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Soldiers near the settlement of Beit Horon, January 2016.

Israeli troops shoot Palestinian woman who tries to stab them, arrest another

Two women attempt to stab soldiers at a checkpoint near the village of Beit Uhr Eh Tahta, near Highway 443, IDF says.

By Haaretz | Apr 28, 2016 | 08:43 PM

The Israel Defense Forces looking for new tunnels at Nahal Oz, near the border with the Gaza Strip

Rocket sirens sound in false alarm in southern Israel

Sirens sound in Eshkol Regional Council, but no explosions occurred within Israeli territory or inside Gaza.

By Almog Ben Zikri , Gili Cohen | Apr 28, 2016 | 01:32 PM

An Israel Defense Forces cyber war room.

Not your grandfather's war: What Israel's next military conflict will look like

The outgoing head of the IDF's computers and communications branch outlines the army's approach to cyber warfare and dealing with Hamas and Hezbollah in future confrontations.

By Amos Harel | Apr 28, 2016 | 12:30 PM

Firefighters working to extinguish a forest fire in northern Israel, April 25, 2016.

Israeli army sets off huge fire by destroying munitions containing phosphorus

Military police investigate the blowing up of five tons of explosives in the Lachish area.

By Almog Ben Zikri , Gili Cohen | Apr 28, 2016 | 05:40 AM

Netanyahu waves during his address to Congress, Washington, March 3, 2015 (Reuters)

America’s 83 ignoramuses are enabling destruction by Israel

Your money, senators, is being spent on maintaining a brutal, illegal occupation that your country claims to oppose.

By Gideon Levy | Apr 28, 2016 | 03:15 AM | 27

Soldiers from the Givati Brigade and Combat Engineering Corps celebrate Passover seder Ashkelon

Rank and File: Soldiers celebrate Passover thanks to Friends of the IDF

Schusterman Foundation names new cohort of Jewish leaders; British women who fought for Soviet refuseniks raise funds for website.

By Steven Klein | Apr 28, 2016 | 02:40 AM

A ball of fire rises from an explosion on al-Zafer apartment tower following an Israeli air strike

U.S. adopts Israeli tactic employed in Gaza war in fight against ISIS

'Roof-knocking,' commonly employed during past few Gaza military operations, uses small missile strikes to notify civilians of larger impending missile strikes.

By Gili Cohen | Apr 27, 2016 | 09:54 AM | 12

Give Hebron shooter a medal

The episode of Elor Azaria, who killed an incapacitated Palestinian assailant, is a badge of shame for whatever still remains of Israeli democracy.

By Zuher Andrawous | Apr 27, 2016 | 01:08 AM | 14

Thousand rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square for soldier who shot Palestinian assailant in Hebron. Apri

I'm a friend of the IDF. And I am worried.

As a former combat medic, I'm dismayed to find the Israeli army under attack and vulnerable from a direction in which its defenses are being stripped weak: the Israeli right.

By Bradley Burston | Apr 26, 2016 | 05:18 PM | 7

Israeli security forces patrol in Jerusalem on April 2016.

Israeli security forces detain three Palestinians who planned attack in Jerusalem

The defense establishment credits improved intelligence, IDF and PA security services operations and educational activities at Palestinian schools for the recent decline in terror attacks.

By Gili Cohen | Apr 26, 2016 | 11:58 AM

Why Israel still has no good answer to Hamas tunnels

The recent discovery of a tunnel leading from Gaza into Israel, however, doesn't necessarily spell disaster.

By Amir Oren | Apr 26, 2016 | 04:28 AM

Illustrative: Netzah Yehuda soldiers checking Palestinians for weapons at a roadblock near Jenin.

Israeli soldier jailed for pointing loaded gun at Arab passerby in Jerusalem

The soldier from an ultra-Orthodox Nahal unit was off duty and not in uniform when he cocked his weapon and pointed it at the civilian in the Old City, with no threat to his life.

By Gili Cohen | Apr 26, 2016 | 12:12 AM | 5

Israeli soldiers and border police stand guard as Israeli settlers take over several houses, Hebron.

Michael Chabon: Israeli occupation 'the most grievous injustice I've ever seen in my life'

Renowned author along with other writers recently toured West Bank led by Breaking the Silence to research book of essays marking 50 years of occupation.

By The Forward , Naomi Zeveloff | Apr 25, 2016 | 08:26 PM | 15

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their meeting i

Large U.S. Senate majority urges Obama to boost Israel military aid

Eighty-three senators sign a letter calling on Obama to agree on a new defense aid package worth more than the current $3 billion per year.

By Patricia Zengerle | Apr 25, 2016 | 02:12 PM | 22

The scene of a stabbing attack at in Hebron in the West Bank on Thursday, March 24, 2016.

The most important question  for Israelis this Passover

What kind of state do we want to live in – one that reflects the spirit of Gadi Eisenkot and Yitzhak Rabin, or one embodying racist, messianic rabbis?

By Sefi Rachlevsky | Apr 25, 2016 | 02:06 AM | 3

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Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor.

London mayoral candidate forced to run nasty campaign against Muslim frontrunner

Zac Goldsmith is badly trailing Labour candidate Sadiq Khan in the polls. With the May 5 election just a week away, it is time for extreme measures.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Europe | 2

What young Turks think about Israel

By Zvi Bar'el | Turkey

The mother of murdered Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khedeir

Why Palestinians celebrate their martyrs instead bewailing their deaths

Despite the singular features of Palestinian mourning, what ultimately stands out in Dr. Maram Masarwi’s new book is the human, universal similarity between Arab and Jewish loss.

By Edna Shemesh | Books

The Turks are back, and they’re rebuilding Tel Aviv

By Nimrod Bousso | Business

Inside the Mimouna, Passover's best kept and sweetest secret tradition

By Vered Guttman | Food

Labour fighting for its very soul against anti-Semitic anti-Zionism

By Alan Johnson | Opinion | 2