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Israel suspends operations of multiple humanitarian organizations in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders

December 30, 2025David Leibermann

The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is halting the operations of more than three dozen humanitarian groups in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders. The ministry announced on Tuesday that the affected organizations failed to meet its new requirements for non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid in Gaza, which were posted online in November. The requirements included […]

In a first, President Donald Trump to receive Israel Prize, the country’s top civilian honor

December 29, 2025David Leibermann

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that President Donald Trump will receive the Israel Prize in 2026, marking the first time the award will be bestowed to a foreign leader. Trump was informed he had won the prize during a meeting with Netanyahu at his Mar-a–Lago estate as the pair discussed plans to […]

Mikveh unearthed beneath Western Wall plaza shows evidence of Temple’s destruction

December 29, 2025David Leibermann

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000‑year‑old Jewish ritual bath beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem that bears ash and destruction debris from the Roman conquest of the city in 70 C.E., officials said. The find, announced Monday by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, lies just west of where pilgrims once entered […]

Jews mobilized for Darfur 20 years ago. As violence surges again, where are they now?

December 22, 2025David Leibermann

They spoke of genocide and “Never Again.” They pushed to divest from entities that supported the offending government. They protested the government’s blockade of humanitarian aid to the disputed region. They were arrested while protesting outside of an embassy. The thousands of Jews who bused and flew to the National Mall from across the country […]

Forging Israel’s quiet heroes: Inside the Holtz Air Force High School

December 18, 2025David Leibermann

When in June the Israeli Air Force launched a high-stakes mission to bomb elements of Iran’s nuclear arsenal, many of the technical crews behind the pilots who executed the operation shared a surprising detail. They all graduated from the same high school: Holtz Interdisciplinary Air Force High School in south Tel Aviv. The school is […]

6 hostages murdered in Gaza lit Hanukkah candles in captivity, newly released footage shows

December 11, 2025David Leibermann

Two months after they were taken hostage, and eight months before they would be murdered, the Israelis who would later be known as the “Beautiful Six” were herded into a new section of the Hamas tunnel where they had been held. There, their captors took hours of video of the young adults as they lit […]

Hostage’s remains returned to Israel, as Trump says Gaza ceasefire’s next phase is ‘going to happen pretty soon’

December 4, 2025David Leibermann

Israel has identified the remains handed over Wednesday by Hamas as belonging to Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker murdered on Oct. 7, 2023. Rinthalak had been working in Israel for years, sending money home to his family in Thailand, but had only been at Kibbutz Beeri for a few months on Oct. 7, when […]

Over 300 rabbis and Jewish leaders call for removal of UN official who denied Oct. 7 rapes

December 2, 2025David Leibermann

Over 300 Jewish leaders, including women’s rights advocates and rabbis, urged the United Nations on Tuesday to remove Reem Alsalem, the U.N. rapporteur on violence against women and girls, for denying that rape occurred during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The letter, which was addressed to U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres, came two weeks […]

Netanyahu says he is formally seeking the pardon Trump requested on his behalf

December 1, 2025David Leibermann

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is formally seeking a preemptive pardon of the criminal charges he has long faced, saying in a video address ending his prosecution was needed to bring unity to a divided nation. “I am certain, as are many others in the nation, that an immediate end to the trial would greatly […]

Palestinian-American teen from Florida freed from Israeli detention after 9 months

December 1, 2025David Leibermann

A Palestinian-American teenager was freed last week after nine months in an Israeli detention facility, following advocacy for his release by 27 Democratic lawmakers. Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, of Palm Bay, Florida, was arrested in February while visiting his family in the West Bank. Israeli officials said he had thrown rocks at Israeli settlers, an allegation […]