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Politics / Government / The Knesset

Coalition ‘Flees’ and Opposition Wins 13 Votes at Knesset

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Bennett's increasingly unstable coalition has repeatedly failed to pass its own legislation in recent weeks.

Government / China

Lapid Appoints Left-Wing Arab MK as Israel’s Consulate General in Shanghai

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Rinawie Zoabi is a member of the left-wing Meretz party and is considered a political headache for the coalition.

Government / Iran

Bennett: New Iran Deal ‘Shorter and Weaker Than Previous One’

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel is “organizing and preparing for the day after, in all dimensions..."

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / Coronavirus

Israel Freedom Convoy Persists Amid Media Blackout and Police Crackdown

By Orit Arfa

Israeli Minister Eli Avidar calls the police’s breakup of the protest at the Knesset “violent and brutal.”

Government / Coronavirus

As Many as 20,000 Vehicles Participate in Israeli COVID ‘Freedom Convoy’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The crowdfunded initiative was inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy and is operating under the slogan “Take back the wheel.” The convoy culminated with major protests outside Israel's Knesset and Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

Politics / Government / Photo of the Day / Coronavirus

Freedom Convoy: Israel

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

The crowdfunded initiative was inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy and is operating under the slogan “Take back the wheel.”

Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

A First: Israel's Transport Ministry Certifies Unmanned Aircraft System in Civilian Airspace

By Jewish Press News Desk

This is an additional part of the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety’s policy to adapt land and aerial transport regulations.

Police and Crime / Government

Justice Minister Sa’ar Moves Forward Trying to Decriminalize Recreational Cannabis in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If the new regulation is approved, recreational cannabis would become an administrative offense for many, akin to a traffic violation.

US / Government / News Briefs / ISIS

PM Bennett Congratulates US on Death of ISIS Leader

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett said the world is "a safer place" now that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi has been eliminated.

Government / Religious & Secular in Israel / Conversion / Giyur

‘We Will Not Accept Converts Under New Reform,’ Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Warns

By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom

“We call on the religious services minister to not heed the uninfluential rabbis, to wake up,” says Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / Government / The Courts / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Jerusalem Rabbinical Court Denies Housing to Get Refuser

By Jewish Press News Desk

Through efforts of Yad La’isha Legal Aid Center, court imposes rare housing sanctions on recalcitrant husband.

Government / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

President Herzog, First Lady, Depart for First Israeli Presidential UAE Visit

By Jewish Press News Desk

“I am bringing with me a blessing of peace and a message of peace to the entire region, to the people of the region."

Featured / Government / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Government to Spend Millions to Protect, Repair Heritage Sites Damaged by Palestinian Authority

By Israel Hayom

Following reports of vandalism at dozens of heritage and archaeological sites in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Elkin calls conservation of sites a “national mission.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Government

Appeal Denied: Home of Yehuda Dimentman's Killer to be Demolished

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Yehuda Dimentman, 25, was a student at the yeshiva located in the former northern Samaria Jewish community of Homesh.

Government / Coronavirus

Bennett: We Are Entering the Eye of the Omicron Storm

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I would like to thank Pfizer CEO, my friend, Albert Bourla for the assistance."

Headline / Government / Left vs. Right / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Thousands Protest at PM’s Office Demanding Legalization of Homesh Yeshiva

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

A massive demonstration held Thursday night outside the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem marked four weeks since the murder of Yehuda Dimentman in a terrorist attack outside of Homesh in Samaria. Dimentman, who studied at the yeshiva there, died after he was shot in the neck. Two other people were wounded in the attack. Dimentman […]

Headline / Government / Bedouin

Ra'am Wins, KKL-KNF Tree Planting Halted

By Jewish Press News Desk

Despite the halt, Ra'am isn't done with their demands from Bennett.

Featured / Government / Bedouin / Video of the Day / Sovereignty / Israeli Arabs

Watch: The Latest on the Negev Tree Planting War

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's time to restore the Zionist vision to its proper place in public policy.

Headline / Government / Left vs. Right / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bennett to Destroy Ezra Schwartz Vineyard on Tu B'Shvat Week in Arugot Farm

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jeremy Gimpel was #13 on Naftali Bennett's list when Bennett first entered politics in Bayit Yehudi.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Rightwing Orgs, Judea and Samaria Leaders, Launch Campaign Against PM Bennett

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Dagan accused Bennett’s government of “losing direction, it is losing it in Samaria, it is losing it in the Negev.”

