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Featured / Headline / Op-Eds / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / Left vs. Right / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

MK Simcha Rothman: 6 Facts About our Right to Choose Amendment

By Simcha Rothman

This legislation has no special connection to the LGBT, just as it has no special connection to Islam, or to skin color.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: With Just Minutes to Spare, Netanyahu Informs the President 'Ala Beyadi'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu called President Isaac Herzog to inform him that he [Netanyahu] is able to form the next coalition government.

Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Likud, Shas Sign Preliminary Coalition Agreement

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Netanyahu now has preliminary agreements with all of the parties in his right-wing coalition.

Politics / Government / Elections

UTJ and Likud Sign Preliminary Coalition Agreement

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has until Sunday to finalize coalition agreements, or ask for an extension from President Herzog.

Government / Elections / Left vs. Right / On Campus / Education

Noam Party Leader Condemns Lapid-Led Campaign as ‘Sedition’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Avi Maoz pointed out that teachers hide what they are teaching from the parents, and he plans to make sure parents know what their kids are being exposed to.

Government / Elections / Left vs. Right / The Knesset

Lapid’s Calls for Insurrection Puts Civil Society at Risk, Legal Analysts Say

By David Isaac

Israel's outgoing PM urged municipalities not to cooperate with an educational department to be headed by lawmaker Avi Maoz.

Politics / Government / Elections / Left vs. Right / News Briefs

UTJ Head Gafni: ‘Whoever has a Problem with the People’s Elected Government – Go to Live in France’

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Gafni has little patience for those who are implying that the religious parties planning on usurping Israeli democracy.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Likud and Religious Zionists Reach Coalition Agreement

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Religious Zionists party will be responsible for civilian life in Judea and Samaria.

US / Politics / Government / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism

Former US Diplomats Call on Biden to Withhold Military Aid and Cooperation with Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“If the extremist views of the soon to be formed Israeli Government become policy, the Biden Administration needs to step up,” tweeted Aaron David Miller, who served six secretaries of state as an advisor on Arab-Israeli negotiations.

Government / News Briefs / Eastern Europe

Herzog Meets Latvian Counterpart, Hails Three Decades of Bilateral Ties

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Israel places great importance on continuing to enhance and deepen our bilateral relations with Latvia as well as all three Baltic states,” says the Israeli president.

Headline / Jewish / Government / Aliyah / Geulah

Israel's Chief Rabbi Proposes Amending Law of Return

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

Rabbi David Lau: Granting citizenship to anyone with a Jewish grandparent endangers the Jewish character of the state.

Government / Gulf States / UAE

Israel & Bahrain Complete First Round of Free Trade Treaty Talks

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two teams discussed trade in goods, regulation and standardization, customs, trade in services, government procurement, e-commerce and the protection of intellectual property rights.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Report: Coalition Talks Breakthrough Between Smotrich, Netanyahu and Deri

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dafna Liel is reporting a significant breakthrough in the coalition negotiations between Likud, Religious Zionism and Shas.

US / Government / Left vs. Right

‘Respect Our Democracy’: Smotrich Slams US Over Implied Warning on Defense Portfolio

By Ariel Kahana

Disagreements over the post of defense minister has lead to an impasse in coalition negotiations, with Netanyahu attempting to assuage concerns over the matter, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”

Government / Elections / The Knesset

Schedule: President Herzog to Begin Consultations with Knesset Party Representatives

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli president will meet with party delegations to receive their recommendations for candidates to form a government

Headline / US / Politics / Government / Elections

Biden Congratulates Netanyahu, Says US-Israel Alliance 'Stronger than Ever'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Biden waited nearly a full week to make the call, following the leaders of France and the United Kingdom who preceded him in offering their congratulations.

Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!

By JNi.Media

Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.

Government / Elections / Israeli Arabs

Lapid May Repeal the Kaminitz Law

By Jewish Press Staff

Regavim describes it as a blow to governance, democracy and security.

Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Bennett Mulling Resignation as Alternative PM

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked asked Bennett to transfer his veto power to her if he steps down, "to safeguard the right's power."

Government / Lebanon

PM Lapid Rejects Lebanon’s Amendments to Maritime Border Agreement

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Likud is taking credit for Lapid's backtracking, saying their public awareness campaign against the deal worked.

Government / Left vs. Right / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / European Union

Lapid Backs Out of Creative Europe Agreement

By Jewish Press News Desk

Shaked convinced Bennett who convinced Lapid that it was not appropriate for a caretake government to sign this discriminatory deal.

