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Families protest after four Border Police soldiers disciplined for having barbecue on Shabbat

“My daughter feels she was treated like she was nothing,” one of the soldiers' fathers said. “Even if there was a breach of orders, where is the proportionality?"

 A Border Police officer conducting operations, May 2025.
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Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Who does Israel belong to? Why Bennett’s model matters now - opinion

Fire and Rescue services evacuate a bomb shelter in central Israel, where a fire broke out, Marfch 9, 2026.

Seventeen hospitalized after fires break out in two bomb shelters in central Israel


'We’ve crossed a red line': Haredi factions warn of government collapse

“We all enlist, we all fight, and we all sacrifice for the country and a better future,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared.

 An illustrative image of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israeli Jews near a sign for an IDF recruiting office.

Former hostage Agam Berger recounts Remembrance Day in Gaza captivity, memorializes friend

Berger’s post apologized to her fallen friend, Shirat Yam Amar, for her death and thanked her for her efforts saving others.

 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Comptroller to examine Israel's care for freed Gaza hostages and their families

This audit focused on the treatment of returnees, their families, as well as families of current hostages.

Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages outside the home of Ron Dermer, in Jerusalem, April 13, 2025

Holocaust Remembrance Day speech by Hod Hasharon mayor sparks controversy over Gaza implications

Quoting a Holocaust survivor's speech, Kochavi said that there is a difference between "never again," and "never again -- for us."

 High school pupils, teachers and staff attend the Holocaust memorial service alongside local Holocaust survivors who will share their first-hand eye testimony, Darka-Nofey Golan High school, Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 24, 2025.

Tel Shikmona reveals evidence of ancient purple dye production

The chemicals in the dye were made from snail mucus.

 Hexaplex trunculus shell collected near Tel Shiqmona. 400 such shells were identified by two free-style divers within 90 mins at a depth of one to two meters on October 20, 2020

Israeli high schoolers win two gold medals at European Math Olympiad

The competition challenges participants with advanced problems in algebra, combinatorics, geometry, number theory, and elementary mathematics.

 Israeli team takes gold at European Mathematical Olympiad

Shin Bet official suspected of leaking classified documents released to house arrest - report

The Police Investigation Department requested to release the Shin Bet official to house arrest.

 Person holding smartphone with logo of the Shin Bet (illustrative)

Teaching Jewish identity through algorithms - opinion

What if our social media feed wasn’t just a space for scrolling and separation but a new kind of Seder table?

 Taking a selfie at a Passover Seder last year: We must go to where young minds have already gone and where old ideas are reborn with new passion and purpose, the writer maintains. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Thousands of volunteers help renovate, rejuvenate Kfar Aza young adult community

The project was initiated by Omri Ronen, one of the group’s leaders, whose grandmother, Nira Ronen, was murdered in the October 7 attack.

 At the ribbon cutting of a recently renovated Kibbutz Kfar Aza neighborhood for young people.

'10 years of idiotic press statements’: Case 4000 defense hearings end, Case 1000 to begin

The prosecution levied 315 items of evidence against the prime minister.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, as part of his testimony in his trial, March 24, 2025