David Teeger was officially removed from his position after publicly supporting Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza, due to alleged safety concerns amid the upcoming Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Rights group slam decision to prevent Jewish and Arab groups demonstrating in Haifa

Almost 100 days into the war – and of captivity in the Gaza Strip. Seven hostages who returned, but who left parents, children, siblings and friends behind in Gaza, describe what they endured and urge that every means be taken to bring the remaining captives home immediately

'People call me a maligner of Israel, but it's our government that maligns Israel, the settler-messianic right wing. They are the people who think that the IDF's campaign should continue, and that dead soldiers and dead hostages are an understandable price.' Batsheva Dance Company choreographer Ohad Naharin refuses to shut up and dance

This week at Ben-Gurion airport: An American who decided to become a rabbi after encountering a series of prophets, and an Israeli family taking a break after the father completes months of reserve duty in Gaza

Britain, U.S. strike Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen after months of attacks on Red Sea shipping ■ Qatar close to finalizing deal with Hamas to transfer medicine to Israeli hostages in Gaza ■ Israel's High Court rejects petition to oust Netanyahu due to war ■ Israel foils ISIS attack planned by two East Jerusalem residents ■ IDF finds forensic evidence that Hamas held hostages in newly uncovered tunnel under Khan Yunis ■ Blinken says Israel working with region, creating path to Palestinian state, will isolate Iran

With Netanyahu's far-right allies breathing down his neck, he might cling to a target difficult to achieve – eliminating Hamas – and thereby forgo a more achievable goal: a deal for the hostages