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Women protest in Tel Aviv last week to demand a deal for the release of Israeli hostages being held captive in Gaza by Hamas since they attacked Israel on October 7.

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Despite American and Qatari Optimism, Israel-Hamas Deal Remains Elusive

The United States needs an accomplishment – like the release of Israeli hostages – but it is running out of patience with Netanyahu's policies ■ Iran has yet to pay the price for its regional agitation and Washington is trying to avoid further escalation ■ Hezbollah is preparing for an imminent and broad conflict with the IDF

Security camera footage from the Israeli raid on Jenin hospital.

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Dressed as Doctors: Video Shows Israeli Raid on West Bank Hospital

IDF forces in Khan Yunis this week.

Now Fighting Inside Gaza Tunnels, IDF Knows That Killing Hamas Leaders Won't End Its Rule

The Netanyahu family's private residence in Caesarea.

Israeli Official to Quit After PM's Bureau Okays Repairs to Pool at Netanyahu's Home

Families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants gather with supporters for a demonstration demanding an immediate deal as they block off a road near the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on January 29, 2024.

Israeli War Cabinet Discusses Hostage Deal; Sources: Understandings Emerge on Most Issues

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Hostage families storm a Knesset meeting in Jerusalem, last week.

'You're Dancing on Their Blood': Hostage Families Outraged Over Resettlement Conference

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a faction meeting in the Knesset, on Monday.

U.S. Labels Gaza Settlement Calls 'Reckless' as Ben-Gvir Doubles Down on Expulsion 'Pilot'

Palestinians receive flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip in November.

Israeli Intel Report Accuses 190 UNRWA Staff of Being 'Hardened' Militants

Chikli and Akesson in the Knesset, Monday.

Top Members of Far-right Swedish Party With neo-Nazi Roots Meet Israeli Minister

Some of the young attendees at the conference calling to resettle the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem on Sunday.

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Ethnic Cleansing in God's Name: The Only Israelis With a Plan for the 'Day After' in Gaza

A Palestinian walks the streets of Jenin, on Monday.

Five Palestinians Killed by Israeli Army Fire in Four Separate West Bank Incidents

Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich, Haim Katz and Itamar Ben-Gvir at the "Conference For the Victory of Israel" in Jerusalem on Sunday.

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An Orgy of Jewish Supremacy and Antidemocratic Euphoria, Encouraged by Netanyahu

Attorney Boaz Ben Tzur at the District Court in Jerusalem, Monday.

Netanyahu's Defense Attorney in Bribery Case Asks to Step Down

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UNRWA Is Riddled With Hamas. But Israel Has No Alternative

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Israel Increases Military Pressure on Hamas Ahead of Hostage Deal Summit

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ICJ Fires Israel a Warning Shot Over Genocide Case. This Is Why Netanyahu Should Worry

A Palestinian house in which Israeli soldiers had to tear down a wall because of the danger of entering via the front door, in the central Gaza Strip, January 8, 2024.

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From Denying the Holocaust to a Holocaust for Everyone

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UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, 2022.

WSJ: About 10 Percent of UNRWA Employees in Gaza Have Ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad

Netanyahu government ministers chanting and dancing at the 'Conference for the Victory of Israel – Settlement Brings Security: Returning to the Gaza Strip and Northern Samaria' held in Jerusalem this week

'The People of Israel Will Settle Gaza': Netanyahu Ministers Urge Palestinians' Expulsion

A Palestinian elderly woman crosses a street which has been bulldozed by the Israeli forces during a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on January 29, 2024.

Not Only Gaza: West Bank Palestinians Cannot Afford Food and Medicine Since the War

The scene of the attack in Haifa, today.

Israeli Soldier Seriously Wounded After Ramming in Haifa; Assailant With Axe Shot

Displaced Palestinian children look at Egyptian soldier through the Rafah crossing border fence, last week.

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A protest outside a federal court building in Oakland, California, where members of the Palestinian community present oral argument in a lawsuit seeking an emergency order halting U.S. support for Israel's ongoing war with Hamas, January 26, 2024.

