Author: David Leibermann

At this point, Gabi Hasin had grown used to fleeing his home ahead of missile fire from Lebanon. A resident of the northern border city of Kiryat Shemona, Hasin has spent the past year on the move, relocating seven times to keep himself and his family out of harm’s way. So when he packed his […]

JERUSALEM — The whoops and applause felt more suited to a rock concert than a prayer service. But this was a gathering of survivors from the deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history, and Asaf Oren had just recited the blessing traditionally said after surviving a life-threatening event. Oren, whose arm was partially paralyzed by a […]

The United States imposed sanctions on Israel’s Hilltop Youth, an extremist movement of Jewish settlers known for establishing illegal outposts and attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.  Also targeted in Tuesday’s sanctions announcement were two Israeli men: Eitan Yardeni, whom the U.S Treasury described as linked to violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, […]

Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border. What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, after a year of bloodshed, will cross the tipping point into a broader […]

Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut Friday, the latest Israeli assassination of a terror group leader and a pivotal development in the escalating conflict on Israel’s northern border. For three decades, Nasrallah was one of the most powerful leaders in the Middle East: As the head of Hezbollah, […]

The latest Israeli film on Netflix has a setting and theme that, one year after Oct. 7, could not be more current: It centers on soldiers ending their service by volunteering at a kibbutz on the Gaza border. “Kissufim” paints a portrait of Israeli life as it oscillates through phases of trauma and hope — […]

TEL AVIV, Israel — The quavering sound of the shofar pealed through the small crowd gathered in Hostages Square on Sunday night for an evening of Selichot, the penitential prayers recited in the run-up to the High Holidays. The shofar blower, singer-songwriter Kaley Halperin, reflected on what was going through her mind as she sounded […]