MK Ofer Cassif was filmed in 2022 hitting a police officer in the head while on his way to a demonstration in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta, in protest over a Supreme Court ruling ordering the eviction of Palestinian families. Cassif says the indictment is political persecution
This week's politically and antisemitically motivated arrest of Israeli soccer player Sagiv Yehezkel in Turkey has reignited a fundamental question concerning Israel's foreign relations with its neighbors: How many more diplomatic slaps in the face will Jerusalem have to endure until the message that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not see Israel as […]
In response to a letter by 50 Holocaust academics, Dani Dayan said the academics failed to address the larger context of the matter and that most Israelis, and the Israeli army, do not support such calls
'It is not a simple matter to impose a heavy administrative penalty on someone's thinking' ■ Justice Ministry officials seek to limit the power of Israeli authorities to dismiss teachers; far-right sponsor opposes any changes
Just a few days after October 7, Maya Arad Yasur wrote 'How to Remain Humanistic after a Massacre in 17 Steps,' being performed at the Jaffa Theater. 'I think that at the moment, it's even difficult for humanists to remain humanists,' she says
When I met Yahya Sinwar in 2018, he projected pragmatism. But then he flipped the script, masterminding the October 7 attack that shocked Israel and the world, with catastrophic repercussions for Gazans. What fuels his thinking, and what is his endgame – for himself, Israel and for Palestinians?
Heads of South Africa's Jewish community denounce the move to demote 19-year-old David Teeger over his support of Israel and claim that a meeting between the chairman of Cricket South Africa with an ANC minister the day before points to government involvement. 'This smells of what happened in the Nazi Olympics,' says community president
Three of the soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip and the fourth was killed in a traffic accident while on duty ■ 17 soldiers were also wounded fighting in the Gaza Strip in the past day, according to the IDF
The coin from 2,550 years ago, found in a First Temple-era home by Jerusalem, had been bisected, suggesting it was relegated to pre-money status of paying by weight in silver
'Regional defense' battalions have grown fivefold since the war in Gaza started, and there are more and more accounts of settlers serving in them assaulting and threatening Palestinians
The legislation would, among other things, allow house arrests of up to 15 days, up from five today. The bill is moving forward despite the attorney general's opposition and the emergency government's agreement to bar non-war-related legislation
Hamas' Abu Marzouk also indicated that the deal allows 'one box of drugs for the hostage in exchange for 1,000 for the Palestinian people.' Israel was not an active party to the deal, but agreed Qatar could arrange the entry of medicines and humanitarian aid to Gaza on its own
The state prosecution decided to drop the case, providing no explanation for the decision. The police's internal investigation of the officer has been completed and now awaits a decision by prosecutors, after police minister Ben-Gvir praised his conduct last summer
The Olympic Committee of Israel received confirmation on Wednesday that the Israeli national ice hockey team will be allowed to take part in the ice hockey world championship in Bulgaria next week about a week after Israel Hayom first reported that the the sporting body said security concerns made it impossible for the Israelis' […]
Many of the country's decision-makers appear enamored of a situation in which the Israel-Hamas war continues with no end in sight. This is why it could benefit them
As a lesson from the war, and in light of the current and future threats to Israel, the Israeli Air Force is expected to grow dramatically, and is already working on a new plan aimed at procuring advanced aircraft and helicopters, as well as with aerial ammunition stockpiles, Israel Hayom has exclusively learned. The […]
Despite U.S. pressure, the only 'day after' Netanyahu is concerned about is post-Biden ■ The war cabinet is torn on hostage release, and for Netanyahu, his coalition comes first. If Gantz and Eisenkot bolt the emergency government, it could spark a wave of mass protests on the streets of Israel