יום שני, כ״א תמוז תשפ״וMonday, July 6, 2026
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shared, "I pray that every nation will move its mission to Jerusalem — not for symbolic reasons, but because for 3,000 years this city has been the undisputed and eternal capital of the Jewish state."
By David Isaac
“We know and have experience that very often laws that are enacted in the Knesset are not necessarily applied,” MK Dan Illouz said.
“The World Health Organization consistently operates with a hostile approach against the State of Israel, while promoting decisions that harm its rights in the international arena.”
A June 2024 survey found that 44% of Gazans ages 18-29 would emigrate if given the chance, while 12% of the Strip’s population fled since 2007.
By Joshua Marks
"This morning, I woke up to the news that the terrorist who murdered my husband was released," said Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Kohelet was excluded in January from a list of some 140 nonprofits eligible for benefits.
“We demand the establishment of an objective, balanced investigation committee – not politically biased, whose conclusions are already known in advance,” Netanyahu said.
"On the 7th of October, not only Israeli citizens were murdered but also the idea that was mistakenly called 'the two-state solution."
The International Criminal Court issued unprecedented arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November, the first time warrants have been issued against leaders from a democratic country.
By David Isaac
The current debate swirls around the NGO Blue and White Future, which was heavily backed by non-Israeli sources.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
"You decided to negotiate, you decided to go for an agreement — bring everyone back together," said Tikva Forum co-founder Tzvika Mor.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amir Ohana told visiting European Parliament President Roberta Metsola that only Trump's plan for Gaza offers a path forward.
“The fact that the official legal language of the State of Israel still includes the disgraceful term ‘West Bank’ is an insult to the Knesset, the Jewish people, and our history.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Anyone who accepts the package and later attempts to return to Gaza would, under the bill, be required to repay it plus a 100% penalty adjusted for inflation and interest.
Of the 3,000 religious Haredi men who received army conscription notices during the summer, only 461 complied.
A U.N. spokesman told JNS that accusations that the global body pressured agencies not to absorb UNRWA’s mandate are untrue.
Over 10% of UNRWA’s senior educators in Gaza are members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Sukkot is automatically pushed out due to Otzma Yehudit quitting the coalition and the Norwegian Law.
The plan puts the power back in the hands of the elected officials, but requires that the coalition and opposition work together to reach a consensus.
U.N. officials indicated they are preparing to terminate operations primarily because of new Israeli legislation.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Gallant announced his resignation from parliament on Jan 1., some two months after being fired as defense minister.
"I did some soul-searching on Shabbat and realized that I was wrong ."
Gallant, however, will remain in the Likud Party.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Land of Israel Caucus wants to amend Basic Law: Referendum to prevent the establishment of a "Palestinian" state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
There were no injuries or damage from the impact and the pieces were removed by police sappers.
"With this transition in our friendship, there will be a beating heart, and I hope we can inspire other countries to do the same."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
MK Almog Cohen slammed the group for encouraging active refusal of military service and accused it of endangering the lives of law enforcement officers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The law targets terrorists who murdered their victims.
The bill strips entities that transfer funds associated with terror — including the Palestinian Authority’s stipends to imprisoned terrorists and their families — from approaching the High Court.
The Israeli government encourages countries to establish embassies in the Israeli capital.
92 of 120 MKS overwhelmingly voted to bar UNRWA
The proposals were passed unanimously by the committee following extensive discussions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Every time the Palestinian Authority was given access to weapons, they were eventually used against Israelis," the coalition lawmakers said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Knesset member Zvi Sukkot calls on the head of IDF Central Command to end "discrimination" against Judea and Samaria residents.
The metro network will include three lines, 150 km of underground tracks and 109 stations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday discussed a legislative amendment that would halt the funding.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
MK Sharren Haskel accused the French government of failing to protect the country's Jewish community from violence.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Only when Jewish children are playing in the Strip will the Nukhba terrorists realize that they have lost," said MK Zvi Sukkot.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If there is a change in the fighting and our hostages are returned, and we do what needs to be done in the Gaza Strip in a year, or in two years, that's not an issue."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz seeks to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
"What, are they a Lebanese faction? What's wrong with you?" Mansour Abbas said.
Benny Gantz submitted this bill in the previous Knesset.
Haredi party leaders have expressed openness to the proposed legislation as it does not include forced enlistment quotas.
A charity associated with the majority Arab party has been accused of being a Hamas front.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"I say to them in a clear manner...It's on you to take an immediate decision to recognize a Palestinian state," said Mansour Abbas in an Arabic-language interview.
By Israel Hayom
Haredim who enlist would get benefits while those who do not would be financially disadvantaged through what is called “negative incentives.”
“Some donor nations, probably led by the U.S., could defund and in whole or in part end UNRWA,” says James Lindsay.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The revised framework raises the expenditure limit to $160 billion, up $19 billion from that approved before Oct. 7.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If we can call elections by the end of March, there is still time to hold elections in June, which is critical," said Barak - in order to create a "Palestinian" state.
