A bill that would give the justice minister effective control over the Department for Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) was approved in its first reading in the Knesset plenum on Monday.
The legislation would remove the department from…
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Knesset advances bill subordinating police internal affairs unit to justice minister
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Freed hostage David Cunio says he mulled suicide during captivity by overdosing
Former hostage David Cunio said that he considered collecting pills so that he could overdose while being held in torturous conditions by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in a harrowing interview aired on Monday.
Speaking to Channel 12 news, Cunio…
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Knesset gives final approval to amendment of the Cinema Law
The Knesset plenum on Monday night approved in its second and third readings an amendment to the Cinema Law, introducing a fundamental change to the mechanism for selecting film evaluators in Israeli cinema. Under the amendment, the…
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Coalition Lawmakers Again Promise to Resettle Gaza but Avoid Saying How or When
“Why isn’t there anyone here from the left? They should at least come here to listen,” said a guest at the “Gaza –The Day After” conference in the Knesset on Monday. She described herself as “from the Gvura Forum, the Tikva Forum, the March of…
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Haredi faction says it will withhold support for Israel's state budget over IDF exemption bill
Degel Hatorah’s chair, Moshe Gafni, said he told Netanyahu that if a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service failed to pass, his faction would not support the 2026 state budget. Agudat Yisrael party sources told Haaretz that…
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Scott Wiener Pivots After Congressional Forum: ‘Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza’
“At the debate, Scott Wiener refused to call Israel’s indiscriminate killing of women and children in Gaza a genocide,” Julie Edwards, a spokesperson for Chan’s campaign, said in an email. “People getting killed didn’t move him, but…
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Haredi anti-draft protesters clash with bus driver
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters attacked a bus driver at the intersection of Yehezkel and Shmuel Hanavi Streets in northern Jerusalem on Monday evening.The protesters gathered to denounce the IDF draft.Police officers were mobilized to restore…
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Mississippi suspect laughed as he confessed to torching ‘Synagogue of Satan’ — FBI
The FBI said on Monday that the suspect in a suspected arson attack against a Mississippi synagogue confessed and admitted to antisemitic animus.
Stephen Spencer Pittman “confessed to lighting a fire inside the building due to the…
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Man moderately Injured in eastern Jerusalem, evacuated to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital
<p>A 39‑year‑old man who sustained moderate injuries was brought to meet Magen David Adom teams in eastern Jerusalem.</p><p>Magen David Adom paramedics provided him with medical treatment and evacuated him to Hadassah Mount Scopus…
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Australia to hold ‘day of mourning’ on Jan. 22 for Hanukkah terror attack
Hamas civil defense reports three killed by structural collapse due to stormy weather * Former NYC mayor Adams launches cryptocurrency he says will combat antisemitism
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