Government / Travel

Transport Minister Okays Plan to Expand BGI, Haifa Airports

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Michaeli also approved further evaluation of the airports in Nevatim and Ziklag.

Government / Turkey

In First Since 2008, Israeli Prime Minister and Turkish President Meet

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Lapid thanked Erdoğan for the recent intelligence cooperation and the thwarting of Iran’s attempts to carry out terrorist attacks against Israelis on Turkish soil this past year.

Government / Bedouin / Judea & Samaria

As Israel Hesitates, Illegal Outpost of Khan al-Ahmar is Expanding

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The residents of Khan al-Ahmar demand to be moved inside the Green Line, anywhere else, they fear the Palestinian Authority will be able to target them.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Government / Left vs. Right

Israeli Officials Push Back US Meddling with IDF’s Rules of Engagement

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Nafftali Bennett: The IDF’s rules of engagement “will be determined by the IDF commanders, independent of any pressure – internal or external.”

IDF & Security / Government / The Environment

Israel Holds First Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting on Earthquake Recovery Plans

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A powerful earthquake in Israel is not a question of whether it will happen, but when,” says the director general of the Prime Minister’s Office.

Headline / Government / Bedouin / Judea & Samaria

After 13 Years of Deliberations, Govt. Applies to High Court for Extension in Khan al Ahmar Case Until After Elections

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

No matter who has been in power, the government always backs down from its obligation to evacuate and relocate the illegal Arab outpost.

Government / News Briefs / Germany

President Isaac Herzog Speaks at the Munich Olympic Massacre 50th Anniversary Memorial

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Isaac Herzog spoke on Monday at the official memorial marking 50 years since the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

US / Government / Iran

Naftali Bennett Asks US not to Sign New Nuclear Agreement with ‘Iranian Terror Government’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The State of Israel is not a party to the agreement. . .and will utilize all available tools to prevent the Iranian nuclear program from advancing.”

Headline / Government / Health and Medicine

Non-Israelis to be Barred from Studying Medicine in Israel

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

The move is part of an effort to curb the incidence of Israelis traveling abroad to become doctors due to difficulties getting accepted into local programs.

Government / Islamic Jihad

Jerusalem Clarifies: We Gave Nothing to the Islamic Jihad

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

While the Islamic Jihad achieved nothing, the IDF emphasized its satisfaction with meeting the objectives of the operation – causing significant damage to the Islamic Jihad’s chain of command.

IDF & Security / Government

Full Text of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Comments on Gaza Military Operation

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Our fight is not with the people of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy that wants to destroy the State of Israel and kill innocent Israelis. The head of Islamic Jihad is in Tehran as we speak.”

Terrorism / Government / Palestinian Authority

Israeli ‘Loans’ to PA Offset Cabinet Decision to Withhold NIS 600 Million Over ‘Pay for Slay’ Policy

By Ariel Kahana

The Israeli defense and finance ministries are operating a secret fund through which money is transferred to Ramallah, a reality revealed in the state’s response to a petition filed with the High Court of Justice by the Kohelet Policy Forum.

Terrorism / Government / Palestinian Authority

Israel Deducts NIS 600 M. from Tax Transfers to PA Over Terror Stipends

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

It's estimated that in 2021 the PA spent NIS 841 million ($270.75 million) paying rewards to terrorists.

Government / Business and Economy

Minister of Finance Liberman Orders More Gasoline Tax Cuts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Nothing like an election to get a politician to take the right action.

Government / Palestinian Authority

Israel Transferring Money to the Palestinian Authority via Secret ‘Extra-Budgetary’ Fund

By Ariel Kahana

State official says the government is prepared to present existing financial agreements with Ramallah to the High Court of Justice, but only "behind closed doors."

Government / Palestinian Authority

Policy Change: PM Lapid Speaks with PLO Chairman Abbas

By Jewish Press News Desk

For the first time in years, a Prime Minister of Israel, Yair Lapid, spoke directly with PLO / Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud "Abu Mazen" Abbas.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: Prime Minister Yair Lapid Delivers His First Speech Upon Taking Office

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The State of Israel is bigger than all of us. More important than any of us. It was here before us, and will be here long after us. It doesn’t belong only to us. It belongs to those who dreamed of it for thousands of years in the Diaspora, and also to those yet to be born, to future generations."

Politics / Government / Elections

Watch: Naftali Bennett Passes the Torch to Yair Lapid

By Jewish Press News Desk

Exiting Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gives some advice and a blessing to incoming interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

Headline / Government / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Arabs Now Have to Prove Ownership Over Contested Property

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Mukhtar Protocol was used to establish ownership of land in Jerusalem based on the testimony of local village “experts,” instead of properly documented proof of ownership.

