Israeli Christian Leader Pushes For Official Recognition And Representation
An Israeli Christian leader is urging the government to formally recognize Christians as a distinct community with stronger political representation, citing what church leaders and advocacy groups describe as growing harassment and discrimination against Christians in Israel.
Posted on: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Israel’s Knesset Advances Dissolution Bill, Moving Nation Closer To Early Elections
Israel moved closer to early elections Wednesday after a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset passed its preliminary reading with overwhelming support, exposing the deepening fractures inside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition.
Posted on: Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Israel Braces for Possible Renewed War With Iran as Trump Warns Tehran: ‘Clock Is Ticking’
Israeli leaders are preparing for the possibility that war with Iran could resume within days, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a second limited security cabinet meeting in 24 hours amid growing coordination with Washington.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

IDF Reports 60% of Terror Infrastructure Destroyed in Southern Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces has destroyed roughly 60% of Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanese villages where Israeli forces are operating in southern Lebanon, a senior Northern Command officer told Walla on Monday.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Netanyahu Says IDF Now Controls 60% of Gaza as Israel Tightens Grip on Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces now control roughly 60% of the Gaza Strip, marking a significant expansion of Israel’s security hold inside the enclave months after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect.
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2026

Israeli Forces Strike More Than 30 Hezbollah Sites as Fighting Continues in Southern Lebanon
Israeli forces struck more than 30 Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites across Southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday morning, as the Iranian-backed group continued attacks on Israeli troops and border communities.
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2026

Netanyahu, Trump Discuss Iran War Options as Tensions Rise After UAE Nuclear Plant Drone Strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Donald Trump on Sunday evening as Israel and the United States weighed the possibility of renewed military action against Iran, following stalled nuclear negotiations and a drone strike near a nuclear power station in the United Arab Emirates.
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2026

Israel Targets Hamas Leader In Gaza Airstrike Amid Fragile Ceasefire
Israel confirmed Friday that it targeted Hamas’s de facto leader in Gaza in an airstrike that could mark the highest-level assassination attempt against the militant group since a ceasefire began last fall.
Posted on: Monday, May 18, 2026

U.S. Announces 45-Day Extension of Lebanon Ceasefire as Hezbollah Fighting Continues Along Israel’s Northern Border
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire by 45 days as the United States pushes forward with a broader diplomatic framework aimed at securing the volatile northern border and preventing renewed conflict with Hezbollah.
Posted on: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Israeli Ministers Call For Rebuilding Temple On Jerusalem Day
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and fellow Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Yitzhak Kroizer used Jerusalem Day to issue some of the strongest public calls yet from sitting Israeli officials for expanded Jewish control on the Temple Mount — and, in Kroizer’s case, the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple.
Posted on: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Israel, Lebanon Enter New Round of Talks as U.S. Pushes Beirut Toward Historic Peace Framework
Israel and Lebanon are set to resume negotiations Thursday in Washington, with Israeli officials describing the talks as a potential turning point in the long and violent struggle between the Jewish state and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization.
Posted on: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Netanyahu Coalition Files Bill to Dissolve Knesset as Draft Crisis Pushes Israel Toward Elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has submitted legislation to dissolve the Knesset and send Israel to elections, moving to seize control of a fast-developing political crisis triggered by ultra-Orthodox anger over the government’s failure to pass a draft exemption law for yeshiva students.
Posted on: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Hezbollah Vows To Keep Weapons, Says Iran-U.S. Deal Is Best Chance To Halt Israeli Operations
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said an agreement between Iran and the United States may be the best path to ending Israeli military operations in Lebanon, while defiantly rejecting any outside demand that the Iranian-backed terrorist group disarm.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Israel Approves Special Tribunal for Oct. 7 Terror Suspects
More than two years after the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s history, the Knesset has approved legislation establishing a special military tribunal to prosecute terrorists accused of participating in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Netanyahu Says Iran War ‘Not Over,’ Warns Nuclear Material Must Be Removed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war against Iran is “not over,” declaring that Israel and its allies must ensure Tehran’s remaining enriched uranium and nuclear-enrichment infrastructure are removed or dismantled before the threat can be considered neutralized.
Posted on: Monday, May 11, 2026

Israel Strikes More Than 40 Hezbollah Targets, Eliminates Over 100 Terrorists in Southern Lebanon
The Israeli military announced Sunday that it carried out a sweeping series of operations against the Iranian-backed terror organization Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, striking more than 40 terror infrastructure sites and killing over 100 terrorists over the weekend.
Posted on: Sunday, May 10, 2026

Israel’s Secret Desert Base: How the IDF Fought Iran from Iraqi Soil
A clandestine Israeli military outpost deep inside Iraq’s western desert reportedly played a critical role in Israel’s recent five-week air campaign against Iran, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive citing U.S. officials and other sources familiar with the operation.
Posted on: Sunday, May 10, 2026

Israel Strikes Hezbollah Commander in Beirut as Lebanon
Israel carried out a major airstrike in Beirut on Wednesday night, killing a senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in the first strike on the Lebanese capital since before the ceasefire took effect last month.
Posted on: Thursday, May 7, 2026

Netanyahu Says Israel, U.S. in “Full Coordination” as Iran Nuclear Talks Intensify
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel remains in constant coordination with the United States regarding Iran, emphasizing that there are "no surprises" between Jerusalem and Washington as reports swirl about a possible U.S.-Iran agreement aimed at ending the war before fully dismantling Tehran’s nuclear program.
Posted on: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

IDF Destroys Hamas Tunnel Network as Tensions Persist Along Gaza Ceasefire Line
Israeli forces have dismantled eight Hamas tunnel routes and killed dozens of terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The operation concluded a two-month deployment by reservists from the 205th Brigade in northern Gaza.
Posted on: Monday, May 4, 2026

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