The postwar rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip, aided by Egypt and Qatar, depends of the establishment of a Palestinian regime which, for now at least, also depends of Yahya Sinwar agreeing – and there's no one in Hamas strong enough to tell him what to do
In response to a High Court petition, the state wrote that the evacuation decision was based on operational considerations – even though the government said at the time that it was 'unable to ensure the safety of the population'
Officials say the problem will only be solved by the end of the year when a long-awaited new website for the archives will be launched, but a former chief archivist expresses concern that work on the new site cannot be completed by the deadline. 'The prolonged shutdown has inflicted unprecedented harm on research, culture and public discourse,' says one researcher
A move to completely bar Israeli Arabs from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount might let the genie out of the bottle in Jerusalem too – a genie that at least to date, Israel has succeeded in keeping trapped inside. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram A sweeping decision to […]
Panama City is set to host in March a major cybersecurity conference aimed at creating a platform for bolstering trade and economic cooperation between Israel and Panama. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The Cybertech Latin America event, taking place March 13-14, brings together leading companies, startups, government officials, and academic experts […]
The end of March is the last date for legislating a new army draft law. If the Israeli government fails to enact a new law by then, 'there is no legal basis for the government's refraining from drafting yeshiva students,' the state told the supreme court
Rabbi Yehuda Weinberg, a well known figure in American Jewish circles and the son of the founder of the Aish HaTorah organization, is accused of sexually assaulting a female relative 20 years ago, when she was between the ages 10 and 15. He denies the allegations
The High Court of Justice rules there are no grounds to intervene in PM Netanyahu's selection of the Itamar Ben-Gvir as Israel's national security minister