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Meet the ‘Legal Eagles’ of ‘Religious Land Use’

Battles have had to be waged on the city, state and federal levels to prove that the construction and maintenance of eruvs is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

IDF hits Hamas sites in Gaza for the second straight day over ongoing arson campaign

Stepping up pressure on Hamas, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz bars fuel imports to Gaza and restricts its fishing zones.

Israel approves building 31 new homes in Hebron

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman approved a plan to build a new housing complex for the Jewish community of Hebron, the first major building project in the city in two decades.

UAE embraces trade with Israeli-owned businesses in Judea and Samaria

Yaakov Berg, who owns the Psagot Winery with his wife, expresses his hope that “peace with the Emirates will change our relationship with Palestinians.”

Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce

You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.

$1 million offered to hold LGBTQ parade in Gaza

“This isn’t a joke. It’s not a publicity stunt. Our offer is real,” said Gregory T. Angelo, president of the New Tolerance Fund.

Israeli civil defense: A critical tactic, but a poor strategy

Israel has made a serious mistake by shifting civil defense from a defensive tactic to mitigate civilian casualties to a strategy of restraint that is eroding the country’s deterrence and sovereignty.

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.

The myth of a ‘demilitarized’ Palestinian state

How sad that a long-established and respected organization, the American Jewish Committee, is knowingly perpetuating the dangerous myth that a Palestinian state could be demilitarized.

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.