While Americans question burden of war, experts say Jerusalem's role in setting the stage for US troops on Iranian soil has been pivotal -- even without boots on the ground

Detroit's Temple Israel, the site of last month's ramming attack, says suggested new ritual object symbolizes both vulnerability and rebuilding

'My son is a hero, but I don't want a hero for a son,' says father of Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21; Cpt. Noam Madmoni, 22, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, also buried in separate funerals

Trump says US will be ‘leaving’ the Islamic Republic ‘very soon,’ insists regime change was never a goal * IDF says Beirut strikes targeted a top Hezbollah commander, ‘another senior terrorist’

Andy Beshear, a 2028 presidential hopeful, says Israel 'has the right to exist as a democratic country, as a Jewish country' while bashing Trump and Netanyahu over the Gaza and Iran wars

Wall Street Journal says Abu Dhabi wants US to occupy islands held by Iran in waterway, is also pushing UN Security Council resolution to green-light use of force

Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists' compendium of 2,200 bitter molecules and their research on TAS2R14, a bitter receptor, can help make medicine 'easier to swallow' and even treat lung diseases

Opposition leader rejects PM's claim that Israel has inflicted '10 plagues' on Iran-led axis, noting that Hamas still rules Gaza, Hezbollah continues to fire rockets and that a Khamenei heads Iran