Military says Nablus home of Lion’s Den member Osama Taweel to be razed; second attacker’s home measured last month, but no order issued

President issues gravest warning yet regarding judicial overhaul, day after PM agreed to pause it; expresses hope that premier will act to secure compromise

Temporary legislation will go into effect for a year, is meant to help authorities fight violent crime, particularly in Arab communities

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a likely Republican presidential contender, will visit Israel next month and deliver an address in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Post and the Museum of Tolerance announced that DeSantis would serve as the keynote speaker of the two organizations” event, which is scheduled for April 27. In a statement to the Jerusalem Post,

Jacob Ziv, a groundbreaking Israeli computer scientist and researcher who made it possible for many of today’s digital technologies, including co-inventing the mp3, PDF and zip formats, has passed away at the age of 91. Ziv, who was born in Tiberias in 1931, studied electrical engineering at the Technion before gaining a doctorate from MIT

Shareef ad-Din Hamaishe, hurt in attack blamed on Lebanese man possibly sent by Hezbollah, is recovering in neurosurgery department at Rambam Hospital

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday commented on the recent goings on in Israel. “Like many strong supporters of Israel, I’m very concerned. I’m concerned that they get this straight. They cannot continue down this road. I’ve sort of made that clear,” said Biden, according to a CNN report. Biden also added he will not

Groups on both sides of the issue have published open letters making arguments grounded in their experiences behind the Iron Curtain

Men brought knives, firearm to rally, spoke in video of assaulting opponents; 17-year-old nabbed on suspicion of being part of ‘serious and violent’ assault on cab driver

Spokesman says dialogue held in a ‘positive atmosphere’; more opposition parties expected to join Wednesday; but protest leaders excoriate talks under current conditions

A high school in Glen Rock, New Jersey was vandalized with a swastika, the second time in four months that the Nazi symbol has been found on school grounds, according to police. The swastika was reported to Glen Rock High School officials by a student who discovered the antisemitic symbol etched into a bathroom stall,

The Yesh Atid party stated following the first round of negotiations on the judicial reforms at the President’s Residence this evening (Tuesday) that its negotiating team called for “significant reforms” during the meeting, including the creation of a constitution for the State of Israel. “We told the president that in the 75th year of the

A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to adhere to a subpoena to give testimony in the special counsel investigation into former President Donald Trump”s attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election, NBC News reported. The Monday ruling by chief US District Court judge for the District of Columbia

Giora Chamizer said Netanyahu would end up like ‘every dictator in our history’; complaints also filed against protesters who allegedly burned photos of premier

Governor to lead trade delegation from Florida, says Sunshine State serves as a bridge between Americans and Israelis during time of ‘unnecessarily strained’ US-Israel ties

Some 2,000 housing units in Abu Dis, Umm Tuba and Ras-al-Amoud, as well as a proposal for a new neighborhood, are being advanced by the city together with right-wing groups

Mossad says it aided probe into suspected international terror network that Greece says was making final preparations for mass-casualty attack on Jewish restaurant

The older brother of comedic actor Sacha baron Cohen has been kicked out of the British Labour Party for being part of the Trotskyist Socialist Party, which Labour has banned. Amnon Baron Cohen told the UK Jewish News that Labour expelled him for being involved with the far-left Marxist group that was previously called “Militant.”

President Isaac Herzog held the first round of negotiations between the coalition and opposition on the government’s planned judicial reforms at his official residence this evening (Tuesday). The Likud party’ss negotiating team will consist of Minister Ron Dermer, government secretary Yossi Fuchs, and Dr. Aviad Bakshi, the director of the legal department in the Kohelet

In the aftermath of multiple antisemitic plots threatening synagogues in New York and New Jersey, eight leading Jewish organizations in New York and New Jersey have joined forces with the ADL to create a “clearinghouse for information sharing, training, and resources,” which will be called the Jewish Security Alliance of NY/NJ. The new alliance “formalizes

More than 150 competitors from as far afield as Colombia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Finland and the UK raise over $35,000 to protect the illegally hunted rare red-breasted goose

Prosecutors reopen case, say that after examining new claim that surfaced last year, Mahmoud Atallah will be charged with rape; jail commander, intel chief to be accused of fraud

Sens. Graham, Rubio and Young point to large amounts of IDF reservists refusing to report for duty if coalition’s legislative effort passes; Romney joins Democrat in hailing pause

With coalition and opposition set to meet in Jerusalem for compromise talks, protesters call for bills to be completely thrown out rather than suspended

The chair of Bamberg, Bavaria”s Jewish community has denounced a Green Party parliamentary leader for ignoring Islamic antisemitism while delivering a speech on anti-Jewish discrimination that solely focused on far-right Jew hatred. Jewish leader Martin Arieh Rudolph slammed the Green Party”s leader in the legislature of Baden-W&uumlrttemberg, Andreas Schwarz, for his recent speech “Baden-W&uumlrttemberg takes

A year into the Ukrainian conflict, the Orthodox Union (OU) and its partners are supplying Ukraine”s 21,000 remaining Jews with food, other basic necessities and additional treats for Passover and beyond. Since the war began, the OU has provided more than $5 million in food to Ukraine”s Jews and has helped to secure and distribute

Greek media reported Tuesday that a terrorist plot targeting a Jewish restaurant in downtown Athens was foiled. According to the reports, the police in Athens arrested two Iranian terrorists of Pakistani origin on suspicion of planning to attack a number of targets related to Israel and the Jewish community in the Greek capital. The authorities

No one likes to talk about dying. Nevertheless, it is important at times to put emotion aside and prepare for the inevitable. While not everyone has the opportunity to live in Israel, many have a keen desire to be buried there. If they have children who have made Aliyah, the motivation is even greater &mdashso

Canadian Jewish advocacy organization Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI) presented its film “The Future of Israel and its Defenders” at the Summit of European Jewish Leaders held in Berlin this week. It was invited to them summit, attended by 400 European Jewish leaders, to present the film and to speak about Israel and Jewish affairs.

