The toppling of the Iranian regime, if it happens, would be a very positive strategic change in the Middle East. However, the main question which now justifiably troubles Israeli citizens is whether an American attack would in turn lead to an Iranian decision to launch missiles and drones at Israel

Witkoff also described Trump's emotional reaction during a November White House visit by Israeli hostages and their families, including 17 of the last 20 hostages released the previous month. 'I saw the tears. He doesn't like anyone to see tears. And he said to me, "This is the greatest day I've ever had in the White House"'

As chair of the Board of Peace, Trump said he supports a Palestinian technocratic committee appointed this week to manage Gaza during what he described as a period of transition. 'These Palestinian leaders are unwaveringly committed to a PEACEFUL future,' he said

In a letter that Justice Minister Levin called 'one big criminal offense,' Attorney General Baharav-Miara argued his upcoming disciplinary complaint against the Supreme Court president was baseless – a probe previously found the claim meritless. The minister also flaunted procedure

Sources told Haaretz that Israel's police chief believes that the prisons chief is receiving preferential treatment from National Security Minister Ben-Gvir, and recruiting prison service officers from the ranks of an already understaffed police force

The interim government in Dhaka didn't consult major political parties – or even its own cabinet – before deciding 'in principle' to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza. Amid domestic unrest, imminent elections and wariness about U.S. pressure, the backlash in Bangladesh is building

If appointed, the architect, artist and professor would be the Museum's sixth director in a decade, and would be tasked with managing a cultural institution with a high staff turnover rate and an operational deficit

Several Knesset members participated in the march, along with reservists and bereaved families. A reservist who served hundreds of days in the war said: 'Those who say they'd rather die than enlist do not want to be part of Israeli society'

A U.S. official told the New York Times that Netanyahu and Trump spoke on Wednesday, when the president said he had been told that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped, and that there are no plans for executions. The official did not specify why Netanyahu requested the delay

Trump's supporters will undoubtedly frame the deceleration of the slide toward conflict as validation of his madman theory of global affairs, in which the power of his threats alone carries more weight than previous U.S. leaders

David and Ariel Cunio, Argentine citizens, were held by Hamas for nearly 740 days before their release last October. Avinatan Or was freed the same day, while Noa Argamani was rescued in the summer of 2024

Two reports, one Israeli and the other American, describe malnourished mothers, underweight babies and pregnant women sharing hospital beds in Gaza, where the healthcare system collapsed as a result of the war: 'Maha can only afford to change her daughter's diaper once a day'

The footage, originally released by Ben-Gvir's far-right Otzma Yehudit party, was filmed at a year-end event where the minister urged guards to record and share his greetings with their families. The service said it removed the post following a Haaretz inquiry

Forty-six women were murdered in Israel last year, most by relatives. Yet there isn't even an official definition of domestic violence, and government ministries are mainly busy with excuses

Gabi Picker was Benjamin Netanyahu's intimate confidant and go-to man for special tasks – the kind that had to be hidden from Sara. Until now, he kept it all to himself. He's no longer willing to stay silent

She lived her whole life on streets in Tel Aviv's most neglected area. In an interview and in a new documentary, Eileen Nir breaks down the hypocrisy and cruelty of Israeli society

Sponsored by a Likud minister, a Knesset committee is set to discuss a law that would empower the education minister to control budgets for Israeli higher education institutions, and issue fines and sanctions at will

In a textbook for the French graduation exam, publisher Hachette framed the onset of the Gaza war as following attacks which led to 'the death of 1,200 Jewish settlers', drawing condemnation from top French government officials and Jewish groups

A conflict-of-interest loophole: While Shin Bet chief David Zini is barred from probing the Bild and Qatargate scandals, no such restrictions apply to his newly appointed deputy, N. Omitted from the announcement was that N., who had been out of the service for a decade, previously worked under Netanyahu

An exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum on Germany's 1920s New Objectivity movement presents a cynical, unsentimental art that confronts reality without idealization. Curator Noam Gal stresses there is no parallel between Germany before Nazism and Israel in 2025, but says the need for critical art is 'very familiar to us'

While advertisements sell apartments through sleek renderings of modern towers, Shaul Cohen – the designer behind the hostages' solidarity pin – builds painstaking miniatures of old, worn-down Israeli buildings, gaining a devoted following in the process