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Palestine v. Biden: 'My Family Is Being Killed on My Dime. Biden Could Put an End to This'

Israeli MK Ofer Cassif from the leftist Arab and Jewish Hadash-Ta'al party in the Knesset meeting over his expulsion on Monday.

Israel's Knesset Hears Arguments for Expulsion of Left-wing MK Over Support for ICJ Case

A boy holds an Israeli flag as members of the Israeli settler community gather at a convention calling for Israel to rebuild settlements in the Gaza Strip and the northern part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Jerusalem, Sunday.

Israel's Education Minister: Calls to Resettle Gaza Are 'Super Legitimate'

Smoke billows over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 29, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Blinken Urges UNRWA to Act on 'Highly Credible' Allegations Against Staffers in Gaza

Director of the Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, left, and Director of Mossad, David Barnea, at an event marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, September.

Amid Estimates of Progress on Hostage Deal, Israel Says Wide Gaps Persist After Summit

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Protesters march against the judicial coup in Tel Aviv.

Crisis, Coup, Dictatorship? Netanyahu, Israel’s Pro-democracy Protests and What’s Next

A right wing demonstration outside former President of the Supreme Court of Israel Aharon Barak's home in Tel Aviv, last week.

To Get Its Coup, Israel's Right Wants a Revolution in the Streets, Too

Yuval Steinitz at his home near Jerusalem. He says the judiciary needs "not a counterrevolution but a significant change."

Netanyahu’s Ex-ally: ‘I Don’t Want Gov’t to Have Automatic Majority in Appointing Judges’

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What President Herzog Can Learn From His Father About Fighting Extremists

Moran Cohen-Lesham, left, and Hili Ringel.

Meet the Israelis Protecting Democracy Against Netanyahu's Constitutional Coup

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Israel's Creation of a New 'Axis of Evil' Endangers Its Peace Agreements

The U.S. figures managing tensions in the Mideast: Bill Burns, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Brett McGurk, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Who Really Decides Biden's Israel-Gaza Policy? A Guide to the U.S. Officials Who Matter

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaking at the conference on Sunday.

Ministers From Netanyahu's Party Attend 'Resettle Gaza' ConferenceNetanyahu Ministers Participate in 'Resettle Gaza' Confab, Call for Palestinians' Transfer

Prof. Derek Penslar (left) and the Harvard University campus.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday.

Netanyahu Dealt Israel a Terrible Blow

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Israeli high school students taking matriculation exams.

Citing Trauma of Hamas Attack, Holocaust Chapter in Israeli Matric Exam to Be Waived

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, earlier this month.

Smotrich Delays 2024 Budget in a Bid to Include Coalition Funding and Avoid Review

Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024.

Herzog Blasts ICJ's Portrayal of His Remarks, Says There Are Innocent Palestinians in Gaza

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State to Grant Citizenship to Parents of Filipino-Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza Fighting

President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the Hamburg Business Climate Forum in Hamburg, Germany, Friday Jan. 26, 2024.

EU Chief Erroneously Suggests Auschwitz Was Polish, Not German, Sparking Protest in Poland

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Iceland Becomes Early Eurovision Favorite After Palestinian Singer Enters Local Contest

UN and Red Crescent workers prepare the aid for distribution to Palestinians at UNRWA warehouse in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, December.

UNRWA Says It Will Not Address Oct. 7 Allegations on Employees Prior to Probe's Completion

Protesters at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Sunday.

Israeli Army Prevents Protesters From Blocking Humanitarian Aid Entry Into Gaza Strip

An Iranian satellite carrier is launched at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province, Sunday.

Iran Launches Three Satellites Into Space, Showing Increased Capabilities as Tensions Rise

A tunnel that was uncovered near the Erez checkpoint, last month.

Report: 80 Percent of Gaza Strip's Tunnel Network Still Intact

The Hague Court, Friday.

Israel to Claim Some of ICJ's Orders Already in Place, Officials Say

Ness and Stilla in the video for "Harbu Darbu." Some Israeli politicians spew more hate.

