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Israel Katz's populist push to pardon Elor Azaria puts Israel at serious risk - comment

Azaria was not convicted of mere "negligent homicide", but of manslaughter for his actions in 2016.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, sits during a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv during which he was charged with manslaughter on April 18, 2016.
A banner flies at Rewild Festival, Ireland, July 10, 2026.

Irish music festival bans IDF veteran from attending in name of 'safe, welcoming, inclusive space'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Staff Sergeant Oren Metzuyanim, a 21-year-old lone soldier at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026.

‘We're lone soldiers, but we're not lonely’: How the IDF supports fighters without families


LA celebrates IDF veterans

Joining them last Friday (June 1) were younger men and women who had seen action in the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars and the Lebanon campaigns, as well as families of deceased volunteers.

An IDF soldier.

Palmach Veteran Naomi Polani honored by President Reuven Rivlin

Rivlin called her “the mother of the entertainment units.”

President Reuven Rivlin

Ultra-Orthodox Yom Kippur War hero dies 45 years after war

Yitzchak Drexler died Saturday and will always be remembered as a hero.

TANK reinforcements crossing to the bridgehead on the west bank of the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War, 1973.

Uri Lubrani, soldier, diplomat, prisoner-exchange negotiator, dead at 91

During the 1976 Entebbe rescue operation, Lubrani flew from Tehran to Nairobi to arrange for the refueling of rescue planes that were returning to Israel.

URI LUBRANI with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Scarred by real-life ‘Fauda’: Meet the champion for soldiers suffering with PTSD

Oren Or Bittoun gives speeches around the world urging veterans to talk about their experiences.

Oren Or Bittoun

Rivlin recognizes disabled soldiers and victims of terror

"We could do more for you,” President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged, pledging: “And we will do more for you.”

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and national chairman for the Organization of Victims of Terrorism Abie Moses

New program aims to make discharged soldiers 'ambassadors' for Israel

Founded by three former elite IDF soldiers, ISRAEL-is aims to reach 50,000 soldiers a year

The founders of ISRAEL-is.

Bill to make state care for returned IDF captives

“Returned captives paid with their bodies and souls for the security of the state and its existence, and the state has the responsibility to help with their rehabilitation and welfare.”

Gilad Shalit 521

Israel's alleged 1967 nuclear 'doomsday operation' plan to be revealed

Whether credible or not, the plans never came into effect as Israel emerged victorious from the conflict.

ISRAEL AIR FORCE Mirage fighter jets train over Israel in 1967 before the Six Day War.

Former IDF chiefs form new movement

The former IDF generals who formed the non-political movement both insist they are not entering politics.

Pnima party conference