It was not a Christian monarch who uprooted the settlers of Gush Katif in 2005, but a Jewish government headed by a heartless prime minister. By their very presence, the settlers of Gaza had saved lives, and this was the thanks they received

Haaretz has learned that the AG would continue to have the authority to conduct the criminal cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the arrangement. Associates of the AG say she won't agree to the arrangement

The government's meeting agenda opens with addressing 'serious threats' to Netanyahu and his family, drawing opposition criticism for sidelining the newly released videos of hostages in Gaza

Operation Gideon's Chariots was meant to pressure Hamas and dull global focus – but it instead escalated humanitarian, diplomatic, and economic fallout. As Netanyahu flirts with a shift in strategy, Israel faces a costly reckoning over both its war aims and its long-term role in Gaza

There are no more military objectives to be reached in Gaza. The entire top brass of the General Staff knows this. Killing the surviving emaciated hostages in a commando raid is not a military objective

'We have to put an end to this madness,' said the brother of Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage seen emaciated in a Hamas video. 'Imagine not knowing where your child is for five minutes at the mall – now multiply that by 667 days,' he said of his parents' struggle