This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: Two high school seniors and their teacher on what it's like to visit death camps in Poland while war is raging in Israel; a family struggling with the father's PTSD has a message for others in the same position

A former Military Intelligence chief believes that in the coming years the army will slice up Gaza and use the strips for raids into populated areas to fight Hamas' efforts to organize

They don't brandish signs, don't decry the government, don't resist police officers and don't even hold up photos. The Shift 101 group of protesters has decided that the best way to protest the lack of a hostage deal is simply to sit without a word, blocking government offices

He brought a unique and valuable sensibility to Israel and the Palestinian territories during his visit last year, and in the book he wrote about it. But then, during a frenetic publicity tour for the book, this leading African-American intellectual and writer stumbled

The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have become so independent that they are threatening Tehran's ambition to improve relations with the West

Prime minister Netanyahu will try to persuade Israelis that the ICC case isn't against just him, but against all Israelis – while attempting to dismantle commonly agreed upon liberal norms. Meanwhile, Israelis will continue to bury their head in the sand about what is being done in their name in Gaza

At the height of its aggressiveness, the United States was more restrained than Israel was in Gaza – so we won't hang the claim that we are more moral on that comparison