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National Insurance Institute's annual report found that around 2 million Israelis are defined as poor - including 872,000 children

The choice by the Israeli prime minister, who is obsessed with his appearance, to be photographed on Mt. Hermon was aimed at supplanting the picture of the October 7 defeat with one of Six-Day-War-style euphoria. One would also hope that the new rulers in Damascus will search to find out what he offered Assad in exchange for peace

Israeli source says that gaps in negotiations with Hamas could be bridged, but that the final decision still rests with Prime Minister Netanyahu

'Of 200 bodies, only 10 were confirmed as Hamas members': IDF soldiers who served in Gaza tell Haaretz that anyone who crosses an imaginary line in the contested Neztarim corridor is shot to death, with every Palestinian casualty counting as a terrorist – even if they were just a child

The numbers in the latest annual year-end survey by the Israel Democracy Institute, the Israeli Democracy Index 2024, quantify what anyone who has lived in Israel over the past year can feel in their bones

A few months ago, some of the rebel leaders in Syria contacted Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a renowned Middle East scholar, specializing in Arab culture. They proposed that he should come to the Idlib region in northwestern Syria, where they had been spearheading their activity and preparations for the final push towards the great revolution. "Come […]

Columbia economics professor Jeffrey Sachs, a vocal critic of Israel and its military campaign in Gaza, appeared on Carlson's podcast, where he accused Israel of controlling American foreign policy. Elon Musk called the interview 'very interesting'

Prison service chief Kobi Yaakobi is seen as a man with no ideology save for a desire to be promoted and implement his far-right patron's policies. If Yaakobi takes over the police officially, Ben-Gvir will control Israel's entire law enforcement system

Haaretz's petition notes that the sanctions are effectively an 'economic boycott' aimed at settling scores with critical media outlets critical of the government and 'appears to be a slippery slope toward silencing the press'

On Netanyahu's fourth day of testimony, the PM denied knowing about requests to change articles on the Walla news site – but added that he told the news outlet's owner that the site should reflect his own right-wing stances

CBC cited the police as saying that one incendiary device was found at the scene. Witnesses told police that they saw a suspect fleeing the scene. 

One Israeli coalition member said 'Netanyahu was in shock' after the national security minister announced that his far-right party would 'act independently' ahead of a vote on the state budget

The Netanyahu narrative, full of false and shocking conspiracy theories, blames protesters against the government's anti-democratic coup attempt for the Oct. 7 massacre. The anti-Netanyahu bloc blames the coup itself. Both sides end up exonerating, even if unwittingly, the real guilty parties

Gilat Fisch and Rinat Dekel Keinan go to the Knesset on a weekly basis. 'There have been Knesset members from the government who have told us he'll return if we don't shout, if we aren't activists,' the aunts said

Although no damage or injury was caused in the incident, the Jewish community is demanding that Ramaphosa condemn this attempted attack.