"Dina d’malchuta dina (“the law of the land is the law”) requires Jews to obey the statutes of a legally constituted ...

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... At the time of 1 Macc, the land of Israel was caught in the crossfire of the ancient Greek empires. 1 Macc begins with the death of Alexander ...

The Dalai Lama reminds us, “The very nature (of war) is one of tragedy and suffering.” This is true for both active combatants and civilians. The loss of one life is too many. This is certainly where ...

After a brief interlude of independence under the Maccabees, Israel was conquered and ruled by the Romans; then by the Byzantine Empire; then by a succession of Islamic dynasties; then by the Turks; ...

The Catholic OT Canon includes - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, I and II Maccabees - plus sections of Esther and Daniel which are absent from the Protestant OT. Protestant Christians do ...

As Israel withdraws some of its troops from Gaza during a cease-fire there, it has turned attention to another Palestinian territory — in particular a city with a history of militant activity.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said in a statement that the operation, the latest in a string of West Bank raids over the past year, was aimed at “eradicating terrorism” and would ...

The first three hostages released from Gaza as part of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday have arrived in Israel, the military ...

Three Israeli hostages were released Sunday as part of a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. They are the first of 33 that Hamas is expected to free during the first phase of the deal.

The Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s domestic intelligence service said the counterterrorism operation was called “Iron Wall.” President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded an executive order ...

Israel’s top general announced Tuesday he’s stepping down from his post as he accepted responsibility for the failures connected to Hamas’ slaughter of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, that ...

Netanyahu’s statements are his latest attempts at trying to distance the PA from Gaza, with Israel rejecting the US and other allies’ urging that the group be propped as the next leaders of ...