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Residents of a normally tranquil cul-de-sac in the Gush Etzion town of Efrat were rudely awakened at 6:30 AM on Thursday by an anarchist protest unfolding outside the residence of Professor Moshe Koppel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal will add approximately 60 million shekels ($16.5 million) to the five-year project.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It’s in Riyadh’s interest to forge an agreement while Biden is in office, U.S. officials said.
Nides relationship with the current Israeli government has not been the best, to put it mildly.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called the decision to return three bodies of terrorists as “a grave mistake that will cost us dearly.”
Omer Bar Lev participated in a protest outside the home of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If the conscription law is not passed before the budget, we will withdraw from the government," Yitzhak Goldknopf said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Movement for Quality Government says the prime minister violated a conflict of interest agreement by addressing 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.
“He might as well appoint who he sees fit,” said Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, of the vacant consul general role the Israeli prime minister aims to fill.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move drew condemnation from many left-leaning Jews and prompted the U.S. State Department to weigh in.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican will be the second-ever American speaker to address the Knesset plenum.
The petitioners asserted that Israel's attorney general has a conflict of interest regarding the bill to place limits on her powers.
The anarchists also doxed the El Al pilot who is supposed to fly PM Netanyahu to Rome.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Now it depends on our national leadership, the coalition and the opposition, who need to rise to the occasion,” said the Israeli president.
Members of Gantz's party have reportedly been holding secret discussions on judicial reform with the coalition.
Porush said he could not carry out his responsibilities because of clashes with the Religious Affairs Ministry and the National Center for the Development of Holy Sites.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Now Congress is one step closer to holding its most corrupt member accountable,” tweeted Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).
By Hakol Hayehudi / Elchanan Groner
He describes his time in prison together with Nasser Abu Hamad, an arch-murderers from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Gantz said, "History won't forgive whoever didn't try to stop a civil war."
Netanyahu responsed to remarks by Hassan Nasrallah and Tom Nides.
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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.
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Ron Huldai spoke at a demonstration against the judicial reform plan.
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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.
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The former Israeli prime minister posted an image of President Isaac Herzog’s head superimposed on the body of former British leader Neville Chamberlain, who signed the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler.
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Every Democrat opposed; one Republican voted present.
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this month repeated his promise to oust Omar from her influential post due to her antisemitism.
“It was the first time they heard the story straight, without the big bias,” MK Simcha Rothman said.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
Albanese has asserted that the “Jewish lobby” controlled the U.S. and has likened Israelis to Nazis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The daughter of Holocaust survivors is cheapening and ripping up the [memory] of the holy six million [Jews who were killed by the Nazis],” responded the Israeli National Security Minister.
Yair Lapid believes the judiciary is broken and the relationship between the government branches must finally be regulated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The poll noted a “significant overlap” between religious identity and political attitudes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I will NOT resign!” tweeted the newly elected Republican congressman in response.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In Israel, politics apparently does not end at the water's edge.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Yael German was a political appointee of Yair Lapid.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Republican George Santos admitted to lying on the campaign trail about his mother being Jewish and his grandparents fleeing the Nazis.
This legislation has no special connection to the LGBT, just as it has no special connection to Islam, or to skin color.
Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu called President Isaac Herzog to inform him that he [Netanyahu] is able to form the next coalition government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Uri Zaki raised 734,000 shekels in 2017-2022 for his nonprofit from the New Israel Fund, a U.S.-based NGO that supports progressive groups in Israel.
Netanyahu now has until December 21 to finalize his coalition.
The media discourse in the Arab world reflects a lack of understanding of the rules of the game in Israel and a longing for a reality that is not there.
It’s one more reason why Tehran is strengthening its relationship with Armenia, Azerbaijan’s sworn enemy.
Netanyahu now has preliminary agreements with all of the parties in his right-wing coalition.
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has until Sunday to finalize coalition agreements, or ask for an extension from President Herzog.
Gafni has little patience for those who are implying that the religious parties planning on usurping Israeli democracy.
Will not having control of the Senate in question be demobilizing for Republican voters?
The Religious Zionists party will be responsible for civilian life in Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Dec. 4 event will feature discussion on “the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, and the liberal Jewish community’s struggle to confront extremism.”