Government / Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Ministry of Finance and El-Al Agree on Aid Package

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The outline will include an inflow of tens of millions of dollars in the coming period to come from the controlling shareholders of the company and the state, and it will allow the company to get through the crisis in the coming months.

Government / The Courts / Islamists / Israeli Arabs

Son of Muslim High Court Nominee Facing Accusations of Terror Support

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Kabub wrote on Facebook that “we will fill the streets with rage and demonstrations, and we will fill the prisons with innocent people.”

Government

Govt. Approves NIS 1 B. Plan to Strengthen Israel’s Presence in Golan Heights

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The plan marks 40 years since Israeli law was applied to the Golan Heights in 1981, and its goal is to double the population of the Golan Heights.

Government / History / Sinai

Ancient Christian Manuscripts from Mount Sinai Monastery Go Online via Israel's National Library

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new, free collection includes images of 1,600 manuscripts, dozens of rare photos, and color footage taken after the Six-Day War.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Government / Iran

PM Bennett Meets Biden's NSA Sullivan on Plans for Iran

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

"It’s important that we sit together and develop a common strategy, a common outlook."

Government / Cyber

Iranian Cyber Attacks on Israeli Government Targets Thwarted

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A known Iranian hacking group commonly associated with the regime, named “Charming Kitten” or APT 35, was behind an attempt to exploit the Log4j vulnerability against seven targets in Israel from the government and business sector.

Government / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Member of Defense Minister’s Team Tested Positive for Omicron Variant

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“It should be emphasized that the team member did not sit near the minister during the flight"

Featured / Government / The Knesset / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

TAU Survey: Most Arabs Want Ra'am Minister in Lapid-Bennett Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli Arabs don't trust the government to implement plans for fighting crime in Arab communities.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right

Netanyahu Family’s Security Detail Discontinued

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The former Israeli premier’s family call the decision by the Ministerial Committee on Israel Security Agency Affairs “political, scandalous and irresponsible.”

Government / Palestinian Authority / Fayyad Plan

Regavim: Defense Minister Gantz is ‘Silver Platter on which State of Palestine is Being Built’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel has rapidly been losing lands in area C to European Union-funded illegal construction projected executed by the PA.

US / Politics / Government / Holidays & Observances

Prime Minister Bennett Meets New US Ambassador Nides, They Light Chanukah Candles

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I know we're going to do a lot of great things together. Welcome back to Israel and best of luck, my friend."

Headline / IDF & Security / Government / Iran

Mossad Chief Promises Iran Will Never Have Nuclear Weapons

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Barnea: “Not in the coming years, never, it’s my commitment, it’s the Mossad’s commitment.”

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Government

PM Bennett Designates "Yamam" as a Special National Counter-Terrorism Unit

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

NIS 10 million will be allocated from the Prime Minister’s Office’s budget in 2022 to fund the unit, with an emphasis on weapons and training infrastructure.

Government

Israeli Govt Okays Immigration of Thousands of Ethiopians

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

The Jewish Agency, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and Keren Hayesod welcomed the Israeli move.

Government / Holidays & Observances / Judea & Samaria

Joining Meretz, Hamas and Peace Now Upset Over President Herzog’s Candle Lighting in Hebron

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Herzog’s visit to Hebron is the first of many ceremonies he will be attending throughout the country in honor of the Chanukkah celebrations.

Featured / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Government / Antisemitism / Jerusalem / Sovereignty

US Forces Cancellation of Haredi Neighborhood in Atarot, Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli government has informed the US that Israel won't be moving ahead with the construction of a much-needed neighborhood for Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox) in the Atarot section of northern Jerusalem.

Government / Business and Economy

15-20% of Israel’s Work Force Are Govt. Employees

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The average in the US in 2019 was 13.3%, as opposed to 2.15% in the UK.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government

Report: Prison Officials Buried Female Guard's Complaint of Physical Assault by Terrorist Inmate

By Jewish Press News Desk

According to Haaretz, the warden did not investigate the internal complaint and concealed it when the IPS began investigating the case.

UK / Government

President Herzog Meets the Prince of Wales

By Jewish Press News Desk

Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of the late Duke of Edinburgh, is buried on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.

Government / Social Media

PM Bennett Blocks Bereaved Father on Social Media

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

“I was also blocked by the Prime Minister of Terror Naftali Bennett,” tweeted Hajaj, “who knew how to ask us to support him in the election, and now he is unable to deal with my criticism of the formation of his government with the terrorist supporting Ra’am Party.”

