White House highlights recent call with PM where Biden raised concern over judicial overhaul, stresses importance for checks and balances as bilateral ties deteriorate further

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday night called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and suspend the legislation of the judicial reform. “The State of Israel is in its greatest danger since the Yom Kippur War. I call on the Prime Minister to withdraw Gallant’s dismissal

The leaders of the protest against the judicial reform on Sunday evening announced nighttime demonstrations and called to block roads throughout the country. The calls followed the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Within a short time, thousands of protesters arrived at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv and quickly also blocked the Ayalon Highway at

Tournament, set to be held in Bali, pushed back due to protests against Jewish state’s debut at tournament, governor’s calls for ban of players over Palestinian issue

Legislation would give hospital directors the power to ban leavened products from their institutions during the week-long holiday

Israel’s Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, announced on Sunday evening that he is resigning from his post, following the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. “The past 18 months as Israel”s Consul General in New York were fulfilling and rewarding, but following today”s developments, it is now time for me to join the

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on Sunday night to his mother, Fruma Gallant, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had fired Gallant from his post. “You have intelligence and courage and I love you very much,” Gallant”s mother told him, adding, “I hope that everything will be alright.” Gallant replied, “Everything will be

The impoverished and largely Sephardic town, eclipsed by its wealthy neighbor Caesarea, has become a flashpoint for violence by right-wing demonstrators

An IDF investigation into the death of a soldier in a grenade accident earlier this year found that the unit in question had failed to follow proper security protocols, resulting in the deadly explosion in an army barracks in the Jordan Valley. On Sunday, IDF Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi summarized the findings

Netanyahu says pact will boost business between nations, ‘bring down the cost of living’; 96% of traded products to be exempt from customs

Haim Tzuri accused of offering job to activist in rival party in exchange for information, gathering municipal data on locals’ political preferences to secure reelection

Avi Dichter thought to be in line for top defense post as coalition barrels ahead with legislation to radically curtail judiciary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Likud) Sunday, after Gallant publicly demanded the government freeze its judicial overhaul. The Prime Minister’s Office announced that Netanyahu made the decision Sunday evening, a day after Gallant’s public address regarding the judicial reform plan. “We need a change in the legal system, but such

Gil Limon tells Knesset panel law opens legal ‘black hole,’ will allow convicted criminals to hold senior positions; legal official warns Gifts Law will open door to corruption

Official warns foes are planning attacks ‘based on their assumption that Israel is paralyzed,’ says pushing ahead with legislation will cause ‘damage to competence’

Two others injured, one of them victim’s brother; incident comes less than a day after man killed in gunfight with police

Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja, today (Sunday, 26 March 2023), in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signed a customs agreement between Israel and the UAE. The signing will make it possible for the free trade agreement between the two countries, which

National Unity leader says both sides must draw closer and ‘find creative solutions’ to resolve tensions over government’s sweeping judiciary-changing proposals

Speaking in many tongues with the aid of a Tel Aviv startup, the Foreign Ministry is boldly venturing into the virtual realm to get its messages across to friends and foes

Uruguay to build on Israel’s incubator program to turn the country into innovation hub; Uruguay’s industry minister leads 40-person delegation for tech ties

Please Pass the Salt A Journey into the Five Layers of Torah Study, and the Five Layers of Human Identity WATCH ONLINE When, Not If The weekly Torah portion of Vayikra (and much of the book of Vayikra, Leviticus) is about sacrifices, and though these laws have been inoperative for almost 2000 years since the

An IDF soldier opened fire at an Israeli man and his son as they waited at a checkpoint in Samaria Saturday night. The incident occurred at the Tapuah Junction checkpoint, just outside of the Israeli town of Kfar Tapuah in Samaria, when Moshe Arieli and his 10-year-old son, Yair, were driving south on Route 60

‘You are enlisting in a challenging period,’ chief of staff tells new recruits amid unrest over judicial overhaul, as ex-military prosecutors warn of ‘irreversible damage’

AIR ONE, created in Pardes Hana, has more than 300 advance orders ahead of its expected launch in 2024

Gulf Cooperation Council ministers blast comments, in fresh sign Israel’s ties with Arab world are heading south; UAE condemns law repealing West Bank disengagement

* 71% of Palestinian Arabs support the cold-blooded murder of Israeli brothers Yagel and Hallel Yaniv while they were driving on a main road through Hawara Only 27% of Palestinian Arabs support the so-called “Two-State solution” 63% of Palestinian Arabs view the PA as a burden and 52% of Palestinian Arabs believe that the collapse