An Israeli court ruled that Netanyahu's adviser Yonatan Urich, a central figure in the Qatargate affair, was not connected to the leak of sensitive IDF information to the German tabloid Bild in 2024, and that testimony indicating otherwise was unsupported

Netanyahu will appoint a member from the Hasidic Agudat Yisrael faction as minister as the coalition pushes an IDF conscription bill, which the party opposes. Under the bill, all draft notices issued since the expiration of the previous legislation in 2023 will be canceled

Trump said earlier on Wednesday that he had been told killings in Iran's crackdown were easing and that there was no current plan for large-scale executions, as the UN Security Council is set to meet Thursday afternoon to discuss tensions in Iran

Trump said earlier on Wednesday that he had been told killings in Iran's crackdown were easing and that there was no current plan for large-scale executions, as the UN Security Council is set to meet Thursday afternoon to discuss tensions in Iran

Khalil, a visible figure and a lead negotiator for protesters during the 2024 Gaza solidarity encampment on the Columbia campus, was arrested by ICE agents at his university-owned apartment in March 2025 and was later released in June

Two of the activists had refused food for over two months in their efforts to effect a 'permanent shutdown' of all Elbit facilities in the United Kingdom

If the Islamic Republic falls, a civil war could emerge from a fragmented opposition divided over strategy – both on how to topple the regime and on how to form a government to replace it. Despite his knack for public relations, the shah's son, Reza Pahlavi, could be part of the problem

The odds are against it. On the other hand, you can be sure the ayatollahs in Tehran, who created the problem, won't even try

As U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announces the next phase of Trump's Gaza plan, satellite images reveal the IDF extending the Yellow Line it controls deeper into Hamas-held areas, while Hamas builds tent cities

As of Thursday, violent crime has taken the lives of 17 people in Israel since the beginning of the year, including 14 in the country's Arab society. The death toll due to violent crime in the country reached an all-time high last year, with 307 people being killed

Eli Feldstein, a former spokesman for Netanyahu, said the prime minister's chief of staff Tzachi Braverman told him he could 'silence' the investigation into the leak of classified documents. Netanyahu's lawyer urged journalists not to report on Braverman, saying Shin Bet memos undermined Feldstein's credibility

As protests spread across Iran, Iranians in exile debate regime change, outside intervention and the fate of loved ones back home

Although the announcement of the committee's formation is ostensibly a significant step in the cease-fire process, real change will require funding, a police force with a clear mandate, and international mobilization to compel Israeli cooperation

After Qatar and Egypt, for different reasons, pushed for the technocratic committee to govern Gaza, a message was sent to the world's powers that their megalomaniacal ambitions can wait, while an independent Palestinian administration deals with Gaza's health, education and reconstruction

A marketing-style video that appeared on YouTube and X but is missing from official channels offers an unusual glimpse of Arrow 4, Israel's upcoming interceptor designed to counter hypersonic and multi-warhead missile threats

The decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the November UEFA Europa League soccer match with Aston Villa in Birmingham 'overstated the threat' posed by the fans, and 'understated the risk' posed to Israeli fans in the area, a probe ordered by British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood found

Home Front Command sounded sirens after an earthquake shook the area of the Dead Sea and the southern Negev. According to the Geological Survey of Israel, the earthquake which struck at 9 A.M. on Thursday, measured magnitude 4.2

None of the 32 people arrested in the Shoafat refugee camp were charged with security offenses, yet the police announced the seizure of ammunition, rifles and drugs. Dozens of officers gathered in the central square and posed with an Israeli flag

Judge says apparent failure to act on relevant information may have enabled suspects to engage in obstruction of justice; former IDF chief Herzl Halevi summoned to testify in case

The Israeli government commissioned a report from a private business intelligence firm to back its filing to the High Court of Justice, in which it is justifying the decision to impose sanctions on the paper. The report doesn't refute Haaretz's reporting, but attempts to frame critical views and journalistic investigations as treasonous

'Do not abide by the decisions of the High Court,' a lawmaker said this week, adding to the cacophony of calls from inside the government to disobey court orders it doesn't like

Israeli political officials stressed that the shift to phase two, announced earlier by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, does not undermine efforts to advance the three main objectives Israel has yet to achieve – the return of the body of the last slain hostage, the disarmament of Hamas, and the demilitarization of Gaza