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IDF Reportedly Fatally Shoots Palestinian Farmer in West Bank

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Germany detains suspected Hamas member

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Top U.S. military commander lands in Israel

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U.S. asks Italy to join Gaza security force as founding member

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Iran says two Islamic State-linked men executed for 2023 bus bombing

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Netanyahu's murky government lays the groundwork for an all-Israeli Stasi | Analysis

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IDF reportedly fatally shoots Palestinian farmer in West Bank

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Iran will treat any attack as 'all-out war against us,' says senior Iran official

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RECAP: UN says Iran protest deaths 'much higher' than Tehran government figures

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Vance says U.S. advancing Mideast military buildup to respond 'if Iranians do something very stupid'

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Dutch airline KLM cancels flights to Israel, Middle East amid tensions with Iran

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Witkoff, Kushner to meet Netanyahu in Israel next week

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California Democrat Scott Wiener on His Controversial U-turn

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In Davos, Herzog Chose Netanyahu Over Israel's Rule of Law

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Israel's Film Industry Faces Authoritarian Catastrophe. Here's How It Can Resist

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Yair Golan's Democrats Party Will Steal the Show in Israel's Next Election

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Ben-Gvir's License to Kill Israeli Democracy

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A World That Belongs to the Stationary Class Is Dangerous for Jews

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We Palestinians Don't Yet Have the Privilege of Refusing a 'Protective Zionist Presence'

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'At 75, I Made a Mistake and Went to Prison. What I Saw There Was Haunting'

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Police to Provide $64 Compensation to Palestinians Held in Illegal Detention Facility

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Settlers Attack Palestinians With Clubs, Live Fire Near New Israeli Outpost in West Bank

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Israelis in Gaza Border Communities Still Haven't Regained Their Trust in the IDF

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Gag Order Issued on Probe of Netanyahu's Top Aide, Ex-spokesperson Meeting

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Why Unlicensed Nurseries Are So Common in Israel's ultra-Orthodox Community

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Explained: The History and (Fragile) Future of U.S. Military Aid to Israel

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Four Bills and One New Law Undermining Press Freedom and Israel's Judiciary

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From Bondi to Mumbai: How Chabad Has Been Targeted in Antisemitic Attacks Around the World

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U.S. Deports Eight Palestinians to West Bank Using Private Jet

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Three Months Into Gaza Cease-fire: Israel Expands Control and Razes Neighborhoods

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Rare Video Shows Test of Israel's Most Advanced Arrow 4 Missile Interceptor

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'Pinch Myself': The Auschwitz Survivor Who Reported on the Nuremberg Trials

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UN Probe Condemns Iran Protest Deaths as Regime Provides Conflicting Casualty Reports

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Dutch Airline KLM Cancels Flights to Israel, Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran

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In Gaza, IDF Drones Infiltrate Every Moment of Palestinians' Lives

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U.S. Withdraws From World Health Organization; Israel Previously Proposed to Leave

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U.S. Sends Military Assests to Middle East Even as Trump Pulls Back on Iran

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Top GOP Senator Slams Witkoff's Iran Backchanneling: 'You Cannot Do a Deal With Evil'

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Gaza & West Bank

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After Palestinian Shepherd Communities, Forced Displacement Targets a New Frontier

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Israel Aims to Allow More Palestinians to Exit Gaza Than Enter via Rafah, Sources Say

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Israel Allocates $160M for Public Transport Security, Most Will Go to West Bank

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She Showed the World What's Happening in Gaza. Israel Won't Let Her Return

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Oldest Art in Thrown Back to 67,800 Years Ago, in Indonesia

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How Antisemitism Haunts Jews Around the World

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Justice Minister to File Complaint Against Top Court President; AG: Lacks Factual Basis

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Smotrich's Far-right Party Pulls Out Support for Netanyahu Coalition Bills

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Germany, Italy and Spain Join Slate of Countries Rejecting Trump Board of Peace

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Storm Byron to Hit Israel With Heavy Rain and Flood Risk

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Queer Leftists Supported Palestinians in the '70s, Too. Back Then, They Hijacked Planes

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When Israel Tried to Tighten Its Grip on Jerusalem With Fake Flights

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Warner Bros. Discovery Bringing HBO Max to Israel in January

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New TV Series Revisits the Day Israeli Soldiers Surrendered to Egypt

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Three Films About Gaza War Nominated for Oscars

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The First Hebrew City Gets Its First all-English Bookstore

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An Israeli Poet Whose Repetitions Echoed a Life of Pain

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Who Are the Intellectuals Making MAGA's Policies?

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Werner Braun's Lens Captured a Romantic Zionist Gaze

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The Tel Aviv Eatery That Will Make You Long for Istanbul

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Why Is This Green Paradise Next to Tel Aviv Closed to the Public?

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Israel's First Poop Influencer Is Grading What We'd Rather Not Discuss

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Erased: Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

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