Knesset cuts utilities to UNRWA | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel NewsIsrael enacted a law disconnecting UNRWA facilities from utilities and services, while the UN agency warned the move violates international obligations. A Palestinian…
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Knesset cuts utilities to UNRWA
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High Court halts transfer of NIS 1 billion to Haredi schools as it reviews case
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday issued an order temporarily blocking the transfer of some NIS 1 billion ($314 million) to ultra-Orthodox schools, accused of not teaching core curriculum subjects as required by law, sparking fury…
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Remembering Yanoun: 45th Palestinian village forcibly displaced in last two years
Team 38 in Yanoun – providing ‘protection through presence’ December 2010 – March 2011.
Fifteen years ago this month, in December 2010, with two UK colleagues, I joined an international group of Human Rights Observers in Jerusalem as part of the…
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Revisiting the scene of the crime
It is not good for a victim to replay the horror he experienced and to keep active the pain he has gone through. He must instead remove the traumatic event from active consciousness.
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Supreme Court freezes one billion shekels for ultra-Orthodox education institutions
Israel’s Supreme Court issued an interim injunction on Wednesday ordering the suspension of financial transfers, totaling more than 1 billion shekels, to ultra-Orthodox education institutions under a decision by the Knesset Finance Committee,…
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High Court orders State Comptroller to freeze inquiry into core issues of October 7 disaster
The High Court of Justice issued an interim order against State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman on Wednesday, barring him from continuing his inquiry into key aspects of the failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion and…
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IDF officers fault Eyal Zamir over reserve service changes
IDF officers fault Eyal Zamir over reserve service changes | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Defense NewsSenior IDF officers accused Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir of being detached from field realities and harming reservist…
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Israel’s population growth rate falls to historic low in 2025: report-Xinhua
JERUSALEM, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Israel’s population growth reached a historic low in 2025, mainly due to declining natural population increase and a persistently negative migration balance, according to an annual report issued on Wednesday.
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Ma’alot Revisted: When Terrorists came for the Children – Sponsored Content
We revisit one of the most devastating events in Israeli history, 1974’s Ma’alot school hostage massacre, a story which, after October 7, feels more urgent and unbearable than ever.
The post Ma’alot Revisted: When Terrorists came for the…
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Defense establishment demands an additional 8 billion shekel
Even before the ink had dried on the summary of the defense budget approved at a cabinet meeting just days ago, the struggle between the Defense Ministry and the Finance Ministry over the scope of the budget has already resumed. Senior officials…Continue Reading