Ten judges and six acting judges were appointed to the District Courts of Haifa and Nazareth and one judge was appointed to the Eilat Magistrate’s Court.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"We're talking about simple families that work in agriculture. We must defend their right to live," Likud lawmaker Amit Halevi told JNS.
The government passed the 55 billion shekel ($14.5 billion) budget on Monday.
Israel has long said that UNRWA was created to perpetuate the conflict, not help Arab refugees.
Israelis and the Iranian people have a common enemy — Iran’s clerical regime, Beheshti said.
According to reports, Gantz will stay in the government and fight the budget in parliament, hoping to enlist other coalition members to his side.
Currently the court president can stack the judicial panels with left-leaning judges, guaranteeing the outcome in advance.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reminded the police chief that, "according to the law and the principles of democracy, the people go to the polls and whoever is elected should dictate policy."
Knesset regulations require that the Ethics Committee approve such trips in advance.
This will be the first time the Supreme Court is interfering with a Basic Law, which they've described as having constitutional authority.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
For the first time in history, House and Knesset members will have “a forum to engage directly,” said the House speaker.
“Thank you to the excellent team of the ‘Otzma Yehudit’ faction,” said Minister Ben-Gvir.
Netanyahu has been released ahead of the vote on the Reasonability clause.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The proposed law would ban the display of enemy flags and eject terror-supporting students from academic institutions.
Speakers from the government and opposition, as well as security officials, called on Israel to start defeating its enemies, as it did in the past.
The rabbi, who lost his wife and two teenage daughters in an Arab terror attack, has urged unity in the wake of the tragedy.
The law was drafted to incentivize foreign workers to leave Israel when their visas expired.
Itamar Ben-Gvir congratulated Yitzchak Kroizer and hoped that this committee will never meet.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The measure seeks to limit the High Court's unmandated power to cancel government decisions based on subjective reasonableness.
The more Rothman read from the statement critical of the Supreme Court, the more the Leftwing MK screamed and yelled.
By COLlive.com
"The Lubavitcher Rebbe tirelessly worked to strengthen Jewish identity throughout the world," Illouz said. "He was a man of both thought and action, an educator and a spiritual leader of global stature."
A new hearing date has not yet been scheduled.
Ravivo wants to allow the Shabak to become more active in fighting rising crime in the Arab sector.
Simcha Rothman describes the attack on him and his wife on Friday night.
The pro-Israel parade in New York on June 4 should be a time of unity, even as protests are welcome elsewhere, Simcha Rothman told JNS.
One protester bragged how he got close to Rothman and blew a horn right into his ear until a bodyguard pushed him a way.
Despite the last minute dramas, the Knesset approved in second and third readings, the state budget and economic plan for 2023-2024.
By David Isaac
“It is a great privilege to come here again for the first time as a member of the Knesset,” said Likud MK Dan Illouz.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The proposed changes to the Judicial Selection Committee are ready for passage, said MK Simcha Rothman.
By David Isaac
The most pressing issue—the state budget; the most consequential—judicial reform.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
It was a love-in for the State of Israel, and for Israel as the Jewish state.
Part of the delegitimization tactics of the anti-government anarchists has been to scare away elected officials from appearing at official ceremonies.
Anarchists threatened to hold protests at the cemetery, so Fogel decided that he didn't want to see the fallen dishonored.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican will be the second-ever American speaker to address the Knesset plenum.
The latest protest is about hospital managers being allowed to block entry of Chametz into their hospitals on Passover.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a call to right-wing voters: "Come to Jerusalem, you must not surrender to violence."
Time to pull off the band-aid.
No one is openly negotiating from the opposition, so the coalition are offering generous compromises with itself.
The bill is to prevent a legal coup by the attorney general.
Members of Gantz's party have reportedly been holding secret discussions on judicial reform with the coalition.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This is one stone on the way to our complete return to the community, as was agreed and as must be,” said Religious Zionism Party lawmaker Tzvi Sukkot.
Gantz said, "History won't forgive whoever didn't try to stop a civil war."
Capital punishment would be applied to someone who, “intentionally or out of indifference causes the death of an Israeli citizen when the act is carried out from a racist motive or hate to a certain public… and with the purpose of harming the State of Israel and the rebirth of the Jewish people in its homeland.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Regavim documentation shows illegal Palestinian Authority construction where Jewish communities were before the 2005 disengagement.
The Knesset officer received alarming information from security forces about concrete threats against the Rothman and Levin and ordered extra caution to be taken towards them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The biggest troubles for religious issues and the ultra-Orthodox public came from the Supreme Court. There is no area where it did not hurt us.”
Watch the Knesset debates and first vote on the Judicial Reform proposal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The opposition demands a 60-day freeze of the entire program before negotiations.
Netanyahu asked permission to make a statement about the president's compromise offer.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Contradicting the Supreme Court, Avichai Mandelblit says the plea deal struck by Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri last year “unequivocally” did not include a commitment to permanently leave politics.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The coalition agreement between Likud and the Religious Zionism Party requires the government to reverse parts of the disengagement and allow for the Homesh Yeshiva to remain as a first step towards rebuilding the four communities.
July 3, 2026 
