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The Yisrael Beytenu party demanded on Wednesday that surveillance cameras be installed in chareidi polling stations in the September elections to prevent alleged voter fraud. Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer…
Israel concluded negotiations for a trade agreement with South Korea on Wednesday, its first with an Asian nation. The accord aims at opening up the world’s 11th largest economy to…
A case of mistaken identity in the skies of the Golan Heights almost ended in tragedy on Wednesday when an IDF unit opened fire on a civilian aircraft, thinking it…
The Yemina party unfurled its right-wing style blueprint for solving Israel’s chronic housing shortage on Wednesday—building over 110,000 apartments in the Shomron. Yamina’s No. 3 candidate, Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich,…
Iraqi paramilitary forces backed by Iran said Wednesday they hold the United States ultimately responsible for a series of attacks, allegedly by Israeli drones, targeting their bases in the country,…
In a novel attempt at shaping the electoral campaign, the Likud party on Wednesday sought to persuade Israeli pollsters to label Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party as part of the…
Parties on the right and left signed vote-sharing agreements on Wednesday. The Likud and Yamina parties on the right, and the Democratic Union and Labor parties on the left, Arutz…
Israeli officials on Wednesday offered a muted response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party were ‘disloyal.’ Referring to Democratic…
Israel is no stranger to immigrants from the four corners of the globe, but on Tuesday night a unique story of family reunion emerged – as the last Jews of…
The consumer is almost always right, at least in Israeli small-claims courts. An examination of consumer complaints by the Israel Consumers Union shows that courts rule in favor of the…
An attempt to incite a crowd of chareidi tourists in Teveria Tuesday night blew up in the face of Mayor Ron Cobi. He attempted to tear up the “Shabbos kashrus” certificate of…
A report on the leaks in the Blue and White Party prepared by a private investigator leaked out to the media Wednesday, and a report in Yediot Acharonot said that…
Recent attacks on Shiite installations in Iraq were undertaken by Israeli forces, the London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat daily reported on Wednesday – and the attacks were carried out with the agreements…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump if the administration’s peace plan runs counter to Israeli positions on vital issues, a senior official told The…
Responding to media reports that Israel has been trying to promote emigration from Gaza, Balad party leader Mtanes Shehadeh said on Tuesday that population transfers are a “war crime,” The…
Against a background of tensions over shipping rights in the Persian Gulf, Israeli and American naval special forces held a major exercise in the Mediterranean Sea simulating the takeover of…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the possibility of mediating between Kiev and Moscow, according to The Times of Israel, citing official sources, on Tuesday.…
Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz said on Tuesday that the ministry will be examining the possibility of banning cellphones from schools, according to Channel 12. “We will look at upsides…
Iraqi security officials say an explosion has occurred in an arms depot belonging to an Iranian-backed militia faction north of Baghdad. The explosion is the latest in a series of…
As most Israelis know, the “free” education sponsored by the state is anything but. According to a the Chasdei Naomi organization, the average Israeli family with school-age children spends NIS…