Court extends remand of suspect in killing of Mohammed Abu Huwash from Bedouin city of Rahat; death came during clash between clans that began with traffic dispute

The common blue butterfly beats out 139 winged contestants; southern white admiral comes in second, followed by African monarch in third

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir told Kan 11 News on Sunday evening that he has no intention of canceling his arrival at the Memorial Day ceremony at the military cemetery in Be’er Sheva, despite the protest of the bereaved families. “Plain and simple – I will come to the Memorial Day ceremony in Be’er

Ukrainian refugees Rabbi Yitzhak and Rabbanit Hodaya Halfon, after narrowly escaping Kharkov and arriving in Israel, decided to ensure that others like them would have the same opportunity. Since their Aliyah, they have dedicated their lives to this mission, and have already saved thousands of Jews in Ukraine and brought them to Israel as well.

In a sharp rebuke to defense minister, court rules there’s no reason to ban Palestinians from annual combined Israeli-Palestinian memorial event or to ignore previous court rulings

Unlike other speakers at Tel Aviv confab, president does not acknowledge hundreds of protesters demonstrating against the judicial overhaul outside JFNA General Assembly

Transportation minister, who is tasked with coordinating event, reportedly also suggested TV networks cut to recording of rehearsal if incidents occur during ceremony

During the state opening ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day, 12 ceremonial torches are lit by individuals representing the different sections of Israeli society. This year, lighting the torch representing diaspora Jewry is Canadian-Israeli businessman and philanthropist Silvan Adams. Adams, who immigrated to Israel in 2015, spoke to the press about his feelings leading up to

Osama Hamdan, who is responsible for foreign relations in the Hamas terrorist organization, says that in the next prisoner exchange deal with Israel, Hamas will demand that the list of terrorist prisoners to be released also include terrorists who carried out attacks in recent times. In an interview with Hamas’ Al-Risala website, Hamdan further said

In wide-ranging discussion with CBS, premier concedes neither court nor parliament can maintain blanket control over other; insists Israel to remain ‘boisterous, vibrant democracy’

At launch of 4-day event, organization chair says: ‘To the protesters exercising their democratic rights, we see you, we hear you’; activists met with mixed response from attendees

In a surprise move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday backed out of his appearance at a major conference of U.S. Jewish leaders in Tel Aviv, just hours before a speech that was expected to draw mass protests. But in a sign that the conference organizers did not expect Netanyahu”s cancelation to head off

US, UK carry out military operations to pull diplomats and their families out of Khartoum as fighting continues across city, leaving residents short on food, water and power

Data shows rise of over 120% in startups set up yearly by academic institutions, from 34 in 2016 to 75 in 2020, accounting for 13% of total new startups set up in Israel

Tali Dee, the bereaved daughter of Lucy (Leah) Dee and bereaved sister of Maia and Rina Dee, spoke with Israel National News Sunday after the end of the shiva mourning period. “At first, it was hard after so many people had been around us and we were suddenly left with the emptiness of the house.

The Jewish Federations of North America Israel at 75 General Assembly kicked off Sunday in Tel Aviv. During the conference, Jews from Israel and abroad will meet to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day and learn about and discuss issues facing Israel and Jews abroad. Israel National News spoke with Eric Fingerhut, President and CEO of JFNA,

Demonstrators in rebel-held city of Idlib say normalization with government will come at the expense of ties with the people

With bilateral tensions already high, Foreign Ministry refuses to comment on reports that lawmaker Imad al-Adwan was caught at Allenby Bridge with hundreds of pistols in his car

Prominent Holocaust scholar Barbara Engelking told TVN that Jewish Poles felt betrayed by their compatriots, and accused modern Warsaw of ‘falsifying history’

In honor of Israel’s 75th Independence Day, Israel National News sat down with the nation’s President, Isaac Herzog, for a special exclusive interview. With the hot-button issue in the country currently being the Israeli government’s judicial reform plan and the controversy surrounding it, we were unable to avoid asking the President, who is leading the

In an unprecedented fashion, protesters partially disrupt Board of Governors session with right-wing coalition MK Simcha Rothman, a key architect of the overhaul legislation

Zephyrus Wing Energies is the first company to list on the TASE since August; raises NIS 145 million at a company valuation of NIS 935 million

National security minister – who was not drafted due to extremist activity – demands NIS 10 million in compensation from Brothers in Arms protest group

(JNS) Yom Hazikaron, Israel”s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, begins on Monday evening. When it ends on Tuesday night, cheer will replace mourning as the nation embarks on a 24-hour celebration of Yom Ha”atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. The pairing of the two dates was purposeful. The idea behind the juxtaposition of

