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Day 10 of the fighting: Israel strikes Hamas tunnels, Gaza rocket fire decreases, ceasefire...

Gaza militants continued to fire rockets into Israel, which continued to respond with airstrikes on the coastal strip, as efforts toward a ceasefire progressed...
Israeli air strike in Gaza City

TikTok and Twitter videos bring images of Israel-Gaza conflict home to American Jews

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By Shira Hanau  For some Americans watching the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza in recent days, the most striking image from the conflict came...
Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The fighting in Gaza, Jerusalem and across Israel, explained

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By Ben Sales and Ron Kampeas Rocket attacks in Israel. Airstrikes in Gaza. Violence in Jerusalem’s holiest sites. Protests across the city. It feels like Israel...
Yair Lapid

Israeli centrist Yair Lapid is given an opportunity to replace Benjamin Netanyahu

Yair Lapid, an Israeli centrist, has officially been given the opportunity to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power. On Wednesday, President Reuven Rivlin gave Lapid the...
Israeli flag

Did Netanyahu just lose? Here’s what happened Tuesday in Israeli politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government by the deadline imposed by Israeli law, thrusting the country into uncertain political...
Mourners at the funeral of someone who died at the Lag B'Omer stampede

What is Israel’s Mount Meron and why were so many Orthodox Jews gathered there...

“If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag b’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote...
Lag B'Omer in Meron

At least 45 people dead in stampede at mass Lag B’Omer holiday celebration in...

At least 45 people were crushed to death and at least 150 wounded Thursday night in a stampede during a celebration that drew tens...
thousands protest French ruling on Sarah Halimi case

In protest rallies, tens of thousands of Jews in France and beyond demand ‘justice...

PARIS — Over 20,000 protesters, many of them Jewish, gathered in Paris to protest the French high court’s decision not to try a man...
Geerz bikers

How mountain biking is improving the health of at-risk Israeli youth

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By Josh Hasten Six-year-old “A” (name withheld upon request) was growing up plagued with anxiety. Living in a community in central Israel, his mother “S”...

With most votes counted in Israeli election, neither Netanyahu nor his opponents have majority

With the vast majority of votes counted from Tuesday’s Israeli election, it appears that neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents have a clear path...