ILGA World will reinstate Israel's Aguda a year after it was suspended following a bid to host the organization's annual conference. The reinstatement, ILGA's board noted, is not an endorsement of the Aguda's 'position, actions, or silence on the war in Gaza'

Degel HaTorah's spiritual leader hinted this week the government could fall, as senior Haredi figures held quiet talks with former PM Naftali Bennett. A tougher draft bill and new IDF orders to conscript tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men are intensifying pressure to leave the coalition

Israel is right to feel uneasy about Islamists running the show in Damascus. But with the UAE mediating, perhaps what's best for the region is to accept al-Sharaa's positive overtures in good faith