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Israeli Settler Attack During West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to Death of a Boy

Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.

© Afif Amireh for The New York Times

Relatives of Ayssam Ma’ala, who died after being tear gassed by soldiers, visited his grave in the West Bank town of Beita on Wednesday.
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U.S. Wants Security Council to Adopt Trump Plan for Gaza

The alternative, Ambassador Michael Waltz bluntly told diplomats, was to watch the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas give way to a return to war.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

The Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, last Tuesday.
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Zohran Mamdani’s Triumph in the NYC Mayoral Race Evokes Intense Reaction in Israel

“The Big Apple has fallen,” a right-wing lawmaker said, reflecting broader worries in the Mideast country. Palestinians hailed the election as a sea change in the United States.

© Amir Hamja for The New York Times

Zohran Mamdani at his election night event at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn.
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In Israel, an Unfamiliar Word Is Heard: Peace

A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

© Shir Torem/Reuters

Israelis attend a rally on Saturday in Tel Aviv to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
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In Israel, an Unfamiliar Word Is Heard: Peace

A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

© Shir Torem/Reuters

Israelis attend a rally on Saturday in Tel Aviv to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
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Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Stage ‘March of the Million’ Against Military Draft

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to end an exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Israeli ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrated against military conscription for their community on Thursday in Jerusalem.
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In Shift in Relationship With Netanyahu, Trump Says ‘I Will Decide’ What Is Right for Israel

Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and President Trump in Israel’s Parliament this month. A new phase in the countries’ relationship has been taking form.
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Turkey Offered to Help in Postwar Gaza. Israel Isn’t About to Say Yes.

As a guarantor of the cease-fire, Turkey is keen to play a role in Gaza’s future, seeing political and economic benefits. Israel is having none of it.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, at a conference devoted to ending the war in Gaza, this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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A Quick Route to Rebuild Half of Gaza, or Another U.S. Pipe Dream?

There are many questions about whether a plan to rebuild Israeli-held parts of the enclave is feasible or doomed from the outset.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Destroyed buildings seen from west of Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza, this month.
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