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Israeli Soldiers Filmed Beating, Kneeling on Neck of Palestinian in West Bank Israeli Soldiers Filmed Beating, Kneeling on Neck of Palestinian During Arrest in West Bank

In the footage of the incident in early June in Hebron, Israeli settlers can be seen attempting to aid the soldiers by moving other Palestinians away from the scene

Israeli army will stop nightly raids on Palestinian homes for 'intel mapping'
Three Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in West Bank clashes; Two IDF soldiers lightly wounded

Americans for Peace Now Is First U.S. Zionist Group to Back Conditioning Israel Aid

Four Fires Started by Gaza Balloons in Southern Israel, Authorities Say

Israel’s New Diaspora Affairs Minister Vows to Fight for Equal Status for All Jews

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The Most Important Netanyahu Mistakes That Israel's New Government Should Avoid

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Amnon Yahavi, marked in red, watches as guards gather and beat dozens of Palestinian inmates, in Ketziot Prison in Israel, 2019.

Top Israeli Commander Stood by as Guards Cuffed and Beat Palestinian Inmates

M., who fled Gaza for Israel after suffering abuse at the hands of her family, last week.

After Haaretz Report, Gazan Prostitution Survivor Gets Temporary Residence in Israel After Haaretz Report, Prostitution Survivor Who Escaped Gaza Receives Temporary Residence Permit in Israel

Shas chairman Arye Dery, seated next to Yamina Minister Ayelet Shaked, at the ceremony for the switching of interior ministers in Jerusalem, Monday.

Haredi Parties Boycott Haredi Consultants Working With Bennett's Government

A man reads at a stand of the NSO Group Technologies, February 2020.

NSO Is Having a Bad Year – and Its Showing

A mural at the Wave restaurant and bar in Taipei, Taiwan, featuring the image of Theodor Herzl.

In This Island Nation, Christian Zionists Fight to Win Hearts and Minds for Israel

Mai Yousef Afanah

Israeli Army: Palestinian Woman Shot Dead After West Bank Car-ramming Attempt

Shirley Pinto-Kadosh, the first deaf member of Knesset

13 New Israeli Lawmakers Sworn In, Including First Deaf MK

Pro-Palestinian supporters demonstrate across the street from the Israeli Consulate following the flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York

The American Jewish Left's Untimely Abandonment of Israel's Leftists

Analyses

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Jerusalem March Was Netanyahu's Land Mine for Bennett's Government

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Gaza, Lebanon Challenges Await Bennett, but Also a Chance to Repair Bibi's Failures Challenges in Gaza, Lebanon Await Bennett, but Also a Chance to Repair Netanyahu's Failures

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The New Israeli Government’s Liabilities Are Also Its Greatest Strengths

Bibi Raised, and Betrayed, a Generation of Politicians. Yesterday They Dethroned Him Bibi Raised, and Betrayed, a Generation of Politicians. Last Night They Dethroned Him

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Soldiers 'mapping' a house of a Palestinian in Nablus, in 2007.

Israeli Army Will Stop Nightly Raids on Palestinian Homes for 'Intel Mapping'

File – Iranian missile drill

Jewish-Arab Riots and Iran's Nuke: Bennett's Biggest Challenges

Ayelet Balaban's new British passport

U.K. Lists 'Occupied Territories' Instead of Jerusalem on Citizen's Passport U.K. Lists 'Occupied Palestinian Territories' Instead of Jerusalem on British-Israeli's Passport

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Where Ancient Egypt Got Its Metal After Civilization Collapsed in 1200 BCE Israeli Archaeologists Figure Out Where Ancient Egypt Got Its Metal After Civilization Collapsed

Tallal al-Hariri speaking at a meeting of the October 25 Movement he founded.

This Iraqi Politician Calls for Ties With Israel, and Isn't Scared of Death Threats Threats Forced This Iraqi Politician Into Exile – but He’s Still Calling for Ties With Israel

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks in the Knesset ahead of being sworn in, on Sunday.

Bennett's First Key Appointments: Chief of Staff, Spokesman and Diplomatic Adviser

Nikki Haley meeting with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pastor John Hagee at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem last night.

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Nikki Haley, Netanyahu and an Unprecedented Act of Chutzpah

An Iranian image of a test chamber used to conduct high-explosives experiments.

