Civil War

'We prevented the destruction of Third Temple': Netanyahu shares message on eve of Tisha B'av

"Instead of a civil war, we were brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder to repel those who seek our lives," he added, pointing out that the nation "saved Israel together."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Negev Conference in Dimona, July 14, 2026
Camels walk during the sunset in Marib, Yemen, where the once-barren desert has sprung back to life with grasses due to shifting climate patterns.

Years of war and instability lead to institutional collapse depriving Yemen of clean water - report

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2026.

Iran's Supreme Leader warns of Israeli, US divisions threatening regime, undermining 'resilience'


After decade of civil war, Yemen is in ‘Critical Stage’ - prime minister

Yemen has fallen but not collapsed thanks to the support of some neighboring Gulf countries, Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told the World Government Summit in Dubai

 Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed speaks during a ceremony of the delivery of cranes as a grant from Saudi Arabia to the Aden port, Yemen December 12, 2018.

The time for dialogue is now! - opinion

The current crisis can be an opportunity to rectify the constitutional vacuum through broad compromise on the rules of the game.

 KNESSET CONSTITUTION, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (center) presides over a committee meeting on Wednesday.

Historian sheds light on famous story about Abraham Lincoln, New York cantor

A new book untangles one of the best-known incidents involving Jews in the American Civil War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S Second Inaugural Address, Arthur Szyk, 1946.

Over third of Israelis fear judicial reform will lead to civil war - poll

About 60% of Israelis from all backgrounds and political factions think the judicial system will lead to violence of any kind.

 Israelis protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on January 28, 2023

Yariv Levin, like Menachem Begin, can stop a Jewish civil war in Israel - analysis

Like his literal godfather Menachem Begin, Yariv Levin has the power to defuse a combustible situation that could conceivably lead to internecine violence in Israel.

 Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The two both had the chance to stop a Jewish civil war.

Who wants an Israeli civil war?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Millions feel targeted, collectively and personally, as Israel’s judicial pillars teeter and its political nerves fray.

 THOUSANDS OF protesters against the new Netanyahu government and its proposed reforms gather outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

It's time for Herzog to step up to the plate

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: With extreme voices dominating the public debate, the measured voice of the president needs to be heard loudly.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind him, approaches the members of the new government last month at the President’s Residence.

A civil war is not a joke – Israelis need to wake up - opinion

EDITOR'S NOTES: The thought that this latest experiment in Jewish sovereignty will be in jeopardy because of internal discord should shake us all at our core.

 Israeli Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2020. Are these images coming back?

The US's convulsive period of reckoning echoes the civil war - opinion

Thirty-five hundred Northern soldiers are buried in the Gettysburg cemetery – out of 23,000 Northern troops who perished in this costliest battle in the American Civil War.

 THE STATE of Pennsylvania Monument on the Gettysburg battlefield.

Hanukkah: Will Netanyahu's gov't cause Israeli civil war? - opinion

Will the theocratic extremism of Smotrich, Maoz and Goldknopf result in another civil war between the Jews? Will our enemies take advantage of our infighting?

 UTJ CHAIRMAN Yitzhak Goldknopf: Interested in finance, not mathematics.