Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about Cheltenham High School, their alma mater in suburban Philadelphia, have inflamed a debate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is on the brink of collapse. Israel's two ultra-Orthodox parties - United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas - have announced plans to leave Netanyahu's coalition.

The Israeli leader has been alienating his allies and is spiraling toward early elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo XIV on Friday after Israel's deadly attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza that killed three people and wounded 10 others, according to the Vatican.

More than 200 students at Cheltenham High School in suburban Philadelphia have petitioned for the school’s alumni hall of fame to eject Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who graduated from the school in 1967.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.

Pope Leo XIV urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call Friday to renew peace talks and protect places of worship following a deadly Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church.

The departure of two ultra-Orthodox parties from Israel’s government leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu politically weakened just as he seeks a ceasefire in Gaza, military dominance in southern Syria and influence over US policy toward Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government faces a threat to its existence. Ultra-Orthodox parties are on the verge of quitting over a dispute regarding mandatory military service exemptions for religious students.

He implored them not to cross into southwestern Syria to support Syrian Druze militiamen in their fight against local Bedouin and government forces in Suwayda. And yet, as Netanyahu made the statement,