MILITARY AFFAIRS: As Israel's lead negotiator for a new US defense agreement, Baram is racing to replace decades of military aid with a long-term strategic partnership.

According to US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner, his decision is driven less by Mamdani's socialist policies than by what he characterized as hostility toward Jews and Israel. 

“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said that the ambassador told the US State Department that Malaysia's longstanding policy of not recognising Israel was not new

Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.

It will be located in Tel Aviv, serving as the only center in Israel dedicated exclusively to the rehabilitation of IDF veterans with brain trauma. It is expected to be completed in 2030.

Chani Kaplan’s path from Sydney to Jerusalem shows how patience, resilience and openness can turn the challenges of aliyah into opportunity.