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U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday.

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Switzerland Says U.S.-Iran Talks Planned for Friday Are Postponed

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Southern Lebanon on Wednesday.

At Least 15 Killed in Israeli Strikes on Southern Lebanon, State Media Reports

Rep. Dan Goldman speaks at Temple Emanu-El earlier this year, one of New York City's oldest Reform synagogues.

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The NY Primary All About Israel: Two Jewish Democrats Battle Over Aid and AIPAC

An Israeli army humvee vehicle patrols along the northern border with Lebanon in the Upper Galilee on June 18, 2026.

Trump Calls for Cease-fire on 'All Fronts' as Netanyahu Vows to Stay in Lebanon

Israeli-Arab party heads in Sakhnin, Israel, in January.

Talks Over Joint List Stall as New Party May Widen Divisions Among Arab Israelis

Nobody's asking them, but they're saying No: From left, Bar Zvirin, Noor Epstein and Anton Zohar Lifsches Segal

'Nobody's Born a Soldier': The Israeli Teens Who Say the Draft Is a Choice

Ben and Jerry's ice cream is stored in a cooler.

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Why Did Israel's President Once Accuse Ben & Jerry's of 'A Kind of Terrorism'?

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Palestinian Head of Wisconsin's Largest Mosque Released From ICE Detention

Vice President JD Vance points to a reporter to take a question in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington.

Vance Slams Netanyahu Ministers for 'Attacking Their Only Ally' Over Iran Deal

Seven Israelis Convicted of Lynching Arab Man During 2021 Nationalist Riots

Israel Police Suspend Officer for Kicking Haredi Demonstrator Lying on Ground

Israeli Troops Warn of Chaos as Thousands Return to Southern Lebanon

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Eisenkot's Poll Surge Makes Merger With Bennett and Lapid All the Less Likely

A protest against unbridled violence in the Arab Israeli community, in Jadeidi-Makr last month.

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Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting.

Assuming Netanyahu Runs for Reelection – Losing Is Not an Option

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates after a Knesset vote on the death penalty for Arab terrorists in March.

For This Government, Political Suppression of Israel's Arabs Is Just the Start

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'Nations Committing Genocide Don't Recognize It in Real Time'

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Monday to attend the G7 summit in the French town of Evian-les-Bains.

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When an Israeli Prison Becomes a Death Sentence

On Sunday, Imad Sarhan – a security prisoner, an Arab Israeli and a Haifa resident – died in his cell at Gilboa Prison. Sarhan is the 104th security prisoner to die in an Israeli prison since October 2023. According to his medical file, which was obtained by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Sarhan, despite suffering from numerous illnesses, didn't receive medical treatment during the past two and a half years.

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A Standing Together Party Is the Last Thing the Israeli Left Needs

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Trump and Netanyahu at the White House in February.

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Netanyahu Hoped His Trump Card Would Win the Election, but He's Humiliated

U.S. President Donald Trump receives a tour of the Chateau de Versailles from French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a dinner on June 17, 2026 in Versailles, France.

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Trump's Treaty of Versailles Crowns Israel's October 7 War as a Strategic Defeat

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The Bedouin City Poised to Play Kingmaker in Israel's Upcoming Election

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Missiles, Proxies and Nukes: Israeli Officials Warn of Gaps in U.S.-Iran Deal

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Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Gaza City, May 15

Can Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza Force Its Plan on Hamas and Israel?

The election committee's logistics center in the industrial area of Shoham, in 2022. More than 1,000 additional workers will be recruited to headquarters ahead of the elections.

Israel's Election Watchdog Under Pressure Ahead of Its Biggest Challenge Yet

Netanyahu's Last Stand? What to Know About Israel's 2026 Election

Rabbi Zevadia Cohen after his election as the city's chief rabbi on Sunday.

Tel Aviv Finally Has a Chief Rabbi. Why Will He Be So Influential?

Bondi Pavilion, adjacent to where the Hanukkah massacre was carried out, is seen covered in floral tributes in December 2025.

The Politics and Promise of Australia's Historic Inquiry Into Antisemitism

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People hold Israeli and U.S. flags as they march during the "Israel Day on Fifth" parade in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2026.

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A Rafael system at the ILA exhibition in Berlin. The warm reception in Berlin reflects the business position to which Israel's defense industry aspires.

German Embrace, French Cold Shoulder for Israel's Arms Industry

Israeli soldiers during an Israeli military operation in Jenin camp, West Bank, last July.

IDF Builds First Permanent Post in Palestinian-controlled West Bank Since 1990s

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'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza

Fake Haaretz Site Pushes Bogus Ukraine Gold Story – and Goes Viral

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Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest the arrest of draft dodgers outside Tel Aviv's Abu Kabir detention center

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Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest the arrest of draft dodgers outside Tel Aviv's Abu Kabir detention center

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An Iranian missile that fell in the West Bank's Jordan Valley.

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Ultra-orthodox demonstration against the Haredi draft law, in Jerusalem, this week.

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A person holds a placard as pro-Palestinian activist groups take part in a demonstration against the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" near the Edgware United Synagogue in London on Sunday.

