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At a checkpoint near Modiin Illit, IDF soldiers thwarted a terrorist attack on Wednesday night, according to media reports. A man attempted to stab a security guard but was stopped…
Amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases, a senior Health Ministry official warned on Channel 13 on Wednesday night that the country is on the brink of a second wave. The…
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid received his first security briefing from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. As the official opposition leader, the government is obligated by law to update…
Opposition to the proposed annexations in Yehudah and Shomron was seen on the streets Wednesday, as Peace Now held demonstrations at several locations along the central Ayalon Highway. Demonstrators hung…
Yeshiva students from abroad will henceforth not be allowed in the country, reinstating a ban that was recently lifted, in view of the resurgence of the coronavirus in recent…
In the wake of the tragic shooting of an autistic East Yerushalayim resident by Israeli police, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana on Wednesday said that officers should be trained to…
Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium has installed a special tunnel to spray soccer players arriving for matches with a fine disinfectant mist to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.…
The decoding of DNA extracted from fragments of parchment of the Bayis Sheini-era Dead Sea Scrolls indicates that 2,000 years ago, Jewish society apparently had parallel circulation of diverse versions…
A U.S. court has ruled that Iran and Syria are liable for compensation for American citizens wounded and killed in a series of terror attacks by Palestinians in Israel, including…
Half of Israelis support annexing parts of Yehudah and Shomron, although they are divided over whether to take the step without U.S. support, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. Some…
Several more schools were closed in Israel Wednesday morning after students were diagnosed with coronavirus, as the government was considering a nationwide closure of middle and high schools amid rising…
Israeli diplomats abroad, as well as foreign diplomats currently posted in Israel, have complained about the lack of direction from Yerushalayim regarding the planned implementation of the Trump administration’s Middle…
The Defense Ministry and police investigators announced on Wednesday that they have opened an investigation into the purchase of 1.5 million faulty N95-type protective face masks acquired for health workers,…
El Al Airlines suffered another blow to its prospects for survival on Tuesday as the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) suspended the carrier’s cargo flights due to failure to pay its…
Following a meeting on Tuesday evening to assess the health situation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deferred a decision on a Health Ministry recommendation to close the schools amid a surge…
Reeling from fresh outbreaks of the coronavirus, Israeli officials were pondering on Tuesday whether to reclose parts of the school system and postpone reopening the railways. Amid reports that the…
Norway, which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of Yehudah and Shomron. Norway heads the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee…
Yerushalayim’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Aryeh Stern, made a condolence call to the family of Iyad Halak, a 22-year-old eastern Yerushalayim resident with special needs who was shot to death by…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a meeting with representatives from the Yesha council of Yehuda and Shomron, during which he urged them to fall in line behind the U.S.…
A joint Knesset committee recommended on Tuesday that the existing state of emergency be extended to allow the government full latitude in dealing with the coronavirus crisis. A combined panel…