Hamas terrorist in front of Gaza hostage posters. (Illustrative)

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Danny Elgarat, brother of Itzik Elgarat, who is in Hamas captivity. January 14, 2025.

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Israel at War

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Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian disguised as Border Police officer

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Analyses & Features

Israeli singer Moshiko Mor, charged with sexual assault and rape arrive for a court hearing in Lod, on January 14, 2025.

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A scarab seal from the 8th century BCE uncovered during the excavation.

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(L-R): US President Joe Biden; US President-elect Donald Trump (illustrative)

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Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and supporters protest at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on October 28, 2024.

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Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane TC-JVV taxies to take-off in Riga International Airport

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View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. November 29, 2020.

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New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

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Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists.

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Screenshots of fake messages sent to an Israeli businessman.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with hostage posters (illustrative)

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World News

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A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

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US President-elect Donald Trump speaks after a meeting with Republicans in Congress at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, US. January 8, 2025.

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Iran, European countries to continue talks over Tehran's nuclear program

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TUNISIAN PRESIDENT Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali maintained low-key relations with Israel during the 1990s, before breaking ties during the Second Intifada. Here, he poses for an official picture in front of the Tunisian flag in 1998.

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Antisemitism / BDS

META CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

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Pro-Palestinian flags and banners pass in front of a counter-protest by supporters of Israel during a demonstration in London, Britain November 30, 2024.

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MARKUS HOWARD (left) and Baskonia beat Tamir Blatt and Maccabi Tel Aviv this week to send the yellow-and-blue’s Euroleague record to a disappointing 4-12

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Flowers and messages in tribute to the victims of last year's January attacks are seen in front of the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket at the Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France, January 6, 2016.

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Environment & Climate Change

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Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden meet as they attend the G7 summit, in Savelletri, Italy June 14, 2024.

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‘The Szyk Haggadah’ on display at The Vatican Library.

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Health & Wellness

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Archaeology

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A stone anvil (left) and hammerstone (right) used for processing plants

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US Politics

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(Illustrative) US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg.

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Diaspora

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THE WRITER picks oranges on Kibbutz Be’eri with her grandmother Linda Lebovitz.

American Jewish teens should step up and support Israel

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Judaism

Naot owners Steve and Susan Lax, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Senior Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Naot CEO Moshe Marie.

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Ofra Keidar Hyd, and daughter Yael.

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Food

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El Gaucho

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Culture

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Travel

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An illustration picture shows a new Israeli passport and an Old Israeli passport with American Visa in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2023.

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Jerusalem's Kiryat Menachem neighborhood.

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Science

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(L-R): National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (illustrative)

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