Tel Aviv is coming up against myriad obstacles, from the loss of western public opinion to the nervousness of its key backers. The little boy spoke with the matter-of-factness of an adult. Faisal al-Khaldi talked
In the wake of the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel had not just the right to respond but the necessity: to show that Hamas would pay a high price for its savagery, to keep
President Joe Biden on Friday praised Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for Israeli elections and his sharp criticism of that nation’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Schumer, the highest ranking Jewish elected official in U.S.
Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new twist. This time it was Yitzhak Yosef, one of Israel’s two chief rabbis. In response to
It’s everything a journalist must salute, a humanist must confront, and a Jew must dread. Carrying the loaded title “The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending,” an Atlantic magazine cover essay by Franklin Foer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved a revised state budget for 2024 that became bogged down in political wrangling and unnerved investors worried about the government’s fiscal path during the war against Hamas. A
Israel’s Parliament gave final approval on Thursday to a revised 2024 budget swollen by defence outlays that will bring spending to an all-time high. The vote in the Knesset overcame delays after several members of
The family of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by police in East Jerusalem while he held a firework have hit out after an Israeli minister branded him a “terrorist”. Rami al-Halhouli was killed on
Israel will try to "flood" the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid from a variety of entry points, the main military spokesman said on Wednesday as international pressure mounted to address the growing problem of hunger
The father of an Israeli soldier killed during the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 said he was going through a living hell a day after learning of the death and called for a
