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Israeli Comedian LA Show Canceled After Refusing to Condemn Gaza 'Genocide' -- Israeli Comedian Guy Hochman's LA Show Canceled After Refusing to Condemn Gaza 'Genocide'

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Father of Released Gaza Hostage Says He Hid His Arab-Israeli Identity to Protect Son

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A Serbian Woman's Search for the Family That Saved Hers in the Holocaust

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

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IDF Conducting 'Large-scale' Search for Body of Last Hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza - IDF Conducting 'Large-scale' Search for Body of Last Remaining Hostage Ran Gvili in Northern Gaza

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Family of last hostage Ran Gvili demands Rafah crossing stay closed until remains returned

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Report: Iranian supreme leader ordered protests 'crushed by any means'

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Court reviews politicization of police promotions under Ben-Gvir: 'The entire police force is watching'

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'I Just Want a Friend': The Diary of the 'Polish Anne Frank' Comes Out in Hebrew

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

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UNRWA Heads Tell Haaretz: 'We Don't Radicalize Palestinians – Their Lived Existence Does'

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Not Masada or the Dead Sea: Young Diaspora Jews Provide Protective Presence in West Bank

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Kushner Unveils 'New Gaza' With Skyscrapers, Airport at Trump's Board of Peace Launch

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Analysis - | The anti-Trump: Canada's PM Came to Davos With a Plan. Will the World Listen?

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No Chocolate, No Beef: Israel's Restrictions on Goods to Gaza Have Created a Black Market

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'Yiddish Is Not a Foreign Language to Us. It's Part of the Revival of Hebrew'

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Probe: Netanyahu Gov't Approval of German Submarine Sale to Egypt Risked Israel's Security

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Report: Iran's Khamenei Ordered to Crush Protests 'By Any Means Necessary'

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U.K. Police Arrest 86 at Palestine Action Protest Supporting Activist on Hunger Strike

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AG: Netanyahu Government Proposal to Push Bills Without Legal Counsel Is 'Unlawful'

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This Palestinian Actor in Israel Says He Can't 'Play the Arab' Anymore

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Netanyahu: Israel is conducting 'large-scale operation' to find Ran Gvili's remains

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Hamas has provided full details regarding Ran Gvili's whereabouts, spokesperson says

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RECAP: Three Gazans killed by Israeli fire, as Witkoff seeks to advance cease-fire phase two

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Israeli fire kills three Gazans in two separate incidents, local authorities say

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Israel strikes UNRWA clinic in Jabalya, local media says

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Witkoff calls Netanyahu meeting on Gaza cease-fire phase two 'constructive and positive'

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Iran unveils mural warning of retaliation if U.S. conducts a military strike

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Police: Man moderately wounded in Jaffa shooting

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Police shoot Palestinian driver on West Bank road after he allegedly accelerated toward officer

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IDF reports strikes on a 'Hezbollah terrorist' in the Bazouriye area in southern Lebanon

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IDF attacks Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon

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'Once the crossing opens, Ran won't return,' says sister of abducted soldier

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RECAP: Some 30,000 Iranian protestors may have been killed in two days, officials report

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Palestinian reports: Drone strikes building in Gaza City, west of the Yellow Line

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Attorney General: Government's proposal to act without legal advice is against the law

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Palestinian reports: Israeli bulldozers and tanks have begun excavation operations in eastern Gaza City

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Some 30,000 Iranian protestors may have been killed in two days, officials report

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Settlement and National Missions Minister: Trump plan was a terrible navigational error; we should control Gaza

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Netanyahu's chief of staff suspension from the PM's Office extended by four days

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Israel supporting new Gaza militias fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal reports

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MSF: Israel demands staff data or we may halt care in territories

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Palestine Football Association condemns Israeli ban on entry of China-donated soccer turf

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Standing Together protesters blocked major highway in Tel Aviv in protest of the failed handling of crime in Arab society

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Assailants set fire to Palestinian cars, spray paint 'Happy Ramadan,' Star of David, 'Regards' to Shin Bet

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Protesters supporting Palestine Action hunger striker arrested after breaching U.K. prison

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Fire breaks out at the recently demolished UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

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Why Palestinians in Gaza See Trump's Board of Peace as 'Another Form of Occupation'

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California Democrat Scott Wiener on His Controversial U-turn

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'Birthright Is Tone-deaf': Why Many Young Jews Don't Want Their Free Trip to Israel

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AIPAC's Worst Nightmare? Why Netanyahu Said Israel Doesn't Want U.S. Military Aid

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In Sakhnin, Israeli Arabs Broke the Silence. The Country Must Join the Fight Against Crime

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Israel's Ideal Zionist Is a Stormtrooper. And Its Biggest Threat Is an Arab Lawmaker

