Echoes of 2000 lynching: PA police disarm IDF reservist in Area C, in direct violation of Oslo
An IDF reservist driving through western Binyamin overnight was surrounded by Palestinian Authority police who arrested him and took his M26. The incident is incredibly disturbing since the Oslo Accords, signed in 1993 by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, prohibit the PA police from operating in Area C.
Israel’s crowded political sandbox: New parties, old faces, and the coalition puzzle ahead
As Israel’s election approaches, a wave of new political parties has entered an already crowded field, reshaping how Israeli voters think about their choices and complicating what was already going to be a difficult coalition-building exercise, especially for undecided voters
God said he’d bring the Jews home. Nobody believed him.
Every few days, another flight lands at Ben Gurion Airport, and Jews step off the plane clutching their bags and their children, leaving behind careers and comfort and countries their families have lived in for generations.
The famine that wasn’t: How Gaza’s own numbers exposed a global deception
For nearly two years, the world was told a simple story: Israel was starving Gaza. The United Nations declared famine. The Secretary-General called it a “living hell.”Now the UN’s own data has quietly dismantled the story it built.
Netanyahu says Iran tried to kill his son while Tehran also threatens Trump’s family
“Here is something quite unbelievable… Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill, to murder one of my sons,” Netanyahu said, without specifying which son was targeted or offering further detail.
The Charedi Public Party announces Knesset run and launches election campaign
“We are in the midst of a head-on collision between Charedi society and the rest of the people of Israel. The consequences will be disastrous for us, for the Charedi public and for the State of Israel as a whole.”
Is the IDF becoming Gideon’s army of God?
By 2025, a religious man serving in Israel’s military reserves was more than twice as likely to still be in uniform each month than his secular counterpart.
A church was vandalized by a Muslim Arab in Jaffa; the media blamed Jews anyway
A church in Jaffa was vandalized last week, and within hours the story had been that Jews are waging a campaign of violence against Christians in Israel. But what the media didn’t report was that the suspect arrested for that crime was a Muslim Arab.
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You want to go deeper. You’ve read the stories and heard the sermons. Maybe you’ve worked through a study guide or two. Something still feels missing.
The part of Rosh Hashanah most people miss
Ask anyone in Israel what Rosh Hashanah looks like, and you’ll hear the same picture: a round challah, apples and honey, a pomegranate, maybe fish, and a family gathered around a table. All of that is part of the holiday. It is not the heart of it.