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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...

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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

Ariela Karmel

A year to murders of hostages by captors, family warns expanded war may kill others

Marking first anniversary since killings of ‘Beautiful Six’ in Rafah tunnel by Hamas, Carmel Gat’s cousin says best way to honor...

19.08.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Member of Netanyahu’s party says West Bank ‘sovereignty’ trumps Saudi normalization

Despite Riyadh long conditioning establishment of Israel ties on progress toward Palestinian state, MK Boaz Bismuth says annexation step necessary to...

19.08.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Hundreds of thousands gather in Tel Aviv to mark end of nationwide day of hostage protests

Hostages forum says 500,000 attended rally, over 1 million protested across the country Sunday; at rally, ex-captives urge Trump to push Israel to...

18.08.2025 100

Ariela Karmel

Families stage mock wedding for hostage Matan Zangauker and ex-captive partner

In Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Ilana Gritzewsky dons white dress and is walked down the aisle by relatives of hostages, amid nationwide strikes and...

17.08.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Greece intercepts massive drug shipment transiting from Israel

Bust at Athens International Airport valued at €1.5 million is biggest Greek seizure of smuggled khat leaf since 2014

17.08.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Gal Gadot visits Hostages Square amid nationwide strike urging release

‘Wonder Woman’ star, an outspoken advocate for the captives, meets with their relatives, including former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz

17.08.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

‘We want them back’: Israelis strike and protest in call for hostage deal, end of war

Over 30 demonstrators arrested at multiple protests, water cannon deployed near Jerusalem as roads blocked nationwide; Herzog: ‘People of Israel...

17.08.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Coalition, lacking majority, postpones vote to extend call-up of IDF reservists

Absence of ousted committee chair Yuli Edelstein and second MK forces another delay on extending emergency reserve call-ups ahead of end-of-month...

14.08.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Knesset finance committee approves additional NIS 177m for private Haredi schools

Total funds transferred to Haredi sector exceed NIS 300m, including funds earmarked in budget, but also millions of public funds for Haredi schools...

13.08.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Arab parties meeting to discuss reuniting into Joint List bloc

Leadership dispute looms as Hadash party pushes Yousef Jabarin as head of revived merged slate, with Ra’am and Ta’al signaling willingness to...

11.08.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

The practical peacenik: Naama Lazimi’s battle for Israel’s soul

In a political landscape where she feels increasingly alone, left-wing lawmaker insists peace, democracy and Zionism can still coexist, despite...

07.08.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Since Oct. 7, Berlin has quietly fast-tracked citizenship for hostages and their families

With several citizens held in Gaza, Germany has adopted a forceful role in the fight for hostages, seeing itself as responsible for their safe return...

06.08.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

US Speaker Mike Johnson dines with Netanyahu in West Bank settlement of Shiloh

Dinner also attended by US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Republican members of Congress, comes as Johnson becomes highest-ranking US official to visit...

05.08.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Five years after deadly Beirut port blast, Lebanon’s new president promises justice

‘The blood of your loved ones will not be in vain,’ Aoun tells victims’ families as investigation resumes after 2-year hiatus, vows...

04.08.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

MK under fire after panning Israeli media for airing footage of suffering hostages

Religious Zionism lawmaker Simcha Rothman says viewing videos serves propaganda; Likud’s Gotliv tells critics they should keep quiet as lobbying...

04.08.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

‘A man of peace’: Israeli and Jewish peace activists mourn Awdah Hathaleen

Palestinian educator who featured in Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’ is remembered as a caring friend who chose dialogue over violence,...

31.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Ministries previously held by Shas transferred to pair of Likud ministers

Decision to hand portfolios to current cabinet members seems to indicate that Netanyahu is still holding out hope that Shas will return to government

29.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Arab parties consider reviving joint ticket as public backs joining government

Poll finds broad support for Arab participation in a future coalition, as Hadash pushes to revive Joint List amid mounting discontent over Gaza war

28.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

UTJ’s Eichler elected to rabbinical judicial appointments committee

Elected unopposed, lawmaker vows to appoint ‘Torah scholars and upright individuals’ to committee that appoints judges to religious courts...

23.07.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Likud to hold secret ballot to replace Edelstein at helm of powerful Knesset panel

Under fire for blocking draft exemption bill that triggered ultra-Orthodox exit from government, lawmaker faces ouster from chairmanship of Foreign...

22.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

At Knesset conference on ‘Gaza Riviera,’ Smotrich claims IDF chief favors annexation

Far-right finance minister touts ‘tremendous opportunity’ to reestablish settlements in the Strip at event whose name, and focus, play off...