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The Rabbis Reveal: Ultra-Orthodox Jews Despise Israel

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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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Israel Kills 3 in Gaza as Witkoff Touts 'Constructive' Talks With Netanyahu on Cease-fire

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Who Are You Calling a Nazi? In Israel, This Word Can Get You Sued

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BibiLeaks - | Netanyahu's Chief of Staff Hinders Police Access to Phone, Asks to Narrow Search Warrant

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Police Shoot Palestinian Driver on West Bank Road, Say He Accelerated Toward an Officer

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Israel Supporting New Gaza Militias Fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal Reports

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Netanyahu's 11 Moves Taking Israel From Democracy Toward Authoritarian Rule

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AIPAC, the Genocide Test and U.S.-Israel: 2026 Midterm Primary Races to Watch

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

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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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Berlin Rabbi Convicted of Sexual Assault, Sexual Coercion of Woman He Offered to Counsel

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Over 100 Rabbis Protest Against ICE in Minnesota

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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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'Maybe We Won't Have to Use It': Trump Says 'Armada' Heading Toward Iran

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Trump's Board of Peace Finds Few Enthusiasts Among Palestinians in Gaza

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'We Saved the Child From Drowning': In Gaza, Winter Storm Makes Displacement Even Deadlier

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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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Gaza & West Bank

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A West Bank Bus Trip Through 'The Best Documented Ethnic Cleansing in History'

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Assailants Torch Palestinian Cars in West Bank, Spray Star of David and 'Happy Ramadan'

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Sources: Israel Asked U.S. to Deploy Private Security Firms at Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing

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After Palestinian Shepherd Communities, Forced Displacement Targets a New Frontier

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IDF Reportedly Fatally Shoots Palestinian Farmer in West Bank

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A Dirty Little Habit: Kissing in Ancient Rome

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

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The Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals Is Found, in Morocco

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Earliest Cremation in Africa 9,550 Years Ago Discovered in Malawi

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Study Identifies Our Likely Earliest Ancestor After Split From Chimp

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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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Top Court Gives Gov't One Week to Respond to Contempt Claims Over Haredi IDF Draft

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

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Eight Men Accused of Trying to Establish neo-Nazi Separatist State Go to Trial in Dresden

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

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Survey Shows Half of Irish Adults Do Not Know 6 Million Jews Were Murdered in Holocaust

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Controversial Israeli Comedian's North America Tour Disrupted After Hind Rajab Complaint

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Dozens of Israeli Environmental Groups Urge FM to Block Withdrawal From Climate Pact

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It's Only a Matter of Time Before the Netanyahu Government Openly Denies Climate Change

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On Climate and Security, Israel Mistakes No Existential Threat for Stability. It's Wrong

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Storm Byron to Hit Israel With Heavy Rain and Flood Risk

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

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Indian-Israelis Revel in Nostalgia – and Dream About Returning to the Old Country

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'I'm Getting Divorced. I'm Sure We'll Be Best Friends One Day'

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

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Warner Bros. Discovery Bringing HBO Max to Israel in January

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On Israeli TV, Starving Gazan Babies Aren't a Problem. As Long as There Are No Photos

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New TV Series Revisits the Day Israeli Soldiers Surrendered to Egypt

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

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Three Films About Gaza War Nominated for Oscars

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I Did a Seven-hour Round Trip to See This Film and It Was Worth It

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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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An Opera on Blindness Is the Most Eye-opening Show in Israel Right Now

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'I Fell in Love With the Mold and Dirt': The Designer Rebuilding the Israel of the Past

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Werner Braun's Lens Captured a Romantic Zionist Gaze

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An Arabic-language Music Talent Show Is a Surprise Hit on Israeli TV

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'It Isn't Sexy, Being Ashkenazi. But on the Culinary Level, It Has Much to Offer'

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Can Israel Overtake Australia as the New Land of the Macadamia Nut?

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After Facing Hate and Boycott, Antwerp-based Israeli Food Chain Boker Tov Closes

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The Tel Aviv Eatery That Will Make You Long for Istanbul

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Craving Kugel: The ex-Haredi Serving Up Jewish Comfort Food for Tel Avivians

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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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Israel Tourism Ticks Up in 2025, Still Far Below Prewar Peak

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How Will the Iran Protests End? Arash Azizi Says 'This Won't Be a Classic Revolution'

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From Tragedy to Solidarity: The Jewish World's Turbulent and Traumatic 2025

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From Trump's Gaza Riviera to the Iran War and Qatargate: Israel's 2025 in Review

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'But No One Came': Untold Heroism, Anguish and Abandonment at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

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

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Two Years of Hell: A Timeline of Key Events in the Israel-Gaza War

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