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The article focuses on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, specifically the Israeli military operation in Rafah, which has been criticized by international courts and organizations, despite Israel's claims of restraint and strategic aims to achieve a complete reconquest of Gaza.

The article focuses on Israel's escalation of tensions with Iran through a bombing in Syria, highlighting the ongoing covert conflict between the two nations. Topics discussed include the regional dynamics of the Israel-Iran conflict, the implications of the attack for both countries, and potential retaliatory actions by Iran.

This article discusses Israel's nuanced stance on supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia due to its strategic relationship with Moscow, despite relying heavily on Western allies; and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's delicate balancing act between maintaining ties with Russia.

The article focuses on Homesh, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, symbolizing religious and right-wing politics, facing challenges and legal disputes as settlers seek to expand and defy court orders.

The article focuses on the impact of the Hamas invasion on Israelis, particularly on their sense of security and the emotional toll, with many Israelis feeling numb to the suffering of Gazans and emphasizing the need to disarm Gaza, despite the criticism of Israel's conduct in the war.

The article focuses on concerns raised by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who suggested an "indefinite" security role in Gaza, prompting alarm and questions about the situation, particularly from the Biden administration.

The article focuses on Israel's plans to demolish Hamas and the subsequent challenge of governing Gaza once Hamas is removed. Topics include the difficulty of eliminating Hamas as a political and religious entity, concerns over potential civilian casualties, and the absence of a clear political strategy for post-conflict governance.

The article discuss how the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has shattered long-held assumptions and beliefs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The article discusses how President Biden's visit to Israel, in contrast to President Putin's visit to China, highlights the shifting global political landscape due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the growing alignment of Russia, and China.

The article focuses on the heightened fear, tension, and unease among Palestinian citizens of Israel, particularly in mixed cities, following the recent massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas, raising concerns about potential revenge and further violence.

Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet in Egypt to discuss peace negotiations. Interest in bringing stability to the Gaza Strip; Security management; Fight against terrorism.

Focuses on Natan Sharansky, a Soviet dissident turned Israeli politician. Sharansky's disagreement with nearly everyone in Israeli politics; Sharansky's ideas about the power of freedom and human rights; U.S. President George W. Bush's acceptance of Sharansky's ideas and his book "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny & Terror".

Reports that senior Israeli and Palestinian aides have resumed public meetings on January 25, 2005. Israel's agreement to suspend the pinpoint killings of Palestinian militants; Reflection of the meeting on the improvement of relations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Abbas' willingness to act to stop attacks on Israel and Israeli civilians.

Reports on Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's claim that his country is prepared to hand security responsibility for the Gaza Strip and the main population centers of the West Bank to an elected Palestinian leadership as soon as it is able to handle the task. Breaking of the cycle of terrorist activity and the dismantling of terrorist groups as the demands made by Israel on Palestine in exchange for relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip; Implication of Mofaz's proclamation on the Palestine-Israel relations.

Reports on the death of three Palestinians during the Israeli military operations in Gaza in December 31, 2004. Aim of the operation to forestall rocket and mortar fire against the 21 Israeli settlements; Israeli government's intention to pull its settlers in Gaza in 2005; Presence of leading presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza to campaign and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Al Fatah, the dominant faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Reports on candidate for the Palestinian presidency, Mahmoud Abbas' campaign in the Jenin refugee camp in Israel. Support for Abbas given by Zakariya Zubeidi a leader of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades; Zubeidi's reasons for supporting Abbas over Marwan Barghouti; Campaign agenda of Abbas.

Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entered into a deal on December 17, 2004, with the opposition Labor Party to join his Likud government. Significance of the deal for Sharon's plan to dismantle all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and four others in the West Bank; Vow by Labor and other leftist parties to support Sharon as long as he remained committed to pulling settlers out of Gaza; Number of cabinet portfolios that Labor is set to get under the agreement.

Reports that at least eight Palestinians were killed and 24 wounded on December 17, 2004, in an Israeli Army raid near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Intention of the raid to end mortar and rocket attacks from the town on Israeli troops and nearby settlements; Collapse of a tunnel being dug by Palestinians near the Egyptian crossing point of Rafah; Army's discovery of nearly 100 tunnels from Egypt to Gaza.