The most notable message Melissa Klapper got during her four-night run this week on “Jeopardy!” didn”t come because the Jewish studies scholar was unable to answer a question about Yom Kippur. It also wasn”t an unkind note from a game-show stickler who believed she”d gotten credit for a wrong response. Instead, it was an email

Emergency authority, weather bureau write up scenario envisioning heat waves hitting up to 49° Celsius

Yossi Fatael says phenomenon not widespread, but could worsen; calls for ‘constructive discourse’ to maintain national unity

(JNS) To borrow the favorite epithet of the demonstrators in the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities, “shame” on Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. In an announcement on Saturday night, the Cabinet member charged with the country”s most crucial portfolio called on the government to halt its judicial reform legislation and heal the rifts

Islamic Republic calls attack ‘act of aggression,’ labels Washington’s presence in Syria ‘illegal’; airstrike launched in response to drone attack that killed American contractor

Good governance group insists PM must obey conflict of interest agreement barring him from dealing with judicial overhaul

Declaration of ex-Shin Bet chief’s full support for court-curbing legislation follows reports that he’d joined calls for talks; Likud MK Dallal also won’t break with party

Softened version of ultra-Orthodox-led bill lets hospitals forbid leavened products, but does not explicitly permit enforcement

The National Emergency Management Authority in the Israel Ministry of Defense and the Israel Meteorological Service published an extreme weather national reference scenario focused on heat waves resulting from climate change. According to the reference scenario, two severe 3-4 day heat waves will take place per month in the summer (June-September), where the temperature will

The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi visited IDF’s Tel Hashomer the enlistment center Sunday, and met with female and male soldiers of the Artillery Corps, the Field Intelligence Corps and the Search and Rescue Brigade during their enlistment to the IDF. During his visit, the Chief of the General Staff toured the

Letter says they rose from the ashes of genocide to build a country that’s a light unto the nations; initiator says ‘elimination’ of democracy parallels events preceding Holocaust

Moshe Koppel says only Haredi party United Torah Judaism still insisting on keeping measure as part of overhaul package, with his Kohelet forum pushing Levin and Rothman to drop it

From his arrival at 10 Downing Street until his departure from the Savoy Hotel, Israel’s prime minister could not escape now-familiar demonstrations and cries of ‘shame’

Shai Goldin, host of a popular Sunday morning program on Israel’s Channel 14 News, strongly criticized the members of the Sayeret Matkal elite commando unit who participated in the legendary hostage-rescue operation on the Entebbe Airport together with Yoni Netanyahu, the late brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after they arrived in a Black Mercedes,

Avi Dichter, who is being rumored as a potential defense minister if Yoav Gallant is canned by Netanyahu, says he’s ‘coordinated on matter’ with PM and Justice Minister Levin

Far-right committee chair Rothman aims to get through thousands of reservations to planned judicial overhaul, amid heated protests; Knesset legal adviser called in to restore order

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva Sunday afternoon and met with Elon Ben Na’ama and Uri Ben Zohar, the two IDF soldiers who were wounded in a terrorist shooting attack in Huwara last night. and spoke with their families. Gallant was accompanied by the director of the hospital, Dr. Eran Rothman,

Core judicial overhaul plan to put coalition in control of appointing judges can become law this week, amid rebellion in Likud over pushing legislative pace despite societal rifts

Editor David Horovitz unravels watershed remarks by Yoav Gallant and the prime minister; military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on reservists’ protests and Huwara shooting

Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (Likud) announced Sunday afternoon that he would vote in favor of the bill to change the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee despite calling for the government’s judicial reform bills to be frozen for one month. The bill, which would allow the government greater power over the selection of Supreme Court

Dichter, a former Shin Bet chief, says he will back the judicial overhaul despite reportedly supporting a slowdown of the legislative onrush

Defense minister warns of impact of legislative blitz on military, due to protests and concerns of reservists; urges Netanyahu to hold dialogue with opposition

As part of the Princess of Thailand’s royal visit to the State of Israel, she expressed great interest in visiting Hadassah Hospital to get to know first-hand technological developments and innovative and advanced treatments in the field of cancer. During the visit, which became a large-scale event and aroused great international interest, the Princess was

Locals say extremists hurled Molotov cocktails into building; occupants, including children, safely evacuated; gunfire reportedly hits home in settlement of Avnei Hefetz