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The war exposed Israel’s broken politics, resilient society - opinion

The war showed the strength of Israeli society and the growing weakness of its political institutions.

Children of reservists in Or Akiva attend a week-long summer camp organized by HaOgen
SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

Israeli defense-tech company secures $10.7 million contract with US to supply AI-powered system

Lone Soldier Center CEO Liora Rubinstein (L) with president Drorit Nitzani and actress and musician Einat Sarouf  and her original artwork.

Israeli artists unite across communities to support lone soldiers in new exhibition

Photo of road in Israel

A Jerusalem driver refused to run over a flag, and changed how I see Israel - opinion


Smotrich – Gantz is the government's 'weak link'

The US administration wishes to drive a wedge between the government and Israeli society using Gantz, says Smotrich. Knesset discusses the issue of the haredi IDF draft on Monday.

 LEFT: Religious Zionist Party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich. RIGHT: National Unity Party chair, Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi: Questions over future of Ukraine's 'Iron General'

A series of Western and Ukrainian media reports this week said that President Volodymyr Zelensky had asked Zaluzhnyi to step aside this week, a request he declined.

 Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi visits a monument to Holodomor victims during a commemoration ceremony of the famine of 1932-33, in which millions died of hunger, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 25, 2023

IDF reservist: Media weakens our spirit, strengthens Hamas, raises war costs

The reservist criticized the media for creating a disconnect between the public perception and the actual events.

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 30, 2023

Japan ex-soldier wins battle for justice in landmark sexual assault case

The case of 24-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member Rina Gonoi relates to a 2021 incident during her time in the army when she said she was pinned down by three male colleagues.

 Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan's Self Defence Forces, who has accused colleagues of sexually assaulting her during her time in the military, speaks to Reuters in Yokohama, Japan, December 8, 2023

IDF in Gaza: Israel breaks through 10 out of 24 Hamas battalions

Military gives 1st official estimate of Hamas’s total forces since start of war.

 Israeli soldiers make their way towards Israel's border with Gaza, amid the ongoing ground invasion against Hamas, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

As war rages, Israeli women complain about menstrual irregularities

Irregular menstrual cycles have become common among Israeli women due to stress and uncertainty.


'Never again’: Tel Aviv's controversial billboard campaign

The billboards feature images of the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah being held captive by Israeli security forces.

 A large billboard with the words "Never Again" above the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023.

Thousands of haredi volunteers rally to aid Israel amidst conflict with Hamas

Chamal's activity is divided into three core divisions, each dedicated to addressing critical needs.

Haredi volunteers have shown up in their own way to be part of the war efforts against the Hamas terror organization

Sar-El at 40: War with Hamas sees spike in IDF volunteer requests

Sar-El has worked with more than a quarter of a million civilian volunteers in its 40 years, from both outside and from within Israel, Jewish and non-Jewish, young and old.

 SAR-EL GROUP on their last day of volunteering.

Rockets, drones hit Iraqi base housing US forces -security sources

The United States has 2,500 troops in Iraq, and 900 more in neighboring Syria, on a mission to advise and assist local forces in combating Islamic State.

 An AH-64 Apache Longbow helicopter from the US Army's 101st Aviation Regiment in Iraq