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A boycott of Israeli food producer Osem is brewing, Arutz Sheva reported Thursday, as supporters of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded with anger at comments made Wednesday by Osem chairman…
Arab media reports Wednesday said Egypt was pushing Hamas and Islamic Jihad to accept a deal for a long-term truce with Israel. The arrangement would last for five years, with…
IDF soldiers and Shin Bet agents overnight Tuesday shut down a workshop for the manufacture of arms in the Arab village of Dahariya near Chevron. The workshop produced dozens of…
The options to form a unity government have run out, and Yisrael Beytenu is not interested in joining a narrow rightwing government, party leader Avigdor Liberman said Thursday. “I did…
The Yerushalayim municipality has advanced a proposal to revise building policies in the historic Bukharian section of the city. The proposed change would allow construction of up to 6 stories…
A deal that would secure a pardon from criminal prosecution in exchange for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s resignation was being advanced on Wednesday. President Reuven Rivlin, who has the…
The Likud party has postponed leadership primaries, reversing a statement issued earlier on Wednesday which said it would be setting a date for the vote on Thursday, according to media…
Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon will likely be quitting politics in the near future, according to Globes on Wednesday. Kahlon, who is also head of the Kulanu party which recently…
A five-year ceasefire between Gaza terror groups and Israel is under discussion in Cairo, according to the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds on Wednesday. Senior official from the Hamas military wing and…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged the United States to keep the pressure on Iran at a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Lisbon on Wednesday night. “Iran’s aggression…
Police released on Wednesday details of the arrest of two Islamic State terrorists who had planned to carry out a terror attack on Israel Independence Day. Twenty-one-year-old Ahmed Jabais and…
Yisrael Beytenu is considering backing a temporary government that would deal with some of the state’s immediate problems. A report in Maariv Wednesday said that party MK Alex Kushnir outlined…
It took a while, but winter has finally arrived in Israel, and with it gishmei brachah. And those rains are already having a positive effect on the Kinneret, Israel’s largest…
Salaries for Israelis continued to rise in September, numbers released Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics showed. The average Israeli worker now makes NIS 10,856 a month before taxes,…
The absence of a government is beginning to make itself felt in the field. On Tuesday night, hundreds of officials responsible for security in towns and cities throughout the country…
The IDF announced an investigation into allegations of deliberately inflating chareidi recruitment figures, after claiming earlier on Wednesday that errors had been found and corrected. The military said IDF Chief…
A 19-year-old woman was killed late Tuesday night after being hit and crushed to death by the light rail on Jaffa Street, near Yerushalayim’s central bus station. “At around 12:20…
For Israel hard-liners, President Donald Trump has been the gift that keeps on giving. In his first term, Trump recognized Yerushalayim as the capital of Israel and moved the U.S.…
Jordanian authorities backed down on a ban on Jewish tourists entering the country wearing kippos or tsisis, after Israel threatened retaliation on Tuesday. A large group of Israeli deputy mayors,…
The difficulties of living on Israel’s northern and southern borders have been taking a toll, as reflected in a new survey that found 40% of border residents do not feel…