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Shas to recommend Netanyahu as next prime minister — reports
Shas is expected to recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Isaac Herzog as the lawmaker who should be tasked with forming the next government, Hebrew media reports, despite speculation that the ultra-Orthodox party could instead align with the opposition bloc led by Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot.
Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to step down, calls on security chiefs to serve the state and interests of Israeli citizens alone
Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot says Israelis voted for change and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's continued rule, as exit polls from the main TV networks project Likud to be the largest party, but put the pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs neck-and-neck, with the two Arab parties holding the balance. Neither bloc is projected to win a 61-seat Knesset majority.
IDF raises toll of Palestinian terror operatives it has killed in past week to 17
The Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday that it had killed at least five Palestinian terror operatives in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip over the past week, adding to 12 such deaths announced earlier in the week for a total of 17. In one statement, the military said it killed several members of Hamas's elite Nukhba force in a strike on a meeting in Gaza City earlier Saturday, along with a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander in a separate strike.
Netanyahu’s former military secretary alleges attempt to alter October 7 records
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former military secretary on Thursday alleged that the premier presented an incomplete account of the events surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and that Netanyahu’s chief of staff sought to alter an official record from that morning.
Day after meeting opposition chiefs, Golan says Arab parties could be in next government
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One day after they pledged not to fight, opposition chiefs split over Arab parties in coalition
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Day after meeting opposition chiefs, Golan says Arab parties could be in next government
Yair Golan, chair of the left-wing Democrats party, said Sunday that an Arab party could be part of the next government, exposing a fault line among opposition leaders less than a day after they met to coordinate their campaigns and pledged not to attack one another ahead of the October 27 election. “We believe that an Arab party can be part of the government. It is natural, right, appropriate and democratic,” Golan told the Kan public broadcaster.
Liberman proposes Jordan take responsibility for parts of West Bank, drawing fire
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Liberman proposes Jordan control parts of West Bank, drawing right-wing rebuke
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Liberman proposes Jordan control parts of West Bank, drawing right-wing rebuke
Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman suggested Wednesday that Jordan take over control of parts of the West Bank, drawing criticism from a number of right-wing politicians including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Making room for Haredim, army struggles to not impinge on others’ space
Despite the Israel Defense Forces approving protocols regulating service conditions for Haredi troops nearly nine months ago, a series of recent incidents has raised questions about the military’s ability to successfully integrate ultra-Orthodox soldiers into its ranks. In February, the IDF approved a General Staff order aimed at enabling more ultra-Orthodox men to enlist without compromising their religious way of life while serving.
Trump weighs return to large-scale Iran strikes: ‘I have a big decision coming up’
President says will meet with Gulf leaders at UNGA next week before determining next steps; State Dept. confirms Iranian delegation will attend; Iranian crypto exchange hit with sanctions
‘If only you had listened’: Oct. 7 families’ report accuses Netanyahu of enabling attack
Released six weeks before election, 12-page dossier says massacre culminated years-long policy of preserving Hamas rule; relatives of victims demand accountability
‘We share all relevant inteligence': UAE doesn't deny MBZ warned Netanyahu ahead of Oct. 7; PMO claims the reports are false
The United Arab Emirates, in an official statement, neither confirms nor denies that Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught that the terror group was planning a major attack. The UAE Foreign Ministry does not directly address the alleged warning, but stresses the two governments share all relevant intelligence.
A medida que se disparan los ataques de colonos, algunos se preguntan si Israel no puede tomar medidas drásticas o simplemente no quiere
QUSRA, Cisjordania — Cuando Luai Beiruti comenzó a construir una casa para su joven familia en las afueras de la aldea palestina de Qusra en 2023, imaginó un lugar donde pudieran vivir de manera segura y cómoda. Tres años después, la casa del joven de 29 años sigue sin terminar. La construcción se detuvo inicialmente después de que el ataque de Hamás del sumergiera a Israel y a la región en una guerra.
As settler violence surges, some ask whether Israel can’t crack down, or simply won’t
With attacks spreading across West Bank, locals and activists describe 'vague' orders, political pressure and systemic issues that result in troops punishing Palestinian victims rather than Israeli assailants
Israel’s election takes shape as 38 parties submit slates, from Likud to Joint List
Israel’s upcoming election officially took shape on Tuesday night, as the last of 38 parties submitted their candidate slates for the October 27 vote. The parties registering their lists ahead of Tuesday’s 10 p.m. deadline ranged from the ruling Likud party to Blue and White, the centrist faction widely expected to fall short of entering the Knesset.
Winter submits his People of Israel party’s Knesset slate, dashing Smotrich’s hope for merger with Religious Zionism
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Netanyahu: Toppling Iranian regime is Israel's 'central mission,' goal 'within reach'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's “central mission” is to topple the Iranian regime, asserting that the goal was “within reach.” “The regime is now faltering. It is weaker than ever. It is fighting for its survival,” Netanyahu said during a Rosh Hashanah toast with the IDF General Staff Forum in Tel Aviv, crediting Israel's military operations since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, atrocities with ebbing the Iranian threat.
