There have been at least three instances of attacks against commercial shipping vessels sailing off the coast of Yemen and Oman since Wednesday. The ongoing surge of maritime assaults by the Yemen-based Houthis has prompted US officials to escalate calls for a bolstered multinational naval force in the region, a prospect denounced by Iran. … Read more
The question of whether photos depicting Hamas terrorists in submissive positions contribute to Israel’s war objectives or hinder them intensifies with the increasing frequency of such images being released. As the IDF intensifies operations in the southern Gaza Strip, the security establishment must take a stance on this matter, which appears to divide opinions. … Read more
Pnina Lahav’s book The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power tells Golda’s story through “the lens of gender.” When Israel’s Declaration of Independence was signed, only two of the 37 signatories were women – Rachel Kagan and Golda Meir. This is symbolic of the profound difficulty that women … Read more
They say nostalgia ain’t exactly what it used to be. So in this so-called “post-Zionist” era of ours, what do Israelis make of the endeavor of the early pioneers who were around before modern-day Israel was created, or when it was in its infancy as the nascent Jewish state started to find its feet? … Read more
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia continued attacks on maritime traffic in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Friday morning, with UK authorities reporting that one vessel was hit by an unknown object, sparking a fire, while another was ordered to alter course toward Yemen. The first incident was reported at about 6:40 a.m. … Read more
A cameraman for Al Jazeera was killed by a drone strike on Friday while reporting on the earlier bombing of a school used as a shelter for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip, the Arabic broadcaster said. Cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa was unable to get to safety or medical treatment after being injured … Read more
After several discussions and delays stemming from governmental strife over coalition finances, the Finance Committee gave its approval to the revised state budget for 2023 on Tuesday. The budget is now set for a second and third reading in the Knesset, with deliberations commencing tomorrow and final approval votes scheduled for Thursday. In response … Read more
I am not a climate scientist. I am a 16-year-old who is dealing with a crisis far beyond my mental capacity. I have to wrap my still-developing brain around the idea that I was born into a world that is being hurtled at extreme speed toward atrocities that are no longer vague theories but … Read more
Iranian-backed proxies continued to attack US forces in Iraq and Syria this week, including overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, according to media reports. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency boasted of one such attack on Thursday. It said there had been “explosions” at the US outpost near Conico in eastern Syria. This area is near the … Read more
