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Opinion They led the daring Entebbe hostage rescue. Now they’re fighting Israel’s judicial overhaul
For years the elite team has stayed out of the spotlight, but the threat to Israeli democracy is too great to stay silent
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Opinion Are Israeli generals more left-wing than their own government?
For those who think military leaders are inherently conservative, Israel’s security establishment presents a puzzle
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News They fought for Israel. They died with their lives a mystery. Now, strangers are uncovering their stories
“We have a duty to remember those who fell for the establishment of this country,” Dorit Perry said
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Opinion Extremists in Israel’s government won’t rest until all of the land is in flames
Israelis and Palestinians alike will pay a heavy price for the far-right’s dangerous fantasies and extremist agenda
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Fast Forward This Israeli tourism company wants to show you the reality behind ‘Fauda’
The travel package includes visits to the city where the hit drama is filmed and meetings with former intelligence officers
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Culture A controversial documentary upended the narrative on Jenin 20 years ago. Has anything changed since?
Last week's violent killings in Israel and the West Bank echo events from decades ago
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Film & TV In season 4 of ‘Fauda,’ Israeli tactics come under fire — and so do the show’s heroes
Doron and his crew reach a breaking point, but is it believable?
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Opinion In Israel, a scandal over Netflix’s choice to stream a film depicting the 1948 murder of a Palestinian family
In a conflict that is largely over dueling narratives, the film 'inspired by true events' is causing a stir
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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