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Paul Morland

The riddle of modern Israel’s remarkably high birth rates

Charedim are having large families, but parents across society are bucking the trend for advanced economies

By Paul Morland

4 min read

**FILE** Jewish religious women do their national service at the maternity department at a hospital in Jerusalem. October 28, 2010. Photo by Abir Sultan/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ???????? ??????? ??? ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? ???? ???

Board of Deputies makes formal complaint to Guardian over Israel terror attack coverage

Board of Deputies makes formal complaint to Guardian over Israel terror attack coverage

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TOPSHOT - Israeli police officers carry the coffin of Israeli Arab policeman Amir Khoury, 32, one of the five people killed in a shooting attack in the religious town of Bnei Brak, during his funeral in Nazareth on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Stephen Daisley

By Stephen Daisley

Remember the Arab who gave his life for Jews

3 min read

The father of Raad Hazem, 28, a Palestinian gunman who had killed two people and wounded several others in Tel Aviv the previous night, hugs a friend at this home on April 8, 2022 in the West Bank city of Jenin. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Tel Aviv terrorist’s family celebrates his actions saying ‘Victory will come soon’

By Harry Brockhurst

1 min read

Security forces gather outside a restaurant at the scene of a shooting attack in Dizengoff Street in the centre of Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 7, 2022. - At least two people were killed and several wounded during an attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on April 7, a hospital said. It is the latest incident among a surge of violence in Israel and the West Bank since late March. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Gunman in Tel Aviv terror attack shot dead by police after city-wide manhunt

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Third victim of Tel Aviv terror attack dies of his injuries in hospital

Third victim of Tel Aviv terror attack dies of his injuries in hospital

2 min read

Israeli ‘Angels’ are deployed to Europe to help refugee families fleeing the war

Israeli ‘Angels’ are deployed to Europe to help refugee families fleeing the war

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Jonathan Freedland

By Jonathan Freedland

Zelensky loves Israel and wants Israel to love Ukraine back

He visited Tel Aviv as a comedian and now he wants Ukraine to emulate the Jewish state. Volodomyr Zelensky desires Jerusalem as an unequivocal ally but what will Bennett do?

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April 7, 2022 13:16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelensky said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli minister calls for international probe into war crimes in Ukraine

Dr Nachman Shai spoke of his horror following the revelation of mass rape and murder

By Kirsty Buchanan

1 min read

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April 6, 2022 15:48

Israeli minister calls for international probe into war crimes in Ukraine

Israeli MK quits coalition over chametz argument with health minister

Idit Silman has joined Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party

By Harry Brockhurst

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April 6, 2022 13:25

Idit Silman, head of the Health Committee leads a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 28, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?????? ????? ?????

Six arrested in Jerusalem after days of clashes between Arab residents and police

Stones and other items were thrown at police at Damascus Gate during the clash

By Harry Brockhurst

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April 6, 2022 11:37

Israeli security forces stand guard outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on April 5, 2022 during the Muslim holy month fasting of Ramadan. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Misha Mansoor

By Misha Mansoor

Perhaps it’s healthy to have no inhibitions - but you need to have the Israeli mindset

My life has been punctuated with how I have reacted to my relatives' uninhibited comments

5 min read

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April 5, 2022 11:37

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Jan Shure

Why did the BBC's flagship news bulletin ignore murdered Israelis?

For thirty years we have had to put up with the BBC's refusal to portray Israel as victims of terror

2 min read

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April 4, 2022 11:31

BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 25: Israeli police and emergency vehicles surround the scene of a Palestinian suicide attack December 25, 2003 at a bus stop in the central Israeli town of Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv, Israel. Three people were killed in the attack while dozens of wounded were evacuated to local hospitals. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Grants offered to Israeli cities to provide housing for Ukraine war migrants

Funding packages have been offered to cover renovation costs of buildings to house Ukraine migrants

By Harry Brockhurst

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April 4, 2022 10:34

Ukrainian Jewish refugee Olga Chudnaya from Hostomel sits inside the Agudath Israel synagogue in Moldova's capital Chisinau on March 15, 2022, before heading to the airport to board a plane to Israel. - The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24 has topped 2.8 million, the United Nations said. More than 9,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Israel following after the conflict begun. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ronnie Fraser

By Ronnie Fraser

For all the noise its supporters make, BDS has been a failure

The call for an academic boycott began 20 years ago this week, but its advocates still operate on the margins of society

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April 4, 2022 08:18

Demonstrators hold a placard urging the international community to take action against Israel's settlement policy in the occupied territories as left-wing Israeli and foreign peace activists join Palestinians in a protest in the Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on November 04, 2009. According to Israeli radio, about 200 people protestested in Sheikh Jarrah against what they call the "Judaisation" of Arab east Jerusalem and the ongoing construction of Jewish settlements in the Jerusalem area. BDS is a campaign calling for "boycott, deinvestment and sanctions" against Israel. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli commandos kill three Palestinian gunmen dawn in West Bank raid

We defused a 'ticking time-bomb', said PM Bennett

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April 3, 2022 09:32

Israeli soldiers patrol on March 30, 2022 a village south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, reportedly from where Palestinian assailant Diaa Hamarshah left before killing five people during a gun attack in Israel. - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned of a "wave of murderous Arab terrorism" ahead of funerals Wednesday for two of five people killed in a shooting rampage in an ultra-religious Jewish town. The shooting in Bnei Brak, a coastal town outside Tel Aviv, of four civilians and a police officer was the third fatal gun or knife attack in the Jewish state in the past week. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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