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Readers celebrate a ceasefire in Gaza but lament the devastation and the likelihood of future conflict. Regarding the Jan. 16 ...

A warning has gone out to seafarers in the Persian Gulf over what appear to be attempts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to ...

Gaza Residents of northern Gaza who were forced to move south by the Israeli military are looking forward to returning this ...

Political scientist Mark Leonard has found that people around the world are far more optimistic about Trump's presidency than ...

Unless the world begins to value Palestinian life as equal to their own, ceasefires in Gaza will be mere pauses in the bloodshed, says Mohammed R. Mhawish.

And what I learnt from my great-uncle Leo’s attempt to answer ...

There really are no words with which to begin this article. As I start to write, I imagine humanity as a body trapped in the rubble with ...

The headline in the Times of Israel says it all: "For the First Time, Israel Just Lost a War." Regardless of the reasoning ...

( JTA) — Israeli journalist Lee Yaron’s account of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and their aftermath was named the book of the ...

The congressman's support for sanctioning the International Criminal Court hinders the court's ability to hold Israel's ...

The agreement should put a stop to the bloodshed, allow people to return to their homes, and get much-needed aid to more than ...