Government / Travel

Ministers Liberman and Michaeli Agree to NIS 410 Million Upgrade to Road 90

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The work will include overtaking lanes, rest bays, lighting and road upgrades that will reduce traffic accidents on the road.

Headline / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Knesset Passes Preliminary Vote to Dissolve 110-0

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu has about a week now to try and form a new coalition.

Politics / Government / Diaspora / Aliyah / Geulah / Azerbaijan

Très AIPAC: Azerbaijani Official in Israel to Tighten Relations through Israelis Born in his Country

By Rachel Avraham

The Azeri official stressed the positive relations of the olim from Azerbaijan with their native country.

Government / Elections / The Knesset

Naftali Bennett Explains Decision to Dissolve the Knesset: ‘We Have Done Everything to Preserve this Government’

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Yair Lapid also spoke and thanked Bennett, saying Bennett “put the country before the personal interest.”

Government / Ukraine

Report: War-Torn Ukraine Asks Israel for $500 Million Loan

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The stated purpose of the loan was to help Ukraine deal with the “catastrophic impact” of the war on the country’s economy.

Featured / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Ahmad Tibi to Cooperate with Coalition on Anti-Netanyahu Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

One wonders if everyone is considering the potential consequences of their actions.

Government / Boycott / BDS / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / European Union

Bennett Government Joins European Culture Initiative that Excludes Golan, Judea, Samaria and Parts of Jerusalem

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Head of the Samaria Council Yossi Dagan attacked the decision, saying that joining the fund “is a slap in the face to the country’s citizens and filmmakers” who live in the excluded areas.

IDF & Security / Government

Israel Sees 600% Increase in Applications for Firearm Licenses Following Wave of Terrorism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Shocking! MK Nir Barkat noted that less than 10% of firearm applications were approved.

Government / Aliyah / Geulah / Africa

180 Ethiopian Olim Arrive in Israel, Part of Ongoing Operation Tzur Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

95,000 Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel since the establishment of the state.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / Left vs. Right / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Bennett Admits to Seminary Women Regretting Promises He Broke in Forging Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett stressed repeatedly that social divides within Israel and the Jewish people were more dangerous to the country’s future than even external security threats.

Government / The Courts / The Temple Mount

Israeli Government Refutes Court Ruling on Temple Mount Prayer

By Jewish Press News Desk

The government said the ruling doesn't change the status quo, and the state would be filing an appeal in the case.

Headline / Government / The Temple Mount / Jordan

PM Bennett Denies Reports Israel Agreed to Waqf Demands on Temple Mount

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Six Hamas-backed Waqf guards were removed from the Temple Mount, and 12 new Waqf positions were manned, “all within the existing standards, without any increase,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.

Headline / Government / The Knesset

Bennett Coalition Survives No-Confidence Vote

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

There does not seem to be any interest among a majority of the Knesset’s members to move to new elections so soon.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs

Israel Establishing National Guard to Contend with Security Threats Within Its Borders

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Naftali Bennett: “The supreme task of the Israeli government is to restore personal security to the citizens of Israel.”

Government / Elections / The Knesset

Opposition Preparing Vote to Disperse the Knesset; Ra'am Demands Jordanian Control of Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Whether or not this vote happens is almost completely in the hands of the Islamic Ra'am party.

Government / The Knesset / The Environment

Knesset Health Subcommittee Critical of Government’s ‘Anemic’ Climate Targets

By Jewish Press News Desk

“When it came to the Government's commitment in the [2021] Glasgow Climate Pact, I thought things would be different."

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Ukraine / Russia

Israel’s Ambassador to US: Bennett No Longer Leading Ukraine-Russia Mediation

By dvora

Domestic critics of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he has lost focus on internal political considerations while taking on more international concerns, such as trying to intervene diplomatically in Russia’s nearly seven-week war with Ukraine.

Government / Science and Tech

Israel Invests $6 Million in Autonomous Transportation Pilot

By Jewish Press News Desk

In the past few years, Israel has been a leading country in the field of smart transportation.

Headline / IDF & Security / Government / China

Storm in a Chinese Tea Cup: Object in Chinese Gifts to Israeli Ministers Were Not Espionage Device

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Chinese gift boxes included chocolates, thermal cups and what was suspected to be a listening device.

