Veterans

Maine oysterman launches bid to unseat Republican US Senator Susan Collins

Graham Platner, a Marine and Army veteran, said he’s angered by how unlivable the northeasternmost US state has become for working-class people.

: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks on behalf of one of U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2025.
 THE DOMINICAN Republic US Veterans Village, which provides a model of care that carries profound lessons in confronting the hidden wounds of war, says the writer, shown here with his wife, Adi Bedein, flanked by co-founder Dr. Gary Deutchman (left), and US Marine veteran Manny Salazar (right).

Healing beyond borders: A journey into the Dominican Republic’s US Veterans Village - opinion

Israel Police at the scene of an explosion in southern Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024.

Police beat, arrest PTSD victim for boarding bus with certified service dog

 People demonstrate in Vauxhall during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, November 11, 2023

Pro-Palestine groups plan to 'swarm' UK with coordinated protests on Armistice Day


World leaders, veterans, commemorate D-Day's 80th anniversary in Normandy

Veterans and world leaders are gathering in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, was not invited.

 U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden disembark Air Force One at Caen Carpiquet Airport, France, June 6, 2024.

US veterans spark controversial comments after taking a stance on pro-Palestine protest and Gaza

Protests for and against Israel’s war in Gaza are heating up across the US, with veterans and leaders on both sides of the conflict.

 A PROTEST takes place in Chicago last October. The terrifying chant, ‘From the river to the sea,’ demonstrates a vision of the full destruction of democratic Israel and its inhabitants, the writer asserts.

'You are the head, you are guilty': Yom Kippur war vets launch anti-Netanyahu campaign

"There is no choice, we must go to the elections and establish a state commission of inquiry that will investigate in depth all the reasons for the 2023 failure."

 PROTESTERS CARRY banners at a recent demonstration calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s removal from office.

Psychoactive drug treats traumatic brain injury in veterans

On average, treatment with ibogaine immediately led to significant improvements in functioning, PTSD, depression, and anxiety – and those effects persisted until at least one month after treatment. 

 Pills spilling out of a bottle (illustrative).

Female veterans face barriers seeking mental-health help - report

Research on mental health needs and, according to the women interviewed, the mental health services for veterans themselves, prefer men over women.

 Soldiers of the Bardales Battalion prepare for urban warfare training on an early foggy morning, near Nitzanim in the Arava area of Southern Israel, on July 13, 2016. Formed in 2014, the Bardales Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of 50% female soldiers

Remembering Raz Mizrachi, an IDF hero killed by Hamas in Re'im

Raz Mizrachi met her tragic end last week at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Re’im

 Raz Mizrachi

Israel locates missing remains of War of Independence fighter

Dov Broder's remains, missing since he fell during the May 13, 1948 Operation Medina, were recovered by Israeli authorities on Sunday.

 Dov Broder and his wife Batya, circa 1947

50 Influential Jews: Defenders of Israel - No. 37

Whether defending Israel in court or online, in security or through building bridges, these four veterans are dedicated to fight for the Jewish state in their own unique ways.

 Amir Avivi, Gidi Mark, Rabbi Ari Lamm, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.

Meet the people helping IDF soldiers with PTSD

‘The huge hug, thank you I got was what I needed.’

 Dvir Dahan during his IDF service.

Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart

Jimmy Lippert Thyden from Virginia reunited with his Chilean birth mother last week after an entire life of separation.

 Neonatal incubator (illustrative).

IDF soldiers with PTSD must be able to get the help they need - editorial

The whole country, led by the government, must rally to ensure that IDF veterans suffering from PTSD receive the help they need.

An IDF soldier sits on a beach in Tel Aviv