The Mossad’s International Brigade in Iran

The coastline at Tel Dor.

Archaeologists Baffled by Sea Level Rise on Israeli Coast in Hellenistic Period

An Israeli army officer in a tunnel allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks, at the Israel-Gaza Border, in 2014.

Israeli Oversight Lets Hamas Build Tunnels, New Reports Reveal

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, June 2021.

Israel Strikes Hamas Positions in Gaza in Response to Launching of Arson Balloons Israel Strikes Hamas Positions in Gaza in Response to Launching of Incendiary Balloons

High Court Justices Daphne Barak Erez and Anat Baron in January

Israel's High Court Backs Tax-exempt Status for Christian Missionary Organization

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Record Number of Women in New Israeli Cabinet: Meet the Ministers Record Number of Women Serving in New Israeli Cabinet

These nine women ministers hold widely divergent backgrounds, values and policy priorities

Former Israeli Judge Discovers Settlers Took Over His Sheikh Jarrah Home

Biden Taps Tom Nides for U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Here Are the Top Candidates to One of the Most Prestigious Jobs in the Jewish World

Why New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Neighbors Are So Angry With Him Why Naftali Bennett’s Neighbors Are So Angry With Him

Election 2021

Sorry, but as an Arab, Israel's New Government Doesn't Make Me Happy

Bibi's Gone? Time to Thank the Joint List, and Work for True Jewish-Arab Partnership

Israel's New Interior Minister Vows to Push for Repatriation of 'Infiltrators'

Palestinians Hail 'End of Dark Chapter' With Netanyahu's Ouster, but Warn Bennett

U.S. Jewish Schools Applaud as Alumni Bennett, Herzog Assume Posts

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Coronavirus

New Tourism Minister’s First Mission: Reopening Israel to Vaccinated Visitors

COVID Exacted Toll on Pace of Cancer Screening, Israelis' Mental Health, Study Finds

Israeli Health Ministry Gave Authorities COVID Info on Millions of Citizens

Tech News

Twitter Adds 'Arabic (Feminine)' Language Option in Diversity Drive

'Founding Father' of Israeli Hi-tech Remembered as 'A Giant'

What the Dead Israeli Intel Officer Did Before He Was Drafted Hacking, Encryption and Threat of Attack: What the Dead Israeli Intel Officer Did Before He Was Drafted

Business

Stanley Fischer Quits Israeli Bank Board After Less Than Six Months on the Job

Goodbye to Israel’s Worst-ever Finance Minister, Hello to Avigdor Lieberman

'The Israel-UAE Normalization Is an Arms Agreement' 'The Israel-UAE Normalization Is an Arms Agreement': Talks With Six Palestinian Entrepreneurs

Podcasts

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LISTEN: In His Final Days, Bibi Unleashes His Most Toxic Minions

This Reporter Entered Gaza – and Saw the Full Might and Force of Israel's Military This Reporter Entered Gaza After the War – and Saw the Full Might and Force of Israel’s Military. Listen

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Netanyahu's lawyer Boaz Ben Zur at the Jerusalem District Court, last week

Netanyahu's Lawyer Claims Walla’s Positive Coverage Wasn’t Meant to Please Him

Tamar Zandberg.

Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Vows to Fight for Plastic Usage Reduction Israel's New Environmental Protection Minister Vows to Promote Legislation to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Plastic Usage

The new government at the presidential residence on Monday.

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Reviving an Israeli Classic: A Unity Government

Coalition members at swearing-in of new government, Sunday

Israel's New Government Moves to Stave Off Private Bills to Shore Up Stability

Palestinians gather during a Hamas rally in Gaza City, last week

Support for Hamas Has Dramatically Risen After Israel-Gaza Fighting, Poll Finds

A wall spray-painted with anti-Palestinian graffiti in Hebrew that read, "a siege on the Arabs, not on the Jews, the land of Israel is for Israelis," at a mosque in el-Bireh, near Ramallah in 2020.

Israel Closed Nine Out of 10 Probes of Hate Crimes in Churches, Mosques Israel Closed Nine Out of 10 Probes of Hate Crimes in Churches, Mosques in Last Two Years

Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday

Two Days After Taking Office, PM Bennett Extends Shin Bet Chief's Tenure Until Oct. Two Days After Taking Office, PM Bennett Extends Shin Bet Chief's Tenure Until October

Top International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan attends a news conference at the ICC in The Hague in 2013.

