey the complexities of Israeli reality to Europeans eager to conflate individual Israelis with the actions of their government?

Despite overwhelming advantages, Netanyahu can't spin his way out of the October 7 disaster, try as he might. His opponents should use the full transcripts of that day to take him down

One day, it's a second Holocaust; the next, it's an 'event.' Depending on the audience, Netanyahu's coalition manages to shape the October 7 Hamas massacre to fit its political goals

The head of the Israel Prison Service is suspected of obstruction, fraud, and breach of trust for allegedly warning a police commander under investigation. Despite the pending indictment, he remains in command, with Ben-Gvir calling the case 'an attempt to destroy the right-wing government'

The people who beat us when Emil Grunzweig was murdered are continuing to beat Palestinians, and the successors of Kahane and Sharon are serving in the government

Concrete barriers were placed along a main road in East Jerusalem near the separation barrier, blocking access to all vehicles in an attempt to prevent infiltrators from crossing into Israel from the West Bank. 'They came in the morning without any notice and closed off the neighborhood,' said one resident

Israel's Supreme Court president has grown eyes in the back of his head. The former IDF and Shin Bet chiefs feel that the prime minister is gunning for them and are convinced that it will end in murder. Netanyahu's conspiracy theories are neither new nor a victimless crime

A new Channel 12 poll puts opposition parties to Netanyahu at 69 seats, or even 70 if all Arab parties decide to merge into one joint list. Meanwhile, neither Religious Zionism nor Blue and White pass the threshold

Jewish vengeance has deep roots. In Gaza, this suppressed impulse became a governing logic for Netanyahu and his camp

Transportation Minister Miri Regev secured approval for a Wizz Air hub, but no agreement has yet been reached on how many aircraft can stay overnight, or on a possible secondary base in southern Israel. Officials doubt an April start, and Israeli carriers warn the plan risks unfair competition

In remarks made on Thursday, Trump once again pushed Israel's President Isaac Herzog to pardon the Prime Minister in his ongoing corruption trial, claiming that Herzog had already promised to grant a pardon several times. Herzog's media office denied the claims

Kaif Gilani, a consultant to the congressional campaign of New York's Jewish progressive Democrat Brad Lander, was fired after a Jewish news site drew attention to his social media history

The Dawson's Creek star, who met his second wife in Tel Aviv and married at a Kabbalah Center, quietly battled colorectal cancer. 'There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity, and the sacredness of time,' his family said

Netanyahu and his government play victim on the international stage while telling an entirely different story at home. His war on history over his failure to protect Israelis from Hamas only emphasizes how responsible he was for this disaster

Netanyahu said earlier Thursday that he maintained Israel's interests during the meeting, which he says include Iran's nuclear program, ballistic missiles and regional proxies. Trump later said 'this will be very traumatic for Iran if they don't make a deal'

The far-right politician spoke at an event hosted at London's Central Synagogue, marking the launch of the Reform Jewish Alliance, the party's effort to appeal to Jewish voters, when he was disrupted by activists from Na'amod. 'My mother didn't fight the fascists for this,' said one activist

As airlines slowly creep back to Ben-Gurion and resume a full flight schedule after last month's scare of a war with Iran breaking out, the airline announced five weekly flights between Frankfurt and Tel Aviv – competing with El Al and Lufthansa's routes

Ukranian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred minutes before his race over a helmet honoring Ukrainians killed in the war. He said the ban was discriminatory, after an Israeli athlete wore a kippa bearing the names of Israeli athletes and coaches killed in the 1972 Munich Games

The Israel Police have appealed a judge's decision to allow Tzachi Braverman to leave the country for his role as ambassador to Britain. According to the appeal, his departure would complicate further investigative actions

During a hearing on a petition demanding that Justice Minister Levin convene the Judicial Appointments Committee, which appoints judges to Israeli courts, Justice Stein said the lack of judges creates a workload so severe that murder suspects are being released to alternative forms of detention

Julia Klöckner's visit to Israel included an official Knesset welcome and a tour of Gaza accompanied by IDF soldiers. Reports said the Knesset and the Israeli embassy in Berlin prepared the tour despite objections from Germany's Federal Foreign Ministry and the German Embassy in Tel Aviv

Small-town European Jewish life has long been memorialized (and romanticized) in popular culture, but the Lost Shtetl Museum is here to show visitors a 'real shtetl.' After a decade of planning, the museum opened this fall – without its founder, amid concerns over transparency, content and leadership

Maurycy Gottlieb's iconic painting 'Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur' escaped Nazi Europe and became a cornerstone of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The Shoah's historical singularity is beyond dispute. But if that singularity removes it from all human context, it loses its ethical force and serves only as a shield against reality

Netflix's "Queen of Chess" tells the story of Judit Polgár, the greatest female chess player in history, and proves how even extraordinary success cannot escape the cruelty of the glass ceiling

Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and Police Commissioner Danny Levy's relationship has long deteriorated into an open rift, with Yaakobi's new push continually blocked by Levy. The prison service says the measure would assist the police, while Levy insists that only the police should operate against civilians

