יום שני, ג׳ תשרי תשפ״זMonday, September 14, 2026
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By JoeSettler
Yesterday, a small group of anarchists and power-elites held the entire country hostage, shutting down the country as the economy and security of the nation hung in the balance.
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked: "Those who take part in solidarity strikes called by terror orgs are terror supporters."
Ravshatz is more than a full-time position and it certainly is not a 9-to-5 kind of job.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Hospitals reported that Arab doctors and nurses did not arrive for their shifts, as well as bus drivers and municipal workers.
Over 150 local authority leaders, who represent nearly 70% of Israeli residents, threatened to strike if NIS 1 billion needed for civil programs is not transferred in the near future.
The strike announcement followed reports that the company will announce as many as 3200 layoffs tomorrow.
By J. E. Dyer
Israel is in this as a fight for her existence, and will not be deterred or limited by the military arrangements of others. Put more bluntly, Russia’s interests in Syria, and effective control of Syrian airspace, will not hold a veto over Israel’s strategic latitude.
The strike affected New Olim who were planning to complete the purchase of their new homes in August.
Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot is Israel's largest and most popular mortgage bank and the strike is affecting a lot of home buyers.
Jerusalem's mayor was invited to the cabinet meeting to discuss how to help the city.
By JNi.Media
As of Sunday morning there are no assessment hearings, and for several weeks no taxation abroad is being certified, no tax withholding on transactions in Israel, and 7,000 real estate transactions are delayed.
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said that the strike itself would not at all contribute towards reaching a solution.
The Histadrut strike which was set to shut down Israel has been averted.
By JNi.Media
Kibbutz industry managers will tour and meet with the leaders of the special economic zone of the city of Aqaba, Jordan, to examine the possibilities for cooperation and establishing joint production lines.
Drivers of the Jerusalem Light Rail system shut down the trains in a wildcat strike Sunday morning leaving tens of thousands people stranded. The drivers are protesting work conditions and the increased frequency of trains. The Transportation Ministry is deploying hundreds of additional buses to try to overcome the sadden lack of train service. CityPass, […]
Thousands stranded in sudden bus strike.
Israeli transportation and tourism employees will carry out a work slowdown on Wednesday in solidarity with striking postal workers.
A 3-hour strike at Ben Gurion International Airport at check-in counters has delayed thousands.
The Israeli version of the Italian strike left hundred of travelers stuck at the airport with long delays, and one flight was completely cancelled.
Striking workers at the Israel Postal Company put their stamp on a second day of a strike that has left citizens, the military and businesses without ground communication. Bails, checks bad orders for IDF reservists cannot reach their destinations. Employees are striking over management plans to fire 2,000 workers as part of a program to […]
Israel Postal Co. workers are going on a nationwide strike Tuesday, one day after they closed offices in central Israel in protest of the Post Office's plans to fire 2,000 workers. The employees committee said the move was not coordinated with them.
This half million shekel missile takes out whatever it hits.
The strike at the Foreign Ministry and its consulates worldwide has left hundreds people stranded, including several from South Florida. “All I really need is someone to put a stamp in my passport” that expired last month, Delray Beach, Florida businessman Shimon Cohen told the Miami Herald. He charged that the strike violated his “basic […]
By JTA
A strike by Israeli Foreign Ministry employees has caused a halt to consular services at Israeli embassies and consulates in the United States and around the world. “Due to a strike of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until further notice, NO CONSULAR SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED,” read a statement posted on the website of the […]
The Histadrut national labor union will shut down Ben Gurion Airport for five hours Tuesday morning in a solidarity move with employees of El Al, Arkia and Israir. They shut down the three airlines starting Sunday morning because of their opposition to the “open-skies” agreement, which will not go into effect until next April. Tuesday’s […]
El Al has cancelled all flights that were scheduled to take off before 9 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT) as its workers continue to strike even after the Cabinet approved the European-Mediterranean Sea "Open Skies" aviation agreement. Click here to understand the agreement and why the unions are striking. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "The goal […]
Unions at El Al, Arkia and Israir Airlines announced Thursday they will ground all planes beginning Sunday if the government carries outs plan to approve the open skies agreement at Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. El Al workers committee chairman Asher Edry told Globes, "We demand that all the promises made to us before the agreement […]
Steadily, Israel is strengthening its plans for ballistic missile defense, most visibly on the Arrow system and also on Iron Dome, a lower-altitude interceptor that is designed to guard against shorter-range rocket attacks from Lebanon and Gaza.