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Ministerial Panel Unanimously Approves Term Limits for Prime Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu came out lashing, declaring the bill and it's supporters undemocratic.

Government

Bennett Announces $160.8 Million Negev Assistance Package

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The funds will go to education, employment, reducing wage gaps, healthcare, transportation and more, says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Anti-Israel NGOs

Gantz, Lapid, Hail Conviction of 'Human Rights' Activist Who Raised Funds for PFLP

By Jewish Press News Desk

The cynical use of human rights organizations as a cover fuels terror ism and hurts organizations that do real work for civil society.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Anti-Israel NGOs / United Nations (UN)

UN Envoy Erdan Explains Exactly Why Israel Designated 6 PFLP Affiliates as Terrorist Groups

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The PFLP operates an organizational and military apparatus, including a network of purported civilian institutions."

Government / The Environment / Weather

Israeli State Comptroller Releases Report Criticizing Climate Change Preparedness

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Israel is one of the few countries in the world that is not yet working on the issue of climate on the basis of a budgeted, approved national preparation plan,” according to a report by Matanyahu Englman.

Government / The Environment / Weather

Bennett Declares Tackling 'Climate Crisis' a New Israeli National Security Interest

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The climate crisis is one of the major issues on the world agenda. It concerns the lives of all of us,” says the Israeli prime minister.

Government / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Approves NIS 30 Billion Economic Plan to Close Gaps in Arab Society

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett said, “Our goal is to reduce the gaps in education, welfare, women’s employment and the economic-municipal sphere in particular."

Terrorism / Government / PFLP

Fallout in Cabinet from Benny Gantz’s Declaration that 6 Organizations Linked to the PFLP

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Labor leader Merav Michaeli and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz both demanded of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that he ensure they never be surprised by such an announcement again in the future.

Government / Israeli Arabs

The Israeli Cabinet Approved Multi-Year National Plan to Deal with Crime in Arab Sector

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Among the goals of the program are the disbanding of criminal organizations, reducing the effects of crime and violence in Arab society and reducing the economic means available to criminal organizations.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right

Israeli Right Blasts ‘Anti-Netanyahu’ Bill

By Israel Hayom

The bill, proposed by Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, would bar those under indictment from forming a government or serving as alternate premier.

Government / Business and Economy

Israel State Comptroller Report: Tax Authority Owes Public Billions in Refunds, Housing Prices Jump 103%

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

Taxes, banking activities, and housing issues were some of the most glaring examples of problems in the State Comptroller’s annual report.

Government / Gulf States / UAE

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Invites PM Bennett to Visit

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Prime Minister and the Ambassadors discussed expanding ties between their countries.

Government / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

PM Bennett: Green Classroom Expanded to Kindergartens, Daycare Centers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Students participating in the Green Classroom Outline will not participate in multi-participant activities.

Druze / Politics / Government / History / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Egypt

Former Israeli Communications Minister: I Was Anwar Sadat's Druze Translator

By Rachel Avraham

“Presidents Obama and Clinton's mistake was that they thought there could be democracy in Egypt,” Kara explained.

US / Government

On US Trip, Lapid Underscores Bipartisanship, Urges Alternative Plan on Iran

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Lapid began his diplomatic visit to Washington on Tuesday where he met with Vice President Kamala Harris, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Government / News Briefs / Jordan

Israeli Minister of Energy and Jordanian Minister of Water Sign Deal to Double Water Supply from Israel to Jordan

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The agreement that will secure the doubling of the annual water supply from Israel to Jordan throughout the coming year, with the possibility of an additional year.

IDF & Security / Government

Cabinet Appoints Harvard Graduate Ronen Bar as New Shin Bet Chief

By Jewish Press News Desk

In his many years of defending the security of Israel, Bar commanded many operations in the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria, and Lebanon.

Government / Travel / Japan / Holocaust

The Sugihara Exclusion: Israel Bites the Hand that Fed Jews

By Nathan Lewin

Israeli bureaucrats have denied visas for the son of a righteous gentile to attend a Jerusalem ceremony in his father’s honor.

Government / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Ayelet Shaked to UAE Media: No Current Plans to Discuss Palestinian Conflict

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We do believe in economic peace to improve Palestinian lives and to do mutual industrial zones,” said Israel’s interior minister. “But not a state with an army, definitely.”

