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Selling the planes could undermine the IDF's unique capabilities developed based on the stealth jet. White House sources told AP that U.S. President Trump is unlikely to sign off on the sale, partly due to concerns about technology leaking to China

Also this week: Italian opera director Stefano Poda brings his version of Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' to Tel Aviv, and a film festival in the south honors a promising producer killed on October 7

Sunday's government cabinet meeting concluded that there will not be a state commission of inquiry for October 7, and the head of Israel's still-independent judiciary would not appoint its members. Both decisions spit in the face of families who lost loved ones in the war

'If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I'd be concerned about my kids,' the outgoing mayor told a crowd in Tel Aviv, who had gathered to honor his commitment to Israel. Of his successor Zohran Mamdani, Adams said: 'He's no longer protesting in the city of NY. He has to protect it'

The libel suit stems from an interview given earlier this year by former Mossad official Udi Levi, in which he claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received money from Qatar

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'

The resolution would declare US policy as set toward ceasing the transfers of military equipment to Israel due to concerns that a supposed genocide was underway.

The comments came after a Singaporean Chinese man wearing a cap with a patch resembling the Israeli flag was assaulted by a Malay man.

Opponents of the move claim that it severely violates privacy and limits economic freedom.

Opponents of the move claim that it severely violates privacy and limits economic freedom.

Saudi journalist and editor-in-chief of the Saudi Arab News, Faisal J. Abbas, said that if Israel was 'ready' to commit to a path toward Palestinian statehood, it could finally become a fully fledged member of a 'region of integration, cooperation and shared prosperity' – a 'new Europe'

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%.

Professor Itai Ater attributes the rise in food prices in Israel to the lack of government policy. 'In every survey, the cost of living ranks as one of the two issues that worry Israelis most, yet the government has not advanced any significant measures or reforms,' he says

From a yellow star with 'signs of wear' to a Jewish family's mail, the auction house removed its online listings. Poland's foreign minister called for the artifacts to be handed over to the Auschwitz Museum

The organization offers Palestinians the option to pay about $2,000 for a spot on charter flights to destinations such as Indonesia and South Africa. Its website claims it was founded in Germany and has offices in East Jerusalem, though Haaretz found it is registered in neither place. Haaretz also learned that Israel's Voluntary Emigration Bureau in the Defense Ministry referred the firm to the IDF to help coordinate the departures

The organization offers Palestinians the option to pay about $2,000 for a spot on charter flights to destinations such as Indonesia and South Africa. Its website claims it was founded in Germany and has offices in East Jerusalem, though Haaretz found it is registered in neither place. Haaretz also learned that Israel's Voluntary Emigration Bureau in the Defense Ministry referred the firm to the IDF to help coordinate the departures

By giving Justice Minister Levin the authority to appoint the head of the investigation into the Sde Teiman leak, the High Court is holding open the door for him to advance the judicial coup and eventually oust the Attorney General

The voice of Adolf Hitler was broadcast from a building during a ceremony in Austria marking the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht

Critics, including opposition leaders and the father of a fallen IDF soldier, accuse Prime Minister Netanyahu of avoiding a truly independent investigation due to fear of the findings. According to the government, a ministerial committee will give its recommendation on the investigation's members and powers within 45 days

Israelis and Palestinians seem further apart than ever, with a chasm separating Hamas and an extremist Israeli government. But Palestinian citizens of Israel offer a different model – and Israel's liberal and left-wing parties must include them, and their narrative, ahead of fateful elections