Implementation of UN Resolution 1701 will not avert the threat posed by Hezbollah's long-range missiles and destroying the Iranian-backed group is not one of Israel's stated goals. So what would be the point of a campaign on the northern front?

The source says that the Haredi minister demanded maintaining current exemptions but agreed not to oppose the enlistment of young men dodging service if a mechanism is set up

There are fewer than 400 Jews in the entire state of South Dakota, with about 10 of them in the city of Aberdeen. How does this community keep going with its weekly prayer services – and why?

Displaced Gazans say they are doing everything they can to protect themselves and their families from becoming human shields for Hamas militants, and thereby targets of Israeli attacks, the New York Times reports

Counterprotesters with ties to the far-right Jewish Defense League waved Kahane Chai flags at a recent pro-Palestinian event at Canada's University of Toronto, where chants of 'Let's make Gaza a parking lot' were heard. On the sidelines were members of a 'safety patrol' linked to Israel's ruling Likud party