Israel UN Ambassador Danny Danon addresses the United Nations Security Council, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
05-02-2025

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has one of the toughest jobs on the planet: looking out for Israel's interests in a world body that is hostile to the Jewish state at nearly every turn.

An Israeli firefighter battles a wildfire near Latrun, Israel, outside of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
05-02-2025

Massive wildfires that swept the hills outside Jerusalem and elsewhere are now under control. Israeli authorities warn it's still not clear whether most of the blazes were started by negligence or arson terrorism.

Firefighters work to extinguish a forest fire burning on a freeway to Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
05-01-2025

Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, has joined the probe into the cause of wildfires near Jerusalem on Wednesday that forced the widespread cancellation of Memorial Day and Independence Day events on the nation's 77th birthday.

Varda Ben Baruch, holding a picture of her grandson Edan Alexander who is held hostage in Gaza, joins other families near the Gaza border in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg )
04-30-2025

As Israel marks its Independence Day celebrations this week and Americans reflect on President Trump's first 100 days since his inauguration in January, I find myself once again caught in a complex emotional landscape. How do I reconcile these national milestones with the devastating personal reality that my son Edan, a 21-year-old American serving in the IDF, has now been held hostage in Gaza for more than 18 agonizing months?

Dr. Uzi Ad, Excavation Director, with the rare stone capital. Photo Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority.
04-30-2025

Israeli archaeologists are inviting Israelis to see a unique artifact found outside Jerusalem as part of their Independence Day celebrations. The discovery is unique because it contains an iconic Jewish symbol found in a Christian site.

Girlfriend of Liel Haio, an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza, visits his grave on the eve of the Israel's Memorial Day, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
04-30-2025

Israel began its commemoration of Memorial Day Tuesday evening. This year has special meaning since more than 800 soldiers, police, and security personnel have fallen during the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee addresses the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir.
04-29-2025

The Trump administration continues its talks with Iran, and Israelis are addressing the potential outcomes of those negotiations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that any deal cannot give Iran a path to nuclear weapons.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with a delegation of dozens of UN ambassadors, alongside Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, on April 27, 2025. Photo Credit: Ma'ayan Toaf (GPO)
04-28-2025

The U.S. and Iran reported progress on Iranian nuclear talks in Oman this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a conference in Jerusalem that the only deal Israel could live with involves wiping out Tehran's nuclear infrastructure.

People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
04-25-2025

On Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israelis stop wherever they are for two minutes, as sirens blare to remember the six million Jews who perished during the Nazi era. It's a tradition that goes back to the 1950s, the fledgling years of when Israel was reborn as a modern nation.

Damage is seen inside a synagogue where a man armed with a knife and a metal bar is suspected of having set a fire in Rouen, France, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Oleg Cetinic, File)
04-25-2025

In advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, Tel Aviv University released a new report on antisemitism, indicating that while the anti-Semitic wave is calming, levels remain significantly higher than before the October 7th war began.

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