The Knesset voted to pass the largest state budget in Israel’s history early Monday morning, growing the defense budget to unprecedented levels amid the war with Iran and sending billions of shekels to Haredi educational institutions and…
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Knesset approves 2026 budget, Israel’s largest ever, sending billions to Haredi institutions
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Eyal Zamir suspends battalion who accosted CNN news team
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir suspended the 914th Netzah Yehuda Battalion from operations in the West Bank on Sunday, the IDF announced after soldiers from the battalion accosted a CNN news crew, injuring one and damaging camera…
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Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon | US-Israel war on Iran News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to further expand invasions of southern Lebanon, as regional tensions spike amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
“I have just instructed to further expand…
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Incident in Ghajar concludes, residents may leave shelters
Incident in Ghajar concludes, residents may leave shelters
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WTI, Brent as Yemen’s Houthis enter Israel-Iran war
Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026.
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Oil prices climbed Monday after Yemen’s Houthis said they had fired missiles at Israel, opening a new front in the…
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IDF Suspends Reserve Battalion Whose Soldiers Detained CNN Crew in West Bank
The Israeli military said Sunday it will suspend the operational deployment of a reserve battalion after its soldiers were filmed detaining CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond and his crew at gunpoint near the West Bank village of Tayasir on Saturday.
The…
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Israel approves billions in new military funds
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UN peacekeeper killed, another critically injured in explosion in Lebanon
A peacekeeper deployed with the UN mission in Lebanon was…
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Israel reverses course after barring Palm Sunday Mass in Jerusalem
While reporting near Israel’s border with Lebanon, CNN’s Jim Sciutto and his crew were forced into a bunker as sirens sounded during an interview with local resident and security force volunteer Nissan Zeevi. No one on the team was hurt. The…
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Israel passes record 2026 budget as coalition pushes through last-minute funds for Ha
In a dramatic political maneuver during wartime, the Knesset approved the 2026 state budget overnight Monday, passing a spending plan of 699 billion shekels ($221.6), the largest in the country’s history.
The budget won final approval after…
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