Reports that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel has expressed optimism that breakthroughs in relations with Palestinians is possible in 2005. Plan to dismantle all Israeli settlements in Gaza and West Bank on schedule as planned; Promise that concrete steps by a new Palestinian leadership would be met in kind by Israel.

Features Israeli director Joseph Cedar's film "Campfire". Emphasis on sexual and religious politics; Portrayal of the life of religious settlers; Summary and setting.

Reports that the U.S. government is advocating elections in Palestine to consolidate the weak authority possessed by the political successor of Yasir Arafat. Hindrances to free and fair elections of all Palestinians; Concern of the Palestinians over the political stability and a challenge from young militants and those sworn to Israel's destruction like the Hamas.

Reports that Palestinian factions will not agree to any cease-fire as long as Israeli forces remain in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Expectation that prime minister Ahmed Qurei and Palestinian Liberation Organization Mahmoud Abbas may try to pursue a truce; Suggestion that moderate Palestinians are hoping that the armed militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad will take part in the presidential elections following the death of Yasir Arafat.

Reports that Israeli finance minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has withdrawn his threat to resign despite Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's refusal to schedule a national referendum over his plan to withdraw all Israeli settlers unilaterally from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has won parliamentary vote as legislators approved a bill to compensate settlers who will be compelled to leave the Gaza Strip. Features of the bill; Support of the opposition Labor Party to the bill; Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement of his plan to resign if Sharon does not agree to a referendum on Gaza.

Reports that the Israeli Army killed more Palestinians in October 2004 than in any month since the height of open warfare in April 2002, when Israelis moved through the West Bank and fought Palestinian security forces and militants. Number of civilians and children among those who died in the hands of the Israelis; Details of a Gaza operation where at least 115 Palestinians were killed.

Details a bombing incident in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 1, 2004, perpetuated by a teenage suicide bomber in an outdoor market, killing 3 Israelis and wounding 32 others. Recount of the aftermath of the bombing from witnesses; Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's condemnation of the bombing from a hospital near Paris, France, where he is confined; Claim of responsibility for the attack from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine a militant faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Arafat.

Points out that one of the major winners of America's war on terrorism has been nuclear-bound, terrorism-supporting Iran, and it is giving the Israelis nightmares. Iran as a country run by radical clerics committed to the destruction of the Jewish state; Elimination of one of Iran's main fundamentalist rivals when the Taliban were overthrown in Afghanistan.

Reports that Israeli forces continued a major operation in Gaza on September 9, 2004 with tanks and armored vehicles to suppress rocket fire into Israel, and in the process killed seven Palestinians.

Reports on the problems surrounding Israel President Ariel Sharon's plan for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Challenges in Sharon's efforts to remove Israeli settlers and military from Gaza; Objectives of Sharon's unilateral withdrawal plan; Absence of Palestine participation.

Reports that an Israeli spy satellite landed in the Mediterranean sea after a rocket malfunction after takeoff. Satellite was intended to increase Israel's surveillance over Iran's missile program; Iran has already tested a missile which can reach Israel and beyond; Iran is working to build nuclear weapons on the missile.

Reports on the directive given by the Israeli Supreme Court for its government to produce a statement within 30 days assessing of the effects of the Hague International Court of Justice ruling. Declaration by the court of the illegal nature of the Israeli security barrier around the West Bank; Complaint by West bank residents of the expropriation of land by the government to build the fence; Support for the international ruling from the United Nations General Assembly; Decision of the Israeli court to force the government to take positive action with regards to the international ruling to head off possible criticism from the international community.

Reports on the decision of Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to continue his plan to withdraw soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip. Plan of Sharon to strengthen his coalition by getting the support of other parties that favor the Gaza withdrawal plan; Rejection of the plan by the Likud Party in favor of the dismantling of settlements; Vote results on Sharon's compromise proposal to open negotiations with the Zionist party.

Reports on the condition of Mahdi Abu Snaineh, the six-year-old Palestinian boy who got hit by shrapnel from a bomb set up by a Palestinian to stop Israeli police officers moving in at Haifa. Effect of the shrapnel bomb on the boy; Financial problems faced by the Snaineh's family; Other members of the boy's family hit by the bomb.

