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Once fueled by euphoria and a pioneering spirit, Israel's settlement enterprise is now marked by decline

Initially defined by euphoria, Israel's settlement enterprise faces a decline, with violence and a lack of interest marking a stark contrast to the past's pioneering spirit

Politically, it is much easier for Netanyahu to end Israel's military dominance in the Middle East and give the Americans his blessing to sell F-35 jets to an Arab country than to say the words 'Palestinian state'

Annual inflation in Israel remains unchanged at 2.5%, keeping inflation well below the upper limit of the Bank of Israel's annual target range of 3%.

The bill for capital punishment progressing in Israel's Knesset would be used exclusively to target Arabs, and would mark another departure from Western international norms. Israel has only executed two men in its history: an IDF officer wrongly charged with treason in 1948, and Adolf Eichmann

Even as Haredi leaders secure a generous military service exemption, unprecedented rivalries within Degel HaTorah and Shas reveal deep fractures across Israel's ultra-Orthodox public

Friday's storm caused power outages in central Israel's Light Rail and delays were caused in Israel Railways' train schedule

A year after arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant, and two years into South Africa's ICJ case, the proceedings against Israel remain firmly in place. Trump's sanctions and allegations against Prosecutor Karim Khan have not slowed them, and the arrest of the Military Advocate General has eroded Israel's already weak international standing

One source told Haaretz that Herzog 'knew he would run for president and wanted to offer the pardon as a kind of goodwill gesture to Likud members, seeking their support.' He kept his stance quiet, partly out of concern over how it might be received by Israel's center-left voters

Calling Netanyahu's trial 'a political, unjustified prosecution,' Trump asked Israel's President Herzog in a formal letter to pardon Netanyahu, who faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three separate criminal cases; Netanyahu responded to Trump: 'You get right to the point and call it like it is'

In her ruling, the judge said that the Histadrut, Israel's largest labor union, appeared to be run 'like a private business' by its chairman, Arnon Bar-David, who is suspected of appointing people to key positions in exchange for benefits. 'We know for certain cash was involved,' said the police's representative

The right has turned perpetual conflict into an ideology, casting Palestinians as villains whose only goal is Israel's destruction. It's time to replace this distorted view

Benjamin Netanyahu and Ron Dermer failed to account for a white supremacist takeover of their cherished MAGA evangelical base. Now, Israel's fate lies with an American right that increasingly embraces antisemitism

The bloodthirsty campaign against Israel's Military Prosecutor for her leak of a video showing IDF reservists abusing a Palestinian shows the effectiveness of the government's poison machine against anyone who tries to defend the law

The bill was published with an unprecedented note stating it had not been approved by the attorney general who warned it endangers Israel's free press and allows political interference, but ministers advanced it despite legal and regulatory objections

A Knesset committee approved the proposal for a first reading with PM Netanyahu's backing, according to Israel's hostage affairs coordinator. Far-right Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed the law would remove judicial discretion and mark a 'shift in Israel's security doctrine'

The implications of the 'Sde Teiman affair,' whose protagonists include the IDF's top prosecutor, a right-wing mob, Palestinian detainees, Israel's Channel 12 TV and Itamar Ben-Gvir's failed police force, are so wide-ranging they could help Netanyahu's crusade against Israel's core democratic institutions

As part of his 'reunification and healing' vision, the prime minister is applying the judicial-overhaul model to the defense establishment ■ Tally Gotliv is a hand grenade that Netanyahu has planted in the security holy of holies, while Yair Netanyahu is just a stink bomb ■ From the Knesset podium, Simcha Rothman desecrates the memory of one of Israel's greatest political scientists

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara had ordered that the recommendations not be submitted to Israel's defense minister until the legality of the committee members' appointments is reviewed, amid claims of a flawed process

Speaking at David Zini's inauguration ceremony at his office in Jerusalem, Netanyahu slammed claims that the U.S. is determining Israel's security policy: 'As both I and Vance said yesterday, we are partners, we work together'