Fighting with US 'likely' to resume after rejection of Iranian offer to open Hormuz, official says

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IDF issues evacuation warnings for southern Lebanese towns • US says Aoun-Netanyahu meeting could restore Lebanese control • Iraq says oil output can recover within a week once Hormuz crisis ends

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Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 10, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event at The Villages Charter School at The Villages, Florida, US, May 1, 2026.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mason sails in the US CENTCOM area of responsibility in an undated picture, published April 29, 2026.

Iranian official says conflict with US 'likely' to restart after Trump rejects proposal

Trump said on Friday that he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest proposal, without detailing which elements he opposes, while the White House refused to comment on the state of the negotiations.

THE ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz, last month.
Firefighters douse flames in a field after a drone launched from southern Lebanon fell near Kibbutz Snir in the Upper Galilee.

Israeli families vow to stay in North: 'If we're not here, Hezbollah will be here'

Despite the shaky ceasefire with Lebanon, this family on Israel’s northern border says it will never leave again

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(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya

Hamas completes Gaza voting for general political bureau head, winner to be announced

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UAE strengthens 'security cohesion' in Gulf with Bahrain

Saif Abu Keshek, a leading member of the PCPA, a front for the Hamas terrorist organization, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Global Sumud Flotilla claim detained activist never meant to go to Gaza, was on 'observer boat'

Vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on international waters by the Israeli Navy, sail off the city of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 1, 2026.

Sinking the ‘condom flotilla’: How Israel took control of the Global Sumud Flotilla narrative

RAISING THE flag before prayer services in the field.

Making it official: Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to 'join the tribe'

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Israel’s Eurovision delegation arrives in Vienna in high spirits on April 30, 2026.

Israel’s Eurovision delegation arrives in Vienna in high spirits, despite security threats

Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)

US bypasses congressional review for military sales of $8.6 billion to Middle East allies

Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

Police arrest a total of 16 suspects related to the murder of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka

Patterns of influence: Inside Prof. Yaniv Dover’s physics-inspired view of marketing

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Prof. Yaniv Dover, Associate Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean for Research at the Hebrew University Business School

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Hamas in Gaza completes voting for general political bureau head

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Global Sumud Flotilla claim detained activist never meant to go to Gaza

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Yemen says oil tanker hijacked off Shabwa coast, heads towards Somali waters

Brutalized Iranians speak of loved ones taken by the regime

Germany urges stronger European defense after US announces troop drawdown

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Iran says conflict with US 'likely' to restart after Trump rejects deal

How the ‘Soul of a Nation’ documentary helps defend Israel

Soul of a Nation dismantles anti-Israel propaganda by doing something far more disarming: telling the truth about Israel as it is – flawed, complex, democratic, diverse, and deeply human.

IDF: Iron Beam laser saw limited use in Iran war due to lack of batteries, 14 needed

People celebrate Israel’s 78th Independence Day at Sacher Park in Jerusalem, April 22, 2026.
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The Deep Dive: Middle East ceasefires are fragile peace on the brink

Middle East ceasefires: A fragile peace on the brink

IDF shifts focus to Iranian nuclear threat as ballistic missiles, regime change fall by wayside

A billboard with Iranian centrifuges illustrations and portraits of nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2025

No magic way to stop Hezbollah's FPV drones from striking, IDF admits

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PHILLIPS and COHEN on their wedding day.

Lost in translation, found in love: Ariana Phillips’s path to marriage in Israel

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ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE. The Mama family, whose father Osman was detained by Iranian security forces in 2022 and has not been heard from since.

'Be our voice': Brutalized Iranians speak of loved ones taken by the Islamic regime

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Devorah Ahavah Gerzoff with husband Simcha Moshe.

Don’t leave off the love: Devorah Ahavah Gerzoff’s journey to Jewish faith and Israel

Aerial photograph of the archaeological site of Kolona on Aegina, Greece, April 22, 2026.

Collection of gold beads, amulets discovered during excavations on Greek island

UK PM Starmer says there could be new powers to ban pro-Palestinian marches

Starmer told the BBC that he would always defend freedom of expression and peaceful protest, but chants like "Globalize the Intifada" during demonstrations were "completely off limits.

