2025 is shaping up to be pivotal for the Israeli real estate market. The construction industry is awakening, urban renewal is gaining momentum, and non-bank financing is challenging the big banks.
2025 is shaping up to be pivotal for the Israeli real estate market. The construction industry is awakening, urban renewal is gaining momentum, and non-bank financing is challenging the big banks.
Global warming is encouraging mosquitoes – and ruining some repellents. Natural repellents like catnip oil and citronella hit mosquitoes where it hurts, in the wasabi receptor. But as temperatures climb, something's not working
Netanyahu isn't just removing Shin Bet director Ronen Bar – he's likely to install a compliant replacement who'll follow his orders unquestioningly. If he succeeds, the PM will come dangerously close to achieving full control over the Shin Bet
Two U.S. airlines are returning to Israel in time for Passover, offering much-needed competition to El Al, but ticket prices show no sign of coming down in time for the holiday
'All violence is unacceptable to me on any side of a conflict,' Yasmeen Lari wrote in refusing a Wolf Foundation prize. 'Gaza is unfortunately now one of the worst situations in terms of displacement'
Amid desperate search efforts and countless rumors about the fate of their loved ones, many Gazans are facing an exhausting quest for the truth. The search for the thousands of missing people is likely to haunt them for years to come
Documents confirm that Hamas' intensifying public threats against Israel were not just empty boasts, but that Hamas leadership, along with Iran and Hezbollah, saw Israel's destruction as an attainable objective
SYRIA: IDF strikes Assad regime weapons over concerns groups looking to use them ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu informs Shin Bet head of his decision to fire him ■ LEBANON: Israel strikes Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon ■ YEMEN: Pentagon says U.S. will use overwhelming lethal force until it achieves objective in Yemen
Hamas and Hezbollah failed to break Israel thanks to the IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad – but Netanyahu seeks to finish their job from within. Bar's loyalty is to the state and its laws – not to Netanyahu – who signals to all other gatekeepers that they are next
The emerging deal appears to be an Armenian surrender, with doubts about its implementation, but both nations stand to gain leadership in the new world order. Meanwhile, Trump's envoy, Witkoff, visited Baku, hinting at potential U.S.-Azerbaijan-Israel cooperation as Azerbaijan also eyes a role in Syria's reconstruction
The government continues to abandon the security of its Arab citizens. Those citizens can raise an outcry, beg and try to take action, but the responsibility rests first and foremost with the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
By firing the head of the Shin Bet, Netanyahu sends a clear message to all gatekeepers: they are next. He aims to eliminate anyone who could expose his failures and threaten his grip on power
Opposition leader Yair Lapid claimed the dismissal was tied to the probe into Netanyahu's aides' links with Qatar. His party plans to petition the High Court, while Netanyahu's ministers defended the move as 'necessary and justified,' calling Ronen Bar 'a dictator backed by the attorney general'
In interviews given to American media outlets on Sunday, Trump's administration officials sought to show that the President will respond more harshly to threats and attacks by Arab states. 'If you strike at the U.S. – President Trump will punch back'