Ireland is recognizing a Palestinian state not out of hostility towards Israel but because we desperately want to see – and contribute to – a future where Israelis and Palestinians alike live in security and dignity

The Jerusalem Patriarch visited a church in Gaza for the first time since the start of the war, and met with families who are living in the compound

At last week's graduation ceremony, in an athletics complex nearly 100 blocks from the police-guarded Columbia University campus in New York City, student protests for Gaza continued – and those mentioning other conflicts, like the war in Ukraine, were booed

Haniyeh's presence likely signaled Khamenei intends to continue his policy of arming Iran's proxies. Mourners at the ceremony chanted: 'Death to Israel!'

This year's Israel Film Center Festival is unusual in many ways. For starters, it's a post-October 7 Israeli cultural event that hasn't been canceled. 'People here really want to show support for Israeli artists,' says director Isaac Zablocki, adding that big festivals snubbing Israeli filmmakers is for him 'an opportunity to get stronger premieres than ever'

The Biden administration has presented Netanyahu a plan that could potentially defeat Hamas and cinch Saudi normalization with Israel. But Washington is growing impatient with the prime minister's inaction which threatens to undermine America's credibility in the region -- and Israel's very future

In releasing a video of their abduction, family members of the five young female soldiers kidnapped on October 7 hope to elicit a sense of shame – as a "last resort" to appeal to the conscience of the Netanyahu government. At least one senior Likud leader clearly is devoid of such shame