Israel

Israel seeks to circumvent doctors who won’t force-feed hunger strikers

The government reportedly would seek doctors from a specific, unidentified country to feed prisoners at risk of losing their lives.

Rabbi Benny Elon, former Knesset member and champion of settlement movement, is dead at 62

Elon was removed from the Cabinet of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004 when he refused to vote for Sharon's plan to evacuate some 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip.

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Take a different kind of Jerusalem tour with these Israeli modern dancers

Nadav Zelner and Tamar Sonn move through some of the city’s most famous sites, from Machane Yehuda Market to the Tower of David.

Trump will visit Israel on first overseas trip

Arrested Palestinian terror cell hid rifle in child’s bed with Dora the Explorer sheets

Trump removes tweet saying it was an ‘honor’ to host Abbas

French citizens living in West Bank get official letters addressed to Palestinian territories

Israeli celebrities re-create iconic photos from country’s history

Netanyahu takes issue with Abbas saying the Palestinians teach their children peace

This Israeli coffee shop gives a discount to customers who say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’

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