Two videos meant to strike fear in the hearts of Israelis have been met with snickering and mockery, with YouTube followers eager for an up-cropping of spoofs in response.
Yesterday saw one such occurrence—an air strike on an underground launch site was aborted due to the discovery of civilians in the area.
Israel's Channel 10 is reporting that late Thursday evening, November 16, the Israel Defense Force was able to eliminate an additional four members of Gaza's senior terrorist leadership in a targeted strike.
Marwan Issa has been named the new commander of Hamas's military wing.
A fourth Israeli died that had been injured in the strike on the Kiryat Malachi apartment.
The Shabak (Israel's General Secret Service) just announced that Ahmed Jabari, the second in command of the Hamas military, was killed today by the IDF in a surgical strike.
The "Red Alert" missile siren has been going off in cities and towns around Gaza for the past half hour. Residents have reported hearing explosions. Ten rockets have been launched at Israel so far, including at Ashkelon and Gan Yavneh. No one has been injured from the strikes. Islamic Jihad has been taking credit for […]
David Buskilla, mayor of the beleaguered town of Sderot collapsed on Sunday. Buskilla has been holding a hunger strike opposite the Prime Minister's office to protest the rocket attacks against his town, its failing economy as a result, and what he feels is the government's ineffectual response to fix the situation.
The Israel Air Force killed two terrorists preparing to launch rockets against Israeli civilians from Gaza.
The United States and Israel will conduct their largest-ever joint missile defense exercise this month, making a display of solidarity as the international rift over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program grows.
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently warned that, “The results of an American or Israeli military strike on Iran could, in my view, prove catastrophic, haunting us for generations in that part of the world.” During Thursday's Vice Presidential debate the statement was read to Vice President Joe Biden and Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan at the start of segment on Iran. What exactly Gates meant by “catastrophic” I’m not sure (Muslim/Middle East resentment towards the U.S.? Lack of access to oil? Increase in global terrorism?), but during the debate, both Biden and debate moderator Martha Raddatz seemed to argue that it meant going to war with Iran.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a preemptive military strike against several Syrian chemical weapons storage depots and Scud missile sites. The goal is to prevent embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad from transferring the unconventional arsenal to Hizbullah or the Iranian Revolutionary Guards if Assad appears on the verge of being toppled from power by opposition forces.
Israeli newspaper staff have gone on strike today due to the staffing cuts that are expected to hit many of the papers. Maariv employees are burning tires in the street.
“They do not think it’s possible. They do not think it’s in the cards. I think that is one of the reasons diplomacy has failed – and it has failed,” he said.
JERUSALEM – In a column appearing in the Israeli daily Yisrael Hayom, David Wurmser, who served as senior Middle East adviser to former vice president Dick Cheney, warned the Israeli government that President Obama would not assist the Jewish state if it launched a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear and military installations.
By Rotem Sella
When four of out four newspapers in Israel deal with any single subject one can count on the fact that there is a deliberate effort by some personnel to set the headlines on fire.
An Arab inspects a terrorist's motorcycle that was hit by an Israeli air strike in Dir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday. The IAF targeted motorized rocket launching terrorist teams, killing them before they were able to fire even more rockets into civilian areas in Israel.
The most realistic and helpful comments on Iran came today from Gabi Ashkenazi. He says that the military option is and should be the last option and yet it must remain on the table because if other options are to succeed, the only way it can succeed is if the threat of military action remains.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Avraham Nocham, an artist, explained that he has decided to join the strike out of empathy and identification with the strikers’ objectives. "I am very sensitive to these issues. Many times the development of these incidents is frightening. I have come to join the struggle and strike in hope of a positive outcome."
The revelation is particularly disturbing because Israel recently agreed to ease restrictions on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails so that they would end their hunger strike. An explicit term of the agreement required the prisoners to sign a pledge forswearing terrorist activity.
