TEL AVIV — Tzemach David Schloss has spent 290 days in Israel’s army reserves over the last 19 months — close to half of the time that has passed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. He says the hardest part isn’t just the danger of combat, but of what he experienced when he first […]
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Italy’s right-wing government has joined with Germany, France, Canada and the United Kingdom in calling on Israel to end its military campaign in Gaza. “The legitimate reaction of the Israeli government to a terrible and senseless act of terrorism is unfortunately taking absolutely dramatic and unacceptable forms, which we call on Israel to stop immediately,” […]
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WASHINGTON – A hawkish Israeli leader, itching for a pretext to expand the war against Palestinian groups, seizes on the shooting of an Israeli diplomat in a foreign capital. That was how Israel’s first Lebanon war came to be, in 1982. Israel was chafing at the restraints of a Reagan administration-brokered ceasefire with the Palestine […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed Israeli missions around the world to ramp up security following the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. The man authorities say is responsible for the shooting shouted “Free Palestine” afterwards, deploying a slogan widely used by critics of Israel and its war in Gaza. “We […]
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Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is taking complete control of Gaza and that he would not end the war there without the implementation of what he called the “Trump plan” to encourage voluntary migration from the territory. In his first press conference in months, the Israeli prime minister also said for the second time this week […]
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The moment that led to me being threatened with having my daughter booted out of her temple preschool for a social media status began the way every weekday began, with me dropping my daughter off late. I have a pet peeve — one many Americans don’t have to think about. I like correct maps in […]
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Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan is standing by his words after facing a wave of criticism for suggesting that Israel “kills babies as a hobby.” Golan is the most prominent voice in a growing chorus of Israelis who supported the war against Hamas following its Oct. 7, 2023, attack, but are now calling for the […]
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Elana Sztokman said there was no one event that led her to use the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s escalation of its war against Hamas in an essay she sent to her Substack subscribers. An American-born writer living in Israel for the past 30 years, she recounted the daily toll of Israel’s campaign in Gaza […]
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The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France have condemned Israel’s expanded war in Gaza and vowed to penalize Israel if the war — and its months-long blockade on humanitarian aid — continues. “We have always supported Israel’s right to defend Israelis against terrorism. But this escalation is wholly disproportionate,” the leaders — Canada’s […]
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A senior member of Israel’s ruling party said Israel would annex parts of Gaza unless Hamas ceded power there and released the Israeli hostages it is holding. Culture Minister Miki Zohar, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, made the comments onstage at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York City on Monday. The comments come […]
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