Israel

• Rep. Lawler letter asking Netanyahu to exempt dual citizens from draft dodging arrests resurfaces - Lawler’s letter, now circulating again, asked Israel to safeguard the mobility of US-Israel dual citizens impacted by attorney-general directives linked to haredi draft evasion. A letter sent by US Representative Mike Lawler (R-New York) to
• Israeli army takes journalists into a tunnel in a Gaza city it seized and largely flattened - On Monday, Israel's military took journalists into Rafah — the city at Gaza's southernmost point that troops seized last year and largely flattened — as the 2-month-old Israel-Hamas ceasefire reaches a critical point. Israel has banned int
• Hamas says next phase of Gaza ceasefire will be impossible without more pressure on Israel - A Hamas leader on Tuesday threatened to not move forward into the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement until more pressure is placed on Israel to open up a key border crossing, cease deadly strikes and allow more aid into the Palestin
• President Herzog challenges Mamdani's views on Jewish homeland rights - “Returning to Zion and connecting to Israel are cornerstones of Jewish faith for thousands of years. Delegitimizing that right encourages violence and threatens religious freedom," said Herzog.
• Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned - Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.
• UK criticises Gaza aid delays as tents take year to arrive - Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation remains "dire" as the United Nations warned 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter.
• Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks - The fear is palpable in this Palestinian village. At any time, they say, armed Israeli settlers could descend. In recent months, Alkam says Turmus Ayya has weathered near-daily attacks by settlers, especially after they set up an outpost
• Israeli troops kill 2 suspected Palestinian attackers in West Bank - Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and killed two suspected Palestinian assailants wanted in a pair of attacks that wounded three Israelis in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said that troops shot and killed a suspect who stabbed t
• Netanyahu’s Pardon Request Borrows From Trump’s Playbook - In many ways, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request mimics how President Trump has assailed his perceived enemies and attacked legal proceedings against him.
• This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza - It may be tempting to memory hole what happened in Gaza. That would only compound the mistake of ignoring, or rationalizing, an intolerable reality.