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US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East is good for America and Saudi Arabia, but possibly dangerous for Israel.

"It's a great honor to hold a weapon in one hand and the Quran in the other to defend my homeland, Israel," says one young soldier interviewed by Al Majalla.

Having renounced his family, community and religion, renowned Palestinian informant Mosab Hassan Yousef, who for a decade helped Israel prevent terror attacks, seeks freedom and serenity on an island in Southeast Asia.

Mendel Rate has always been something of a rebel but one with a cause: to change how young Hassidic men look at love, relationships, and romance.

French politician Henri Guaino, a senior adviser to former President Nicolas Sarkozy, says "Everyone contributes to the outset of a war; at some point we are at a point of no return."

Former President Reuven Rivlin never hid his opinions about politics and politicians, even during his term in office. In his first interview since stepping down, Rivlin reveals that he was pessimistic about the Bennett government's future from the start, and mourns the deteriorating political discourse.

Noa Tishby, Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization of Israel, shares her vision for the future of Jewish education.

It could be a movie: Three cousins travel off the beaten path to remote villages in Ethiopia, avoiding bandits and fighting off the locals, to bring back to Israel an ancient prayer book that had been passed down from one generation of their family to the next.

Roya Hakakian moved to the US in 1984, the year her parents decided it was too dangerous to stayin Iran. Her book, which was translated into many languages, tells the story of Iran's Jews as the Islamic Revolution unfolds.