Netanyahu: Toppling Iranian regime is Israel’s ‘central mission,’ goal ‘within reach’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel’s “central mission” is to topple the Iranian regime, asserting that the goal was “within reach.” “The regime is now faltering. It is weaker than ever. It is fighting for its survival,” Netanyahu said during a Rosh Hashanah toast with the IDF General Staff Forum in Tel Aviv, crediting Israel’s military operations since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, atrocities with ebbing the Iranian threat.
Netanyahu claims defense officials intentionally failed to wake him in hours before Oct. 7 attack
PM claims misguided security chiefs chose not to alert him because they knew he'd order mobilization and attacks on anybody approaching border and they feared this would trigger Hamas attack
IDF's West Bank chief said to warn PM that settler attacks could spark major Palestinian terror outbreak
The most senior Israel Defense Forces officer in the West Bank warned during a closed-door security assessment on Monday that mounting settler violence could ignite a broader escalation in the territory, Channel 12 reported. “There has been a significant decline in the scale of [Palestinian] terrorism over the past two years, but there is one match that could ignite everything in an instant – nationalist crime,” Central Command chief Maj. Gen.
IDF’s West Bank chief said to warn PM that settler attacks could spark Palestinian terror outbreak
The most senior Israel Defense Forces officer in the West Bank warned during a closed-door security assessment on Monday that mounting settler violence could ignite a broader escalation in the territory, Israeli television reported. “There has been a significant decline in the scale of [Palestinian] terrorism over the past two years, but there is one match that could ignite everything in an instant – nationalist crime,” Central Command chief Maj. Gen.
IDF’s top West Bank general said to warn settler attacks could spark Palestinian terror outbreak
The most senior Israel Defense Forces officer in the West Bank warned during a closed-door security assessment on Monday that mounting settler violence could ignite a broader escalation in the territory, Israeli television reported. “There has been a significant decline in the scale of [Palestinian] terrorism over the past two years, but there is one match that could ignite everything in an instant – nationalist crime,” Central Command chief Maj. Gen.
Strike on Syrian airbase signals Israel’s growing unease with Turkey’s regional ambitions
Critics question why Ankara's longstanding presence suddenly required force, but experts say Turkish military systems could threaten IDF freedom of action and help Erdogan expand his influence
Netanyahu says Iran ‘tried to murder one of my sons,’ doesn’t give further details
PM cites purported assassination attempt to defend unusually high level of security coverage enjoyed by his family
Israel bars 2 Swedish MEPs from entering country over alleged anti-Israel activity
FM Gideon Sa'ar says Left Party lawmakers backed legal action against Israelis, spread claims about genocide and starvation in Gaza
Israel bars 2 Swedish MEPs from entering country over alleged anti-Israel activity
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Ballot battlefield takes shape as sides tussle over voters homebound and homeward bound
Cypriots driving past Larnaca Airport last month were greeted by an unusual sight: a political campaign billboard, despite the country’s parliamentary elections having concluded in May. Even more striking, the signs featured neither a Cypriot politician nor any message in one of Cyprus’s official languages.
Report: Barkat co-led Likud effort to oust and replace Netanyahu after Oct. 7
Economy Minister Nir Barkat allegedly co-led a failed attempt to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through a no-confidence vote immediately following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, Channel 12 news reported on Tuesday. The network claimed that Barakat led the effort with fellow Likud lawmaker Yuli Edelstein, who left the ruling party last month to form the rival “Unity” faction.
Report: AG expected to charge Netanyahu aides with security offenses in Qatargate affair
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is expected to decide that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein should face national security charges in the so-called Qatargate affair, Channel 13 news reported on Tuesday. According to the network, a former senior Mossad official suspected in the case is also expected to be charged, pending a hearing.
Rambam denies claims Arab staff mistreated wounded soldier after family sounds alarm
The Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa on Sunday denied allegations of malpractice, after relatives of a soldier recently injured in Lebanon accused the hospital’s Arab staff of mistreating their loved one. The accusations were quickly echoed by far-right politicians, while Arab MKs hit back, saying the incident was another example of widespread racism against Arab-Israelis who are deeply integrated in Israel’s health care system.
Settler terror attacks in West Bank said to surge by 63% in first half of 2026
The number of serious incidents of “nationalistic crime” committed by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank surged by 63 percent during the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday, citing security establishment figures. Such offenses are classified by Israeli security bodies as terrorism. According to the report, 660 settler attacks were recorded in the first six months of 2026, up from 405 during the same period in 2025.
Board of Peace envoy says full execution of Gaza plan only ‘guarantee’ Oct. 7 won’t recur
Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza envoy of the US-backed Board of Peace, sought to dispel skepticism in Israel about the board’s roadmap for the disarmament of Hamas in the Strip, arguing that the plan’s full implementation is Israel’s only “guarantee” of preventing a repeat of the October 7, 2023, massacre, and that it will be based on verifiable steps, rather than trust of the terror group.
