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Fast Forward Israel just killed two of its longtime enemies, but will it matter?
Exactly what such killings — which Israel’s top court ruled in 2006 are legal — accomplish isn’t clear cut, analysts say
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Politics ‘Antisemitism is on the ballot’ in St. Louis. What does that mean?
Campaign focused on Rep. Cori Bush’s St. Louis district echoes one that helped oust Jamaal Bowman in New York
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Fast Forward ‘Wait for severe punishment’ billboard goes up in Tehran as Khameini reportedly orders attack on Israel
The poster of the slain Hamas leader features an admonition in Hebrew
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News After the assassinations: Does Iran retaliate? Can Hamas fight on? And what about the hostages?
Scholars and analysts share their takes on what could follow the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
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News In Majdal Shams, families mourn children killed in rocket attack — and feel the embrace of their Jewish neighbors
Though Golan Druze have a complicated relationship with Israel, Israelis have collectively grieved the dead youths and spoken of the strike as an Israeli national tragedy
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News Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh was a blow to Hamas — and who else?
A rare unambiguous “mission accomplished” moment in the fight against Hamas could make things harder for some Israelis
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Opinion The Israeli far-right just committed their own Jan. 6
Israeli extremists rejected laws, accountability and democracy in their efforts to break into IDF bases
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Opinion Two big questions after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
The Hamas leader’s death adds uncertainty to instability
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