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A defiant Yair Golan says he can lead the left out of oblivion by redrawing the map

Uniting Labor and Meretz, The Democrats head claims he can attract voters without pandering; argues that ideology is less important than...

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Ariela Karmel

Coalition blocks bill for immediate funds for released hostages, bereaved families

Opposition MK who proposed legislation says coalition ‘turned its back’ on freed hostages, one of whom decries lack of support after...

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Ariela Karmel

Sweeping victories and upsets mark Likud’s first internal elections in 14 years

Barkat and Amsalem win Jerusalem, though liberal faction makes surprise showing; Defense Minister Katz suffers key defeats, signaling potential...

26.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

In rare Likud vote, stalwarts seize first chance in years to steer party machine

In south Tel Aviv stronghold, first internal ballot in 13 years pits new generation against old guard. PM visits Jerusalem poll to extol...

26.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Likud to hold first national conference in almost 14 years to elect Central Committee

Ruling party’s powerful organ picks many of its candidates for Knesset elections, as well as members of high-level Secretariat; votes to be held...

25.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

More Likud ministers join panel to define parameters of government’s controversial Oct. 7 probe

Families of October 7 victims denounce government committee as a ‘cover-up,’ slamming ministers who oppose an independent inquiry into the...

24.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset legal adviser accuses Rothman of threatening him during debate on AG powers

Video shows Knesset Law Committee chairman whispering to legal adviser Gur Bligh, who then snaps back, telling him: ‘You will not threaten...

24.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

From key Knesset post, Religious Zionism’s Woldiger champions healing for war-traumatized

Welfare committee head pushes for better care for Oct. 7 victims, troops and more – but needs support of Haredi parties whose anti-service...

21.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Yoaz Hendel says his ‘Reservists’ party wants government without Haredi, Arab factions

Former communication minister’s new party previously said it would sit with anyone who accepted its principles, including universal military...

20.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Far-right UK lawmaker Nigel Farage denies saying ‘Hitler was right’ as a schoolboy

Allegations from contemporaries in the 1970s include claims that Farage, who is leading in polls, often made a Nazi salute, whispered ‘gas...

20.11.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Knesset passes law expanding financial benefits for IDF reservists

Law approved following deadlock over low-income reservist benefits, ending Smotrich-led legislative boycott with compromise on tax credits and...

20.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset advances bill to block provision of electricity, water to UNRWA facilities

Following a 2024 law that shuttered agency’s operations in Jerusalem, the amendment would let Israel cut utilities and seize properties to...

19.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Knesset passes law expanding rabbinical courts’ powers to arbitrate civil disputes

Political deal between Likud and ultra-Orthodox parties will allow rabbinical courts to rule in civil and custody cases, prompting concerns from...

18.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Ben Gvir calls for Abbas’s arrest if UN advances Palestinian state recognition

National security minister and fellow far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich vow to block Palestinian statehood hours ahead of UN vote on US-backed Gaza...

18.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Bill to make ‘Al Jazeera Law’ permanent passes first Knesset reading

Likud MK’s proposal would enshrine temporary measure that gave government the power to shut down foreign media outlets, while allowing it to do...

11.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Media bill won’t give government direct editorial control, but risks putting press in biased, moneyed hands

Expert Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler says Karhi’s proposal could severely damage independent journalism. While regulation reform is needed, this bill...

05.11.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Likud minister’s contentious media regulation bill passes first reading in Knesset

Legislation to give the government significant control over broadcasters advances despite AG’s objections, with ultra-Orthodox parties lending...

04.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

In Gazan cemeteries, some evacuees live among the dead

While some have returned home following the ceasefire, others no longer have homes to return to or lived in neighborhoods now controlled by the IDF

03.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

As world rises up for Gaza, Sudanese in Israel say larger catastrophe being ignored

With 150,000 dead since April 2023, scale of violence, famine, and disease in Sudan has dwarfed that of the Strip but garnered barely any world...

03.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Rejecting normalization, Smotrich bids for right-wing boost at Saudis’ expense

Far-right finance minister’s incendiary ‘camel-riding’ comment seen as calculated move to energize his base and assert nationalist...

01.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Revised ultra-Orthodox military draft bill said to reduce penalties for dodgers

Proposal from Knesset defense panel chair Boaz Bismuth reportedly eases criteria for exemptions, softens other measures; critics pan it as a...

29.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

The new political parties that could shape Israel’s next elections

A crowded field of new parties, including those led by prominent former officials, could influence whether the opposition unseats Netanyahu or whether...

28.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Knesset panel approves NIS 1.2 billion to rehabilitate north after months-long delay

Finance Committee members clash over delay in funds earmarked to aid towns near the Lebanese border still reeling from war with Hezbollah

28.10.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Smotrich on Saudi normalization: ‘No thank you, keep riding camels’

Opposition denounces finance minister’s ignorance, as he rejects idea of Palestinian state, defying Riyadh’s precondition for diplomatic ties,...

23.10.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Lacking majority, coalition pulls bills from Knesset agenda, freezing legislation

Days after returning from recess, coalition remains unable to pass laws as ultra-Orthodox parties continue boycott over failure to pass military draft...

22.10.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset panel rejects proposal to establish October 7 state commission of inquiry

Bereaved families accuse government of ‘burying the truth,’ breaking promise to establish commission after war, as coalition members of...