US / Government / Antisemitism / Diaspora

Noa Tishby named Israel’s first-ever Special Envoy for Combating Anti-Semitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tishby has been charged with raising awareness of delegitimization efforts against Israel and advocating against hate towards Jews.

Featured / Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Study Shows 70% Drop in New Israeli Startups Since 2016

By Jewish Press News Desk

The findings could not can validate the claim of increased investor sophistication in identifying early-stage success.

Government / Palestinian Authority

Amid Tensions, Defense Minister Gantz Talks with PA Chief Abbas

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Gantz wished Abbas and “the Palestinian people a blessed month of Ramadan,” his office stated.

Government / Bedouin / News Briefs

Israel Adding 100,000 Housing Units for Bedouin

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Thirty thousand of the housing units are to be developed within the next five years.

Headline / Government

Gantz Points Finger at Lapid Over Arab Riots in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

It should be noted that Israeli Police did not point to any specific cause for Sunday night’s rioting, which followed a similar spate of violence the previous night.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Islamists / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

Israeli Christians to Ministers: Protect Us from ISIS during Easter

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The writers pointed out that Christians have been a target of ISIS in the Middle East.

Government / Coronavirus

Hours After Meeting Blinken, Bennett Tests Positive for COVID-19

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett's planned trip to India will have to be cancelled or delayed.

Headline / US / Politics / Government / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt

PM Bennett Thrilled on Eve of 'Negev Summit’ – and There’s Lots to Celebrate

By Jewish Press News Desk

At least three of the participants in the hastily-organized Negev Summit share trepidations about the 900-pound mullah in the room.

Government / Business and Economy / Ukraine

Fearing Shortages Due to Ukraine War, Israel Prioritizes Grain, Fodder Shipments

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel faces challenges to its food security due to the “worrying developments” in Eastern Europe, says Israeli Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli.

Government

Government Announces 10 New Towns in the Negev

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This follows the approval last week of the establishment of the new ultra-Orthodox city of Kasif in the Negev.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / Left vs. Right / Ukraine

Republican Congressman Says Israel’s Refusal to Support Ukraine Could Undermine Relations with US

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

Kinzinger’s unrestrained comments reflect the arrogance behind the colossal American failures in the Middle East in the past 20 years.

Government / Health and Medicine / Ukraine

Bennett, Lapid, Send Off Israeli Delegation to Establish Field Hospital in Ukraine

By Jewish Press News Desk

In lieu of a comment on the shameful, anti-Israel speech of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before the Knesset, Bennett stressed what Israel has been best at.

Headline / US / Government / Iran

Bennett & Lapid Express Shock Over Biden's Overtures to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans. We refuse to believe that the United States would remove its designation as a terrorist organization."

Jewish / Government / Turkey / Diaspora

President Herzog, First Lady, Meet Turkish Jewish Community in Istanbul

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Both my father and my grandfather recalled, during their historic visits, how Turkey opened its gates and its heart to the daughters and sons of the Jewish People."

Government / Turkey

Israel’s President Herzog Takes Off for Historic Visit to Turkey

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Certainly at a time when the international order is being shaken, it is good and proper that stability and partnership be maintained in our region,” says Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Featured / Government / Health and Medicine / Ukraine

Magen David Adom Opens Call Center for Ukrainian Refugees in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The call center will provide assistance in a variety of areas including medical needs, bureaucracy, and coordination with professionals.

Government / The Courts / Bedouin

After 13 Years of Deliberations, Govt. Applies to High Court of Justice for 48-Hour Extension in Khan al Ahmar Case

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

After severely criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu for his inaction on the removal of the illegal Arab outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seeking to further postpone the evacuation, adopting the same line of the Netanyahu government.

Government / News Briefs / Ukraine / Russia

Ayelet Shaked Refutes Ukrainian Claim Israel Denying Its Refuges Entry: ‘You Should Stick to the Facts’

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

“As of this morning, 97 passengers from different countries around the world have arrived in Israel with a Ukrainian passport..."

Featured / Government / Business and Economy / Coronavirus

Finance Minister Liberman (Finally) Authorizes Aid Package for Businesses Hurt by COVID

By Israel Hayom

Businesses that prove annual revenue losses of at least 35% in January-February 2022 compared to the same months in 2019 will be eligible to receive up to $185,000.

Headline / Government / Ukraine / United Nations (UN) / Russia / International Conflicts

Israel to Support UN Resolution Condemning Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel has established an inter-ministry team that will examine the effects and consequences of the sanctions on Russia on the Israeli economy and policy.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter I

By Barbara Bensoussan

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