No one charted Israel's journey quite like David Tartakover: From the early optimism of Sadat's visit and the rise of Peace Now, to the despair of occupation and the Netanyahu years. This week, he died at 81

You don't know it yet, but they've already chosen you. This war no longer defends anything – it consumes lives for politics and pride. While leaders indulge abroad, you're left in the dust and danger. You deserve more than a number. Come home before it's you

Harvard said to have 'signaled a willingness' to meet the administration's financial demands, reportedly in the range of $500 million - more than twice what Columbia University agreed to pay

Trial balloons about Israel's plan to annex parts of Gaza are not merely aimed at the prime minister's coalition partners. They are also – and perhaps mainly – an attempt to get Hamas to agree to an interim deal

Minister Amichay Eliyahu said the Israeli hostages should be considered prisoners of war and released after the war ends. Meanwhile, Likud and Otzma Yehudit lawmakers asked the defense minister approve a trip to 'explore settlement possibilities' in the Gaza Strip

Protests must shift from Arab towns like Sakhnin to cities like Haifa, and on to Tel Aviv, to deliberately disrupt the comfort of mainstream Israeli society

Naomi Zini, whose husband was chosen by Prime Minister Netanyahu to head the Shin Bet security service, lauds the violence by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in her new book, and sees the war in Gaza as a 'redemption' for the Jewish people