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# Orly Halpern


## Orly Halpern


## Orly Halpern


* ![Israelis take shelter in an underground station as they anticipate another missile attack by Iran on June, 17 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32b4b7a5800416d0/6998c7a166d4e33cf6cbc950/Israel-iran-trump-005.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2025  
### [Ordinary Israelis React to the Attack on Iran](https://time.com/7294940/israel-iran-attack-support-netanyahu/)  
Many Israelis were surprised by the Iran attack but, even from shelters, many still support it.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![A protestor carries a poster at a mass demonstration condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas, in Tel Aviv on Sept. 1, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt027c5ee8ad2f65e2/698a5a7ccabb1dc79ce54810/Netanyahu-Protests-Hostages-Israel.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 2, 2024  
### [Israeli Protesters Blame Netanyahu for Hostages’ Deaths](https://time.com/7016741/israel-protests-netanyahu-six-hostages-deaths/)  
Thousands have taken to the streets after more hostages were found dead. It’s not Hamas they’re angr...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![TOPSHOT-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e7b1bd69025861f/698a3a12929fadb320bf98a6/GettyImages-1243937772.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 3, 2023  
### [Israel’s New Government Sparks Fear](https://time.com/6252759/palestine-israel-settler-attacks-biden/)  
Palestinians and Israel’s liberal left are now looking to the Biden administration to rescue the cou...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election on Nov. 2.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38374cc113fb0805/698a378ab3fce3b3aa0c9df5/israel-election-analysis-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 7, 2022  
### [Liberal Israelis Fear for Future of Democracy](https://time.com/6230211/netanyahu-israel-palestine-ben-gvir/)  
Benjamin Netanyahu will soon form the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history. For some on the...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Palestinians carry the flag-draped body of veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf286a1ceefcb9a91/698a31c1096a94ad0d6ac88f/shireen-abu-akleh-death-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2022  
### [Israel's Troubling Response to Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing](https://time.com/6176045/israel-response-shireen-abu-akleh-killing/)  
The Israeli state PR machine went straight to work to choose its deflection strategy  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![A handout picture provided by the United Arab List on June 2, 2021, shows Mansour Abbas, right, signing a coalition agreement with Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid, left, and right-wing nationalist Naftali Bennett in Ramat Gan near the coastal city ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc66826cfec4b814b/698a1a5a4ee26208c43190e8/raam-abbas-lapid-bennett-israel-elections.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2021  
### [The Arab Kingmaker on Why He Joined Israel’s New Coalition](https://time.com/6073019/mansour-abbas-arab-israel-coalition-government/)  
Mansour Abbas explains why an Islamist politician would agree to join Israel's new ruling coalition  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Firefighters inspect a synagogue that was set on fire during violent clashes in the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Lod, Israel, on May 14, 2021.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf14235d34004c378/698a19f616d8847e94c39671/lod-synagogue-communal-violence-israel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 27, 2021  
### [Jewish-Arab Tensions Rise in Israel's Mixed City of Lod](https://time.com/6050768/lod-jewish-arab-israel-war-room/)  
The spate of violence in mixed cities led to fears Jewish-Arab co-existence was crumbling. Those fra...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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