At a Jaffa community center and beyond, confusion, mourning and rage surface upon news of the Bibas family’s tragic fate

As she watched a cascade of seemingly conflicting news reports about the three highest-profile Israeli hostages, Noam Nisim didn’t know what to think. First, a popular Israeli news program posted on Instagram that the Bibas family had received official word that their relatives — Shiri and her children Kfir and Ariel — had been killed […]

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Israeli diaspora minister tells US Jewish leaders he opposes advancing ceasefire and hostage deal

Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli told a gathering of American Jewish leaders on Sunday that he will vote against future stages of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Israel is currently negotiating the second stage of the ceasefire, in which all remaining living Israeli hostages are meant to be released while Israel fully withdraws from Gaza. Today, […]

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Keith Siegel, American-Israeli freed from Gaza, exhorts Donald Trump on behalf of remaining hostages

An American-Israeli released from Gaza during the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire is exhorting President Donald Trump to press for the release of the remaining hostages. “President Trump, you are the reason I am home alive. You are the reason I was reunited with my beloved wife, four children and five grandchildren. Thank you,” Siegel says in […]

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Prominent Israeli writers and US Jewish leaders rally behind east Jerusalem bookstore that was raided by police

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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