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Opinion Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe
Itamar Ben-Gvir is a consummate provocateur building real political momentum
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Opinion Netanyahu is facing electoral catastrophe — and could place Israel in existential peril
The prime minister is backed into a corner, which makes him dangerous
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Fast Forward Israeli far-right minister orders Arab village evicted after saying ICC is seeking his arrest
“I promise all our enemies, this is only the beginning,” Bezalel Smotrich said
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Fast Forward Barney Frank’s final warning on Israel: ‘America’s effort should be to support the opposition to Netanyahu’
Frank, who died on Tuesday at 86, also said the United States should cut off military aid to Israel for now
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Fast Forward Two polls find growing split among Republicans over support for Israel
As support for Israel declines nationally, new polling reveals widening cracks within Trump’s coalition over U.S. support for Israel
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Fast Forward Israeli ambassador calls J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community’
Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, called the liberal pro-Israel lobby “duplicitous” over its opposition to U.S. military aid to Israel
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Culture The Israeli song that almost won Eurovision was about far more than the breakup of a love affair
Sung by Noam Bettan, 'Michelle' is a tribute to Jewish multilingualism with a message for the entire world
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News Mamdani Nakba Day video prompts pushback from Jewish leaders amid rising tensions
Profile of a displaced Palestinian, posted on the mayor’s official accounts, escalates call to boycott Jewish reception at his residence
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Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
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Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
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