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Naftali Bennett says first move as PM would be setting term limit for the post

Support for legislation a prerequisite for joining the government, says Bennett; Gantz welcomes announcement but notes that the former PM himself was...

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Tens of thousands of Israeli pilgrims head to Ukraine to mark Jewish new year

Despite initial reports that Israel would spend millions to bolster infrastructure to smooth path for worshipers, ‘there is no deal and there is...

22.09.2025 70

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Former Balad MK Hanin Zoabi arrested for alleged terrorist incitement

Retired Israeli legislator told conference in Vienna that ‘you cannot differentiate between Hamas and the Palestinian people,’ says...

21.09.2025 40

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Opposition chiefs form ‘permanent forum’ to work on ousting PM; Bennett, Gantz stay away

Lapid, Liberman, Golan and Eisenkot to meet again next month on ways to defeat Netanyahu, expect Bennett, Gantz to join them; aim to set up team to...

21.09.2025 90

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Iran halts IAEA cooperation after Europe triggers UN sanctions snapback

Tehran says European powers’ decision to reimpose UN sanctions derails recent monitoring deal and deepens nuclear standoff

21.09.2025 60

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PM assails anti-government demonstrators after Likud MK falls in crowd of protesters

MK Eli Dallal says experience was like ‘being lynched,’ even as he acknowledges that he fell when he bumped into protester, and...

21.09.2025 60

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Qatar meets with ICC head to seek legal action over Israeli attack on Hamas leaders

As an observer state, Qatar cannot itself refer cases to court, but continues to pursue ‘every available legal and diplomatic avenue to ensure...

18.09.2025 40

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Former center-right minister Yoaz Hendel forms new ‘Reservists’ party

New faction aims to be a bridge between left and right, pledges not to engage in political boycotts; platform calls for universal conscription,...

18.09.2025 30

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Despite founding new party, Eisenkot still looking at merger with other factions

Source with knowledge of the matter says Opposition Leader Yair Lapid holding out hope for possible joint run with newly established ‘Yashar!...

17.09.2025 10

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IDF manpower chief: Arrests of Haredi draft dodgers ineffective, sanctions needed

Leader of anti-government protest group dragged out of discussion on ultra-Orthodox conscription after not being allowed to address defense panel

17.09.2025 10

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Another 25 Haredi draft dodgers said detained at airport trying to head to Uman

Extremist anti-enlistment group says more than 70 ultra-Orthodox evaders currently in military custody, with figure set to increase in coming days

17.09.2025 10

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Smotrich: Gaza is real estate ‘bonanza,’ Israel talking with US about dividing it up

Finance minister says ‘demolition’ is already done, ‘now we just need to build’; also slams Netanyahu’s comparison of...

17.09.2025 10

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From conspiracies to court-bashing, Likud rabble-rouser Tally Gotliv demands to be heard

Known for boisterously butting in, the freshman MK is eyeing the Justice Ministry as she inveighs against judges and a constitution, insisting...

17.09.2025 60

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In cry for help, combat vets toss piles of pills at Knesset meeting on suicide

Veterans complain government has not done enough to tackle rising suicide rates among those with post-traumatic stress. Defense Ministry acknowledges...

15.09.2025 10

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Eight more draft dodgers reportedly arrested while attempting to fly to Ukraine

33 Haredim are currently being held in military prison. Cabinet secretary says enlistment law must contain severe personal sanctions, calls to leave...

15.09.2025 10

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Likud’s Haim Katz okayed as permanent housing minister to replace UTJ’s Goldknopf

Appointment may be sign that Netanyahu does not expect to solve dispute over Haredi enlistment and bring UTJ back into coalition; Katz currently helms...

14.09.2025 20

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Calling for constitution, Liberman presents ‘document of principles’ to unite opposition

Proposal aims to establish unified platform for next government, centered around the adoption of a constitution, universal conscription and weakening...

11.09.2025 10

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Knesset advances bill to increase defense budget, including for humanitarian aid to Gaza

Measure aims to add NIS 31 billion to the 2025 state budget, with the increase accompanied by an across-the-board cut to ministerial budgets

11.09.2025 70

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Netanyahu says Gaza war can end ‘immediately,’ after Doha strike on Hamas chiefs

PM says immunity for terror leaders abroad is ‘over,’ decision to strike followed Monday’s deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza;...

10.09.2025 70

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Lawmakers mull lowering military exemption age for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students

Finance Ministry says law regulating Haredi enlistment should not contain any exemption age; MK Tur-Paz calls for ‘strong sanctions, no...

09.09.2025 10

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‘Shameful’: Freed hostages chide lawmakers for lack of support and compassion

‘Why aren’t you by our side? Is it because they’re not your family members?’ asks Sharon Alony Cunio; Iair Horn: ‘This...

09.09.2025 30

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Netanyahu rivals increase coordination in effort to optimize bloc ahead of next election

Eisenkot meets separately with Lapid and Bennett, with opposition figures agreeing to convene meeting with Liberman and Golan to forge alternative to...

09.09.2025 40

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Debate over conscription law hindering Haredi enlistment efforts, opposition MKs say

Ultra-Orthodox media, politicians emphasize Haredi contributions to national security after member of Hasmonean Brigade, yeshiva student neutralize...

08.09.2025 10

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Leaders vow to step up West Bank raids as far right demands ‘vengeance’ after attack

Netanyahu visits scene of shooting with police minister Ben Gvir, who urges citizens to arm themselves, blames High Court of Justice for demanding...

08.09.2025 20

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Legal adviser: Knesset panel should pass Haredi conscription bill as ‘temporary measure’

Bismuth, the committee chair, indicates willingness to maintain military exemptions for yeshiva students; study says travel restrictions ‘could...

