Ilan Ben Zion
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Israeli passengers tell of thwarted attack on FlyDubai flight (opens the original)
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Israeli passengers say one of the pilots on a FlyDubai flight carried out an attempted terrorist attack, and tell of a terrifying plummet. A pilot aboard a FlyDubai flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and attempted to crash the plane, forcing the commercial aircraft to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Israel’s prime minister said Wednesday. “During the flight, when they approached Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other and apparently tried to crash
This West Bank rabbi condemns Jewish settlers’ violent attacks (opens the original)
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An Israeli rabbi from a West Bank settlement says vigilante violence by Jewish settlers toward Palestinians is a “disgrace.” Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein felt compelled to deliver a message to students during his weekly lecture at the West Bank seminary he helps lead. It was early September, just before Rosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year and, traditionally, the Day of Judgment. The theme of his talk would be the prayers for forgiveness – selichot, in Hebrew – that religious Jews recite in the run-u
“We’re going to win,” Netanyahu tells U.N. summit – and voters back home (opens the original)
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In a defiant U.N. speech, Israel’s prime minister dismisses a range of criticism. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech to a largely empty U.N. General Assembly Thursday, dismissing accusations of genocide against the Palestinians, trumpeting Israel’s success in defeating Iran and its allies, and vowing that Israel “will continue to win” against those who seek its destruction. Most of the delegates in the U.N. chamber got up and walked out as Mr. Netanyahu took his
For some Israelis, ‘NAZA’ film about Gaza is beyond the pale (opens the original)
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A new Israeli documentary about the military’s conduct in the Gaza war has brought accusations of “treason” from some of Israel’s leaders. An Israeli documentary about the war in Gaza that won accolades at the Venice Film Festival has caused a national uproar at home, where almost no one has seen it. The directors still hope Israelis will have a chance to watch their film – and begin confronting difficult questions about the Israeli military’s conduct in the war. The film is called “NAZA,” an Is
Crossing Israel's Arab-Jewish divide, this former police officer joined an Islamist party (opens the original)
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Sept. 11, 2026, 2:48 p.m. ET | Jerusalem Yoav Segalovitz isn’t your typical Islamist party politician. For starters, he’s not even Muslim. In the run-up to Israel’s general election on Oct. 27, Mr. Segalovitz, a former senior police commander and opposition lawmaker, joined the conservative Arab Muslim party Ra’am as the second candidate on the party list, an unprecedented move for a Jewish politician. His aim, he tells The Christian Science Monitor, is to form “a bridgehead” between the two soc
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