Veterans

Trump administration to break ground on 250-foot Washington arch despite legal challenges

Although opponents say the arch requires congressional approval, Congress approved building a memorial at the site more than 100 years ago.

An artist rendering of US President Donald Trump's planned Triumphal Arch.
Jack Mann, a Cairo-born Jew who was the last survivor of a British special forces unit that fought and defeated the Nazis in the Middle East and North Africa, died in August 2026, aged 100; illustrative.

Jewish WWII British special forces veteran who fought against Nazis in Africa dies, aged 100

The dedicated treatment suite established for the MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trial, where participants undergo supervised eight-hour treatment sessions. Illustrative image.

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy reduces PTSD in 80% of soldiers, Israeli study finds

Koftan Halabi (L), founder of Isfiya's D-TEC, and Nechemia Peres, co-founder of Pitango Venture Capital, at the D-TEC Druze Tech-Fest.

From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem


Healing beyond borders: A journey into the Dominican Republic’s US Veterans Village - opinion

Honoring the fallen also means caring for the living. The Dominican Republic US Veterans Village is a global blueprint for trauma recovery.

 THE DOMINICAN Republic US Veterans Village, which provides a model of care that carries profound lessons in confronting the hidden wounds of war, says the writer, shown here with his wife, Adi Bedein, flanked by co-founder Dr. Gary Deutchman (left), and US Marine veteran Manny Salazar (right).

Police beat, arrest PTSD victim for boarding bus with certified service dog

"This entire ordeal left me humiliated and powerless," Koby Levy said. "I hope changes are made so no one else has to go through what I endured."

Israel Police at the scene of an explosion in southern Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024.

Pro-Palestine groups plan to 'swarm' UK with coordinated protests on Armistice Day

Youth Demand, which is an offshoot of Just Stop Oil, has planned to hold anti-Israel demonstrations in five British cities.

 People demonstrate in Vauxhall during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, November 11, 2023

World leaders, veterans, commemorate D-Day's 80th anniversary in Normandy

Veterans and world leaders are gathering in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was not invited.

 U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden disembark Air Force One at Caen Carpiquet Airport, France, June 6, 2024.

US veterans spark controversial comments after taking a stance on pro-Palestine protest and Gaza

Protests for and against Israel’s war in Gaza are heating up across the US, with veterans and leaders on both sides of the conflict.

 A PROTEST takes place in Chicago last October. The terrifying chant, ‘From the river to the sea,’ demonstrates a vision of the full destruction of democratic Israel and its inhabitants, the writer asserts.

'You are the head, you are guilty': Yom Kippur war vets launch anti-Netanyahu campaign

"There is no choice, we must go to the elections and establish a state commission of inquiry that will investigate in depth all the reasons for the 2023 failure."

 PROTESTERS CARRY banners at a recent demonstration calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s removal from office.

Psychoactive drug treats traumatic brain injury in veterans

On average, treatment with ibogaine immediately led to significant improvements in functioning, PTSD, depression, and anxiety – and those effects persisted until at least one month after treatment. 

 Pills spilling out of a bottle (illustrative).

Female veterans face barriers seeking mental-health help - report

Research on mental health needs and, according to the women interviewed, the mental health services for veterans themselves, prefer men over women.

 Soldiers of the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training on an early foggy morning, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel, on July 13, 2016. Formed in 2014, the Bardales Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of 50% female soldiers

Remembering Raz Mizrachi, an IDF hero killed by Hamas in Re'im

Raz Mizrachi met her tragic end last week at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Re’im

 Raz Mizrachi

Israel locates missing remains of War of Independence fighter

Dov Broder's remains, missing since he fell during the May 13, 1948 Operation Medina, were recovered by Israeli authorities on Sunday.

 Dov Broder and his wife Batya, circa 1947