Government / Diaspora

Taking a Jab at Netanyahu's Government, Lapid Says He will Prioritize Relations with Diaspora Jewry

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer had said Israel should focus more of its outreach to its biggest supporters in the United States—namely, the Christian evangelical community

Terrorism / Government / The Courts / Islamists

Muslim High Court Nominee Facing Accusations of Terror Support

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Shai Glick, CEO of B’Tsalmo, stated, “We have yet to reach such a low: a judge who meets with supporters of terrorism.”

Headline / Government / Palestinian Authority

Meretz Health Minister Leaves Corona Cabinet Meeting to Meet PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Meretz minister of Health believed it was more important to meet with the head of the PLO than to sit in the cabinet meeting on the Coronavirus.

Government / Bedouin / Palestinian Authority

Khan al-Ahmar Squatters Demanding Israeli Citizenship and Say Mansour Abbas Promised to Settle Them in Israel

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Residents claim that the Palestinian Authority is blocking any solution, in order to make Israel look bad on the international arena.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right

‘Frightening’: FM Lapid Slammed for Blaming Netanyahu for Progressives’ Pressure in Congress

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid faced sharp criticism after claiming that that anti-Israel pressure in the US Congress by progressives was former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fault. Due to opposition from a number of Democratic congressmen, $1 billion worth of US aid for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system was delayed. Funding for Israel’s missile defense system […]

Headline / Terrorism / NY / Government

AOC Calls for Arms Boycott of Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel’s Ambassador accused Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of legitimizing Hamas’ “attacks against innocent civilians, as well as anti-Semitic lies.”

Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government

Ra'am MK Says Gaza War Won't Endanger Coalition

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ra'am doesn't think their leaving the coalition would affect a change in Israeli policy towards Gaza.

Government / Travel

El Al Offered $50 Million in Aid from Government, But There's a Catch

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arkia and Israir have also been offered multi-million dollar grants by the government.

Politics / Government / The Courts / Bedouin

Just Like Bibi, Bennett-Lapid Govt. Seeks to Postpone Removal of Illegal Khan al Ahmar Post

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

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

Headline / Politics / Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bennett’s Voters Face Bennett’s Diplomacy and Bennett's Demolitions

By Caroline B. Glick

Demolition orders like the one for Arugot Farm’s vineyard are just one way the Bennett-Lapid government is moving toward establishing a hostile Palestinian state in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.

US / Government

Biden Administration Briefs Jewish Leaders on Bennett Meetings, Foreign Policy

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS)

Source: Prime Minister Bennett wanted to demonstrate he can be “prime ministerial” like his predecessor, while President Biden needed to show that despite the Afghanistan crisis, he is able to conduct foreign diplomacy and that the U.S. is still important in the Middle East.

Government / Palestinian Authority

Satisfaction in Ramallah Following Gantz-Abbas Meeting

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The PA understands it must be patient and play along until Yair Lapid replaces Naftali Bennett.

Headline / Eye on "Palestine" / Government

Defense Minister Benny Gantz Agrees to Loan NIS 500M to Palestinian Authority

By Gil Tanenbaum / TPS

The Religious Zionism party accused the current Israeli government of detouring from the law blocking PA tax funds for terrorist salaries.

Government / The Environment / Jerusalem

Israeli Cabinet Approves $21 Million Assistance Plan for Jerusalem Hills Fire Damage

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The fires led to the evacuation of the communities of Beit Meir, Shoresh, Shoeva, Kisalon, Givat Yearim, Ramat Raziel, Tzuba and the medical facility at Eitanim, and caused extensive damage in the area.

Politics / Government / Left vs. Right

Bennett Slammed for Gantz-Abbas Meeting, Right Fears Another Withdrawal

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The meeting with Abbas is “the most worrying development since the formation of the government. And it takes place a few hours after the return of Naftali Bennett to Washington”.

Featured / Government / Left vs. Right / The Environment

Israel Jumps on the Carbon-Free Bandwagon, But It May Not Make Economic or Scientific Sense

By David Isaac

Israel's Environment Minister criticized the use of natural gas, while her own ministry praised the use of natural gas in dramatically reducing local pollutant emissions.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Government

‘Justice for Barel’: Activists Block Cargo on Way to Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Despite the escalation in violence, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government has kept the Kerem Shalom crossing open and is permitting the transfer of supplies to Gaza.

Terrorism / Jewish / Government / On Campus / Education

Jewish Agency Summer Camp Brings Emotional Relief to Victims of Terror

By Jewish Press News Desk

More than 100 Israeli children living near the Gaza Strip attend camp run by The Jewish Agency’s Fund for Victims of Terror, which is supported by donations from world Jewry.

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