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News Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli politician who could dethrone Netanyahu?
The former IDF chief of staff whose son was killed in the Gaza war is rapidly climbing in polls and betting markets, emerging as a leading contender to become Israel’s next prime minister.
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Opinion The latest victim of the culture war over Israel is a left-wing, lapsed Catholic Bible scholar
Erri De Luca is being shunned for his views on genocide and Zionism
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Antisemitism Decoded The boycott of Israel is increasingly targeting individuals
Nadav Lapid's case was only the latest — and perhaps most confounding — incident in a growing trend
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Fast Forward Trump says he plans to talk to Hezbollah amid Iran peace efforts
Israel insists it will maintain its freedom of action against the Lebanese terrorist group as low-level fighting continued into Monday
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
The Iranian regime is the only party leaving this conflict in a strong position
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Fast Forward Trump is imagining an Israel after Netanyahu. So are many Israelis. Netanyahu isn’t biting.
Netanyahu's Likud party demolished Trump's musings that the longtime Israeli prime minister might not continue his reelection campaign
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News In Congress, a measure to tighten U.S.-Israel military ties sparks backlash
A controversial provision in the annual defense bill fuels a fight over what comes after the current aid agreement with Israel expires in 2028.
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Yiddish World Israel names a street after renowned Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever
Sutzkever was a leader of the “Paper Brigade” that rescued Jewish cultural treasures from the Nazis
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