West Bank Properties Sold at London Israel Real Estate Event Despite Denials

American Psychological Association at Center of Federal Antisemitism Probe

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The Iran Deal Is Good for Trump, but Bad for the Rest of Us

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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates with the trophy in front of the fans after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.

How Many Countries Have Won the FIFA World Cup?

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Israel's Judicial Coup

Lawmakers in the Knesset plenum, May.

Netanyahu's Coalition Pushes Judicial Overhaul, Expecting Imminent Dissolution

From Eichmann to 'New Nazis': Israel's Death Penalty Debate Takes a Turn

Knesset Adviser Flags 'Personal Nature' of Bill to Keep Ben-Gvir in Office

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak at the commencement speech for the 2026 graduating class of the U.S. Air Force Academy, last month.

Vance Leads a U.S. Embrace of Iran. Israel and Netanyahu's Allies Are Noticing

How pro-Palestinian Groups Are Using AIPAC's Playbook in New York and Beyond

Some Jewish Knicks Fans Say Date of Historic Win Is No Coincidence

Exclusive: NYC's Mamdani Meets With Israeli and Palestinian Peace Activists

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The revolution that Trucknet offers to the world of logistics and transportation

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Jewish settlers in the Palestinian village of Jalud, south of Nablus, in April 2026.

Ex-Israel PMs, Security Chiefs to Netanyahu: Act Against West Bank Jewish Terror

One of the entrances to Beit Ummar on Wednesday.

Citing Clan Feud, IDF Besieges West Bank Town, Blocks PA From Entering

A mosque set ablaze by Israeli settlers in the village of Jaljilya in the Ramallah area, Wednesday.

Palestinian Reports: Israeli Settlers Torch Two Mosques in West Bank Villages

253 Children, 121 Women Among 1,000+ Gazans Killed During Cease-fire

Former Palestinian soccer player Fadi Al-Arawi watches a 2026 World Cup match streamed on a laptop alongside others in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Palestinians Displaced by the Gaza War Watch World Cup From the Ruins

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Archaeologists Uncover Rare Assyrian Artifact in Central Israel

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Archaeologists Eliran Oren and Michael Solotskin with the statues discovered in Binyamina, northern Israel.

'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in Israel

Earliest Use of Fire Thrown Back to 1.8 Million Years Ago

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Roger Waters: "Israel is a failed experiment."

Roger Waters: 'My Songs Are About Truth, Love. Israel's the Opposite'

Ben and Jerry's new Israeli ice cream.

Ben and Jerry's Has a New Zionist Ice Cream

Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon.

Two Brothers at Jewish Sleepaway Camp in 1980s Guatemala. What Could Go Wrong?

Emily Blunt as a TV weather girl in a scene from "Disclosure Day."

'Disclosure Day' Is a Far Cry From the Glory of Spielberg's Early Alien Movies

Tel Aviv's Great synagogue seen from the air during renovations.

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'We Want to See How People Live Outside Our Druze Community – and Then Return'

Moriyah Fluss. "The most important thing the boarding school gave me was the feeling of being seen."

'I've Lived at That School. The Girls Can't Fool Me Into Thinking They're Okay'

Emir Suljagic beside a childhood photo with his parents. "One day, I received a call from the Commission for Missing Persons saying they might have found my father's remains."

'Responsibility for Genocide Does Not Diminish With Age or the Passage of Time'

Feldman, holding a coin-marked snake. "I always say that the day I feel complacent about a catch is the day I will have to retire."

'The Viper Is an Urban Snake. It Lives Among Us, Moves Between Homes'

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As Jews, We Deny Our Capacity for Atrocity. That Idealized Image Is a Problem

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Tal Rashevsky. "I have one of the most successful businesses in Israel, and that's a fact."

After Spaghetti, Israel's 'Pasta Nazi' Chef Goes Austrian With Premium Schnitzel

It Was One of Lebanon's Most Popular Restaurants. Then the IDF Bombed It

$120,000 for One Cake: Meet New York's Star Israeli Pastry Chef

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El Al Israel Airlines airplane departing from the Hong Kong International Airport, 2017.

Israel's El Al Airlines Signs Internet Deal With Elon Musk's Starlink

Minister Seeks Removal of U.S. Planes From Israel's Airport Amid Haredi Pressure

For a Quiet Cease-fire Day: An Ancient Village With a Dash of Sicily

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'But No One Came': Untold Heroism, Anguish and Abandonment at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

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PM Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Sunday.

Humiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze

Archaeologists Eliran Oren and Michael Solotskin with the statues discovered in Binyamina, northern Israel.

'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in Israel

A protester tears portraits of Trump and Netanyahu during an oil-price strike in Manila, last April.

Trump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel Ties

Right-wing pundit Yinon Magal on pro-Netanyahu Channel 14, wearing a hat reading "total victory."

Netanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli Ingratitude

An Israeli settler and IDF soldiers in the village of Jalud, south of Nablus, West Bank.

Fork Found in Kitchen: Israelis Have Discovered the Occupation

An Iranian missile is displayed in a park, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, in March.

Iran Reportedly Calls Off Missile Strikes on Israel After Trump Intervenes