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UN Security Council at odds over peacekeeping operation on Israel-Lebanon border

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The United Nations Security Council remains at odds over the way the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon operates on the ground, with the United States backing Israel’s demands for major changes.

Knesset gives preliminary approval for election-averting bill to delay budget

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The Knesset passed in its preliminary reading Wednesday a bill to grant the government more time to pass the national budget, helping avert a fourth round of elections by pushing off the approaching deadline.

Netanyahu: US has kept me from annexing West Bank settlements

Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the US for his failure to annex West Bank settlements.

Bipartisan US bill aims to advance normalized ties between Israel, Arab states

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2020

Two US senators introduced bipartisan legislation last week aimed at promoting normalized relations between Israel and Arab countries.

Israel closes Gaza border crossing after spike in arson balloon attacks

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2020

Following waves of explosive balloons launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory over the last few days, Israel will shut the Gaza Strip’s Kerem Shalom commercial crossing beginning Tuesday morning “until further notice,” the Israeli military liaison…

Netanyahu said to back budget delay, in move that would avert election

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

In a move to avert a fourth round of elections in under two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to advance legislation to delay an August 25 budget deadline. The step is also being backed by…

As budget deadline nears, ministers engage in heated debate over coalition’s fate

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

A meeting designed to finalize new measures against the coronavirus pandemic ended with mutual recriminations between Blue and White and Likud over the future of the fragile unity government.

Israel Will Begin Human Trials on New Vaccine in October

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) will begin testing its coronavirus vaccine on human subjects in October, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Thursday.

IDF officers simulate war with Hezbollah

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Officers from the 401st Armored Brigade as well as from the Givati and Nahal infantry brigades were training when The Jerusalem Post visited IDF Training Command Headquarters at the Julis base near Ashkelon this week to watch as…

PM: Gov’t aims to start vaccinating all Israelis by early 2021

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a coronavirus ward at a Jerusalem hospital on Thursday, vowing to do his utmost to ensure Israelis will get access to a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, as soon…

IDF fighter jets attack Hamas targets after explosive balloon attacks

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

IDF fighter jets attacked a Hamas underground infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip late Thursday, the IDF Spokesperson confirmed.

Netanyahu warns Hezbollah amid high tensions along northern border

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and others, after Israeli forces said they thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria by suspected militants.

Israel Mulls Imposing Another Lockdown to Fight Virus

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Israeli leaders are considering reinstating a full lockdown in August as the country continues to battle a second wave of the coronavirus.

Israeli court upholds block on Palestinian Authority payments to terrorists

Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

The Tel-Aviv District Court ruled in favor of an Israeli government crack-down on Palestinian Authority (PA) payments to convicted terrorists in prison, Israel Hayom reported.

15 said killed in mystery airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria

Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

At least 15 people were killed in a mystery air attack on a base used by Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias, a war monitor group focused on Syria said Tuesday.

IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to attempted border attack

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

The Israeli military conducted a series of airstrikes on Syrian military targets late Monday night in response to an attempted attack on the border in the Golan Heights the night before, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Likud minister: If Gantz fails to back budget, we’ll form alternative government

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis warned Monday that if the Blue and White party does not back a single-year budget as pushed by his Likud party, the latter will seek to replace the unity coalition with an alternative…

Netanyahu: West Bank annexation ‘not off the table’; issue ‘is in Washington’

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told his Likud faction meeting that Israel’s planned annexation of West Bank land is not off the table, but is being held up by the US administration.

In largest protest yet, over 10,000 rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, in the biggest rally to be held in the capital since the recent start of anti-government protests.

After rocket attack, Israel hits ‘underground’ Hamas targets in Gaza

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

Israeli warplanes hit several Hamas sites in central and southern Gaza Strip early Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said, hours after Palestinians fired a rocket into Israel from the coastal enclave.

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