Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 15:55 Dec 25, 2025
In a Thursday interview, Culture Minister Miki Zohar said that 'all Israelis were complacent' in the run-up to the October 7 Hamas massacre, and that any investigation into the disaster would have to go back to the Oslo Accords -
Haaretz - 15:07 Dec 25, 2025
The new pope has lamented the conditions for Palestinians in Gaza several times recently and told journalists last month that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state -
Haaretz - 15:03 Dec 25, 2025
Israel's attorney general warns MKs to stop meddling in police investigations via Knesset committees
In a letter sent to the Knesset's legal adviser, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warned that law enforcement officials are being summoned by MKs and told to provide information about ongoing criminal proceedings, which she says is intended 'to influence the proceedings and deter public servants from carrying out their duties' -
Haaretz - 14:42 Dec 25, 2025
Even as many hold Hamas responsible for Gaza's ruin, Gazans say its limited ability to fix roads, curb looting and restrain war profiteers, alongside a quieter religious presence, is preferable to a violent vacuum -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 13:54 Dec 25, 2025
The temptation for Israel to use the billions earned in the Armis sale to plug budget holes is immense, but that would be a historic mistake.
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JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 13:53 Dec 25, 2025
Parents don’t need to monitor every corner of the Internet. They do need to know their children have the tools to handle it.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 13:49 Dec 25, 2025
The public will be able to nominate those they believe worthy of being honored for their actions in response to the Hanukkah party terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 15 and wounded 40.
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Haaretz - 13:47 Dec 25, 2025
In 1986, I was deported by South Africa's regime for reporting on the anti-apartheid struggle. Today, Israel's government is also trying to control what the world sees about its actions in Gaza – yet the truth has a way of breaking through -
Haaretz - 13:46 Dec 25, 2025
Israel's most far-right government in history is pushing to overhaul Israel's media, split the attorney general's power, change investigations into police misconduct – and a death penalty bill that Israel's top civil rights group says solely targets Arabs -
Haaretz - 13:22 Dec 25, 2025
Eran Kolirin's latest film, 'Some Notes on the Current Situation,' uses surreal vignettes to contrast familiar Israeli absurdity with the post-October 7 sense of exile from something that has already disappeared -
Haaretz - 13:06 Dec 25, 2025
Danny Kuttner's songs have already amassed millions of streams. Now, with a new English-language album, the Amsterdam-born Israeli musician hopes the war hasn't wiped out her chances of performing abroad -
JPost.com - Christian World - 13:02 Dec 25, 2025
“Attacks on Christians, their sites & symbols are unacceptable at all times. Even more so, as we approach Christmas this week,” the ministry said.
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Haaretz - 12:55 Dec 25, 2025
The far-right minister became the second in Netanyahu's government to call for a full probe into alleged business ties between the prime minister's aides and Qatar, saying 'corrupt officials should be pilloried and sit behind bars for many years' -
Haaretz - 12:28 Dec 25, 2025
According to data presented to Israeli defense officials, tens of thousands of drone incursions into the country were documented over the past year, with drones transporting thousands of weapons, including firearms and explosive devices, as well as drugs -
Haaretz - 12:22 Dec 25, 2025
The government appointments committee to investigate Roman Gofman, who is Netanyahu's current military secretary, over his role in authorizing a covert operation that led to the wrongful 18-month detention of an Israeli teenager -
Haaretz - 12:19 Dec 25, 2025
Israel Katz said IDF bases and a yeshiva should be established in northern Gaza, despite a flip-flop on the issue earlier this week after a similar statement. Katz also hailed Israel's West Bank policy as 'de facto annexation' – expanding settlements while expelling Palestinians from 'terror camps' -
Haaretz - 12:13 Dec 25, 2025
COVID-19, war and crime emptied Nazareth of tourists. But this Christmas, optimism is slowly returning: 'We can be like Athens and Rome' -
JPost.com - Christian World - 11:49 Dec 25, 2025
Leo, the first US pope, said the story of Jesus being born in a stable showed that God had "pitched his fragile tent" among the people of the world.
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Haaretz - 11:48 Dec 25, 2025
The baby was evacuated to hospital in moderate condition. Police said the settlers arrived from a nearby West Bank outpost and are suspected of involvement. In a separate incident, reports said settlers damaged equipment at a quarry, set engineering vehicles on fire and sprayed graffiti -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 11:23 Dec 25, 2025
Ogden resident Skyler Rose was charged with threat of terrorism, seven counts of possession of weapons of mass destruction, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, and drug offenses.