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The State Comptroller stressed the need to examine how to collect taxes from the cryptocurrency market before the government raises taxes for the public.

  Day 397 of the war: IDF reports elimination of Hezbollah battalion commander in Al-Khiam sector. Alert of hostile aircraft intrusion activated this morning in the Upper Galilee. After several minutes IDF spokesperson updated it was a false identification. November 6 12:08: In a joint statement with opposition leaders, Yair Lapid addressed Defense Minister Yoav […]

Yitzhak Mordechai, Moshe Ya'alon and Avigdor Lieberman all served as defense ministers in Netanyahu governments between the late '90s and 2018. Each has their own disagreements with the prime minister, and didn't see the end of their terms

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday morning congratulated Donald Trump on his US election win. "Dear Donald and Melania Trump, congratulations on history's greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America," the prime minister said in […]

  The following is an Israel Hayom interview with Donald Trump originally published March 25, 2024. Israel, Iran, Biden, Harris, and the Jewish vote. In a no-holds-barred interview, former US President Donald Trump told Israel Hayom that he supports Israel's defensive war against Hamas and said he would have responded to the October 7 attack […]

Geopolitical risks under Trump could disrupt global oil supplies

  Last night it became official: Israel is being led by a prime minister who poses a clear and present danger to national security. Firing a defense minister in the middle of a war is unprecedented. That this decision stems not from professional considerations but from backroom political scheming is a stinging slap across the […]

  Former President Donald Trump received a dramatic surge in support from Jewish voters in New York on Tuesday, securing 45% of the Jewish vote compared to 30% in 2020, according to Fox News exit polls. The substantial shift represents a 50% increase in Trump's backing among Jewish voters in the Empire State, while Vice […]

  November 6 09:54 a.m.: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Trump on victory, "Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history's greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America." 08:25 a.m.: Fox News and Reuters call presidential race […]

LEBANON: Hezbollah's secretary general says not expecting cease-fire deal with Israel, war will be won on 'the battlefield' ■ IRAN: Tehran says it is ready for confrontation with Israel as Trump claims victory ■ GAZA: Hamas senior official: Trump's victory 'puts him to the test' concerning Gaza war ■ HOSTAGE DEAL: Blinken says Hamas refused to release limited number of hostages to secure a cease-fire

Republicans gained control of the US Senate late Tuesday, according to PBS News, successfully flipping Democratic-held seats and defending crucial GOP incumbents to secure their first majority in four years. The decisive victory emerged from Nebraska, where GOP Sen Deb Fischer fended off a challenge from independent newcomer Dan Osborn. The win followed earlier Republican […]

The IDF has expelled residents from the northern quarter of Gaza and is preparing to keep hold of the area. This raises concerns that, contrary to his declarations, Netanyahu plans to realize the resettlement vision of his extreme-right partners – even at the cost of the hostages' lives

Harvard spokesman Jason Newton said antisemitism has no place on campus and that the school has taken steps to support its Jewish community.

Most of the Arab world is united in its denunciation of American policy in the Middle East. The prevailing feeling is that irrespective of who wins the election, support for Israel will remain unchanged

U.S. historian Robert Kagan was one of the first on the right to see Trump as an existential threat. Last week, he quit the Washington Post when Jeff Bezos decided against endorsing a candidate. 'I think Bezos wanted to wait until he was confident that Trump looked like a winner,' he says

Unlike Iran, Netanyahu decided not to wait to drop his bomb until after the U.S. election, and Israel's future could be determined on the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Caesarea in the coming weeks

Boaz Zalmanowitz, whose father Aryeh died after 40 days in captivity at the age of 86, says that released hostages who encountered Aryeh told him that he kept his sense of humor and offered them words of encouragement, despite the impossible conditions and his deteriorating medical condition

The true scale of the damage the prime minister has wrought by firing Gallant will not be measured by the size of protests. Netanyahu lost the trust of half the people, who won't entrust their children to a leader who acts like an unchecked autocrat