22.07.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Goldknopf says Netanyahu promised Haredi IDF exemptions as part of judicial overhaul

After bolting coalition, UTJ party head warns of unrest if draft orders to 54,000 yeshiva students are enforced: ‘There will be no peace’;...

21.07.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Government tries to contain fallout after Haredi exit, with Knesset recess days away

Netanyahu reportedly weighs electoral reform as his coalition faces uncertainty and shrinking numbers, though 3-month parliamentary hiatus will likely...

20.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

German heiress accused of ordering alleged ex-Mossad agent to kidnap her two kids

35-year-old Israeli man standing trial denies reports he is former spy; Christina Block on trial along with German TV presenter for organizing...

20.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe

Canada’s probe into the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t explicitly target Israelis, but its unclear scope has alarmed Jews amid rising international...

20.07.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Are Shas and UTJ poised to collapse Netanyahu’s government?

With both ultra-Orthodox parties apparently on the way out, the PM could soon be heading an unstable, minority government, but that does not mean...

16.07.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Yair Lapid leads opposition pushback to ‘crazy’ plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza

Avigdor Liberman slams ‘delusion’ of a plan that ‘will endanger our soldiers’; Gantz says it’s a more dangerous, more expensive attempt to...

15.07.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

‘We’d die of hunger before we say we’re hungry’: Food insecurity is rife among Bedouin

Report reveals how food concerns in unrecognized Bedouin villages began during COVID, was exacerbated post-Oct. 7 and has become a chronic issue,...

13.07.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Rape as weapon of war: Report lays groundwork for prosecuting Oct 7. sexual violence

Dinah Project findings confirm Hamas systematically weaponized sexual assault as part of a broader campaign to terrorize, humiliate and dehumanize...

08.07.2025 100

Ariela Karmel

Irwin Cotler sounds alarm on erosion of Israel’s greatest protection – its democracy

The former Canadian justice minister, attorney general and human rights lawyer discusses attacks on Israel’s judiciary and his decades of shuttle...

06.07.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

An Anishinaabe Zionist on how Indigenous history is weaponized to promote antisemitism

On his first visit to Israel, Canada’s first Indigenous appellate court justice Harry LaForme explains why he sees the Jewish state as an Indigenous...

30.06.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Bridges, tents, and cement pipes: How Bedouin villages sheltered under Iranian strikes

Israel’s conflict with Iran and the resulting missile barrages highlight a longstanding catch-22 for a community that can neither receive government...

28.06.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

‘Like an earthquake:’ Ramat Gan reels after missile slams into financial hub

One of Israel’s busiest neighborhoods turns into a disaster zone after early-morning strike Thursday; residents say they’ve lived through seven...

19.06.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Echoes of the Blitz in Ramat Gan’s underground Bialik Station, an unlikely wartime refuge

As Iranian missiles hit central Israel, many residents without adequate bomb shelters have found safety in the Tel Aviv-adjacent city’s...

18.06.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

When Tel Aviv grit meets Iranian missiles: A city’s calm mask and the fear beneath

Amid an unprecedented threat, residents cling to familiar routines — but beneath the city’s famously composed exterior, fatigue and doubt in...

16.06.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Daily Briefing June 10: Day 613 – Under Gaza hospital, IDF reveals Hamas HQ

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses Iran nuclear talks, his tour of Hamas command tunnels under a European-funded hospital in Gaza, and...

10.06.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

‘I always chose life’: Ex-Hostage Eli Sharabi launches memoir of captivity and survival

In first book by a returned Israeli hostage, Sharabi recounts 491 days in Hamas captivity, honors those murdered, and expresses urgency to release...

31.05.2025 100

Ariela Karmel

Is the government using the housing crisis to drive the settlement movement?

As home ownership inside the State of Israel climbs out of reach, Israelis flock to West Bank settlements — and receive generous government support

26.05.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

‘We need a moral revolution’: Social scientist Robert Putnam on fixing a fractured society

In Israel to accept an award from the Jonathan Sacks Institute, the Harvard professor and author reflects on polarization, pluralism and his...

25.05.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Erin Molan vs. the world: From Australian news anchor to pro-Israel firebrand

The journalist became a hero in Israel and a target at home for her unwavering support after October 7, but her new role on Elon Musk’s X brings its...

13.05.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Gag order on sexual abuse case involving cabinet minister highlights lack of transparency

Scholars, advocates and survivors are concerned that rather than protecting victims, Israel’s broad gag order regime is being used to shield...

27.04.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Palestinians and Israelis brace for escalation on eve of ‘somber and tense’ Ramadan

Security personnel and Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem prepare for the holy month amid Israel’s tenuous ceasefire with Hamas and ongoing...

28.02.2025 20

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