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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

'He will be the destroyer of the country,' Eyal Megged says against former friend Netanyahu

Emily Hand, 9

Former Gaza hostage Emily Hand sings ‘Ma Nishtana’ with Kibbutz Be'eri children

By URI SELA , YANIR YAGNA

‘WE SHOULD rally for the State of Israel, displaying hundreds of thousands of flags.’ A man walks past a wall with messages in support of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack, in Tel Aviv.

Calling for the release of hostages is not only a leftist position

Maisam Jaljuli

Arab-Israeli CEO: October 7 led to radicalization, tension in Israeli society

By Maisam Jaljuli

Israel Air Force fighter jet F-15, at the Tel Nor airforce base. January 01, 2024.

Three-quarters of Israeli public opposes an Iran attack if it undermines security alliance

By Walla!

An illustration of lit candles and in the background the Israeli flag on December 17, 2023

Is Israel a Jewish ghetto or Hebrew kingdom in our ancestral homeland? - opinion

By ITAMAR BEN-DAVID

VIP PASSENGERS on the Tel Aviv Light Rail – (from left) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Sara and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, and Energy Minister Israel Katz.

Current Israeli gov't is acting disconnected to the citizens who have given everything

By JPOST EDITORIAL

TWO WOMEN, Arab and Jew, involved in the Together Beyond Words organization, share their grief.

Is Israeli society at the fifth stage of grief?

By GADI EZRA

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Nachman Shai named dean of Hebrew Union College

Dozens of protesters gather in front of the Tel Aviv District police station to protest against violent attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in recent weeks.

Israel cuts 85% of budget for LGBTQ+ tolerance program in schools

By Darcie Grunblatt

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog attends the opening in Tel Aviv in December of an exhibition of objects collected at the site of the Nova music festival.

Israelis are yearning for nonpartisanship in time of crisis

By DANA BLANDER

RESIDENTS OF Kibbutz Nir Am were relocated to Herod’s Hotel in Tel Aviv after being evacuated following the October 7 massacre.

Israel's North, South evacuees have been forgotten amid Gaza war

By ZEHAVIT GROSS

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate and former US president Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Georgia, earlier this month.

Jewish voters should consider ramifications of a Trump presidency

By TOVA HERZL

A SCENE from Benny Fredman’s ‘Home.’

Director Benny Fredman talks about his movie about haredim, 'Home'

By HANNAH BROWN

ISRAEL IS RANKED as the fifth happiest country in the world in the UN’s annual World Happiness Report, despite the ongoing war.

Are Israelis really as happy as the world reports?

Yehudah Uliel receives a toddler mobility trainer on March 20, 2024.

Toddler mobility chairs bring joy to children in Jerusalem

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

FRIENDS AND FAMILY mourn at the funeral of American lone soldier Alex Sasaki at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, in March.

October 7 and the Gaza War has put a heavy burden on Israel’s social workers

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Thousands march in protest of the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023.

2023 Israeli Democracy Index reveals mixed sentiments on trust and solidarity

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF