Military announces shuffle in General Staff, with Southern Command chief taking over Iran affairs; Ofer Winter said expected to quit after being snubbed again

Russian state media is reporting that Ukraine launched two drone attacks on Tuesday night intended to strike the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the Russian state-run news channel RT, the two aircraft were downed using electronic warfare and caused no casualties or damage. In a press release, the Kremlin stated that

In honor of Israel”s 75th anniversary, the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) held a celebratory event to launch its activities for the 25th Knesset in the presence of Christian leaders from around the world. This parliamentary group, founded in 2004, currently includes members of the Knesset who have been involved in the caucus in previous

Suspect stopped by police at Ben Gurion Airport as he returned from trip abroad; 18 others already arrested in connection with suspected garbage disposal graft scheme in north

Rare meeting comes as some Arab countries, including regional powerhouses Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have been warming up to Damascus

Angry response from ruling party comes after far-right Otzma Yehudit announces it will boycott Knesset votes over ‘feeble’ response to Gaza rocket barrage

The other day, an Arab terrorist died after a hunger strike. The Woke Left are in a tizzy, accusing Israel of war crimes. Arab terror groups are talking about bringing a claim to the International Criminal Court. A barrage of rockets were launched from Gaza prompting an Israeli resppnse.. Think about it. Voices in the

As the 2024 election gets into gear, both Republicans and Democrats are again using Israel as a wedge issue. A lot has changed in both countries since the last presidential election, but in the halls of Congress, the battle over Israel is playing out in familiar ways. Republicans have accused President Joe Biden of snubbing

Winners are Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who covered the death of woman in police custody, and Narges Mohammadi, one of the country’s most prominent activists

Health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand discusses addiction, and Sheba’s collaboration with Fauci, as religion correspondent Canaan Lidor looks at JFNA in Israel and interfaith Haifa

New book uses the work of Israel’s leading editorial cartoonists, who hold the country’s leadership accountable through clever imagery and biting satire

List of countries snubbed at massive event to be held on Saturday in London is also said to include Belarus, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Venezuela

Efrat Amram, a resident of the southern Israeli city of Sderot whose home was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, spoke with Israel National News about the terrifying moments of the attack. The rocket attack came two minutes after Amram”s husband parked the car and went inside the house with their

Look at the first of these video shorts, copied with permission from Caroline Glick’s twitter account: Khameneii, who has the same ambiitions as Cyrus the Great – Cyrus ii of Persia – has becomef an object of unafraid laughter despiter his pretensions and violent dictatorship based on fear. Cyrus the Great, on the other hand,

Guterres stresses unfettered press is foundation of democracy, WSJ editor calls for Russia to free Evan Gershkovich; watchdog says 55 journalists, 4 media workers killed in 2022

Fissures show in Netanyahu’s hardline government, as it faces mounting internal pressure over domestic policies and deepening conflict with Palestinians

One person was killed and five more injured in an Israeli airstrike on northwestern Gaza, local health officials said Wednesday. The airstrike targeted terrorist positions in the Al-Shati refugee camp, northwest of Gaza City, in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. Health officials identified the fatality as 58-year-old Hashil Mubarak. His family claimed he was crushed by

Why are the two negative mitzvahs of not eating blood and not eating the fruit of tree for three years next to each other.What is the Torah telling us? A short video from the Drops of Light series provides an answer.

* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin A life-changing principle is found in the opening words of this week’s Torah portion: “Speak to the Kohanim, the sons of Aharon.” Here God is saying to Moshe Rabbeinu that he should first tell the Kohanim that they are the sons of Aharon. But why is this necessary? Don’t the

A few weeks ago, a woman in her 50s suffered chest pains in her home in the city of Akko. Her relatives alerted emergency services. One of the first to respond to the emergency, which ended in the transport of the patient to the hospital, was United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Chen ben Yehuda. Chen, a

Man shot dead in northern town, wife and child injured; man fatally stabbed in Holon park, in 2nd homicide within days on same street; bomb found outside apartment in coastal city

Spokesman says Iron Dome had 90% interception rate, military investigating rockets landing in Sderot, wounding three; army preparing for resumption of hostilities at any moment

‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each get nods in six categories, announced by Lea Michele, who has been the talk of the town since taking the lead of ‘Funny Girl’ revival

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and others, such as Middle East expert Dr. Mordecai Kedar, have warned that we may face war with Gaza, Hezbollah, and others in Lebanon, and even the possibility that Iranian-backed militias in Syria and elsewhere join the fray. Even under normal circumstances, we simply do not have the resources to simultaneously

Award goes to Iddo Gefen’s ‘Jerusalem Beach’; organizers says including works translated into English, and honoring those who do the translating, adds new dimension to competition

Residences of Younis Hilan, who stabbed to death Shalom Sofer in al-Funduq on October 25, and Muhammed Souf, who murdered three Israelis near Ariel on November 15, demolished

In response to the launching of 104 rockets from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip towards Israel from Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday morning, the IDF attacked additional targets in the Gaza Strip before dawn Wednesday, including an underground terror tunnel, a site for storing combat equipment, military compounds, and a Hamas military position. In addition, during

