Religious Zionism’s Simcha Rothman warns coalition’s survival dependent on passing plan to weaken judiciary; unnamed Likud officials attack Levin as ‘snake’ trying to replace PM

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur drills down into significance of Thursday’s massive turnout and why it could have been larger; news editor Amy Spiro on two super Jewy Netflix shows

Soroka Medical Center today (Sunday) provided an update on the condition of the members of the Domnovitch family who were injured in a serious car accident in the Negev on Independence Day last week. The family’s youngest member, one-year-old Ma”ayan David Domnovitch, was killed in the crash. Uri, Ma’ayan’s seven-year-old brother, remains in critical condition

Government also wants to limit legal advisers to nonbinding opinions; Likud MK says she’ll seek to block appointment of Yitzhak Amit as next Supreme Court chief

A Polish political feud over Holocaust history has widened into an international condemnation of the government”s attempts to silence a leading scholar on Polish-Jewish relations during World War II. More than 300 academics and institutions around the world &mdash including Yad Vashem, Israel”s Holocaust history authority and memorial &mdash issued a statement condemning the Polish

At the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting today (Sunday), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a round of applause for Transportation Minister Miri Regev for running the national torch-lighting ceremony for Israel’s 75th Independence Day last week. Netanyahu said to Regev: “This is an opportunity to say a word of blessing and appreciation to

The police received a report that Yana Blum was driving dangerously prior to her involvement in the deadly Independence Day collision in which one-year-old Ma”ayan David Domnovitch was killed. This morning (Sunday), when Blum’s name was cleared for publication, Kan News reported that a driver who was driving behind her called the police before the

Google Earth imagery shows outlines of three sites in Jordan that have classic design of temporary bases built by Rome; believed tied to conquest of Nabatean kingdom

Research finds that under threat of being sent to concentration camps, Jewish businesspeople sold companies to Heidi Horten’s husband in 1930s below market value

We’ve all got a song that rocked our world. Read these essays on the profound impact of a single song on a single writer

They say that Biden is scoring poorly at the polls. His numbers, says Fox News, and even the others, are way down. What numbers? The figures show him at 54 percent unfavorable 45 percent favorable. Yes, 45 percent favorable. Which means that almost half the country, the stupid half, thinks he”s doing a good job,

On Friday morning, United Hatzalah, Israel”s national volunteer-based EMS organization, held a simulated mass casualty incident (MCI) training drill that simulated a terror attack on a bus. The drill involved the response of dozens of emergency medical personnel, all of whom are part of the organization”s women”s initiative, as well as 50 simulated patients and

A man was arrested this morning (Sunday) on suspicion of tearing down dozens of mezuzahs in Jerusalem on the night Israel’s Independence Day last week. The mezuzahs were torn off the doorposts of residential buildings in the center of the city. Police launched an investigation, and quickly identified a suspect. An arrest warrant was issued,

Aleeza Ben Shalom, the show’s Israeli-American star, says she hopes viewers around the globe will see Judaism as ‘something to look at, respect and feel something positive towards’

Saudi-Iranian diplomatic relations *Riyadh does not allow the resumption of the Saudi-Iranian diplomatic ties to befog the reality of the tenuous and shifty Middle East regimes, policies and agreements, and the inherently subversive, terroristic, anti-Sunni and imperialistic track record of Iran’s Ayatollahs. *Saudi Arabia is cognizant of the 1,400-year-old fanatic, religious vision of the Ayatollahs,

The negotiations at the President’s Residence on the judicial reform will resume this week following the ‘Million March’ held in Jerusalem in support of the reforms last Thursday. Kan Reshet Bet reported that the Likud party is blaming the opposition Yesh Atid party for the lack of progress in the negotiations, with one official claiming

I’d like to share two short experiences that happened to me recently. They seem to be connected to one another and to 1. Last week, I was hiking on a beautiful trail in the Judean desert named Nahal Mishmar. It was especially scenic and filled with the recent rainwater that raised the level of some

Despite the recent rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Washington is examining Riyadh’s demands for a potential normalization with Israel, an American official told Israel Hayom. Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited Israel. During an address to the Jerusalem Post conference on Thursday, DeSantis accused the Biden Administration of wasting the opportunity to expand

Last week’s 600,000 strong right-wing demonstration was funded on a shoestring – a few organizations, personal costs and crowd-funding. No highways were blocked, no fires set, no anarchic behaviior. On the other hand, there is a high cost to organising the much more costly, anarchistic and frequent left-wing demonstrations. I wonder who is paying for

In first, non-Christian faiths and languages to play a prominent part in much-anticipated May 6 event where monarch will be crowned

MK David Bitan (Likud), chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, was interviewed by Channel 12 News on Saturday night and called for a compromise on the government”s proposed judicial reform. “We can’t go on like this anymore,” warned Bitan. “We have already been seriously harmed and if the prophecies come true, our situation will

Former US President Trump claimed on Friday that he is under “total assault” because of his lead in the polls among current and potential GOP presidential candidates. “[We”re under] total assault because we”re winning in the polls,” Trump told his former advisor Steve Bannon during an interview on “War Room”, as quoted by The Hill.

Proposed trillion-shekel 2023-2024 state budget will capture immediate legislative attention, but paused court shakeup to keep exerting influence over parliament business

PM greeted Florida governor in Jerusalem last week; PMO issues no announcements or photos amid speculation he’s avoiding angering Biden, Trump

A poll which was published on Channel 12 News on Friday asked Likud voters who they think should lead the Likud after Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer the chairman of the party, whatever the reason for his stepping down would be. 23% of respondents believe that Economy Minister Nir Barkat should head the Likud, 13%

The British daily The Guardian apologized on Saturday after it published a caricature of an outgoing BBC boss which caused an uproar and accusations of trafficking in antisemitic stereotypes. Richard Sharp announced his resignation as BBC chairman on Friday after his involvement in a loan for then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised questions about the

Drawing features Richard Sharp in cartoon described as having ‘antisemitic imagery’ such as ‘outsized, grotesque features’ alongside ‘money and power,’ Jewish News reports

The Magistrate Court in Be’er Sheva on Saturday night extended until Monday the detention of 25-year-old Yana Blum from Rishon LeZion, who was involved in the fatal accident on Independence Day. She is suspected of reckless homicide and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. She has been caught driving under the influence of

New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems