Two former Israeli hostages have wed, in the first marriage of hostages taken when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen were visiting Trufanov’s family on Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 when they were attacked and abducted to Gaza. Trufanov’s father was murdered. Cohen was freed during a temporary […]
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TEL AVIV — For the survivors of Operation Entebbe, marking the 50th anniversary was less a celebration of one of Israel’s most mythologized military operations than a reckoning with the distance between the country that rescued them and the one that failed to prevent another mass hostage crisis decades later. About two dozen of those […]
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JERUSALEM — Just days before the start of the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish sports competition held every four years in Israel, Australia was officially out of the competition. Australia had canceled its official delegation — typically one of the largest — during Israel’s war with Iran. In early June, its organizing group said it could not […]
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At a large outdoor screening in a central square in Jaffa, dozens of children lounged on beanbags, many wearing Cristiano Ronaldo’s No. 7 Portugal jersey. They bounced in their seats and lobbed popcorn at one another, the late hour and free Coca-Cola adding to the delirium after the 41-year-old striker scored his second goal in […]
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Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement to end fighting following weeks of negotiations brokered by the Trump administration, which had left Jerusalem out of separate talks aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the framework during a signing ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday that included the ambassadors from […]
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Following tense high-level negotiations over the weekend, mediators in Switzerland announced Monday morning that Washington and Tehran have agreed on a 60-day roadmap toward ending the war. The joint statement released by mediating countries Qatar and Pakistan also unveiled the creation of a Lebanon deconfliction mechanism. According to the mediators, this entails a direct U.S.-Iranian […]
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Ben & Jerry’s Israel operation has come up with a flavor that does not leave much to interpretation. Called “Milk and Honey,” a nod to the biblical description of the Land of Israel, its namesake ingredients are supplied by Israeli cows and bees and its chocolate fudge pieces come shaped like Stars of David. The […]
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At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance music blared from the speakers, many of the men wore kippahs and there was enough food coming off the grills to feed all of the guests and then some. After a few […]
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The cofounders of the Israeli coexistence group Standing Together have launched a new Arab-Jewish political party in advance of this fall’s election, joining several other left-wing parties hoping to shift their country’s direction. The party, called A Place for Us All, is running six candidates who are evenly split between Arab and Jewish Israelis and […]
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Syria would be better at tackling Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday, as Israel’s presence in Lebanon continued to be an Achilles’ heel in the fledgling U.S.-Iran deal set to be formally signed in Geneva on Friday. Trump said Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former leader of an al Qaeda-affiliated group who […]
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