Raisi, set to visit Syria amid detente with Saudis, says shifting regional alliances, along with ‘unprecedented’ political situation in Israel, have made Jewish state vulnerable

Blast reportedly occurs during a ‘movement of ammunition’ at the facility on outskirts of the northern city of Damghan; 3 wounded

Israel”s Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage announced Wednesday that Eliezer Berland, disgraced leader of the fringe Hasidic movement Shuvu Banim, will not light a bonfire in Meron this year on Lag BaOmer. According to a report by Israel Hayom, a ministry spokesperson who spoke personally with those involved stated that there are assurances that

Israel and America appear haunted by a sense of despair. The nations are locked in domestic and international political battles exacerbated by tensions between the religious and open society proponents. As Rabbi Jonathan Sachs put it, “We live in an era of intense social discord and distrust … cancellation or ostracism.” The rabbi asks the

The Otzma Yehudit party has decided not to take part in Knesset votes scheduled for Wednesday, in protest of what it deemed the government’s “weak response” to a spate of rocket attacks from Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight. The rightist party announced Wednesday morning that it will hold a special faction meeting in the city of

According to Jewish tradition, God has been making matches since the creation of the world. Aleeza Ben Shalom has been at it only since 2007 &mdash but the Jewish matchmaker is about to bring what she calls “the most important job in the world” to the masses. As the host of “Jewish Matchmaking” on Netflix,

Deputy speaker of Kyiv’s parliament Olena Kondratiuk is leading a delegation stressing the need for Israeli expertise in early warning systems, shelters

Ben Platt, the Broadway star headlining a musical about an antisemitic episode in American history, donned a Star of David necklace as part of his outfit for Monday night”s Met Gala. The annual gala is a hallmark of the fashion calendar, and celebrities are urged to put together splashy costumes to match a theme. This

Two sides settle on truce, Palestinian sources say, after daylong flare-up sparked by death of Islamic Jihad member in Israeli prison during hunger strike

Israel is again a wedge issue in election cycle, with the right criticizing Biden for not inviting Netanyahu to Washington, and the left saying foreign aid cuts endanger security

The IDF demolished overnight Tuesday, in the Palestinian Arab village of Hajjah, the home of the terrorist who murdered Shalom Sofer six months ago in the Arab village of Al-Funduq. The demolition took place after the Supreme Court rejected the petition filed by the terrorist’s family against the demolition. In addition, the IDF worked on

Investors in Adidas have filed a lawsuit against the company at a US court over its cancelled partnership with Kanye West, saying it should have been aware he courted controversy. The class-action lawsuit, seen by the AFP news agency, was submitted Friday in US District Court in Oregon, where the German sportswear giant’s US headquarters

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Tuesday slammed what he described as the West’s “baseless” accusations against Iran’s “peaceful” nuclear program, the Xinhua news agency reported. Mohammad Eslami made the remarks in an address to a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, during which he vowed that the AEOI is

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi issued threats against Israel ahead of his scheduled visit to Syria on Wednesday, Israel Hayom reports. Speaking on Tuesday to the Lebanese television channel Al-Mayadeen, which is associated with Hezbollah, Raisi said, “The Zionist entity cannot provide security within its borders, as the conditions differ greatly than in the past. It

The World Bank warned on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority”s (PA) economy faces a “bleak” outlook, particularly pointing out Israel”s restrictions on Palestinian Arabs, reports the AFP news agency. In a new report, the global lender commended efforts by the PA to slim its public wage bill but said the economies of the Gaza Strip

Two diplomats meet in Brussels as Jerusalem seeks to move past tense period with European Union caused by differences in approach to the Palestinians

In an unusual collaboration, the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Jewish Chronicle have set aside their roles as competitors to better serve a community still shaken by trauma

Police in London on Tuesday arrested a man allegedly armed with a knife and accused of throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace, AFP reported. The arrest, which took place at about 7:00 p.m. local time, comes just days before King Charles III’s coronation, which will be attended by global royalty and

“The Galilee Forces – The Lone Wolves”, a terrorist organization which operates under the inspiration of Hezbollah, on Tuesday identified National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir as a key target for assassination in response to the death of terrorist prisoner Khader Adnan, a member of the Islamic Jihad, after holding a hunger strike of nearly

Defending visit, chairman of national Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem says the site is open to all and ‘does not engage’ with German party’s members

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) on Tuesday commended the Berlin police who announced a ban on signs supporting Palestinian Arab terrorist organizations and on calling for Israel”s destruction during Monday”s May Day demonstrations. Instructions posted to the police website on Saturday stressed that “any advertising” for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Airstrikes come after terror groups launch 37 projectiles at Israel throughout the day, following death of hunger-striking Islamic Jihad member in Israeli prison

Hundreds of residents of the town of Avnei Hefetz in Samaria demonstrated on Tuesday evening at the scene of Tuesday morning”s shooting attack outside the town that left one Israeli lightly wounded. Following the attack, the IDF blocked the entrance to the nearby Palestinian Arab village of Shufa. The terrorist has not yet been arrested