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Israel’s public diplomacy is in a state of crisis, lacking a leader for over a year, with a critically understaffed team and responsibilities scattered across various government bodies. Despite substantial funding, the Foreign Ministry has not fully utilized its budget to counter the flood of hostile global propaganda. The outcome is a dangerously slow and fragmented response system, leaving Israel without a unified voice or clear strategy in the battle for international perception.

Eli Sharabi, who returned from 491 days in the hell of Gaza, is often asked how he manages to get up each morning. Now, in a special interview marking the release of his new book, Captured, he tells Israel Hayom: "The sorrow will follow me everywhere, but alongside my life, not instead of it."

Many differences explain the gap between the IDF's situation in the northern theater and in the strip – geography, Israel's goal, the political situation and of course the hostage issue. But victory is still possible in Gaza too, and it depends mainly on us.

The intelligence gaps, the notion that Yemen was a "secondary front", a warning that Israel would be next, which went ignored, and the missile that was uncovered just before October 7 - while Israel was focused on Hamas and Iran, the Houthi threat was growing. What's the solution? Military force alone may not suffice. 

Five months after the IDF decided to implement profound changes to exposure procedures for soldiers and career service members as part of the lessons learned from October 7 and the war that followed, it appears the military is struggling to enforce its information security policy, especially on social media.

In an exclusive interview, MEMRI president Yigal Carmon claims Qatar funds terrorism while mediating hostage deals and accuses Netanyahu of fearing confrontation with the Gulf state.

Though the scenario remains distant for now, work on Israel’s strategic “attack outline” has already begun. How would it differ from previous clashes with Obama and Biden? Ministers disagree over how vulnerable Trump really is. The full story on the prime minister’s contingency plan.

Dr. Tamar Katko commemorates Victory Day over Nazi Germany by telling the story of Jewish fighters in World War II, "They saw the sights at Auschwitz, then rushed to Berlin and wrecked it. It was important for them to demonstrate Jewish power."

Near where his brother fell in 1973, Jewish Agency Chairman Major General (Res.) Doron Almog met with new Olim soldiers for a conversation about growth, sharing the burden, and purpose.