After courting voters who oppose Netanyahu exhausted its potential, the former prime minister now seeks to capture disappointed Likud supporters. He's still hoping that current bloc favorite Gadi Eisenkot's support will drop
Turnout stood at 53.5 percent, down 4.5 points from 2022. Polls put Likud at about 22 seats, leaving many current ministers and lawmakers at risk of losing their Knesset seats
A village is considered relatively fortunate when Israel has taken only part of its land and settlers raid it only occasionally. A quiet day is one in which the violence remains below the threshold of death, demolition or expulsion
Researchers will examine how the river's transformation into a closed lake affects water quality and wildlife, and whether authorities should intervene to restore its connection to the Mediterranean
The Jerusalem synagogue is one of the world's best-known Reform congregations. Police are investigating after teenagers broke in and tore down a Pride flag. 'The atmosphere around us is simply not good,' its director says
Israel is unabashed about its policy of taking over West Bank land, and Israeli soldiers seem content to prevent Palestinians, Israelis, or international journalists from documenting the settler takeover in Qusra
About a week after his arrest, the soccer player said in an Instagram post that he had no connection to allegations of match-fixing or selling games. He also denied any involvement in the other allegations and said he had never harmed any team he played for
The deaths are a recurring annual phenomenon in the Jordan Valley, where exposed electrical components on power poles pose a deadly hazard to storks and other birds that stop in the area during migration
The reported agreement comes after Israel's political leadership instructed the military earlier this month not to carry out targeted killings in Gaza without the IDF chief of staff's approval. The sides also agreed to launch sanitation infrastructure works
Trump's remarks come amid escalating tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran and Oman negotiate a deal to reopen the waterway. Last week, Trump said he would 'pretty soon' declare the strait U.S. territory
A recent report about two unnamed countries conspiring to attack Israel caused heightened alarm among Israelis. But fear and suspicion can't replace diplomacy, even in the aftermath of October 7
The experts want far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to withdraw his plan to put crocodiles in moats at a prison, arguing that 'the question of who these prisoners are is irrelevant. The question is who we are'
Israelis may be increasingly appalled by settler violence. But rifles and Molotov cocktails are only its most visible form – violence is built into the settlement enterprise itself
Yoav Eliasi, known in Israel under his pseudonym the Shadow, was commander of the Tel Aviv District security squad and was investigated on suspicion of breach of trust after a Haaretz probe found he allegedly used police connections to benefit an entertainment complex he co-owned
Tomer-Yerushalmi has been targeted by the right over her suspected leak of footage showing Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee. Channel 14 said in response to its misidentification that the woman 'strongly resembled' the former military advocate general
The prime minister's Likud party claims the initiative violates election law and targets voters with certain political views, while the campaign's organizers reject the claim, saying it is nonpartisan and assists any Israeli abroad who wants to vote
At a packed Jaffa event, A Place for Us All, founded by Standing Together activists, says it can 'bring in votes' to the anti-Netanyahu camp – despite fears it could waste them
The Wall Street Journal reports that Tehran has given the IRGC expanded control of the country's military, while expanding its counterintelligence efforts within Iran and increasing domestic production of missiles and drones
The poll predicts that ruling party Likud and opposition party Yashar are the largest parties, with 23 seats each. The Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu maintained their strength with 10 Knesset seats, while Otzma Yehudit strengthened by two Knesset seats and also garnered 10 seats