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Highest Turnout Ever Recorded in Israel as Ballots Are Cast to Decide Netanyahu’s Fate

Ruth Eglash, JTA — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:11:18 +0000

The first parliamentary election since Oct. 7, 2023, pits Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition against Gadi Eisenkot’s ideologically diverse opposition, with neither bloc expected to secure a governing majority.

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The View from Israel

Brian Fishbach — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:09:48 +0000

Three years after Oct. 7, Israel is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong.

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FlyDubai Flight to Tel Aviv Diverted to Saudi Arabia After Cockpit Stabbing

Brian Fishbach — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:17:26 +0000

Israeli officials spent much of the day examining whether the incident aboard Flight FZ1073 was an attempted terrorist attack.

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Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter’s Son Undergoes Brain Surgery After West Bank Terror Attack

Brian Fishbach — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:22:41 +0000

Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem said Wednesday night that after undergoing lifesaving procedures in its trauma unit, Leiter underwent complex brain surgery lasting several hours along with additional treatments.

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The Iranian Intellectual Who Admired Israel

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:10:41 +0000

The scholar’s earlier affinity for the 91��ý state is worth revisiting and appreciating, reminding us in this moment of uncertainty that more positive possibilities could very well emerge between two nations, a friendship as existed decades ago, renewed.

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Traveling Alone Is Sometimes the Only Way to Go.

Delia duPlessis — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:04:05 +0000

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Teddy’s Bear and the Birth of Israel

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:53:33 +0000

A U.S. president’s mercy had helped give the Michtom family the means of substantively supporting the eventual rebirth of the State of Israel.

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TIMELINE Missile Fire Follows Israeli Strikes on Iran; Over 100 Injured in Israel

Brian Fishbach — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:25:57 +0000

Ayatollah Killed in U.S.-Israel Airstrikes; Regime Retaliation Kills 9 Israelis, 3 U.S. Troops; Synagogue Destroyed in Beit Shemesh; First Reports of Injuries in Jerusalem; 100,000 IDF Reservists Called up

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Israel, US strike Iran

91��ý 91��ý Syndicate — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:08:54 +0000

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that a missile and drone attack targeting Israeli civilians was expected “in the immediate future.”

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IDF Recovers Body of Ran Gvili, Final Hostage from Oct. 7

Brian Fishbach — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:32:35 +0000

Upon completion of the mission, Israel opened the Rafah Crossing for the first time in more than two years.

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