U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between ‘Israel’ and Hezbollah could “become a regional war, with terrible consequences for the Middle East.” “Diplomacy is by far the best way to prevent more escalation,” Austin said. Gallant, ...
The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has the potential to unravel his ruling coalition. The court also ordered the government to withdraw funding from any religious schools, or yeshivas, whose students ...
