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Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem

Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service.

Trump pushes for much-larger 'Iron Dome' missile defense system in US: 'Why don't we have it?'

Former President Donald Trump pledged Saturday to protect the US with a much-larger version of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system if he wins a second term in the White...

Hamas weapon supplier killed in Lebanon: IDF

Ayman Ghatma -- who supplied weapons to both Hamas and al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya -- was targeted and killed while driving near Khiara.

All eyes should be on Al Jazeera for being founded, funded -- and directed -- by terrorists

Last month, The Washington Post reported darkly that the Israeli government had shut down the Al Jazeera network’s operations in Israel because of its coverage from Gaza.

CUNY settles federal complaints alleging antisemitism, Islamophobia: 'Step in the right direction'

CUNY entered into a settlement agreement with the US Dept. of Education Monday to resolve nine discrimination complaints alleging antisemitism, Islamophobia and other harassment.

IDF uses medieval catapult to launch fireballs at Hezbollah in wild viral video

The Israeli military turned to a medieval catapult to launch fireballs over the northern Lebanon border as its battle against Hezbollah terrorists intensifies, video shows.

Israel is winning war in Gaza, and has plans for what happens next

As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducts another assault in the north of Gaza, they face significant criticism from Western officials and analysts.

Joe Biden and the left must know better than to deal with the devil known as Hamas

Yahya Sinwar says the deaths of tens of thousands of his fellow Palestinians are “necessary sacrifices.”

Israel deserves praise, not blame, for its righteous rescue of Hamas hostages

Israel pulled off a hostage rescue that deserves to go down in the annals of successful military operations.

Israeli divestment ban proposed in Pennsylvania

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania want to protect the state’s Israeli financial holdings despite mounting public pressure to cut ties amid the ongoing war with Hamas.

Rescued Israeli hostage treated by nurse whose 22-year-old daughter died on Oct. 7

One of the Israeli hostages rescued from the Gaza Strip on Saturday was treated at the hospital by a nurse whose young daughter was murdered by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Inside the 'most complicated' mission that saved four Israeli hostages

Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were rescued during the “Summer Seeds” operation.

Emotional video shows Israeli hostage Noa Argamani embrace father after rescue from Hamas

Hostage, Noa Argamani's father said he wanted "the chance to hug my daughter, my only child, one last time.”

Four Israeli hostages rescued during 'complex' raid in central Gaza

The hostages were rescued during a "complex" operation at two locations in Nuseirat, central Gaza.

Entrance to Hamas tunnel filled with weapons found by IDF in kid's bedroom in Rafah

The IDF says it recovered a trove of weapons and explosives from the tunnel. The operation is the latest of what Israel calls its "precise, intelligence-based, targeted operations" inside Rafah.

War in Gaza expected to last through end of 2024, top Israeli official says

Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel’s national security advisor, told Kan public radio he was “expecting another seven months of fighting” to eradicate the Palestinian terrorists that carried out the massacre on Oct....

In Rafah, Hamas gets just what it wants: Civilian martyrs

Savagely, Martyrs Inc. is open for business in Rafah — exactly as intended by Hamas and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sponsors in Tehran and overlords in Moscow.

IDF launches criminal probe into solider calling for mutiny if Israel backs down against Hamas

One of Israel's soldiers who in a viral video called for a mutiny if the government backs down from a “complete victory” against Hamas. 

ICC's Netanyahu warrant: Letters to the Editor — May 23, 2024

The Issue: The ICC filing applications for arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders. The International Criminal Court has set some kind of record. It has moved to issue arrest...

Father-son terrorists describe how they raped, murdered women on Oct. 7

"In each house where we found someone, we either killed them or kidnapped them," the father told Israeli interrogators after he and his son were captured in Gaza.