Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 21:06 Oct 22, 2025
Israeli arms manufacturers such as IWI and ARI Arms are expected to compete for a government contract to provide thousands of 7.62 caliber guns, at up to 6,500 shekels per rifle, to the IDF. International sanctions against the Israeli arms industry have left Israeli brands struggling to sell their wares -
Haaretz - 21:06 Oct 22, 2025
Facing rejection from Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, recent convert Isabella Vinci, supported by the Israel Religious Action Center, is preparing a court petition to challenge the decision, despite a Supreme Court ruling recognizing non-Orthodox conversions -
Haaretz - 21:00 Oct 22, 2025
Nimrod Cohen, one of 20 hostages released from Hamas captivity last week, lost 33 pounds and feared for his life amid Israeli airstrikes. His father, Yehuda, has been targeted on social media for fighting the Netanyahu government in an effort to stop the war -
Haaretz - 20:43 Oct 22, 2025
Hamas disarmament and Turkey's role: Vance's Israel visit aims to address key postwar Gaza questions
The vice president denied that the U.S. was 'monitoring' Israel 'in the sense of watching over someone,' saying instead that officials were arriving to contribute to 'active work, making sure our teams are doing what's needed to keep things on track' -
Haaretz - 20:27 Oct 22, 2025
Artists are isolating their Israeli allies more than the perpetrators of the crimes they're denouncing. More than helping Palestinians, they're giving credence to Netanyahu's claim that critics hate Israelis for who they are, rather than what their government does -
Haaretz - 19:36 Oct 22, 2025
Sonthaya Oakkharasri came to Israel in 2018 to work in agriculture and was taken hostage while working in an Avocado orchard in the Gaza border communities. Seventy-two foreign citizens were killed and 35 were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 31 of them Thai -
Haaretz - 19:24 Oct 22, 2025
Israel's President Isaac Herzog awarded the Medal of Honor to Matthias Döpfner, CEO of a German media giant known for its staunchly pro-Israel editorial stance and the 'Bibileaks' scandal involving Bild, and to megadonor Miriam Adelson, who is said to have spearheaded pressure on Trump to secure the release of hostages from Gaza -
Haaretz - 19:23 Oct 22, 2025
Israel's train system may not take you far today, but it's still rich in Ottoman and British-era echoes -
Haaretz - 19:05 Oct 22, 2025
As more countries lower the voting age, which Israeli parties push a bill that could shift the political balance? -
Haaretz - 18:56 Oct 22, 2025
With a postponed state inquiry hanging over his head, Benjamin Netanyahu is already leading his ministers and media mouthpieces to proactively deflect any blame for October 7 and the two-year war onto the hostage families, pro-democracy protesters and the judicial system -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 18:55 Oct 22, 2025
A French parliamentary inquiry is examining alleged Islamist influence inside La France Insoumise after journalists detailed the party’s ties to radical groups.
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Haaretz - 18:41 Oct 22, 2025
Haimi, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, joined the battle over the kibbutz during the Hamas attack on the morning of October 7, 2023. His family was notified of his death two months later, and his body was returned to Israel overnight on Tuesday -
Haaretz - 17:35 Oct 22, 2025
Since October 7, Netanyahu's strategy has been to blame anyone but himself. Now that almost all the other responsible parties have gone, his refusal to accept blame is all the more conspicuous -
Haaretz - 17:17 Oct 22, 2025
No one from the Prime Minister's Office showed up as coalition lawmakers voted down the creation of a state commission to probe the October 7 failures. Bereaved families accused Netanyahu's coalition of 'fighting the truth' instead of seeking accountability -
Haaretz - 16:53 Oct 22, 2025
Graham Platner, who is running to be the Democratic candidate for senator from Maine, said he got the tattoo during a U.S. military deployment after seeing it on the wall of a tattoo parlor while inebriated. 'He's not an idiot, he's a military history buff,' his former political director said