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‘Like we had a war’: France reels at cost of violent protests
Around 1,800 people arrested after hundreds of shops looted, a historic building burned to the ground, and a Paris synagogue vandalized; some 500 emergency personnel injured
Cabinet okays NIS 2.6 billion in across-the-board ministry budget cuts to fund defense
Opposition figures pan plan that leaves coalition funds untouched; transportation, education, and health ministries to lose NIS 860 million ($277 million) between them
NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see – podcast
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to kill civilians in Gaza.…
Ultra-Orthodox block main highway in rush hour protest over draft dodgers’ arrest
Demonstrators choke off Route 4 for two hours during peak traffic, scuffle with drivers, until police use stun grenades, force to clear them away; no injuries or arrests reported
Netanyahu condemns ‘monkey’ slur against Eisenkot, but says Likud members face worse
Premier says remarks by pundit Yinon Magal, widely seen as a Netanyahu mouthpiece, 'highly inappropriate,' claims incorrectly that businesswoman called Likud supporters chimpanzee…
Daily Briefing Oct. 18: With election days away, polls still can’t predict a winner
News editor Ben Sales discusses survey fervor before the October 27 ballot, and rising tensions between NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Fatal mass casualty incident at Canadian military base sparks major fire, leaves dead and injured
Casualties 'completely overwhelm' hospitals in Edmonton; flames spread beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright; authorities say incident under investigation, no cause provided
Zack Polanski says application of Zionism is racist and no state has right to exist
Green leader in England and Wales calls ‘debates about words’ unhelpful and denies recent motion was controversialZack Polanski has said Zionism in its current form is racist, tha…
Lebanon’s Jews recall a lost era of the community as new talks with Israel stir hope
‘We’ve lost a world’: Former residents remember peaceful childhoods and civil-war trauma; only some 20 Jews are believed to remain from a once-vibrant community
2026 Israeli elections: What you need to know
38 parties are competing for 120 seats in the Knesset; only about 11 of them are expected to enter parliament, and then one candidate needs to pull together a viable coalition
Four Israeli soccer team officials arrested on suspicion of ‘systematic’ fraud
Officials suspect current, past owners and board members -- reportedly of premier league's Ironi Tiberias FC -- of counterfeiting, money laundering, tax offenses over 4 seasons
South Lebanon village braces for UNIFIL exit after decades of peacekeeper presence
Ibl al-Saqi residents fear losing livelihoods and stability as UN force prepares to leave after last year’s vote: ‘We’ve spent a lifetime with them’
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Ex-Likud official warns party app could be used to illegally monitor polling stations
In a sworn affidavit to the High Court, a former campaign tech chief claims the ruling party’s new app can bypass the law and secretly transmit voter data in real time using AI
Desperate for change, Israel’s Arab minority sees election as existential
Disturbed by policies of right-wing government and its extremist ministers, many say they will vote for the first time on October 27 to defeat perceived growing threat
Lebanon seeks international presence in south from French FM as peace keeper exit nears
During Beirut visit, Aoun and French FM discuss post-UNIFIL security arrangement; Lebanon says next round of talks with Israel to be held Tuesday in Florida
Peoples of Israel: Naava Shafner, the social entrepreneur ‘unicorn’
On this week's installment, we meet a social changemaker who refuses to choose between the different parts of who she is while making a difference in the world
Rioters loot stores in Milan during cost-of-living protest featuring Palestinian symbols
Property torched as police clash with demonstrators at Piazza del Duomo, as well as in Bologna; at least 50 detained, as several injuries reported, amid larger protests in France
Mass protests in France spiral into worst riots in years; 1,200 arrested, 150 cops injured
As hundreds of thousands protest cost of living, city hall torched as police use tear gas; teen protester loses hand after picking up stun grenade; PM blames 'ultra-left,' months …
‘Very disturbed’ Rubio urges Israeli crackdown on extremist settler violence
Report says IDF received distress calls about armed settlers’ threats on Saturday, but only reacted hours later * 17-year-old stabbed to death in Ashkelon in suspected dispute bet…
Arab states see hawks ruling Israel no matter who wins vote, but still sense room for change
Observers tell ToI that even if new leadership leaves security doctrine and opposition to two-state solution in place, shifts in approach to Palestinians and regional diplomacy co…
Pro-Netanyahu pundit calls Eisenkot a ‘monkey,’ appearing to slur his Sephardi heritage
Yashar party likens remark to infamous 1981 'chah’chahim' speech that slurred Likud voters; Yinon Magal says he used the term to mean a puppet controlled by others, not as racist …
Bennett, Liberman lay out plans to pass laws against Netanyahu immediately after election
Hawkish opposition chiefs say they'll replace Knesset speaker, pass term limits for PM, ban criminal defendants from serving in role; Netanyahu urges high turnout among his backers
Flydubai captain recalls struggle to open cockpit door during attempted terror attack
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar says he kept thinking to himself, 'you can't die like this,' as he struggled to alert others that he was being attacked with an axe by his Omani copilot