Hamas said that it will release three more Israeli hostages on Saturday, a sign that the ceasefire in Gaza may hold despite a crisis earlier this week. Israel has not confirmed that its dispute with Hamas was resolved. But negotiations are ongoing, signaling that both sides may be retreating from demands that seemed to imperil […]
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HULA VALLEY, Israel — The trees abutting the road leading to Biriya Forest, a nature preserve in northern Israel, at first resemble spruces turning autumnal shades of red, a sight reminiscent of landscapes in America or Europe but rare in Israel. A closer look, however, reveals that the trees are only charred remnants — the […]
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Some of the biggest names in Israeli literature, in addition to an array of American Jewish leaders, are speaking out in support of two Palestinian booksellers from east Jerusalem who were placed on house arrest after a police raid. Sunday’s raid on two branches of the Educational Bookshop, a prominent bookstore with a large English-language […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to resume fighting in Gaza if Hamas does not “return our hostages” by noon on Saturday, adding more uncertainty to the future of the three-week-old ceasefire. “If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end [and] the IDF will resume intense fighting until the […]
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The oldest hostage in Gaza is not alive, Israeli authorities announced on Tuesday. Shlomo Mantzur was killed 16 months ago, during Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body was taken to Gaza, Israeli officials said they determined after assessing intelligence data gathered in recent months. He was 85 at the time […]
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A poll this week showed that across Israel’s fractious society, there’s at least one thing most people agree on: The ceasefire and hostage release deal happened thanks to President Donald Trump. Nearly three-quarters of Israelis credit the president for pushing the deal through, including majorities of Israeli Jews, Arabs and the country’s left, center and […]
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When Argentina’s president Javier Milei was named in mid-January as the recipient of this year’s Genesis Prize, it marked the first time the $1 million annual award, sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel,” was given to someone who isn’t Jewish. Stan Polovets, co-founder and chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation, recently sat down for an interview […]
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The Palestinian Authority will no longer pay stipends to the families of convicted terrorists and other prisoners, in a gesture to President Donald Trump. The longstanding program determined the size of the stipend based on the length of a prisoner’s sentence, meaning that those who were convicted of the worst offenses often received the largest […]
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Hamas announced that it will delay its next release of Israeli hostages, claiming that Israel has violated the ceasefire agreement. The announcement came two days after the last hostage release sparked outrage in Israel and beyond, as the three released captives came out of Gaza looking emaciated. It also came as President Donald Trump doubled […]
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Israeli police raided two branches of a landmark bookstore in east Jerusalem on Sunday night, confiscating several dozen books and detaining two of the owners overnight. According to Imad Muna, one of the Educational Bookshop’s proprietors, officers claimed the raid targeted material that incites violence, though he dismissed the allegations as baseless. According to Haaretz, […]
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