New ICC Prosecutor Must Steer War Crimes Court Through Choppy Waters

Lawyer Sari Bashi, also known as Umm Forat

Our Jewish Israeli Writer in Ramallah Is Ready to Reveal Who She Is

Far-right lawmakers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich attend the Jerusalem Flag March, today.

17 Palestinian Protesters Arrested as Thousands Attend Jerusalem Right-wing March Seventeen Palestinian Protesters Arrested as Thousands Attend Jerusalem Right-wing March

U.S. President Joe Biden attending NATO meeting, June 2021.

It Took Biden a Month to Call Netanyahu, Two Hours to Call Bennett

Youth in Jerusalem ahead of the planned Jerusalem Flag March, in May.

Israel Deploys Iron Dome Batteries as Hamas Warns Against Tuesday's Jerusalem March

Military prosecutors during a hearing about the dead intelligence officer's case.

Israeli Intelligence Officer's Death, Veiled in Secrecy, Raises New Questions

Masked visitors inside Jerusalem's Malha Mall in February.

As COVID Figures Stay Low, Israel Drops Indoor Mask Mandate, to Reopen Jordan Border As COVID Figures Stay Low, Israel Drops Indoor Mask Mandate, Set to Reopen Jordan Border

One of the suspects at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, on Monday.

Jaffa Residents Indicted in Attempted Murder of Off-duty Soldier Amid Gaza Fighting Jaffa Residents Indicted in Attempted Murder of Off-duty Soldier During Gaza Fighting

Religious Zionism party head Betzalel Smotrich gestures with placards during a special session to vote on a new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 2021.

Bereaved Families Debate Politicization of Victims' Memory After Knesset Provocation

Palestinian protesters confront Israeli troops at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, during a demonstration in support of those under bombardment in Gaza, in May.

Three Heroic Missions by Anonymous Soldiers

Dov Lipman.

Following Haaretz Report on Harassment Allegations, ex-MK Lipman Ousted From Zionist Following Haaretz Report on Harassment Allegations, ex-MK Lipman Ousted From Zionist Movement

Protesters demonstrate against the eviction in Sheikh Jarrah, last month

Palestinians Have a Clear Message for Israel’s New Government Palestinians Have a Clear Message for the New Israeli Government

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaking in Jerusalem last month.

GOP, Evangelical Allies Thank Netanyahu, but Also Welcome Israel’s New Government

Naftali Bennett's government with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, today in Jerusalem

Bennett Government Meets With President Rivlin for Traditional Photo-op

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Monday.

New FM Lapid Says Israel Needs to Rethink Relations With 'Angry' Democrats

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sits for the photograph of the new government in Jerusalem, today.

World Leaders Congratulate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett After Swearing-in

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, yesterday

Turning Back on Bennett, Netanyahu Embodies Trump Until the Very Last Minute

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on Sunday

Netanyahu Nixes Handover Ceremony for PM Bennett

Naftali Bennett's government with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, today in Jerusalem

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Netanyahu: We Will Topple the 'Fraudulent' Bennett Government

A Palestinian clerk takes part in a flags march in the West Bank city of Ramallah, last week.

As Bennett Assumes Power, Palestinians Find It Hard to Believe Much Will Change

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the opening of his trial at the Jerusalem District Court, last year.

Israel Will Remember Netanyahu for Stopping at Nothing to Halt His Corruption Trial

The grave of an intelligence officer who died while jailed on suspicion of classified offenses.

The Dead Intelligence Officer and Israelis' Human Rights

A pro-Netanyahu rally in Jerusalem, last week.

The Axioms of the Bibist Movement

ICYMI

Naftali Bennett, Next Israeli PM: The Man Behind the Slogans and Stereotypes

A Young Woman Refused to Serve in the Israeli Army. This Is What Happened to Her

Where Does Ari Shavit Get the Chutzpah to Write Such a Book on Israel?

Mixed Cities Were Burning All Over Israel Last Month, but Not This One. Here's Why

'King Bibi' Wasn't the Only Big Myth Shattered in Israel This Week

Israel Is Worried About Two Top Democrats – and Not Because They’re pro-Palestinian Israel Is Worried About These Two Senior Democrats – and Not Because They’re pro-Palestinian