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Israel’s home front is now the battlefield - and it cannot be ignored - opinion

The home front is no longer behind the lines; missiles, digital incitement, and unrest make every city a battlefield.

A chess pawn is seen alongside a mirror, with a king piece reflecting back in this illustrative image. With the narrative war, Israel’s adversaries can utilize a perfect storm to project power, turning a pawn into a king, the writer says.
The Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee approved the advancement of a controversial bill to establish an authority to oversee antiquities and heritage sites in the West Bank, February 5, 2026.

Israel advances bill for authority over West Bank heritage, archaeology sites

Hamas Nukhba Battalion terrorists who were captured on October 7th massacre seen in a jail cell at a prison in central Israel, where high risk Hamas and Hezbollah prisoners captured in recent war are being held, March 4, 2025.

Israel's Knesset moves to try Nukhba terrorists as Phase I of Trump's Gaza plan ends

US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders, at the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026.

Will Donald Trump's Hamas disarmament endgame make Israel safer? - analysis


October 25: Map of justification?

Does the fact that Ramot is "over the pre-1967 Green Line” justify – or encourage – the stabbing of a teenager?

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Ashton: New J'lem construction hinders EU peace efforts

Givat Hamatos project for 2,610 apartments in east Jerusalem includes expansion of Arab extension of Beit Safafa neighborhood.

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UN chief: New east J'lem neighborhood 'unacceptable'

Givat Hamatos project for 2,610 apartments passes major hurdle in approval process; Ban Ki-moon says proposed construction illegal.

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Erekat slams Israeli plans for new east J'lem neighborhood

Givat Hamatos project for 2,610 apartments passes major hurdle in approval process; PA chief negotiator says plan "makes a mockery of ... efforts to bring about a just and lasting peace."

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New east J'lem neighborhood plan spurs outrage on Left

Givat Hamatos plan for 2,610 apartments passes major hurdle in approval process; Left-wing activists, politicians: Ruinous for peace talks.

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Another Tack: Yesteryear’s peculiar predictions

Israelis will give their lives to hold onto Jerusalem, just as the British would for London, the Russians for Moscow and the Americans for Washington.

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Europeans want another settlement freeze from PM

Gilo project expected to be discussed at upcoming EU foreign ministers meeting; Quartet envoys to meet again.

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700 Gilo apartments to be discussed by Interior Ministry

Project to build units in J'lem neighborhood over Green Line has been slammed by left-wing groups Ir Amim and Peace Now.

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Migron; justice undone

If Arab claims are valid and the government built illegally, then both Jews and Arabs are entitled to compensation.

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US interested in what makes American-born settlers tick

WikiLeaks releases 2005 cables from US embassy in TA to Washington focusing on mindset of 2 American women living beyond the Green Line.

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