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Palestinian Authority schools praise martydom, use October 7 attack in math lessons

Beyond reducing October 7 to a math exercise, the nine-year-olds were also praised by their teacher in written feedback for writing questions relating to martyrdom, including child martyrdom.

A child's drawing shown here says: "In Gaza City at least 150 children die as Martyrs [daily]. How many child Martyrs are there in nine days?"
The logo of Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organization.

‘Behind closed doors’: 70+ NGO staffers allege antisemitism, lack of accountability in new report

 DR. SHMUEL HARRIS (L) and Rosensweig, authors of ‘Nafshi Bish’elati: The Halachot of Mental Health.’

West Bank settlements are Israel's forward position, and its first line of defense - opinion

The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.

How Israel’s and America’s enemies weaponize the New York Times’ prestige - opinion


MK Ayman Odeh to submit bill to Knesset to recognize Palestinian state

Odeh welcomed the trilateral recognition and wrote that while the "Palestinian people are not the best people in the world, but there is no people in the world better than them."

 MK Ayman Odeh attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025.

Crying wolf: Thomas Friedman tries scaring the Jews that Israel will be isolated - again - opinion

Thomas Friedman’s predictions about Israel's global isolation long predate the war in Gaza.

 New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman delivers his address after receiving his honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 3 2007

Still singing, dreaming, and hoping: David Broza at 70 - opinion

“I work non-stop – that’s what makes me happy,” David Broza told me this Sunday.

FROM LEFT: The writer, David Broza, and Grammy-award winning record producer Steve Greenberg pose during the recording of ‘East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem’ in 2013 in Jerusalem.

Israel needs an agenda for September's Palestine recognition, not a reaction - editorial

When friends move ahead with recognition, it reflects not only their domestic pressures but also their sense that Israel is not offering a plan others can rally around.

The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

Israel's image crisis: Can anything be done? - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: No Israeli argument or eloquence will compensate for its current lack of a plan for accommodation with the Palestinian people.

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against Israel in front of the US Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday.

'El Al genocide airline': Israel's national airline offices in Paris vandalized

"Today it's El Al, tomorrow it's Air France," Transportation Minister Miri Regev wrote on social media in reaction to what the airline called a "harsh anti-Israel incident."

El Al offices in Paris.

A rabbi walked into a convention of Lutherans, rebuked their ‘one-sided’ debate on Israel

As Jacobs listened to attendees debate a memorial, Jacobs said he felt compelled to speak out over what he saw as a “one-sided” narrative.

 Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism poses for a picture at the First Station Complex in Jerusalem on June 27, 2018.

Jews put past trauma in its place and look forward, while Palestinians embrace victimhood - opinion

Israel is well-known as a country that welcomes immigrants from around the world. Israelis could have spent decades wallowing in victimhood, but they never did.

Warren Buffett was reportedly impressed by Stef Wertheimer’s ability to keep production at normal rates during the Second Lebanon War, the writer notes.

Italy's Meloni: Recognizing Palestinian state before it is established may be 'counterproductive'

Meloni's statements come after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that no Palestinian state could exist without its hypothetical recognition of Israel.

 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

Australian PM Albanese pushes for two-state solution to 'safeguard innocent life'

"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored," Albanese said.

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a Labor Party election night event in Sydney.