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Politics Could Donald Trump’s win end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home?
Whether Trump can bring an end to the war depends on specifics that Trump has not yet offered; on Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces pressures that extend well beyond Trump; and on the definitions of the words “war” and “end."
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Politics Many Israelis are celebrating Trump’s win, seeing him as more likely to back their country
Donald Trump's election was met with jubilation in Israel — along with some caution
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Politics Who will shape policy toward Israel in a second Trump administration?
Mike Pompeo, Tucker Carlson, Ric Grenell and Miriam Adelson all have influence, and maybe more
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Opinion Benjamin Netanyahu firing Yoav Gallant is a staggeringly reckless decision
Israel’s defense minister gets the boot as Israel faces war and a diplomatic showdown with the US
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Politics Could U.S. voters living in Israel swing the election?
Republican and Democrat activist says interest has never been higher among expats. But voting from overseas is complicated.
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News ‘They need the patience’: Texts show tension between sympathetic university officials and students protesting Gaza war
House Republicans issue 122-page report condemning university response to campus protests
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Fast Forward Hezbollah strikes kill 7 in northern Israel as ceasefire talks advance
Thursday was one of the deadliest days for the country since the start of its multi-front war last year
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Fast Forward Historic global LGBTQ advocacy group boycotts Israel and suspends Israeli affiliate
The ILGA kicked out The Aguda after the Israeli group nominated Tel Aviv as a conference location
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion The latest victim of the culture war over Israel is a leftwing, lapsed Catholic Bible scholar
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Fast Forward Antisemitic incidents in Germany remained elevated in 2025, fueled by rise-in far-right cases
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Culture The manosphere says women owe their husbands sex — Judaism says the opposite
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Fast Forward Georgia’s Jewish senator called his newly minted GOP opponent an antisemite. Why?