07.09.2025 10

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Education ministry threatens to slash school’s budget for refusing to admit Sephardim

Warning undercuts Jerusalem mayor’s claim of solving the admissions issue. Beit Shemesh denies knowledge of proposal to create ‘new...

05.09.2025 40

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Shas head Deri said to block levy on Uman pilgrims that would defray cost to taxpayers

Government allocates NIS 10 million to help fund annual pilgrimage to Ukraine as AG warns against allowing ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers to illegally...

04.09.2025 40

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Eisenkot urges Gantz to resign, as polls show his party failing to enter Knesset

Blasting Blue and White leader’s attempt to join Netanyahu’s coalition, his former partner says PM to blame for lack of hostage deal, not...

04.09.2025 30

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Scrapping a year’s work, Knesset panel reboots talks on bill regulating Haredi conscription

‘It’s a shame to go through the whole process again only to reach the same point,’ former chairman Yuli Edelstein tells Foreign...

04.09.2025 20

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Yair Golan tells court Netanyahu suing him to silence talk of alleged ties to Qatar

In court filing defending himself against defamation lawsuit, Democrats chair says there is reason to suspect premier has been ‘harming national...

03.09.2025 30

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Smotrich proposes annexing 82% of West Bank in bid to prevent Palestinian state

As UAE warns annexation a ‘red line,’ finance minister threatens PA with ‘destruction’ in plan that would isolate Palestinian...

03.09.2025 30

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Car burns near PM’s residence as protesters torch dumpsters, drawing politicians’ ire

Activists disavow blaze amid ‘Day of Disruption’ calling for hostage deal; coalition MKs decry ‘terrorism,’ seek to blame AG,...

03.09.2025 40

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Education Ministry intervenes after Haredi schools refuse to admit Sephardim

Ministry says offending schools in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh could be subject to ‘denial of funding’ and revocation of their license to...

03.09.2025 60

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Lapid: If Netanyahu wins the next election, ‘it will be the end of Zionism’

PM’s associate said urging restoration of direct elections for premiership amid polls showing Likud and allies failing to secure a Knesset...

02.09.2025 80

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Bismuth’s proposal for Haredi enlistment said to freeze arrests of draft evaders

Haredi and opposition politicians both blast Likud MK’s reported effort to advance one-year ’emergency regulation’ that would fill...

01.09.2025 40

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Haredi MK complains Sephardic students are ‘crowding’ into Ashkenazi girls’ schools

UTJ party’s Moshe Gafni laments there is ‘no room’ in high schools in Beit Shemesh, demands Shas party open more institutions for...

01.09.2025 40

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Rejecting return to Likud, New Hope’s Haskel sees herself as ‘politically homeless’

Deputy foreign minister bemoans the ‘personal’ and ‘sectoral’ turn in politics, indicates she could join another political...

01.09.2025 50

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Cabinet approves across-the-board budget cuts to fund security at schools

Finance Minister Smotrich boycotts vote on measure, which comes following pressure from ministers of education, national security

31.08.2025 20

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Senior Shas rabbi says Haredim who don’t study full-time can serve in the IDF

If the IDF enshrines protections for Haredi soldiers in General Staff orders and they can observe Sabbath, ‘why shouldn’t [they]...

25.08.2025 50

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‘Studying Torah is what protects us’: Haredi leaders lead prayers against IDF draft

Rabbi Dov Lando celebrates with draft evader in Bnei Brak; Tzohar’s Rabbi David Stav counters that prayer and fasting against conscription is a...

21.08.2025 30

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Haredi anti-enlistment protesters block roads, clash with motorists in ‘day of rage’

Demonstrators yell ‘shiksa’ and throw water on woman who kicked protester; one climbs atop car breaking highway blockade, another arrested...

21.08.2025 10

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As draft crisis escalates, Haredi leaders downplay danger to troops in war

Hardline rabbinic rhetoric now echoing across yeshivas, with students told those demanding they enlist are ‘stupid’ and ‘hate’...

21.08.2025 10

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Government votes to add billions to state budget, including $473 million in Gaza aid

As ministers approve NIS 31 billion boost to wartime spending, education minister accuses finance minister of preferring ‘the children of Gaza...

20.08.2025 20

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Haredi leaders call for global day of prayer, fasting to protest arrest of draft dodgers

Jews in Antwerp, London, Paris and New York set to protest ‘religious persecution’ of yeshiva students Thursday, with domestic prayer...

19.08.2025 20

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Government set to add billions to state budget, including for Gaza aid

Increase faces opposition from within and without government as further funds set to be diverted from ministries and from an educational program for...

19.08.2025 40

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‘Free the hostages’: Hundreds of Haredim protest outside prison holding draft evaders

Ultra-Orthodox extremists set fire to IDF conscription orders, briefly try to break into military prison, with some claiming their political leaders...

15.08.2025 60

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Human Rights Watch calls Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin Prison ‘apparent war crime’

Group says attack was ‘unlawfully indiscriminate’ and came without prior warning, accuses Islamic Republic of mistreating and disappearing...

14.08.2025 30

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Senior Haredi MK: The government ‘started a war with us, and we have to defend ourselves’

Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Meir Porush rules out violence in his community’s struggle against military service, insists he’ll accept nothing...

14.08.2025 30

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Ruling Likud party approves merger with Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope

Five years after leaving Netanyahu’s party due to ‘cult of personality’ around the prime minister, former rival declares it’s...

14.08.2025 10

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Haredi leaders plan large protests outside IDF prison in support of detained draft dodgers

Hundreds of rabbis set to attend rallies at Beit Lid on Thursday evening; Slonim Hasidic group urges ‘struggle against the enlistment decree and...

13.08.2025 20

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