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IDF troops from the 226th Brigade during targeted ground operations in southern Lebanon.
A police speed boat patrols the port as oil tankers and high speed crafts sit anchored at Muscat Anchorage near the Strait of Hormuz on March 30, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears

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For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.

A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.
An Israel Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran, March 18, 2026.

All critical, essential targets within Iran to be destroyed before Passover, IDF announces

The IDF deemed "critical" targets as those that immediately threatened Israel, such as ballistic missile industry targets, as well as targets that were at the heart of the mission goals of the war.

A protester with a poster featuring a picture of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen March 6, 2026.

Iran pushing Houthis to attack shipping routes as home front restrictions remain unchanged

Israel halts defense sales to France, citing 'hostile attitude,' sources tell 'Post'

US President Donald Trump visits a Ford production center in Dearborn, Michigan, US, January 13, 2026.

Return of TACO Trump? Gulf states fear Trump may end Iran war without meaningful changes

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

‘Turf him out tomorrow’: Steve Bannon calls to deport Yair Netanyahu to front lines of Iran war

An activist from People Against Genocide is arrested after being freed from a lock-on device during the protest on March 30, 2026 in London, England.

Pro-Palestine protesters shout 'genocide' outside NW London kosher restaurant, JNF HQ

A Samidoun flag is flown at a Duisburg demonstration in Germany, October 9, 2023.

Canadian gov't dissolves Samidoun a year and a half after proscribing it as a terror organization

Then-Iran’s ambassador-designate to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Lebanon’s internal strength tested as Iranian ambassador refuses to leave

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NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen wearing a gold pin of a noose, on December 8, 2025.

Gulf states urge end of war, terror death penalty approved

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Israel's new death penalty law sparks discrimination fears

Iran reportedly pushing Houthis to attack shipping routes

Netzah Yehuda CEO denies reports of battalion's suspension following CNN altercation

The battalion had previously been said to have been suspended by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Sunday, following an altercation between reservist soldiers and CNN reporters.

High Court begins reviewing death penalty law as Adalah files petition after ACRI challenge

NETZAH YEHUDA Battalion seen before a swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 11, 2025.

Four soldiers killed, two wounded while fighting in southern Lebanon, IDF confirms

Staff Sergeant Maxsim Entis, Captain Noam Madmoni, Staff Sergeant Ben Cohen, Staff Sergeant Gilad Harel.
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IDF reveals Hezbollah took control of Christian Lebanese village to launch attacks at Israel

IDF troops from the 226th Brigade during targeted ground operations in southern Lebanon.

Eight wounded, cars catch fire in central Israel following strike from Iranian cluster munition

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.

Netanyahu: 'Only long-term solution for Hormuz crisis is rerouting pipes to Mediterranean'

An Iranian missile has fallen on a home on February 28, 2026 in Amman, Jordan.

Jordan seeks calm amidst Middle East storm

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US President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at his side, looks on as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, US, March 7, 2026.

Trump tells aides he is willing to end Iran war without reopening Hormuz, WSJ reports

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after departing Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026 in Miami, Florida.

Trump urges countries to go to Strait of Hormuz and 'just take it'

Michigan synagogue attack was Hezbollah-inspired terrorism, FBI confirms

41-year-old Ayman Ghalazi filled his truck with fireworks before ramming it into the Detroit area's largest synagogue around midday on March 12.

Who is Earthquake Faction, the newly formed militant group that claimed arson on Czech factory?

School buses and emergency vehicles are parked near the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026.

Toronto Police under fire for allowing pro-Palestine protesters to march past Jewish institutions

AL-QUDS DAY protesters march through the streets in Toronto, Ontario, on March 14, 2026.

Danish Eurovision contestant addresses pro-Israel Instagram story backlash

Moderator Austrian singer Cesar Sampson holds a draw for Denmark during the draw session for the two semi-final events of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on stage at the Vienna's city hall in Vienna, Austria, on January 12, 2026.

UK Greens delay ‘Zionism is racism’ vote after procedural chaos

‘Axis of terror is beginning to collapse’ Zamir says as IDF, US continue strikes across Iran

The IDF also stated that as it conducted the strikes on weapons production facilities, parallel strikes were conducted on missile launch sites and surface-to-air missile launch positions.

Defense sources: Ending IDF war on Iran waits for Trump decision on Hormuz, nuke issue

Car wrecks and a residential building damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026.

The architect of Iran’s military survival remains defiant

A woman holds a sign depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a rally organised by Lebanese political parties supporting the Hezbollah movement outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut on March 26, 2026.

Both Hezbollah and Iran weighed preemptive strikes on Israel, defense sources say

Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.

Iran warns of death penalty, asset seizures for spying, aiding enemies

Israeli mothers mourn together after their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds

The OneFamily program draws more than a dozen women, ranging from their early 40s to late 70s, all bereaved mothers of soldiers, except one whose son was killed at the Nova music festival.

Kuwait is softening stance on Israel, dissident tells ‘Post’ after viral UN speech

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Iranian regime faces pressure as Kurds, US strengthen cooperation

A fighter from the Iranian Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) takes part in a training exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, in February.
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Some 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover

Group picture of the new Olim that arrived in Israel.
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Netanyahu is the ‘new Newton’ of Israeli strategic doctrine

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Chinese Shahed-like drones offered online despite Alibaba ban

A sales representative for the company told D&T that the so-called “model plane” was a copy of the Shahed-136 and could be armed with explosives and could be shipped to Russia if needed.

US defense giant taps Israeli drone navigation tech built for jammed battlefields

Mosquito drone advertised for sale on Alibaba
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Three chessboards, one war: One month into the second Iran war

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A US Navy Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft maneuvers during an exercise in Charleston, South Carolina, April 17, 2025.

US deploys uncrewed drone boats in conflict with Iran

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Trump sets one week deadline for Iran deal, says US response to Haifa refinery strike coming soon

Regarding Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump confirmed earlier reports that he has not been heard from, adding that “he’s very seriously injured.”

IDF suspending Netzah Yehuda reservists, not just company involved, following CNN team debacle

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026.
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Gulf States pressure Trump to continue war with Iran until fall of Islamic regime

A view of Burj Khalifa, after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026

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The sun is captured over Earth's horizon by a crew member aboard the International Space Station in this May 21, 2013 photo courtesy of NASA.

Iranian spy network operating in London under cover of Press TV, source tells ‘Post’

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Israeli AI maintenance company ScaleOps surpasses $800 million valuation

After working with Adobe, Wiz, and other Fortune 500 companies, ScaleOps announced a $130 million Series C investment round, bringing its total funding to $210 million.

Israeli entrepreneurs raise $11 million to fight vulnerabilities exploited by Iranian hackers

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OPINION

Oil is Trump‘s Achilles heel: The Iran war is being fought at the gas pump

INDIAN VESSEL ‘Nanda Devi’ carrying liquefied petroleum gas arrives at Vadinar Port in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat state earlier this week, after Iran allowed it to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy corridor that Iran has selectively closed.
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Fitch holds Israel's credit rating at 'A', but debt and war cloud outlook

The Fitch Ratings building is seen in New York

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Hundreds of kilos of protected plant seized by Israel Nature and Parks Authority in Golan

In a separate operation in the Menashe region, an Israel Nature and Parks Authority inspector seized additional sacks containing approximately 6 kilograms of akoub and about 25 kilograms of hyssop.

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 during a federal parliament sitting following the Bondi terror attack at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2026.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on March 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, says they have 'hands full of blood'

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