British Green Party candidate posted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, and British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Britain, April 30, 2026.

EU condemns Palestinian Authority textbooks containing 'antisemitism, glorification of jihad'

A man wearing a keffiyeh stands next to a poster as he waits to vote during the municipal council election at a polling station in a school in Birzeit, near Ramallah on April 25, 2026.
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History of violence against Jews, police: What we know about Golders Green attacker

Essa Suleiman stabbed two London Jews with a knife before being overpowered by Jewish volunteer security and Metropolitan Police.

Two charged for terrorism after arson attack against Skopje synagogue

Yemen says oil tanker hijacked off Shabwa coast, heads towards Somali waters

Yemen's coast guard stated that the tanker’s location had been identified and efforts were underway to track it, take necessary measures to recover it, and ensure the safety of its crew.

Israeli Air Force says it dropped 135,000 bombs in recent wars, warns of Syrian military rebuild

A Yemeni coast guard boat escorts a tugboat ferrying members of a Houthi delegation to attend a meeting of a committee overseeing a UN-led peace deal that will be held on board a UN-chartered ship off Yemen's port city of Hodeidah September 8, 2019.

Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says

New Iraqi Prime Minister designate Ali al-Zaidi, uses a phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq, April 28, 2026.

Kurdistan Region hopes for stability with new Iraq Prime Minister

Smoke rises from the scene as the IDF detonate remaining explosives from yesterday’s drone attack that wounded 12 people, in Granot HaGalil near the Lebanese border in northern Israel, May 1, 2026.

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, targets terror infrastructure

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Israeli Air Force says it dropped 135,000 bombs in recent wars, warns of Syrian military rebuild

The Israel Air Force dropped 135,000 bombs in recent years of conflict, including 23,860 requested directly by ground forces for immediate support in Gaza and Lebanon.

Alef: Tasting the Israeli rosé wine going global with Assaf Granit's push

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Illustrative Israeli F16s.
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Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs

SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.
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Elbit subsidiary Fuse, Mistral to provide US Army THOR drones

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US-Israel talks to discuss shifting military aid funding to joint defense partnership

THOR Group 2 uncrewed aircraft system.

Despite tensions, dozens of Israeli companies set to head to Eurosatory 2026

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Growing Hezbollah drone threat shows Israel's innovation race is in its infancy

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A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

Ukraine claims to have intercepted 30,000 drones in March

Spirit Airlines begins 'orderly' shutdown, cancels all flights

The collapse of Spirit, a company that helped keep fares lower in markets where it competed with major carriers, will result in thousands of job losses.

Trump says Iran war 'terminated,' as war powers deadline arrives

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport on April 17, 2026.

Israel's arrest of Gaza flotilla activists a 'brazen violation of int'l law,' Mamdani charges

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US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say

US Army Brig. Gen. Curtis King, commanding general of 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command speaks with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, April 30 in Ansbach, Germany.

Germany urges stronger European defense after US announces troop drawdown

Combat aircrafts from a NATO country stand in front of a hangar during a fighter plane maneuver exercise at the American military's Ramstein Air Base, near Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, June 6, 2024.

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Your Taxes: Israel’s lower mid-market is tempting international M&A buyers

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State-linked hackers eye power grids, water systems – report warns

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Microbes coordinate activity to reduce competition, Israeli researchers discover

Fluorescence microscopy images of Bacillus subtilis spores harboring GFP or Scarlet fusion to a DNA packaging protein (SspA)

Technion launches new aerospace prize to honor legends and trailblazers

Breathing life into buildings: Israelis develop better ways to prevent indoor air pollution

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A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, April 26, 2026.

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West Bank hospitals in crisis as PA reported pays medical staff only fraction of wage for April

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New Hampshire GOP state Rep. Travis Corcoran (center) walks out of his own disciplinary hearing for tweeting a "final solution" reference at a Jewish colleague, April 27, 2026.

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FOREIGN MINISTER Gideon Sa'ar and new envoy to Christian world George Deek.

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Academics recover over 40 lost pages of a 6th-century New Testament manuscript

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Technion launches new aerospace prize to honor legends and trailblazers

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A Hanukkah candlelighting ceremony at the Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands, December 1943.

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