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the possibility his government will pass its original judicial reform plan, saying that a majority of Israelis back a compromise. Speaking with CBS Sunday, Netanyahu said the demonstrations against the judicial reform plan highlighted the strength of Israeli democracy, and emphasized his support for a negotiated compromise on judicial

Panel will discuss findings and recommendations of dossier produced last year by Deputy Attorney General Amit Merari

Party condemns ‘deeply offensive and wrong’ comments; lawmaker, a close ally of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, later retracts remarks, says draft letter sent in error to newspaper

UTJ and Shas lawmakers who did not serve in IDF back out of events, as does Likud Minister Galit Distel Atbaryan, who has been criticized for recent incendiary comments

A Jordanian member of parliament was arrested by Israeli authorities after he allegedly attempted to smuggle weapons and gold into Israel, Jordanian media outlets reported Sunday. AmmanNet identified the lawmaker as MP Imad Udwan, claiming that he was arrested by Israeli border personnel while trying to use his diplomatic passport to smuggle hundreds of weapons

Three of the four 2,000-ton corvettes are fully operational and the fourth is very close, after being outfitted with 20 advanced sensors, weapons and communication systems

10 muralists visit as part of Artists 4 Israel project to beautify forgotten areas of the country

Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf (UTJ) announced on Sunday that he would not participate in the Memorial Day ceremony at the Kiryat Gat military cemetery. The minister was invited to the ceremony by the Kiryat Gat branch of Yad Labanim, a representative organization that commemorates the memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers. After bereaved families

Last December, Yoel Souisa, a Dimona resident and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was riding his ambucycle (emergency motorcycle) on Highway 25 in the Negev when he was struck by a car that carelessly inserted itself into the highway from a side road. Yoel was transported to the hospital in critical condition. He later succumbed to

Foreign pilots to participate in Air Force airshows on Wednesday from Tiberias in north, along Mediterranean coast, through Jerusalem, to IAF base in south

Hashem Hamidi, 19, named as victim, less than 24 hours after two separate shootings in Lod

American-Israeli basketball player and coach David Blatt, who was chosen to light a ceremonial torch at the official state opening ceremony on Israeli Independence Day, tells Israel National News that it will be the greatest moment of his career. When asked how lighting the ceremonial torch compares with winning the EuroLeague Championship, Blatt answered: “You

The Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman spoke today at the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency convention, together with MK Oded Forer and president of the Cleveland Jewish Federation, Erika B. Rudin-Luria. Dozens of anti-judicial reform activists gathered outside of the event to protest Rothman”s participation, noting

Eli Ben-Shem, representing families who’ve lost loved ones, warns some planned appearances may cause trouble; top Netanyahu aide denies refusing to meet, says cabinet raised topic

* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin I had planned on writing about my Shabbat here in New York, but on Motza’ei Shabbat I heard about something that happened in America that deserves more attention. A group of Israeli teenagers were competing in an international competition in robotics in Houston, Texas. Their team consisted of students from

One of the critical skills we teach our adolescents is accountability. As children mature into young adulthood and moral agency, we impress upon them that their choices have consequences, and that they – and they alone – bear the burden of those consequences. Let”s call that micro-accountability. But what about macro-accountability? Why do national leaders

Minister reportedly demands ‘urgent’ reexamination of response to High Court petition, which is expected to renege on past promises to remove illegal West Bank Bedouin hamlet

Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich appealed to Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs demanding that the State’s response to the Supreme Court on the issue of the evacuation of the illegal Bedouin outpost of Khan al-Ahmar. Smotrich claimed that under the coalition agreement between the Likud and Religious Zionism parties, he is

Questions have swirled over how mass rescues of foreign citizens would unfold, with Sudan’s main international airport closed and millions of people sheltering indoors

Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi talk through the role of money and the culture of support in Israel-Diaspora relations.

With Dr. Julie Goldstein, we discuss different interpretations of the general injunction to be ‘kadosh’ and the importance each explanation has for one’s service of God.

Sephardic religious leader Yosef admits this would be illegal, advises new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to ‘do it in a smart way’; Liberman calls for rabbi to be sacked

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, military reporter Emanuel Fabian examine controversy ahead of ceremonies honoring Israel’s fallen; defense minister warns of multi-border conflicts

Join Steve and the former national director of the Anti-Defamation League as they discuss key issues facing the Jewish people today

Our deep dive into Israel’s Declaration of Independence continues with a pioneering feminist, the head of WIZO, and one of the two women who signed the Declaration

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, has come under fire for calling on Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (Shas) to provide budgets only to municipalities which have a synagogue or yeshiva. In a video published by Kan News this morning (Sunday) from Rabbi Yosef’s weekly Saturday night lecture, the Chief Rabbi