IDF Archives

12 Jun

From the Newsletter, Interview, Israel, Latest

Q&A: Ilan Berman on Iran, the Knesset and the Haredi Draft

Posted by

Amy E. Schwartz

July 2, 2025

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The news from Israel this morning was of yet another narrowly averted crisis, the threatened collapse of the governing coalition over attempts to put teeth in a bill that would compel Haredi participation in the IDF.

15 Apr

B'Ivrit, Israel, Latest, U.S. Politics

B’Ivrit | Was Netanyahu’s DC Visit Viewed as a Failure or Victory Lap?

Posted by

Nathan Guttman

April 23, 2025

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Israeli media was divided on how Bibi fared in his meeting with Trump. Plus: IDF dissent and passover prices.

26 Aug

Israel, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, School

From Yeshiva to Court-Martial to Columbia Cease-Fire Cause

Posted by

Rina Shamilov

September 3, 2024

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Aharon Dardik, an American-Israeli student at Columbia University shares his unique experience leading him to call for a ceasefire.

Three small children sit in a tent on a beach.

31 May

Highlights, Israel-Hamas War, Latest

A Zoom Room With A View: One Man’s Window Into A Rafah Refugee Camp

Posted by

Noah Phillips

May 31, 2024

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“People like the idea of fighting for a cause more than sitting down with those people and having a discussion with them,” says Salvatore.

Soldiers of all five brigades at the Western Wall

04 Apr

Cover Story, Israel, Latest, Opinion

Explainer | Will Israel Draft ‘Those Who Toil in Torah’?

Posted by

Eetta Prince-Gibson

April 4, 2024

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For the first time in Israeli history, Haredi parties may no longer be able to act as kingmaker for whoever is willing to exempt them from the draft and fund their yeshivot.

Six women in olive green uniforms and yellow berets stand with their backs to the camera as part of an IDF "changing of the guard" ceremony for the head of the IDF spotters unit.

15 Dec

Highlights, Israel, Latest

IDF Spotters: ‘The men ignored us, and we all paid dearly’

Posted by

Eetta Prince-Gibson

December 20, 2023

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Sources inside the IDF Spotters Unit and Intelligence's Unit 8200 shed light on the catastrophic failures that led to October 7.

17 Nov

2023 November/December, Opinion

Opinion | When Government Leaves a Void

Posted by

Gershom Gorenberg

December 14, 2023

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On the sixteenth day of the war, I found hope in an underground parking garage.

20 Aug

Latest

Memoir | A Jewish Heart Divided

Posted by

Judith Teich

August 24, 2021

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The traffic noise on Arlozorov Street, in the heart of Tel Aviv, seemed unusually loud that October evening. Leaning over the railing of my friend...

08 Jul

Israel, Jewish World, Latest

Left-Wing Anti-Semites Blame Israel and the Jews for George Floyd’s Death

Posted by

Ira N. Forman

April 7, 2021

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Anti-Semitism Monitor June Findings Throughout the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic provided fodder for anti-Semites worldwide. In June the brutal killing of George Floyd...

28 Apr

Israel, Latest

Sharing the Pain of Yom Hazikaron

Posted by

Eetta Prince-Gibson

April 16, 2021

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In many ways, sharing pain seems to be a radical, dangerous act. If we focus solely on our own hurt, we may not have to ask why we were hurt. But if you accept "the other's" pain, you start to think that pain might not be necessary for either side.

06 Apr

Coronavirus, Israel, Latest

How the IDF is Battling the Coronavirus

Posted by

Eetta Prince-Gibson

April 16, 2021

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In its efforts to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the Israeli government has deployed thousands of Israeli soldiers to work with the police, along with the health and interior ministries, emergency health services Magen David Adom and other civilian authorities.

10 May

2018 May/June, Israel, Opinion, Women

Rebels in Uniform

Posted by

Shmuel Rosner

January 2, 2022

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Why more young Orthodox women are serving in the IDF.