Israel’s parliament advances bill to annex occupied West Bank

Israel’s parliament has voted to give preliminary approval to a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank, in a move tantamount to annexation of the Palestinian territory, which would... Read more »

Senior US diplomat reveals Saudi-Israel normalization timeline

“Contacts between Israel and Saudi Arabia regarding normalization have never ceased, though the process remains gradual and deliberate.” This assessment comes from Dr. Nirit Ofir, a Middle East expert and lecturer at... Read more »

How an American rabbi befriended Arab monarchs

“Imagine,” American Rabbi Marc Schneier remarked, “that the spiritual center of Islam were to normalize with the spiritual center of Judaism – how that would resonate throughout the Islamic world.” This describes... Read more »

Nir Oz mourns as 2 deceased hostages returned overnight

Arie Zalmanowicz, 86, one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz who was taken alive but killed in Hamas captivity, was brought back Monday to Israel together with Staff Sergeant Major (res.)... Read more »

Citing DEI ban, US base nixed kids’ event celebrating pioneering Jewish woman cyclist

JTA — A children’s museum housed on a US military base canceled a planned storytime reading celebrating the life of a pioneering 19th-century female Jewish cyclist earlier this year, after the book... Read more »

‘Disgrace’: Knesset Diaspora panel chair pans Chikli for inviting British firebrand

The chairman of the Knesset panel on Diaspora affairs on Tuesday assailed Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli for inviting Britain’s far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson to Israel, and then pillorying British Jewish groups... Read more »

Smiles, hugs abound as Witkoff and Kushner meet with released hostages

About half of the hostages who were returned to Israel last week met on Tuesday morning in Tel Aviv with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and top White House adviser Jared Kushner,... Read more »

The conception Israel must avoid in Gaza

The deadly incident near Rafah serves as a warning light. If Israel fails to set strict and clear rules for dealing with Hamas, it risks sliding down a dangerous slope. The IDF’... Read more »

Drone threat on the Egyptian border has Israel on edge

Since the horrors of the October 7 massacre and the ensuing war, the threat posed by drones has seared itself into Israel’s collective consciousness. But this threat is no longer limited to... Read more »

Is Iran’s ring of fire around Israel coming back?

With the Gaza war over, Iran is tallying two turbulent years that pulled it into a wider circle of fighting and fire, contrary to the restraint Tehran had sought to maintain before... Read more »