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Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing on March 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties

The penalties were the third round of sanctions the State Department has levied against far-right Israelis in recent months, as the Biden administration attempts to exact a price for West Bank violence.

By Luke Tress April 19, 2024 12:19 pm

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Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shawarma shop

Hezbollah is larger and better equipped than Hamas, and an all-out war with the Lebanese terrorist group likely would be far more destructive to Israel than the war in Gaza.

April 19, 2024 10:31 am

Israel reportedly strikes in Iran, days after fending off Iranian missile attack

No retaliation is expected, according to an Iranian official who commented publicly.

April 18, 2024 11:17 pm

Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy

By Ron Kampeas April 18, 2024 5:06 pm

‘We are in dire need’: Israeli soldiers rely on donated gear as IDF denies shortages exists

By Asaf Elia-Shalev April 18, 2024 12:01 pm

Survey taken 5 months into the Gaza war finds most American Jews felt close to Israel, but not its government

By Ron Kampeas April 18, 2024 6:00 am

FBI investigations of anti-Jewish hate crimes tripled after Oct. 7, director says

By Ron Kampeas April 17, 2024 5:20 pm

The heads of Columbia University sit on a House panel awaiting questions

Columbia’s president, at House hearing, says university could do more to fight antisemitism

By Andrew Lapin April 17, 2024 5:13 pm

Seder plate

Empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates: How Jews are bringing the Israel-Hamas war to their seder tables this Passover

By Jacob Gurvis April 17, 2024 3:56 pm

In the Druze town of Majdal Shams, tensions at Israel’s northern border bring danger and economic devastation

By Uriel Heilman April 17, 2024 10:13 am

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