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IB Amnesty International interim chair said that ""AI Israel has sought to publicly discredit Amnesty’s human rights research and positions."

MK Sharren Haskel refused to join Netanyahu's Likud party when her party joined the coalition government, leaving the PM concerned she will vote against the ultra-Orthodox military exemption law

A list of the 34 hostages who would be released in a deal between Israel and Hamas has triggered intense drama in Israel – and a gut-wrenching situation for families of hostages. So what is this list? Does it indicate Gaza cease-fire negotiations are progressing? And where does President-elect Trump fit in?

Tools used by hominins in northern Israel show earliest known evidence of plant processing for consumption, chipping away at theory that our ancestors relied mainly on meat

An operation by the Israeli Police and Israeli Tax Authority lasted over years and exposed tax evasion and money laundering running into nearly one hundred million Shekels.

Anti-war activists from Radical Bloc protested at Israel's military headquarters, challenging soldiers and calling for conscientious objection to service. The demonstrators displayed images of Gaza and accused all military personnel, regardless of their role, of complicity in the 'mass murder'

Tortured logic or not, the message is clear: For Israel's hard right, the top court is just a notch below the Nukhba. And everyone knows how Israel treats its enemies

'Artivist' Hila Galili has been threatened with prison and begged by her family to stop, but the Israeli protester refuses to back down. What started as a personal demonstration in early 2023 has since become a determined campaign on behalf of the hostages in Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and his allies fear online calls for an uprising - including the trending hashtag 'It's your turn, Dictator' - may spark offline protests, inspired by the fall of Assad in Syria

Mike Waltz, the incoming national security advisor, says the government will scrutinize university professors, international students, and immigrants in an attempt to crack down on terrorism. He also praised Netanyahu: 'The problems in the Middle East originate from Tehran, not Tel Aviv'

Roytman, along with Druze-Israeli activist Lorena Khateeb, won the “Public Diplomacy and the Struggle for Israel” category of the award.

Haaretz is asking the High Court of Justice to schedule an urgent hearing against the Netanyahu government's 'unreasonable' imposition of economic sanctions which are estimated will cost the newspaper millions of shekels. The petition says the boycott aims to 'silence and weaken' an outlet 'that dares to criticize the conduct of the government and its members'

In what critics call the latest measure of an anti-Palestinian policy, the German government cut funding to an NGO that finances Israeli human rights groups. 'In discussions with German officials, we were told supporting the Palestinian right of return is unacceptable," one rights group said

Before he led a task force in the Prime Minister's Office, newly-appointed Civil Service Commissioner Roi Kahlon signed a statement saying that he ran a health club with millions of shekels in turnover, which turned out to be false