Police have shuttered a health clinic in Jerusalem’s Old City run by UNRWA, the United Nations agency serving Palestinians, and ordered it to remain closed for 30 days.
The police action was Israel’s latest step targeting the United…
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UTJ’s Eichler to be appointed deputy minister, preventing him voting against draft bill
United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler will be appointed deputy communications minister in a move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent the MK from voting against the government’s draft regulation bill for yeshiva…
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Podcaster Mitch Ginsburg: Escape from Tehran, an untold 1979 Israeli caper
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Israel Story producer Mitch Ginsburg.
On February 20, 1979, the last…
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Haifa man arrested for raping 8-year-old daughter
A Haifa man was arrested on suspicion of having raped his daughter repeatedly over the course of several years, according to a Thursday Israel Police statement. The man allegedly began raping the girl when she was 7 years old and continued until…
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India signs deal for Elbit developed PULS launchers
Nibe signed an agreement with Elbit in August, to build the PULS system in India.
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Travel disrupted, fears elevated as Israel weathers uncertainty over potential US strike on Iran
Several European carriers canceled flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday as turmoil over a potential U.S. strike on Iran roiled the skies and elevated fears in Israel.
President Donald Trump has threatened for days to intervene…
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Three months into Gaza cease-fire: Israel expands control and razes neighborhoods
As U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announces the next phase of Trump’s Gaza plan, satellite images reveal the IDF extending the Yellow Line it controls deeper into Hamas-held areas, while Hamas builds tent cities
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Iran protests show bitter schism among exiled opposition factions
Reuters — Huge antigovernment protests in Iran have galvanized exiled foes of the authorities, but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter schism dating to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution still afflicts the leading…
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Restrictions lifted on former PMO employees in Bild case
A court decision has lifted the restrictions on the suspects in the Bild leak case, potentially allowing them to resume contact and employment at the Prime Minister’s Office.The decision, authored by Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court Judge Mehahem…
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Attempts to Undermine the Justice System Have Now Reached the IDF
A bill that would subordinate the professional work of IDF’s highest legal authority to the IDF Chief of Staff, rather than the Attorney General, would have grave consequences for the rule of law, the IDF,…
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