At least 10 wounded in Tel Aviv terrorist attack
Terrorist shooting attacks have been reported at several sites in central Tel Aviv Thursday night.
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Poll: 38 seats for Likud, 60 for right-wing bloc
A poll conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs for Channel 13 News shows that if new elections were held today, the Likud party would be strengthened and receive 38 seats.
Netanyahu Calls for Right-Wing Coalition Members to ‘Come Home’
It’s time for right-wing members of the coalition government to come home, former prime minister and current Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night at a rally held in Jerusalem.
Israel to help Palestinians if peace is maintained on Temple Mount, Gantz tells Abbas
Israel is prepared to expand on the steps taken to help Palestinian civilians celebrate Ramadan peacefully, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday night.
Israeli Ministers Warn Time Is Running Out
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid have told a gathering of 80 ambassadors to Israel that time is running out on the possibility of a good Iranian nuclear deal, World Israel News (WIN) reports.
Israel’s Government Thrown into Crisis After Key Leader Abruptly Resigns
In a move that throws Israel’s political future into uncertainty, the chairwoman of the country’s governing coalition abruptly resigned Wednesday morning, robbing the coalition of its majority in parliament and raising the possibility that Israel will be forced to hold another national election.
Muslims riot in Jerusalem for 4th night, 6 arrested
Jerusalem’s Police confronted Muslim rioters at the Damascus Gate at the entrance to the Old City on Tuesday night and arrested six Muslim suspects for throwing rocks and other objects at police forces.
At least 10 terror attacks foiled in past two weeks, IDF chief says
Military chief Aviv Kohavi said Monday that the Israel Defense Forces had foiled nearly a dozen terror attacks in the past two weeks, amid heightened tensions following several deadly attacks, as well as gunbattles with terror group members in the West Bank.
‘Historic’: Israel, UAE conclude free trade agreement
Economy and Industry Minister Maj.-Gen. (Ret.) Orna Barbivay and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Trade Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi announced the conclusion of negotiations on a comprehensive bilateral free trade agreement.
IDF preparing for new campaign in Gaza, says IDF top brass
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has also told the army to prepare for another war with Gaza.
Riots break out near Old City of Jerusalem
Rioting broke out near the Old City of Jerusalem Sunday night, centered around the Damascus Gate.
US envoy says Israel’s ‘hands not tied’ on Iran, even if nuke deal signed
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Thursday Israel won’t be faced with any American restrictions if it wishes to act against Iran, whether or not a nuclear deal is signed between Tehran and world powers.
IDF chief says raids to continue ‘as long as it takes’ as Operation Breakwater continues
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi held on Thursday a special meeting to discuss the ongoing heightened tensions in Judea and Samaria in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, as Israeli forces arrested more than 30 Palestinians in various counterterrorism operations.
Israeli security services struggle to stop deadliest terror wave since 2nd Intifada
Eleven people have been killed in Israel in three separate terror attacks over the past week, the largest weekly toll since 2006 at the tail end of the Second Intifada. The shooting spree on Tuesday night outside Tel Aviv, which claimed the lives of five people, was the single deadliest terror attack since the 2014 Har Nof synagogue massacre.
Israeli prison to evacuate for excavations on 3rd-century mosaic describing Jesus as God
Israel’s Prison Service is preparing to evacuate a prison in Megiddo so that archaeologists can excavate a 3rd-century mosaic describing Jesus as God that was found underneath it, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
5 Killed In Shootings In Tel Aviv Suburb
Israeli paramedics say at least five people died in a shooting attack in a Tel Aviv suburb, stirring fears that the Islamic State group is launching a campaign of terror ahead of the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Israel terror threat level raised to highest amid spree of attacks
Israel on Tuesday has raised its level of threat from terrorism to highest possible after yet another deadly terror attack took place earlier, the third within a week.
UAE, US, Israel inaugurate working group on religious coexistence
Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates began a new program to promote interfaith and intercultural dialogue, as well as counter religious intolerance and hatred at the inaugural meeting of the Trilateral Religious Coexistence Working Group in Dubai on Monday.
Israel unites with U.S., Arab nations against Iran, revives Palestinian peace talks
Top foreign diplomats from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Egypt and the United States on Monday convened to focus on their common enemy of Iran and also to discuss peacemaking with the Palestinians.
Announcing permanent regional forum, Israel, Arab states laud alliance, decry terror
At their historic summit in the Israeli Negev town of Sde Boker on Monday, the top diplomats of Israel, the US and four Arab nations announced that the conference would be the first iteration of a permanent regional forum, as they reaffirmed the importance of growing ties between Israel and the broader Middle East.