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Israeli soldiers seen near IDF tanks stationed near the Gaza border, May 6, 2019 (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

Probe could cover settlements, IDF acts in Gaza & at border

Israel fears ICC could issue global arrest warrants for top officials — report

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

PM, defense ministers, IDF chiefs, low-level soldiers could all face prosecution if probe launched; minister: Netanyahu should give PA ultimatum — pull ICC appeal or be torn down

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at his office in Jerusalem, December 1, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Government classifies its discussions of ICC war crimes probe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-Science Minister Ofir Akunis (L) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on December 22, 2019, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu on war crimes probe: ICC has become a ‘weapon’ against Israel

By Alexander Fulbright

Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, right, waits for alleged jihadist leader Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to enter the court room for his initial appearance on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. After his capture in Mali, the court in The Hague said that Al Hassan allegedly committed the crimes in Timbuktu while the town was under the control of extremists between April 2012 and January 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Israel media review

A Hague on both your houses: 6 things to know for December 22

By Joshua Davidovich

The ICC’s announcement of a possible war crimes investigation has Israel fuming over the fact that it is being singled out (it isn’t) and worried over who will be strung up

An Israeli policeman on a hilltop overlooking the West Bank Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar on January 1, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

FM: Razing of Bedouin hamlet delayed over fears it would be ‘last straw’ for ICC

By Alexander Fulbright

Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan smiles during a news conference at the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Emirati FM tweets report on warming ties with Israel; Netanyahu welcomes detente

PM says ‘time has come for normalization and peace’ after retweeting Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s link to news report on ‘Arab-Israeli alliance taking shape’

Thousands rally in Iraq against Iran’s political influence

By AFP

Lebanon PM pick said to promise Hezbollah won’t control government

Iran calls US foreign policy ‘delusional,’ Pompeo ‘a loudspeaker for bullying’

By AFP and AP

Illustrative: The organization Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry stages a protest against the religious persecution of the Iron Curtain in the 1960s. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University Archives, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Collection)

Saga may help US Jews to unite in protest again

Once heroes of US Jewry, Soviet Refuseniks are largely forgotten. Not for long

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Anat Zalmanson-Kutznetsov, whose parents tried to hijack a plane to escape the Iron Curtain, launches educational initiative focused on unique bipartisan campaign to free USSR Jews

Education Minister Rafi Peretz, speaks to supporters during an election campaign event in Ramat Gan, on August 12, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Jewish Home chief under fire from within his party for merger with Otzma Yehudit

Senior lawmaker, dozens of party officials say Rafi Peretz acted alone in agreement with extremist faction; demand central committee convene to vote on matter

After youNetanyahu ad copies Trump, who ripped off Modi

Ohana pans justice system’s ‘pressure’ on his state attorney pick as she exits

Netanyahu said to praise Jewish Home merger with extremist party

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Rabbanit Jenna Englender dances with the Torah during her graduation ceremony from Yeshivat Maharat in New York, June 17, 2019. (Shulamit Seidler-Feller/Maharat/via JTA)

10 years after launch of first yeshiva for women clergy, has anything changed?

By Josefin Dolsten

Anti-Trump protesters greet lawmakers as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives debates impeachment charges against US President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, December 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

People of the Pod

LISTEN: How far will anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Trump’s impeachment go?

By Yaakov Schwartz

Episode #16: ToI’s Eric Cortellessa on rumors that Jews are trying to oust the president * ACJ’s David Levy talks post-shooting NJ * ToI’s Jacob Magid explains ICC Israel inquiry

From the blogs

Now, after Jersey City, can we Hasidic Jews be taken seriously?

The murderous attack didn’t happen in a void — it came after years when other Jews ignored hate and mockery aimed at my community

Illustrative: New immigrants to Israel stepping off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport. (Courtesy Nefesh B'Nefesh/via JTA)

Past decade saw over a quarter million immigrants to Israel from 150 countries

More people make aliyah in 2019 than in the last 10 years; Russia leads way with decade’s most immigrants, followed by Ukraine, France, US and Ethiopia

Best Hanukkah present ever: Save the planet

In this season of miraculous renewable energy, there are real steps you can take, including buying an acre of wildlife-rich habitat

Light the lights of Hanukkah and change the world

It’s a reminder that despite the darkness we see around us, the original intention of Creation, of all reality, was light

Emergency services at the site of a deadly bus crash on Highway 40 near Ben Gurion Airport, December 22, 2019. (Magen David Adom)

Live updates (closed)

Four dead in bus crash near Ben Gurion Airport

Emergency medical services treating one other passenger with serious injuries and 10 others mildly injured after bus hits concrete wall on Highway 40

7:17 pm

Deadly crash caused by bus hitting concrete bus stop
7:10 pm

Exit polls show leftist candidate leading in Croatia presidential vote
6:40 pm

Death toll in bus crash near airport rises to four

Australian comedian Jim Jefferies performs at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood, California on December 7, 2017 (Dustin Snipes/Red Bull Content Pool via AP Images)

Comedy review

In Tel Aviv, comic Jim Jefferies avoids controversy, but voids himself

By Benji Lovitt

More Headlines

An image from 'Prisoners of War' ('Hatufim'), the basis for the US program, 'Homeland' (YouTube screenshot)

Winning the TV warIsrael’s ‘Hatufim’ is NY Times’ best foreign show of the decade

Video footage showing a man breaking into Yeshiva University's Schottenstein Residence Hall on December 20, 2019. (Screen capture: FDNY)

Arsonist arrested for setting fire to Yeshiva U. dorm with Hanukkah matches

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a conference in Airport City, outside Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

AG said set to okay appointing police, prison chiefs despite interim government

Umm al Fahm's Reef Mesika celebrates with coaches and players after beating Tel Aviv on December 21, 2019. (screen capture: Sport 5/IFL)

Umm al-Fahm stuns soccer powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv in State Cup thriller

A scene from the new Netflix series "Messiah" shows main character Al-Massih, played by Mehdi Dehbi, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Courting controversy, Netflix thriller ‘Messiah’ includes Temple Mount shootout

By AFP

Illustrative image of the American and Israeli flags. (3dmitry; iStock by Getty Images)

US-Israel fund to invest $6.4 million in 7 joint clean-energy R&D projects

By Shoshanna Solomon

Fictional boy band Boyz II Menorah performs spoof song 'A Week and a Day' (YouTube screenshot)

Lighting it upJames Corden spoofs Hanukkah, boy bands in new song

A Christian pilgrim kisses an icon of the Virgin Mary in the Church of the Nativity, the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 18, 2019. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)

Catholic leaders ask Israel to let Gaza Christians visit Bethlehem for Christmas

The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train seen seen outside of Jerusalem, December 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ending wait, express train begins to chug between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Israel's Shayetet 13 and Italy's Navy carry out a drill simulating a sinking submarine. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel Navy says it successfully carried out submarine rescue drill with Italy

Illustrative: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks with a Dutch soldier who is part of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion during the visit to the Rukla military base, some 130 km (80 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, August 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Elbit inks $65 million deal to supply Netherlands with defense gear

A van totaled in a deadly crash with a truck on Route 4 near the Aluf Sade Junction in Ramat Gan, December 22, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

2 killed, 6 hurt in collision between truck and van in Ramat Gan

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