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As it moves to oust Baharav-Miara, coalition fails to agree on compromise candidate for committee that plays key role in dismissal, with deliberation...
At the same time, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee cancels vote to appoint Knesset representative to committee responsible for selecting and...
Small minority of voters for pro-Netanyahu parties find it necessary to obey potential High Court order against dismissal of Ronen Bar, survey finds
French president will meet with sick Palestinians receiving treatment and medics at key aid transit point in El-Arish
Critics charge that allocating over NIS 1 billion in yeshiva funding incentivizes draft evasion, while Haredim complain they are being ‘slandered’...
Justice minister says cries at court ‘echo the cries of millions’ who feel democracy trampled upon by judges; Lapid pans ‘orchestrated riot,’...
Yair Golan had sent a message to supporters of the center-left party accusing the PM of ‘selling Israel’s security for money’ in Qatargate scandal
Almog Cohen agrees to take deputy ministerial post, resign as MK so Religious Zionism member can rejoin Knesset after being forced out by Otzma...
Opposition MK accuses senior ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Dov Lando and Yitzhak Yosef of promoting evasion during wartime, a crime punishable by 15 years in...
Ultra-Orthodox vow boycott of all chains operating in new BIG fashion mall in Ramat Hasharon if it opens on Jewish rest day; Lapid: ‘Stop...
At least 6 bombers now at Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean, nearly a third of all nuclear-capable B-2s in US arsenal; at least 4 killed in suspected US...
National security minister’s visit to flashpoint site immediately after Ramadan’s conclusion stirs ‘unnecessary incitement in Muslim world,’...
Recent polls show new party beating out Netanyahu’s Likud if elections were held today, though source close to Bennett says move does not constitute...
Lawmakers end winter parliamentary session with flurry of votes ahead of month-long recess, including forming an anti-poverty authority, banning...
Religious Zionism party chief slated to reclaim post following maneuver to oust Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kroizer, amid spat between factions that ran...
As advisers are held and premier himself is summoned by police, opposition figures say his ‘wave of spin’ is meant to divert attention from other...
Prime minister also reportedly tells defense, communications ministers to clarify need for Army Radio; Diaspora Minister Chikli accuses Haaretz...
In letter published on front page of party newspaper Yated Neeman, Degel HaTorah spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando prohibits yeshiva students from...
Measure changing composition of Judicial Selection Committee passes 67-1 after opposition lawmakers boycott final vote. ‘Collapse of the last brake...
‘The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert,’ says PM, threatening to seize...
Coalition lawmakers escorted into Knesset under guard as anti-government protesters block entrance. Opposition MKs chant ‘shame’, families of...
Remake of Disney classic brings in just $43 million in ticket sales, after Gaza war comments by star Rachel Zegler and calls to boycott film over...
MKs launch 15-hour extended debate of controversial NIS 756 billion ($203.5 billion) wartime budget, which Lapid pans as the ‘greatest robbery in...
Housing minister keeps main portfolio but relinquishes second position, citing lack of progress toward military exemption for yeshiva students
Yitzchak Goldknopf filmed among crowd singing ‘We will die and not enlist [to the IDF]’; he apologizes after initially dismissing criticism as...
‘We must denounce the extremists and the violent among us,’ says United Torah Judaism chairman Goldknopf in wake of assault on Degel...
Despite ongoing war and political turmoil, Israeli young adults rank highest in self-reported quality of social connections, while in the...
Ben Gvir’s return to the coalition defangs UTJ chief Yitzchak Goldknopf’s threat to scuttle 2025 state budget unless law exempting yeshiva...
Assailants injure Shmuel Greenberg’s 19-year-old son; video shows armored police rushing mayor from scene as mob shouting ‘Nazi’...
Otzma Yehudit rejoins coalition only hours before critical budget vote, bringing coalition majority to 68; Ben Gvir links move to resumption of Gaza...
Former prime minister calls out leader for ‘cover-up’ of scandal and resistance to investigation; Likud calls him a ‘crook’...
‘Together in strength, for the sake of the people of Israel,’ Ben Gvir exults following end of two-month stint in the opposition over...
Government must ‘improve enforcement and impose personal sanctions,’ Deputy AG Limon writes, says only a ‘negligible’ fraction...
Lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of targeting Shin Bet chief to stop probe of aides’ Qatar links, while ministers say AG’s demand that the...
Lapid accuses PM of ousting Ronen Bar in order ‘to sabotage’ probe into aides’ alleged ties to Qatar; Ben Gvir, Smotrich and Karhi praise...
‘We regret that law enforcement agencies are de facto condoning criminality on such an important issue,’ says Movement for Quality Government;...
Health expert says potential departure from international organization would ‘be a source of grief for generations,’ damage Israel’s ability to...
Israel Democracy Institute poll also finds similar percentage favors advancing to the second phase of the ceasefire-hostage release deal with Hamas
Report says despite PM’s promises, Haredi draft exemption bill likely to be postponed; out of 10,000 Haredim who received draft orders since July,...
While UTJ chair Goldknopf threatens to send Israel to elections if Haredi draft-exemption bill not passed, other Haredi MKs say problems solved with...
Haredim are pushing for coalition funds for Vaad HaYeshivot, which tells yeshiva students to ignore the law in favor of ‘the instructions of the...
Items approved include $350 million for yeshivas, $2.2 million for groups that arrange IDF exemptions for Haredi students, $6.9 million for Jewish...
Relatives of victims pushed, hit and dragged away, 3 need medical attention, before they are let into visitors’ gallery; Yarden Bibas urges PM to...
Halt imposed as Israel accuses Hamas of refusing proposal to extend first phase of truce; terror group slams ‘cheap extortion,’ warns of...
Writing to cabinet secretary, UTJ chief Goldknopf demands ‘immediate’ action on issue to ensure his party backs the crucial state budget; previous...
‘There is no holy date for the conscription law. On the other hand, if the budget is not passed by the end of March, there will be no government,’...
Dozens of central committee members, Likud legal advisor accuse former defense minister of assisting their political opponents, demand he be removed...
Michal Woldiger tells The Times of Israel legislation can be extended if it succeeds in boosting enlistment, but if it fails, ‘then something else...
Unlike an apolitical state commission of inquiry, the members of Ariel Kallner’s proposed ‘egalitarian state commission of inquiry’ would be...
If the passage of a bill exempting Haredim from military service is not expedited, Israel will ‘go to summer elections,’ threatens United Torah...