On October 7, 2023, Leila was making final arrangements in Gaza to move with her children to Jaffa, her birthplace. They didn't know it would take more than two years of bombardment, hunger and displacement before they arrived – or that the state would pose new challenges

Israel can't live by shekels alone. A dethroned dollar threatens the global economic order that has been the key to Israeli prosperity

According to a recording in the Jeffrey Epstein files, the former Israeli prime minister once told Larry Summers about how Israel could now be 'more selective' when taking in Jewish immigrants

In January, Kan public television reported that an anonymous user on Polymarket bet tens of thousands of dollars that Israel would strike Iran in June 2025. The bets, which resulted in over $152,000 in return, included 'Israel will strike Iran on Friday'

The requests for expulsion face several potential legal challenges, including claims of discrimination against Arab citizens, questions about retroactive application, and whether Netanyahu has the authority to act without an interior minister – all matters that the courts will need to decide

Beirut is seeking to mobilize Shi'ite backing to advance its agenda and offset Hezbollah's influence, even as it relies on donor states and Washington's goodwill. After the war, Hezbollah finds itself financially strained and politically exposed – and no longer able to treat the Shi'ite voice as guaranteed

Alon Ohel savored every moment of his performance in Tel Aviv this week. The show fulfilled a vision his mother first imagined during his early months in captivity

Around 100 people have gathered near a police barricade close to Herzog's major event with the Jewish community, chanting 'Israel is a terrorist state' and 'arrest Herzog now.' Signs at the protest included 'Herzog visited Epstein's Island' and an image of Anne Frank alongside Hind Rajab

In 2025, Arab Israelis were killed in a suspected homicide every 36 hours on average. The chief of Israel Police said Israel's 'war on criminal organizations requires a root cause treatment,' adding that, 'Everyone must get involved – including the IDF'

Rabbinical Judge Avraham Zarbiv served as a bulldozer driver in Gaza and boasted about the destruction in the Strip. 'We have crushed them. There are tens of thousands of dead,' he said on live television. 'The dogs and the cats ate them because no one collected them'

The Washington meeting left much to be desired after Trump said 'nothing definitive' had been reached. But while Netanyahu and the president don't share a vision for an Iran deal, they have a common interest in their own political survival

Alessandro Stefanelli has visited Israel many times over the years, but last July the Population and Immigration Authority cancelled his visa. When he tried to enter Israel through Jordan in January, he was questioned for five hours

Iranian hackers have leaked the information of former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and PMO Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman. Although Israel is the world's third-largest target for threats, companies aren't legally required to meet a minimum level of cyber security

I sent questions on the matter to the prime minister, the IDF and Israeli-American businessman Dovi Frances. One thing I did not receive: denials

No one in their right mind can dispute that the Iranian regime is bad news for the region. But neither a Mossad operation nor an American B-2 bomber will bring peace to the Middle East, or freedom to Iranians

Tsion Cafe, tucked away off the beaten path in Harlem, is switching to an events-only model after the restaurant became a target of anti-Israel harassment. 'It became worse once we pivoted to kosher,' owner Beejhy Barhany said

The senators' statement is a response to an Israeli cabinet decision earlier this week to expand law enforcement in Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, which they say contravenes 'decades of bipartisan United States policy, including that expressed by President Trump'

Rabbis, cantors and lay leaders from across the country, representing dozens of liberal and progressive Jewish organizations, gathered to emphasize the Jewish nature of their protest against deportation, while highlighting Jews' own role in the greater story of American immigration

Mohammed Kasem was shot and killed in the northern Israeli town of Fureidis, police said. Of the 42 people killed so far this year, 37 were members of the Arab community

In 2019, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to cast himself as Israel's savior. But his close ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein made clear he was hardly the hero poised to rescue the country from a corrupt and morally compromised leader

Shortly after the meeting between the two ended, it was reported that Pentagon has ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to get ready for deployment to the Middle East. No press statements were made before or after the meeting held at the White House

Carrie Prejean Boller was removed from the Religious Liberty Commission after denouncing Zionism and pressing witnesses to criticize Israel during a hearing on antisemitism. Her ouster underscores growing divisions within the GOP over anti-Jewish sentiment within its ranks

The Bloomberg report states that Israel does not disclose which countries it purchases crude oil from, adding that oil tankers often disappear from online ship tracking websites when approaching the shore of Israel

During a discussion in the Knesset Education Committee, a representative of the Prime Minister's Office explained that in addition to the massacre, there was also fighting. 'We will not let you change the truth,' bereaved families said in protest of the proposed move

The judge, who said it was 'difficult to ignore' his appointment as ambassador, said Braverman is permitted to contact the prime minister. Police suspect Braverman warned a former spokesman of an impending military probe into the 'Bibileaks' affair and told him he could 'silence' the investigation

Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are waiting to leave for lifesaving medical treatment outside the Strip, but according to the World Health Organization, the tedious process means only 36 patients were able to leave in the first four days after the Rafah crossing reopened