22.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Coalition advances bill mandating mezuzahs, allowing Orthodox rituals in public spaces

Bill sparks outrage at idea of foisting Jewish Orthodox practices on public; proposed clause requiring religious tests for judges, giving new powers...

20.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

As Arab-led bloc mulls reunion, Hadash MK Touma-Sliman sees chance for ‘real change’

Buoyed by public turning against war and global support for Palestinians, lawmaker hopeful that with enough support, Arab MKs can force Israel to look...

18.10.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Poll gives Trump approval bump over Gaza truce, but Americans still unhappy at home

More US adults back Trump’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict, yet his ratings on economy, health care, and immigration remain deeply underwater,...

18.10.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Following ceasefire, Gazans hold first mass Friday prayers in damaged mosques

Week after truce began, Palestinians gather across Strip for 1st organized prayers in months; Worshiper: ‘Mosque near my home was our refuge,...

18.10.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

‘War of Revival’: Cabinet to vote on Netanyahu proposal to rename Gaza war

Critics say proposal to rename ‘Swords of Iron’ is an attempt to avoid responsibility for the events of October 7, for which the prime...

18.10.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

As lawmakers rejoice in hostages’ return, some start to settle scores over war policy

Right-wing MKs who opposed the deal with Hamas say this isn’t victory in Gaza, while left-wing Yair Golan blasts government for...

13.10.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Gaza ceasefire takes effect as government approves deal to free the hostages

Most far-right ministers vote against agreement to halt fighting with Hamas; Kushner and Witkoff tell cabinet that IDF’s ‘bravery’...

10.10.2025 80

Ariela Karmel

Serbia arrests 11 citizens accused of stirring Jewish-Muslim hate in France, Germany

12th Serb who is still on the run accused following orders of unidentified foreign intelligence in training the group to deface Jewish sites and place...

29.09.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Knesset narrowly approves further NIS 30.8 billion in defense spending

Budget increase passes by 55 to 50, despite strong resistance from ultra-Orthodox UTJ factions, due to absence of opposition MKs

29.09.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Gallant calls on Likud to reject path of Ben Gvir as party meets to expel him

Activists accuse former defense minister of damaging Likud and undermining Netanyahu, but he insists he’s fighting for the party

29.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Bennett vows that nobody will be ‘allowed to postpone or disrupt’ 2026 election

Ex-prime minister urges those in public service to not bow to ‘pressure’ to ‘bend the law,’ as coalition ministers claim he is...

21.09.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

In shadow of war, Iranian, Afghani women join others in Tel Aviv to push for change

Israeli, Emirati, Saudi, Lebanese and other female leaders attend inaugural Women Champions for Change summit to brainstorm solutions for regional...

21.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Efforts to punish Israel over Gaza war intensify in sports and cultural arenas

Calls to bar Israel from global scene gain traction as actors seek boycott, 5 European countries threaten to skip Eurovision should Israel partake and...

19.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Some 9,000 Israelis sign petition to recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN summit

Organized by grassroots group Zazim, backed by bereaved families of October 7 victims, petition calls on world to endorse Palestinian statehood as...

19.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Gadi Eisenkot founds new party, two months after resigning from Knesset

After quitting Benny Gantz’s National Unity, the former IDF chief unveils ‘Yashar! With Eisenkot,’ joined by senior political,...

16.09.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

UN panel claims genocide underway in Gaza; Israel blasts members as ‘Hamas proxies’

Commission of inquiry into Israel cites statements by officials, IDF’s ‘pattern of conduct’ as evidence of intent to ‘destroy...

16.09.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset panel approves NIS 80 million budget transfer for religious councils

Finance Committee votes to fund Shas-linked religious councils after ultra-Orthodox party supported coalition’s Knesset advancement of...

11.09.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Israel has 2nd-most crowded classrooms, but pupils get above average hours — OECD

Education Ministry says its working with Finance Ministry, Prime Minister’s Office ‘to re-examine staffing model,’ reduce class...

10.09.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Karhi threatens to cut public broadcaster’s funding over documentary about 1948 war

Communications minister admits he has not yet seen film set to air on Kan, but nevertheless claims it promotes a ‘false and antisemitic...

05.09.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Spy or jihadist? Court to rule in case of Danish ‘agent’ in Islamic State

Ahmed Samsam, who was jailed for being member of terror group, seeks to overturn conviction, claims he was really working for Denmark’s...

02.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Suspended in hellish limbo, families of hostages declared dead fight to not be forsaken

Stuck between seeking closure and clinging to scant hope, relatives bemoan being forgotten or shunted aside, leaving their kin rotting in Gaza and...

02.09.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Thousands demonstrate, block roads at start of nationwide day of protests for hostages

Family members of the captives accuse the government of abandoning their loved ones for political gain; opposition MKs call for crowds to take to the...

26.08.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Horrifying testimonies seek to lift shroud of silence around ritual sex abuse claims

Survivors tell Knesset lawmakers of organized assaults on children by those claiming mantle of religion, alleging longstanding phenomenon made worse...

25.08.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Protesters to hit streets Saturday night with call to release hostages, end war

Following last week’s strike day, thousands expected to rally for captives’ release; Arab-led demonstration in Tel Aviv to call for end to war,...

23.08.2025 40

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A defiant Yair Golan says he can lead the left out of oblivion by redrawing the map

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