Senator says Columbia protest leader was imprisoned for opposing 'Netanyahu's horrific war'; Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas when specifically asked by CNN

After State Department spokesperson announces that US envoy is already heading to region, source clarifies that he hasn't left yet and will only make trip if talks further progress

Penalties come as the university faces heavy US government pressure to rein in campus antisemitism, including the loss of research funding

Tom Barrack urges Sharaa to be 'more inclusive quicker' or risk his country's fragmentation; says IDF strikes added to 'confusion,' offers to be 'honest intermediary' between Israel, Syria

Longtime professor of rabbinics at Jewish Theological Seminary explored writings of the Geonim, the Jewish leaders and scholars during the late sixth to mid-11th centuries

Kobi Kalfon, a bakery owner from Dimona who shied away from press and politics for months, now turns to leaders in Israel and Washington, DC, sharing his son's plight

Three soldiers wounded during operations in Rafah, says military * Police called in to break up violent Haredi protests in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh

Yisrael Einhorn reportedly tells investigators he was misled about the classified documents, believing leak was authorized, defends fellow top Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich