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Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Previous incursions into Lebanon have left the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah intact.

By Ben Sales September 30, 2024 7:16 pm

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Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. Its new government could change that.

LGBTQ Israelis are reeling from the hostility they sense from their new government and at the fragility of the laws protecting them.

January 17, 2023 1:33 pm

Israel’s election today and its high stakes for democracy, explained

With the help of a far-right bloc that has alarmed the Diaspora, Benjamin Netanyahu is close to a comeback that has polarized the country.

October 28, 2022 11:24 am

Ned Price.

What’s in the new Iran deal, and what’s holding it up?

By Ron Kampeas August 30, 2022 5:23 pm

What you need to know about Highland Park, the very Jewish Chicago suburb rattled by July 4 shooting

By Gabe Friedman July 5, 2022 4:09 pm

Elon Musk.

What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users — and antisemitism — on the platform

By Gabe Friedman and Philissa Cramer April 26, 2022 1:58 pm

A Russian army truck.

Who are Ukraine’s Jews, and how is Russia’s invasion affecting them? We explain.

By Gabe Friedman February 24, 2022 2:50 pm

Whoopi Goldberg

Are Jews white? Is Whoopi Goldberg Jewish? ‘The View’ Holocaust controversy, explained

By Gabe Friedman February 2, 2022 11:28 pm

Sarah Halimi protest sign

What’s going on with French Jews right now? What to know about the Sarah Halimi case and why it matters.

By Philissa Cramer and Cnaan Liphshiz April 29, 2021 3:11 pm

New rivals, same storyline: What to know about Israel’s 4th election in 2 years

By Ben Sales March 19, 2021 3:41 pm

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