Trump says US ‘low-keying’ Iran conflict, giving economic pressure time to work
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington was “low-keying” its approach to Iran and only “semi-negotiating” with the Islamic Republic, as it suffers in dire economic straits. The remarks, made in a brief phone interview with Barak Ravid of Channel 12 and Axios, signaled Trump was forgoing a military strike on Iran and instead preparing to let the mounting economic pressure take its toll.
After dissing IDF West Bank chief, announcing replacement on live TV, Katz now says he’s doing ‘well,’ isn’t ousted
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, the army’s top officer in the West Bank, is “performing his duties well,” further walking back his apparent attempt to replace the commander on live TV just a day earlier. The statement came shortly after a Channel 13 report said the defense minister’s initial denunciation of Bluth had infuriated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Dismissing warnings, Israelis increasingly venturing into forbidden West Bank cities
For a growing number of Israelis, the promise of vacation villas, auto repairs, and everyday goods at a fraction of Israeli prices has become enough of a lure to outweigh repeated military warnings against entering Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of the West Bank, where Israeli civilians are barred by law. Among the biggest draws are vacation rentals.
Trump initially refused to meet Netanyahu, agreed after Israeli concession on Gaza
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Likud tribunal clears way for key vote on Netanyahu bid to expand sway over party slate
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Katz orders Democrats party candidate ousted from IDF reserves over call to refuse service
Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF on Sunday to remove an anti-government activist, who is a member of the Brothers in Arms movement and of Yair Golan’s The Democrats party, from any army reserve duty after he appeared to encourage refusal to serve on political grounds.
Trump said to urge Netanyahu to pull Israeli troops from Syria, Lebanon in recent call
US President Donald Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call last week to begin withdrawing Israeli troops from southern Syria and Lebanon, Barak Ravid of Channel 12 and Axios reported Tuesday, citing American and Israeli officials. According to the report on the Thursday call, Trump warned that Israel’s military presence in Syrian territory is creating tensions that could lead to an escalation, telling Netanyahu, “They don’t want you there.
In memo before October 7, Sinwar predicted Israel might respond with nuclear strike
Yahya Sinwar, the late Hamas leader who masterminded the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre, assessed ahead of the onslaught that Israel might respond with a nuclear strike on the Gaza Strip, but chose to carry out the invasion anyway, according to a newly revealed document written in the terror chief’s own hand. The memo, written in August 2022, was obtained by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, and excerpts from it were published by Channel 12 on Sunday.
Recordings reveal repeated police requests for PM to testify on Bild leak affair were rebuffed
Recordings aired by Israeli television on Wednesday appeared to show police repeatedly attempting to coordinate a brief testimony from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding investigations involving his aides, only to be repeatedly rebuffed by staff in his office. According to Channel 12 news, investigators sought to ask Netanyahu whether he informed senior media adviser Jonatan Urich that former media adviser Eli Feldstein had been arrested in the Bild leaked document affair.
US launches 2nd night of strikes against Iran, as Israel said bracing for war to restart
The United States launched fresh strikes on Iran late Wednesday and into early Thursday morning after striking Iranian targets a day earlier in response to attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as the Israeli defense establishment was reportedly keeping a close eye on the rising tensions amid concerns the fighting could quickly escalate and draw Israel back in.
Alarm over potential Eilat attack met with skepticism, though not toward Houthi threat
Ever since Hamas launched its unprecedented cross-border assault on southern Israel nearly three years ago, Israelis have been acutely alert to the prospect of another surprise incursion along its borders. In the immediate aftermath of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, attention turned to Hezbollah on the northern border, but recent comments have now raised fears that the most potent threat may actually be a more distant and possibly underestimated adversary: the Houthis in Yemen.
IDF veteran who self-immolated begs Knesset: Prioritize combat soldiers, not Torah study
Itzik Saidyan, an IDF veteran who self-immolated outside the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department for wounded soldiers in 2021, told a Knesset committee on Sunday that the nation must give the highest priority to those who serve on the front lines. His speech to the Knesset House Committee came as it debated the highly controversial proposed Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the State of Israel.
Rabello won’t take office as state comptroller without new vote, in light of High Court ruling
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Media watchdog rejects claim it seeks to exclude Palestinian, Lebanese journalists after Gaza terror links
The Committee to Protect Journalists, which tracks killings of media workers on the job, reaffirmed its definition of a journalist on Wednesday, amid backlash over the group’s move to review its Gaza database following a Times of Israel investigation.
20 years on, newly released military logs detail confusion during Shalit abduction
Twenty years ago, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped from a tank in a cross-border Hamas attack and dragged into Gaza — an abduction that would grip Israel for half a decade and shape the nation’s reckoning with the terror group ever since. On Thursday, marking the twentieth anniversary of Shalit’s kidnapping, the Defense Ministry released never-before-seen military logs detailing the events of that fateful day.
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