'US holds the key to tipping the balance - to influencing both Israel and Hamas to close the deal and bring the hostages home,' hostage Itay Chen's father Ruby says.

<p>Clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters erupt again in Sweida, after Syria’s army withdrew earlier this week.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Judicial machinations have served as unignorable wake-up calls for the Knesset to set some matters right. Opinion.

Antisemitic assaults and vandalism are down on campuses but online bullying is up, Hillel finds.

‘Passover Coke’ could become obsolete as Trump says Coca-Cola will use ‘REAL’ sugar in US soda.

New information reveals intelligence, operational preparations ahead of IDF's successful strike in Iran, following urgent warnings about Iran’s progress in developing nuclear weapons.

Major Yossi Levi shared a post from a bereaved brother directed against the Chief of Staff, the chief of military prosecutions, and the commander of the IDF's Criminal Investigations Department, and was dismissed from his position.

MK Gideon Sa'ar criticizes Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa for supporting jihadist attackers and blaming victims, urging international community to protect Syria’s minority groups.