By J. E. Dyer
For the United States, issuing attack threats in the manner of Hugo Chavez is not a convincing posture. I don’t know if the Israelis will find it reassuring; I suspect the Europeans and Iranians will find it annoying, and decide to ignore it.
You will recall that over 1000 prisoners, including some multiple murderers, were released in the ‘exchange’ for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Many of the ones that are left were not part of the deal because they were considered more dangerous or because their crimes were more vicious.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Sunday it holds Israel responsible for the life of the group's imprisoned leader, Ahmad Saadat, who was transferred to hospital after joining a mass hunger-strike in Israeli jails. PFLP called for support to the 2,000 or so prisoners who are refusing food to protest their conditions, […]
Ranking Islamic Jihad official Khader Adnan, who went on a 66-day hunger strike over his detention by Israel, has been released in keeping with the deal reached with him to end his hunger strike in February. One day before his release on Tuesday, some 2,300 Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails began an open-ended hunger strike, synchronized with Palestinian rallies marking "Prisoners' Day."
"Palestinian Prisoner's day" is the latest attempt to load the Palestinian calendar with days of mass mobilization and action, with the higher aim of embarrassing Israel and pressuring it to make concessions. Among the demands being made are an end to administrative detention and access to newspapers and more television channels.
JERUSALEM – The latest round of negotiations between the West and Iran, designed to force the latter to abandon its nuclear weapons program, has for now seemingly prevented the IDF from proceeding with what many believe to be its planned preemptive strike against key Iranian nuclear installations.
While the Air Force continues to attack Gaza and rocket attacks on communities in the south persist, following the killing of Gilad Shalit's kidnapper, both Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defense are threatening terrorist organizations in Gaza. In conversation with mayors in the south, Netanyahu said: "We'll arm ourselves with additional Iron Dome systems, which have tested well again." Barak: "No one in Gaza is immune." IDF Chief of Staff: "We will respond aggressively to every rocket launch against Israel."
As atomic energy watchdogs reported being denied access to critical Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters that Israel alone would make the decisions necessary for the security of its citizens.
According to news agencies, after two days of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, UN nuclear experts have left Tehran without reaching a deal, adding to growing tensions after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any nation that threatens Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that Iran had barred its inspectors […]
Ranking Islamic Jihad official Khader Adnan has ended his 65-day hunger strike after the State Prosecutor announced that under current circumstances, it would not seek to renew his administrative detention. According to the announcement, the State will not extend Adnan's detention if no significant new material is added to the case by April 17, the day […]
By JTA
Israeli Defense Ministry: The test of a joint Israeli-American Arrow missile defense system "provides confidence in operational Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threat."
By Tibbi Singer
As part of the nationwide strike yesterday, passengers found their path into Israel barricaded.
Israel’s main labor union, the Histadrut, declared a general strike on Wednesday impacting services across the country.
The Histadrut is demanding that the government employ contracted workers so that their conditions are on par with workers on the government employees.
The strike is expected to paralyze financial, government, and transportation sectors.
Obama describes the cooperation between the US and Israel as unprecedented
A discussion about the cost of a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities that reflects skepticism and acquiesces to a nuclear-armed Iran ignores precedents, plays into Iran's hands, and threatens Israel's existence.
Andrew Adler proposed 'taking out' president deemed unfriendly to Israel.
By Sam Ser
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz are reported to be locked in a disagreement over the appointment of the next air force commander, with some suggesting a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as the source of the divide.
No one in the know is talking about the reason(s) for the abrupt postponement of the of those much ballyhooed joint U.S.-Israel military maneuvers that had been scheduled for this spring.
The female employees are protesting against corruption and harassment in the PA.
By Sam Ser
The most significant outcome of the understandings reached by the two sides was the granting of discounts on water tax rates, which have already risen sharply over the past year, and a freeze on planned changes to municipal tax rates that would primarily benefit large families but dig into the budgets of financially strapped towns.
Two-day old strike ends after paralyzing local services in Israel.
The nationwide strike enters its second day, as the Union of Local Authorities seeks to maintain unity.
Institutes serving children with disabilities will open Tuesday.
By Sam Ser
A general strike of municipal workers shut down numerous public services on Monday, plunging schools and public transportation systems into chaos that hit the public particularly hard.
Obama fears Israel will strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
September 11, 2026 