The state prosecutor’s office has announced that it will reopen its investigation into complaints from female guards in Gilboa Prison in northern Israel. Following the escape of several prisoners, allegations surfaced from multiple female guards claiming they had been forced into offering sexual favors to the inmates. The case was originally closed without charges. the

A spokesperson for the US National Security Council in the US commented on US Ambassador Thomas Nides’ statement that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon be invited to the White House to meet with US President Joe Biden. “As Ambassador Nides said, there is no plan for Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Washington. Israeli leaders

Minister yet to receive official notice of termination; Shas chief Aryeh Deri reportedly working behind the scenes to convince Netanyahu to reverse decision

Yehuda Kurtzer unpacks several different stories that are contributing to this moment in Israeli public life

MK Tzvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism party) has introduced a bill which would allow the Finance Minister to reduce the budget of the body which holds the annual joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony on Israel’s Memorial Day. Each year, the left-wing organizations Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle-Families Forum organize a ‘Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. This

A Jewish Finnish lawmaker was viciously assaulted by an antisemite who threatened to kill him by pushing him onto subway tracks. The attack on Ben Zyskowicz, 68, was denounced by Finland”s senior politicians, the Associated Press reported. Zyskowicz was physically assaulted on Saturday as he campaigned for the country”s April 2 general elections. He told

I must have received 100 emails, phone calls, WhatsApp”s and even handwritten notes (yes, I have some very old friends&hellip) from people asking me to summarize what is happening in Israel. Left wing protests, right wing protests, Defense Minister fired, highways blocked, airport closed, hospitals on strike&hellip well, at least the falafel guy is still

President Isaac Herzog has summoned the negotiating teams of the coalition and Yesh Atid and National Unity parties to his official residence at 7:30 this evening (Tuesday) for negotiations on the government’s planned judicial reforms. Later this week, the president is expected to meet with the other parties’ representatives. The Likud party announced that its

Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been formally barred by the party from running as a Labour candidate in the next election. The party”s National Executive Committee (NEC) approved a motion from Labour leader Keir Starmer to not endorse Corbyn as a candidate. The measure was approved 22 to 12, Sky News reported.

A group of left-wing activists who organized protests against the now-frozen judicial reforms have vowed to bring hametz (leavened bread products) into hospitals on Passover to protest the passage of the ‘Hametz Law’ on Tuesday. “The trembling tyrant and his draft evaders have now sneakily passed in the third reading the law prohibiting the bringing

The NYPD is searching for a suspect accused of committing at least six recent antisemitic incidents in Queens, New York, CBS News reported. The incidents include a swastika found on Wednesday carved into a sidewalk near the entrance of a synagogue and six or more other antisemitic acts in the Forest Hill and Reno Park

There was a now famous retort by Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain when the latter, as prime minister, allowed Hitler to take Czechoslovakia in order to attain some semblance of peace. “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war,” Churchill said, prophetically. For too many throughout

In recent days, Biden administration officials have repeatedly warned Israel to “de-escalate” its actions against Palestinian Arab terrorists because Ramadan has begun. According to U.S. officials, Israel should stop pursuing terrorists into Palestinian Authority territory in the weeks ahead, because Israelis should not be killing Muslims during this month-long Muslim religious holiday. But how did

* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin I was a young teenager when I began to keep kosher. As Pesach drew near, my dear parents thought it would be much easier for me to observe Pesach according to halakha (Jewish law) with my uncle, Amos Guetta, in Rome. And so I arrived at the home of Amos

Offer values NewMed, a key stakeholder in Israel’s Leviathan offshore gas field, at about NIS 14.1b ($4b); tentative deal is called a ‘testament’ to Israel-UAE ties

After major protests and strikes following his firing of the defense minister, the PM halts the judicial shakeup to allow for dialogue, while vowing reform will be enacted

Channel 13 reporter Yossi Eli suffers broken rib, cameraman head injury; Lapid blames Netanyahu, Ben Gvir; Gantz urges PM to unequivocally condemn attacks

On Tuesday, the Knesset passed the Hametz Law in its second and final readings, restoring the situation to the way it was before the Supreme Court intervened several years ago, prohibiting hospital directors from hanging signs asking people not to bring hametz onto the premises during Passover. Passover (Pesach) this year begins next Wednesday at

Legislation pushed by United Torah Judaism party allows hospitals to ban leavened foods during the holiday, but stops short of allowing guards to search bags to enforce the policy

After hundreds of Air Force reservists joined protest, Brothers in Arms group says it believes in actions, not words, and is ready to renew measures ‘in a short time’

Had he not fired Gallant, the PM would right now be enacting his key autocratic edict. His overreach merely compelled a timeout, unless Herzog can somehow find a path to salvation