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hakeem Jeffries “worked tirelessly to make sure Israel has the tools to defend itself,” said Democratic Majority for Israel CEO Mark Mellman.
“Iran will be fragmented,” Dr. Kedar predicts. “It is only a matter of time – and casualties, unfortunately.”
Dafna Liel is reporting a significant breakthrough in the coalition negotiations between Likud, Religious Zionism and Shas.
Bibi Netanyahu may be planning to push Bezalel Smotrich to the background, if he plans on including them at all.
The judge said that Liberman will need to be present for all the upcoming proceedings.
Muchtar’s mentioning of her parent's apartment brought it to the attention of the tax authorities.
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The focus is on crime, yeshivas as GOP’s Lee Zeldin seeks to close the gap.
The rightwing bloc has a solid majority.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The statements range the gamut from heavy criticism of incoming coalition’s “extreme” elements to admonishment for US hypocrisy.
Mansour Abbas exclaimed, “will we allow Smotrich and Ben- Gvir to deport us by ship?”
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The Israeli occupation is what started it all, and everything is derived from it,” says lawmaker Ofer Cassif from the predominantly Arab political party.
Platform calls for new immigrants to be included in leadership positions in the Religious Zionist Party and in government.
In Israel, Trump's actions are highly appreciated and he is not considered antisemitic.
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."
Jordan Peterson walked on stage to a standing ovation on Thursday night, to a sold-out crowd at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
Rabbi David Fine said, “The Religious Zionist Party is the only party which consistently raises the flag on issues which are important to Israelis from English-speaking countries."
Yair Lapid reportedly had a secret deal in place with MK Michal Shir to ensure that the rotation happened, one way or the other.
Balad is not likely to pass the electoral threshold.
Noam has agreed to run with Smotrich and Ben-Gvir after Netanyahu intervened.
Multiple stone throwing incidents were reported around the country.
"It should have been done long ago.”
Germany is the world’s leading country in funding Israeli far-left organizations.
Religious Zionists won't need to figure out how to split their votes.
Netanyahu wants them to merge their parties to maximize the chances of forming a rightwing coalition.
Meanwhile, Shirley Pinto doesn't trust that Shaked will not join a rightwing Netanyahu government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
And J Street blames AIPAC for using money against progressive candidates and receiving funding from major Republican donors.
The Bank of Israel raised the interest rate by 0.75% to 2% on Monday!
Netanyahu received close to 10,000 phone calls in a half hour.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Cohen, 90, replaced Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef as Shas’ spiritual leader in 2013.
Ben-Gvir calls for a public ceasefire with Smotrich, as Smotrich's party goes to the polls.
Guaranteed to be a best-seller, former (and future?) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his new autobiography is coming out.
Smotrich would give Ben-Gvir the 2, 5, 7, 9 and 10th spots on the united list.
So far it's Shaked, Hendel and Hauser in positions 1, 2 and 4.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I want to set Israel on fire with my own hands & watch it burn to ashes along with every Israeli in it. Call it what you want to call it idc,” Neveen Ayesh wrote in 2014.
Later this month, Kara will explore “how Israeli robots can offer a solution to Azerbaijan’s landmine problem.”
MKs Nir Orbach and Idit Silman will also need to quit the Knesset soon if they are to run on the Likud list.
"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."
Exiting Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gives some advice and a blessing to incoming interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
Some Knesset candidates are pulling out their military backgrounds to cudgel one another.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The conference is scheduled to take place shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Israel
The Azeri official stressed the positive relations of the olim from Azerbaijan with their native country.
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“Labour is still infested with people who have antipathetic views of Jews, and the party’s vetting process is an offensive joke.”
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said that rather than a confirmation hearing, the Democratic majority convened a hearing on the “profound anti-Israel bias of the Biden administration.”
One wonders if everyone is considering the potential consequences of their actions.
Avigdor Liberman ordered his party to vote against the bill.
The bill came about after PLO terrorist flags were being waved on Israeli university campuses.
In 2020, NYU signed an agreement to resolve “without further investigation” a complaint filed with DOE over “a hostile environment” for Jewish students on campus.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Filber never met Netanyahu during the dates the prosecution claims they held facilitation meeting, and the court won't let them change their indictments
July 10, 2026 
