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Arab parties move to reestablish Joint List without Ra’am after disagreements with Abbas

Polls have shown that if the Arab parties were to run together, they would receive more seats than they would obtain in a separate run.

 MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022
Ronen Siman Tov, fourth-generation Jerusalemite.

Painting through the ashes: Ronen Siman-Tov turns Jerusalem’s wounds into art - interview

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir in Tulkarm, in the West Bank, August 22, 2025.

At Gaza crossroads, IDF chief Zamir clashes with Israel’s political echelon - analysis

 THE WRITER attends a Knesset meeting. The Jews lived in this region, including an unbroken presence in Israel, for millennia, he notes

Right-wing MK: Outcome of Israel-Hamas war cannot be a Palestinian state - interview


Unveiling Ari Harow’s years in the halls of power

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Ahead of the release of his new book, the former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about the Mossad, IDF chiefs, the previous A-G, Putin, Japan, the trial

 ARI HAROW: Netanyahu was always very goal-oriented. He didn’t develop relationships or take on any assignment just for the sake of it.

Biden administration to take new actions against antisemitism

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activities.

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds.

Ben-Gvir cancels TLV prayer service following pressure from coalition

Innovation, Science, and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said that Ben-Gvir would do better to move it to a synagogue so as to avoid a provocation in a public space.

Jews pray while activists protest against gender segregation in the public space during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. September 25, 2023.

Why keeping Yad Vashem apolitical is a necessity - editorial

Using political motivations to fire Dayan from his Yad Vashem post would be a mistake.

 CONTEMPLATING THE enormity of the murder of six million Jews at Yad Vashem.

Judicial Selection Committee hearing postponed until September 19

Move comes after Justice Minister requests private representation

 SUPREME COURT justices take their seats for a High Court hearing.

A-G to Justice Minister Yariv Levin: Threats of firing won't deter me

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara responds to claims by Justice Minister Yariv Levin

 (L-R) Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Justice Minister Yariv Levin

AIPAC is stifling debate on Israel, Barak charges in pro-democracy event

Barak urged American Jews to oppose the judicial reform plan, explaining that “you have a moral commitment to stand behind the protests.”

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2018.

Opposition MK calls for unity government with Netanyahu, others voice support

The turn of events by Kahana could be an opening, though it is still unlikely to lead to any progress. Still, three other National Unity MKs voiced support.

 A vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023

IDF, haredim meet over new Orthodox draft bill amid government crisis

The new law has sparked controversy within the government, with haredi parties threatening to dissolve the coalition if the new bill is not passed.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

Two major Israeli firms stop advertising on right-wing channel

"We do not have to cooperate and finance this outrageous conduct," one of the advertiser's marketing managers wrote.

 Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening broadcast of Channel 14, November 27, 2021.