The renovation of Tel Aviv's Great Synagogue is exposing the building's many architectural layers, and reopening the question of what a religious structure means in a secular city

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A French expat who moved to Israel so that her son 'won't have to grow up in a place where he has explain who he is all the time,' and an Israeli expat who moved to Brazil for love after being wounded in the Yom Kippur War

How Trump blew up the prime minister's escape plan from his trial ■ The coalition is warmly embracing criminals, and to hell with national security ■ Tally Gotliv will get her immunity, but she failed to achieve her real goal

If anything pushes Trump to reignite the war with Iran, it will be sheer weariness of Tehran's stalling tactics ■ The IDF is nowhere near a decisive victory in Lebanon, and its current deployment is not even aiming for one

The Lebanese president said Beirut would continue pursuing a diplomatic solution, while accusing Israel of obstructing cease-fire talks and failing to present a roadmap for ending the war, as Lebanon reported 15 deaths in the past 24 hours

Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir asked for approval for a family trip to the United States funded by businessman Yaakov Elharar, citing the wedding of Elharar's daughter as the purpose of the visit. According to a legal source, he withdrew the request after receiving the state's response

Fahed Abu Haykal and his family were driving his mother home in Hebron when they encountered Israeli troops. A bullet fired by one of them passed through Fahed's hand and struck his 7-month-old son Sam in the head. The IDF said the soldier perceived a threat. The baby's mother, Dania, with shrapnel near her heart, believes he knew exactly who he was shooting

October 7 exposed the failure at the heart of Netanyahu's life work. Everything since has been an attempt to bury it beneath larger disasters

As long as Bezalel Smotrich remains above the electoral threshold, Netanyahu retains a path to a governing coalition. Bennett's only viable strategy is to peel away voters who are close to the finance minister ideologically, but distant from him emotionally – these are mainly national-religious women