'Like messianic times': IDSF's rabbi shares optimism on Israel's situation today By STEVE LINDE This week in Jewish history: The Dreyfus Affair and birth of Zionism By STEVEN DRUCKER Food REVIEW Meat Time: All you can eat and drink in Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda market ...
"As of today (Friday), there are 100-200 Israelis who are considered missing persons," it added in a statement. "In comparison, on the first day of the war, there were 3000 people considered missing persons. This number has dramatically decreased as the IDF has confirmed their locations."...
FILE - Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2024. Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal...
Rabbi Asher from Brooklyn said: "Today I think of the hostages taken. What we need is peace. Then I feel hopeful for a better future. The way to have peace is through strength. We must help each other." Muhammed, a pro-Palestinian student protester who declined to give his surname, sa...
Palestinian people are seen at a temporary camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Feb. 18, 2024. Over the past few weeks, Israel has signaled its intention to conduct a ground operation in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, to "eliminate" Hamas and rescue Israeli hostages. The...
The Book of Hirsh packs everything about today's Israel into a fast-paced, but thought-provoking, short novel Recommended. Review.Rochel SylvetskyJun 13, 2021, 8:09 AM 'Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel' New book discusses the power of faith-based diplomacy.Arutz Sheva StaffSep 1,...
Over the past few weeks, attacks in the north of the strip have decreased following Israel's assertion of gaining control over the area, fostering hopes that displaced civilians could return to their homes -- a prospect the Israeli army has indicated that it will not permit at this stage. ...
Palestinians inspect damaged vehicles at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 9, 2024.Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Israel's stated intentions to expand its ground offensive to ...
600 wounded since the ground invasion began on October 23—were vastly undercounted. The health ministry, using actual hospital records, said that over 10,000soldiers and civilianswere wounded between October 7 and today. Even excluding civilian casualties, there is a wide discrepancy between the ...
Today, they can act on that pledge. And they rightly ask whether we will honour our own. From that perspective, Israel’s war objective — the elimination of Gaza’s Hamas regime — is essential. Leaving the job unfinished, with Hamas’s existence tolerated and its actions contained...