The value of gender equality has eroded in Israel over the past two decades, but the majority of the public does not support separation measures.

Bender gave a Zoom interview from his Los Angeles office ahead of the 42nd Jerusalem Film Festival, which opens on July 17.

A political firestorm was triggered on Wednesday by likening Israel’s proposal for the displaced Gazans to Nazi‐era concentration camps.

In return, artefacts from the Sutton Hoo burial and the Lewis Chessmen will travel to Normandy as part of an unprecedented ...