In the end, Israel chose to pay the price. More than 1,900 terrorists—including those serving life sentences—were released in exchange for 25 living hostages and the bodies of 8 murdered ones. From a ...

In eulogy at brother's ravaged Kibbutz Nir Oz, Dani Elgarat accuses premier of abandoning hostages by thwarting deal with ...

At first glance, his words seem unfathomable ... Israel’s national anthem, Hatikva (“The Hope”), embodies this spirit. In 1948, when Jews returned to their homeland, they transformed ...

There's something about our nation that stands out amid our collective agony and that no one will ever take away from us: our ...

This meant that he could laugh at his Zionism with the anti-Zionist critique of some ultra-Orthodox on the one hand and shed a tear from great emotion while he prayed (not sang) the Hatikva ... ‘Tree ...

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We gathered in the sanctuary, and we sang “Am Yisrael Chai,” Rick Recht’s “The Hope” and of course “Hatikva,” Israel’s national anthem. I remember saying to the children that ...

The four coffins were wrapped in Israeli flags by IDF soldiers and brought into Israel; IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim reads Psalms during military ceremony in Gaza.

To the sound of Hatikva: Remains of four deceased hostages arrive at forensic institute The four coffins were wrapped in Israeli flags by IDF soldiers and brought into Israel; IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal ...