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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Eliyahu Freedman

Tourist Police office D'Tom Tomarito holds a sign with instructions in Hebrew on how to behave for Israeli tourists to Pai, Thailand. (Eliyahu Freedman)
March 22, 2025, 12:52 pm
As war-weary Israeli reservists head to Thailand, poor behavior could spoil relations
A culture clash has left residents of a resort town complaining about travelers from the Jewish state, with the issue escalating to the Thai Interior Ministry
By Eliyahu Freedman
An activist pays his respect in front of portraits of Tibetan political prisoners released in 2015 from Chinese jails during an event organized by Students for a Free Tibet in Dharamshala, India, December 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
December 23, 2024, 8:51 am
In Dharamshala, nonviolent Tibetan leaders grapple with Chinese occupation, Gaza war
As Israel and regional terror organizations battle it out, pacifist Buddhist scholars and activists see parallels – and crucial differences – between themselves and the Middle East
By Eliyahu Freedman
Students and activists protest for an eighth day at an anti-Israel encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP)
October 6, 2024, 5:16 pm
Jewish students say anti-Israel Oct. 7 events at Montreal campuses set to celebrate Hamas
Even after McGill and Concordia take measures to stem antisemitism on campus, protest groups continue to glorify terror a year after the Hamas massacre, putting local Jews on edge
By Eliyahu Freedman
'Mohammed,' an asylum seeker from Gaza, stands on the port of Samos in Greece on April 17, 2024. (Eliyahu Freedman/Times of Israel)
June 11, 2024, 9:11 am
On a Greek isle, Gazans who fled before October 7 seesaw between hardship and hope
Palestinians were among the largest groups fleeing to Europe before the war. Now, more may be clamoring to leave as the EU eases their way, but getting there is harder than ever
By Eliyahu Freedman
Owner and proprietor Tzvi David makes baba qadrasi at Konditorei David, March 2024. (Courtesy)
March 23, 2024, 8:14 am
Heavenly Purim treats at this Iraqi Jewish confectionery are a window into a bygone era
Customers line up in Petah Tikva for an ancient nougat named for manna and a trip back in time, as they fear 70-year-old Konditorei David may too soon be a thing of the past
By Eliyahu Freedman
A member of the Jahalin tribe receives food aid from Israeli activists in early 2024, in the Judean Desert. (Courtesy of Rabbis for Human Rights)
March 21, 2024, 1:55 am
Praying for peace, optimistic Israeli activists deliver Ramadan food aid to West Bank
Volunteers with organizations such as Rabbis for Human Rights brave the ire of fellow Jews as they reach out to help Palestinians in need amid the ongoing war in Gaza
By Eliyahu Freedman
US-born Israeli Reform rabbi Arik Ascherman helps Palestinians during the olive harvest at a grove outside Ramallah in the West Bank on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
February 8, 2024, 6:04 am
American-Israeli rabbi-activist indicted for obstructing troops in West Bank
Authorities say Arik Ascherman blocked and pushed two IDF soldiers in October but he denies wrongdoing, says he was helping Palestinian shepherd whom troops weren’t letting pass
By Eliyahu Freedman
Standing Together activists protest against the Israel-Hamas war, calling for a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, on December 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 12, 2024, 12:00 am
Police deny permit for anti-war protest; left-wing groups vow High Court appeal
Organizers say they will seek permission for an even bigger demonstration next week, after cops reverse approval for Thursday’s rally, citing threat of violence
By Eliyahu Freedman
Families of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip protest outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv calling for their release, on November 21, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 22, 2023, 5:49 am
Families of hostages feel mix of hope and uncertainty as deal okayed for return of 50
Woman whose two kids and their father were abducted says she hopes all three of them will be freed ‘but we have to live in reality,’ vows to fight ‘until everyone comes back’
By Eliyahu Freedman
Family and friends attend a memorial service for peace activist and Women Wage Peace founder Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
November 17, 2023, 11:24 am
‘Hamas did not murder your vision’: Fellow peace activists eulogize Vivian Silver
‘Parting ceremony’ for Women Wage Peace founder, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, features written note sent by her friend in Gaza
By Eliyahu Freedman
Illustrative: The fields of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, on the border of the Gaza Strip, where smoke rises in the distance. (Amir Tibon)
November 12, 2023, 12:40 am
Urban Israelis flock to Gaza border to tend farms left suddenly without workers
With many residents from the southern communities evacuated or called up to reserve duty, thousands of volunteers are heeding the call to help farmers pick vegetables and milk cows
By Eliyahu Freedman
Conservative rabbis from across the United States surround Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin (center), whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, October 31, 2023. (Courtesy Fuchsberg Center)
November 3, 2023, 10:34 am
US rabbis make solidarity trip to Israel for firsthand experience of Hamas onlsaught
Group visits Ofakim and Be’eri, where terrorists killed more than 100 people, meet with parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
By Eliyahu Freedman
Ultra-Orthodox men at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 31, 2023, 1:22 am
Israel’s war spurs thousands of Haredi Israelis to volunteer, cook and serve in the IDF
Though they often eschew the military due to strict religious observance, many ultra-Orthodox are starting to believe the current battle is an existential one for the Jewish nation
By Eliyahu Freedman
A man inspects the damage caused by the earthquake in the old Medina of Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. (AP Photo/Rida Tabit)
September 12, 2023, 5:41 am
Moroccan Jews reportedly all safe in devastating quake that has killed over 2,800
6.8-magnitude quake, centered in Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, struck at time of heightened Jewish tourism ahead of High Holidays
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Eliyahu Freedman
Participants on a recent tour of Israel and the West Bank, which included members of Pittsburgh's Congregation Dor Hadash, walk through Hebron. (Courtesy of Shleimut via JTA)
June 29, 2023, 5:18 pm
During Pittsburgh shooter trial, surviving congregants find parallels in West Bank
As gunman is tried for murder of 11 Jews, members of Tree of Life’s Dor Hadash visit Palestinians, doubling down on refugee aid work for which killer said he targeted them
By Eliyahu Freedman
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