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Netanyahu and Gantz cast their ballots as voting is underway in Israel

Despite an expected close race, voter turnout mid-afternoon on election day was at 35.8 percent, slightly lower than the last national election in 2015 at the same time at 36.6 percent.

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Beware of Gantz’s unilateralism

Unilateral pullouts will help Saleh Arouri, deputy leader of Hamas's political wing, and other terrorists realize their dreams.

As ceasefire deal takes shape, Abbas lays ground for return to Gaza

But 60% of Arabs in Judea and Samaria told pollsters that Hamas should run Gaza after the war.

Netanyahu: IDF nearing 'end stage' against Hamas terror army

"We will continue striking its remnants," the Israeli premier told Israel National Defense College cadets.

Netanyahu to Macron: UN did not create Israel, 'heroic fighters' did

Israel was established not by the U.N. but "with the blood of our heroic fighters, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, including from the Vichy regime in France," said the Israeli premier.

Israel, UAE sign protocol of understandings on banking, finance

“We will soon announce additional agreements in aviation, tourism, trade and others,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs

More than 60 percent of Israeli Arabs turned out and returned an estimated 13 seats for the Joint Arab List, up from 10 at last April’s election.

Clinton says U.S. not setting deadlines for Iran

French olim arrive in Samaria on Oct. 7 anniversary

"The Land of Israel is the safest place," one of the immigrants from Paris said.

Christian embassy provides bomb shelters for towns in Israel’s north

Funds are also going to refurbish 53 existing underground shelters.

In his latest documentary, Ken Burns puts America under the microscope

“I’ve said often that I won’t work on a more important project. I hope to work on other important films, but I will not work on a more important film than this one,” he affirms after making “The U.S. and the Holocaust.”

New study reveals 912 percent increase in anti-Semitic content on TikTok

“The lack of boundaries, combined with the growing success of this platform, makes it an ideal virtual home for hate speech and extremist content,” it concluded.

Israel’s National Food Security Initiative honors Herzog, IFCJ

“No human can be truly respected without caring for their basic needs, the most elementary of which is food,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who launched the initiative in 2017.

Jewish 19th-century ‘Rembrandt’ still relevant 200 years after his birth

Jozef Israëls’s works, which were shown at the Fifth Zionist Congress, appear at top Dutch museums, the Metropolitan Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and Philadelphia Museum.