Reports on the dissension faced by Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon and Palestine Prime Minister Yasir Arafat, from their constituencies. Policy proposal of Sharon opposed by his political party, Likud; Arafat's claim that the Palestinian Authority has made mistakes with regards to political change within the country.

Reports that Israeli army commander Moshe Yaloon has declared that his country could withdraw safely from the Golan Heights in any future peace settlement with Syria without retaining any occupied territory there as buffer. Capability of the Israeli Army in defending the state's sovereignty; Plan of the Israeli government to dismantle settlements in the Golan Heights and in the northern West Bank as a sign of commitment to peace.

The article reports on the banner showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among protesters in Tel Aviv in 2018.

The article reports on the support of Europe to the global campaign of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement to increase political and economic pressure on Israel. Israeli analyst Meir Javedanfar mentions the failure of Israel to show interests in reaching peace with the Palestinians. On other hand, European Parliament President Martin Schulz opposes the move of the Europeans and defends the rights of the country's existence.

The article discusses the enactment of a 72-hour cease-fire agreement between the Israeli government and Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas in the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of August , 2014. Topics addressed include the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, destruction and civilian casualties in Gaza City, and the possibility of a more long-term peace agreement.

The article discusses an Israeli military air strike near a United Nations (U.N.) school used to shelter displaced Palestinians in Rafah on the Gaza Strip on August 3, 2014, noting civilian casualties from the air strike. Topics addressed include criticisms of the Israeli strike and the high number of Palestinian civilian casualties, Israel's attempts to target Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas, and Israelis who have been killed in the conflict.

The article discusses the Israeli military's confirmation that Hadar Goldin, a soldier thought to have been captured during a clash with Palestinian Islamic extremist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip on August 1, 2014, was actually killed in the battle. Topics addressed include Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments on the conflict, as well as the possibility of reaching a cease-fire agreement.

The article discusses a trend of increasing anti-Arab extremist sentiments amongst Israeli youth as of July 10, 2014, highlighting the killing of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in response to a kidnapping of Israeli teenagers. Topics addressed include the presence of right-wing extremist Jewish organizations within Israel, as well as speculation on the identities of Khdeir's murderers.

The article discusses rising tensions between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas as of July 8, 2014, noting Israeli airstrikes in response to rocket fire from Hamas. Topics addressed include the role of the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers and a Palestinian teenager in escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence, as well as the impact of airstrikes in the city of Gaza.

In this article, the author discusses relationship of religious Zionism to democracy in Israel and its importance in Israeli life, and also cites a reference of Bernard Avishai's books "The Tragedy of Zionism" and "The Hebrew Republic" on political Zionism.

The article focuses on a pair of art exhibitions presented by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. The first, which required intense diplomatic negotiation between France and Israel, is an exhibit of art looted by Germany during World War II and returned to France. The second is an exhibit of looted art from World War II with no known owners held by the museum itself. The original owners of the art on display in the exhibits are presumed to have died in the Holocaust.

The article focuses on conditions in the town of Sderot, Israel, a working class community which borders the Gaza Strip. From 2004-2008, the town has been hit with over 2000 rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza believed to be associated with the group Hamas, which controls the territory. Eight residents of Sderot have been killed. Gaza and Hamas are expected to be the most difficult issues for U.S. President George W. Bush on his visit to Israel to expedite the peace process.

The article focuses on the market for modern goods and services among Israel's community of ultra-orthodox Jews. Cellular telephones used by community members are preprogrammed to observe strict religious laws. Supermarkets serving the ultra-Orthodox sell goods in bulk to serve their large families. The community lives apart from most Israelis, and its economy is often disrupted by doctrinal disputes which can turn violent.

The article focuses on three young Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip killed by an Israeli missile. The children were playing near the site of a missile launcher used by Palestinian militia to attack the Israeli town of Sderot. Since July 1, 2007, when the militant group Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, seven Palestinian children under the age of 11 have been killed by Israeli forces.

The article examines the economic depression in the Gaza Strip caused by Israel's isolation of the territory since it was taken over by Hamas in June, 2007. Nabil Bowab, a clothing manufacturer, can no longer ship his products to his Israeli customers, and the firm is on the verge of collapse, as is the region's entire private sector. An anonymous arms smuggler complains that Hamas' victory over Fatah has eliminated the demand for his illegal goods as well.