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American troops look out toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, February 7, 2018.

Analysis || Biggest Challenge Facing New Israeli Army Chief: A Wild Card Thousands of Miles Away

Amos Harel | 19.01.2019

Benny Morris and his wife Leah at their home in Srigim.

'Israel Will Decline, and Jews Will Be a Persecuted Minority. Those Who Can Will Flee to America'

Ofer Aderet | 18.01.2019

Iraqi and foreign mercenary members of a private security company, stand on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 September, 2007.

Infamous Private Paramilitary Firm Blackwater Planning Comeback. First Stop: Syria

Alexander Griffing | 18.01.2019

Two women stand at a floral tribute at the scene where the body of Israeli student Aya Masarwe was found earlier in the week in Melbourne, Australia, January 18, 2019.

20-year-old Man Arrested Over Murder of Israeli Exchange Student in Melbourne

DPA, The Associated Press, Haaretz | 18.01.2019

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, DC, U.S. March 20, 2018

Analysis || At anti-Iran Conference, Trump Will Try to Form an 'Arab NATO' – and Likely Fail

Zvi Bar'el | 18.01.2019

The Dimona reactor.

Secret Handwritten Memos Reveal How Israel's Nuclear Program Came to Be

Adam Raz | 18.01.2019

Professor Robert Alter.

How a Literature Professor Found Himself Translating the Entire Bible From Scratch

Elon Gilad | 18.01.2019

Mayer Freedman.

'To Find Out if Someone's Jewish, Just Ask Them About Bagels'

Liat Elkayam | 19.01.2019

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and the head of the Israel Bar Association, Effi Nave, in 2017.

Analysis || Israel's Justice Minister Knowingly Allied Herself With Evil

Yossi Verter | 19.01.2019

Likud MK Oren Hazan taking a selfie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other coalition members after a nighttime vote on the nation-state law.

Opinion || I'm Shaving Off My Zionism, the Worst a Man Can Get

Bradley Burston | 17.01.2019

Members of the group Zioness marching at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, June 2018.

Analysis || What a Difference Two Years Make: How the Ties Between Women’s March Leaders and Jewish Women Went Wrong

Allison Kaplan Sommer | 19.01.2019

Fawaz Abed with his far, Maher, at home this week. “You wouldn’t want to see him in the condition I saw him,” Maher says. “Lying in bed, covered in blood, not moving.”

Opinion || Palestinian Is Shot in the Head by Israeli Police on His Way to School, and Lives to Tell the Tale

Gideon Levy, Alex Levac | 17.01.2019

“Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel in Rome (c. 1508-1512).

In the Bigynnyng: A Brief History of the English Bible

Elon Gilad | 18.01.2019

Feiner’s seed collection, right, and wheat seeds from the Iron Age, found in Megiddo.

What Ancient Seeds Found in Archaeological Excavations in Israel Tell Us

Ronit Vered | 18.01.2019

Palestinians walk past a rain-water puddle during a demonstration along the border with Israel, Gaza, January 11, 2019.

Analysis || Hamas Could Cause an Escalation on the Israeli Border. Abbas Could Start a Greater Conflict

Amos Harel | 18.01.2019

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