Even before the latest orders, tens of thousands fled temporary shelters in the week after Israel shattered a 2-month-old ceasefire on March 18 with renewed bombardment and ground assaults.

Israel has been gripped by allegations linking aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to financing from Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and helped broker the release of hostages from Gaza.Dubbed "Qatargate" by Israeli media,

Israel Iluz, a Messianic Jewish pastor of Congregation Kiryat Shmona, in Northern Israel. Israel Iluz, Messianic Jewish pastor of Congregation Kiryat Shmona, longs for quieter days. For more than a year, he braved the Hezbollah rockets raining down in his northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona.

A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable: the leader of France’s far-right party – an organization infamously founded by Nazis – invited to speak at an Israeli antisemitism conference.

They're demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas to release all the remaining hostages, and also demonstrating against government attempts to weaken the judiciary.

The war between Israel and Hamas is so devastating for both Palestinians and Israelis that the only human response is tears. But as Pope Paul VI said, "If you want peace, work for justice." Without justice for Palestinians and security for Israel,

Gaza looms large. The most difficult problem is also the most obvious: Gaza. Netanyahu wants “total victory” over Hamas, a goal a top military official derided as sloganeering