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The Nile dam standoff is heating up, and Israel is caught between allies - analysis

As Trump reenters the Nile dispute, tensions in the Horn of Africa rise, leaving Israel to navigate an increasingly complex and combustible regional landscape

 Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, which is still recovering from a two-year war between the Ethiopian government and allied forces on one side, and Tigrayan forces on the other, during which the region’s economy was devastated and many were displaced.
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US will offer passport services in West Bank for first time

A ZAKA ambulance and El Al aircraft are seen at an airport in New Zealand, February 23, 2025

Elderly Israeli woman killed in New Zealand car accident, ZAKA says

Caitlyn Jenner speaks during the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 16, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida.

'For me, it was my Holocaust': Caitlyn Jenner on visiting October 7 communities in Israel


Did we learn from the lessons of 9/11? - opinion

n July 10, 2001, the CIA made clear to the Bush Administration that sufficient evidence from multiple sources indicated a major al-Qaeda attack was planned. Still, nothing happened.

 JOAN MASTROPAOLO, a docent at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, holds an archival photograph of the Twin Towers in front of One World Trade Center in New York.

Number of Americans in Israel, Israelis in America much less than thought

A deeper dive into those figures shows that some of the urban myths about the numbers of Israelis living abroad, and the makeup of the immigrants in this country, are just that: myths.

El-Al Jumbo jet

Student who sued NYU over antisemitism praises Trump's executive order

The executive order "should serve as a source of empowerment to ensure that Jewish students can proudly live on campuses," Adela Cojab Moadeb wrote in a New York Post op-ed.

US President Donald Trump stands next to a former student of New York University speaking at the Israeli-American Council Summit in Hollywood, Florida, U.S. December 7, 2019

Jewish groups slam Trump's remarks as antisemitic tropes

"You’re brutal killers. Not nice people at all,” said the president, who accused some Jewish Americans of not loving Israel enough.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli-American Council Summit in Hollywood, Florida, U.S. December 7, 2019

Lockheed, ELTA to pair up for American ‘sense-off’

Event will see companies demonstrate their radars for US Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System.

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Moran Atias shines in NBC's 'The Village'

Israeli actress portrays an Iranian immigrant named Ava in new show.

Moran Atias and Daren Kagasoff in NBC's 'The Village."

For Israelis abroad, elections start with a scramble for flight tickets

Israel’s lack of absentee voting reflects a country’s hang-ups about citizens who leave its borders and the Zionist ethos of Israel’s founders.

Adi Shlapok (left) and Yuval Peretz vote in the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC

Bipartisanship challenged at AIPAC

Beneath the surface, one could spot how Washington’s hyper-partisan reality has seeped into many of the speeches.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington DC, March 25, 2019

Center Field: It’s all about the Benjamins – Franklin and Herzl

The American-Israel relationship is all about the Benjamins, reflecting the shared values of “the first American,” Benjamin Franklin, and modern Zionism’s founder, Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl.

US AMBASSADOR to Israel David Friedman speaks at the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem last year. Israel and America share common values and common interests, but the need for the US to be involved in the Middle East does not hinge on what is right or wrong for Israel; it is needed for America

The Anglo factor

The role of Anglos in Israeli politics has lately been the subject of much discussion.

Two new Olim taking an excited selfie upon landing in Israel