Israeli Militaristic Hit Song Urges Troops to Bomb Gaza, Threatens Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa

Lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir at the conference to resettle Gaza on Sunday.

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Israel Says Summit on Hamas Hostage Deal 'Constructive'; Netanyahu: Gaps Remain

People attend a demonstration demanding the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday.

Protesters Invoke Holocaust in Rallies for the Release of Israeli Hostages Held in Gaza

Noga Friedman at a protest in Tel Aviv, Saturday.

'My Partner's Death Is an Indictment Against the Government and Its Leader'

Judge Julia Sebutinde of Uganda (fifth from left) at the UN's top court in the Hague, in January.

Defiant ICJ Judge Says Israel-Gaza War Is 'Political,' Has No Place in World Court

A rally calling for a deal to release the remaining hostages, Tel Aviv, this week.

Israeli Officials Pessimistic About Hostage Deal as Hamas Insists on End to War

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Friday.

Israeli Legal Experts Say ICJ Judges Largely Adopted South Africa's Narrative

Two members of Bi 2 performing in a show of the band.

Russian Rock Band Bi-2, Including Four Israeli Members, Arrested in Thailand

Palestinians look at their neighbor's damaged house following an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

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Following ICJ Ruling, Israel to Forbid Protesters to Block Aid Trucks From Entering Gaza

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Israeli Settlers Have Found a New Way to Abuse Palestinian Shepherds: Bankrupting Them

Netanyahu at a Likud faction meeting.

'No One Generates Fear Like Him': How Netanyahu's Scare Tactics Manipulate Israelis

Ron Sherman. "Ron was indeed murdered," his mother wrote. "Not by Hamas."

The Israeli Army Said Their Captive Son Was Killed by Hamas. Then a Pathologist Showed Up

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Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Is at Heart of ICJ's Genocide Ruling on Israel

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Israeli Army Names IDF Reservist Killed in Gaza Strip Fighting on Thursday

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Secretly Captured Images of German Jews' Expulsion Found – by Chance – in Local Archive

Screenshot from Hamas video of three Israeli hostages: Karina Ariav (left), Daniella Gilboa and Doron Steinbrecher.

Hamas Airs Video of Three Israeli Hostages in Gaza Captivity

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024.

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Netanyahu Decries ICJ Genocide Mull; U.S. Labels It 'Unfounded,' Saudis Note 'Violations'

Netanyahu touring Kibbutz Kfar Azza after the Hamas attack, in October.

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In 2014, Netanyahu Forewarned of a Hamas Massacre Plot. Nine Years Later, Oct. 7 Happened

Protesters seeking the return of the hostages. The greatest threat to Hamas isn't more bombing but a broad coalition of moderates.

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Israelis Who Prioritize the Hostages Are the Real Voice of Reason

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'We've Lost Everything. The Pain Is Infinite. Only Without Netanyahu Will There Be Hope'

Yes, Peace Is Made With Murderers

Israel Is Facing Existential Threats From Inside and Out. There's One Solution

Seven Israelis Recall Their Ordeal in Hamas Captivity: 'Every Day Kills Something Inside'

Half a Million Gazans Are Suffering From Acute Hunger. Let That Sink In

Israelis Won't Like What Masha Gessen Has to Say About the Gaza War

Jews Shouldn't Celebrate the Resignation of Harvard University's President

A Jewish-Arab Partnership Is Building a Young New Peace Camp in Israel

Israelis Can't Understand How They Could Be Accused of Genocide

Israel Isn't Committing a Genocide, but It Has Genocidaires

Two Gaza Wars: Why the Gulf Between Israelis and Outsiders Is So Vast, and Jarring

The 'Eternal Boys' of Ancient Rome

The Hamas Pogrom Demonstrates That Zionism Has Failed, Says Historian Moshe Zimmermann

Polarized: Israel-Gaza War Is Forcing Young U.S. Jews to Choose Sides

Don't Believe the IDF and Israeli Analysts. There's No Solution to Hamas' Tunnels

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'Don't Say He Was a Hero': Her Partner Died Fighting Hamas. She's Telling Her Truth