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Ofir Libstein was the first casualty reported on Israeli television news that morning. The devastating blow hit Miriam Peretz like another son being ripped away. 

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

Why wasn’t the intelligence in US hands shared? The answer may lie in the secret dirty shenanigans of 50 years ago. These details are provided in my recently published book, Deceit of an Ally.

In the bitter war that followed October 7, many IDF Oketz canines saved lives – and gave their own in consequence. 

The seawater desalination plants have inherent problems which are sometimes under-evaluated and require careful consideration and solutions.

Just as we learn to differentiate poisonous plants and snakes from innocuous ones, we must learn to see who is safe and who is toxic.

Momentum teaches a group of South African women how to advocate for the Jewish state in an increasingly hostile environment back home.

As the war rages on, the efforts of Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli demonstrate the power of community in helping new immigrants find their place and purpose in Israel.

The seeds of South African involvement were planted in the sands from which the city of Ashkelon would spring right at the beginning of the nascent Jewish state.

An early discovery was the marked lack of understanding among many rabbis about the mass media, matched by comparative ignorance about religion in a fair number of journalists.