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In the shadow of Rachel’s Tomb, a small group of families are the first Jews to live in Bethlehem in 2,000 years. 

The humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan is likely to provide impetus to terror organizations in the Middle East, but the Taliban isn’t expected to give them the infrastructure they need to execute mega-attacks as they did the previous time they were in power.

MK Israel Katz looks at his successor in the Finance Ministry, Avigdor Lieberman, and believes he is nothing short of "dangerous for Israel." As for the day when former PM Benjamin Netanyahu steps down as Likud leader – Katz says he has it covered.

Everyone wants to go to America, but there are complicated issues that need to be solved before Israelis can enjoy visa-free travel there. In the meantime, every five to 10 years, the application process has to be repeated. 

Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dangot, who served as Israel's coordinator of government activities in the territories, says the recent meeting between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas creates new options for Israel to decrease future uncertainty. Regarding Gaza, all roads lead to escalation, he warns.

Judoka Raz Hershko shares with Israel Hayom the challenges she has overcome – being bullied for her weight in school and coming out to her parents – before making it to Tokyo, where she won bronze.

Jere Van Dyk, a Pulitzer-nominated American journalist who was held captive by the Taliban says the group sees its struggle as one waged on a global scale and that Afghanistan under the Taliban's rule will be magnet for jihadis worldwide.

Effi Eitam can no longer remain silent over what he sees as Israel losing its principles and character, and especially over what he is convinced is a looming internal threat that we may already be too late to stop.

Polish diplomat Jakub Kumoch says that contrary to the foreign minister's claims, the statute of limitations adopted by his government on property confiscated during WWII was never intended to harm Jews. Rather, it is meant to prevent dubious real estate companies and criminals from laying their hands on them.

As Riyadh continues its attempts to show the US that it has rejected its problematic past as a supporter of terrorism, Hamas makes its position as an ally of Iran and its satellites – including the Taliban – increasingly clear.