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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
ByRoger Cohen and David Guttenfelder November 26, 2025

Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an embolden Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
ByRoger Cohen and David Guttenfelder November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an emboldened Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

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Iran Sentences Iranian American Jewish Man to Prison, Family Says
ByFarnaz Fassihi November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Kamran Hekmati of Long Island was arrested for visiting Israel 13 years ago to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah, they said.

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Zohran Mamdani’s Triumph in the NYC Mayoral Race Evokes Intense Reaction in Israel
ByDavid M. Halbfinger November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

“The Big Apple has fallen,” a right-wing lawmaker said, reflecting broader worries in the Mideast country. Palestinians hailed the election as a sea change in the United States.

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3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers
ByElisabeth Vincentelli November 5, 2025

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.

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3 Plays About Jewish Identity That Resist Easy Answers
ByElisabeth Vincentelli November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling.

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In Israel, an Unfamiliar Word Is Heard: Peace
ByDavid M. Halbfinger November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

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Overlooked No More: Hannah Senesh, Poet and Paratrooper Who Defied the Nazis
ByDaniel E. Slotnik October 31, 2025November 1, 2025

Senesh fled Hungary just before World War II. But unlike most Jews who escaped the Nazis, she went back to fight. Today, she is regarded as a hero in Israel.

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Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars
ByJoshua Leifer October 18, 2025

The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.

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A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
ByDavid M. Halbfinger October 12, 2025October 12, 2025

Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.

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