Israeli politics remained stuck in a logjam on Monday, with Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman appearing to rebuff a call to join a right-wing coalition headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White party number two Yair Lapid saying he would forgo a rotating arrangement with party chairman Benny Gantz.
A 19-year-old man was seriously injured Sunday evening when he was struck by lightning near Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet in northern Israel. The young man suffered burns across his body from the lightning strike, and was treated by MDA paramedics on the scene before being evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa in Critical Condition.
Red Alert Sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding Gaza Motzei Shabbosxafter a salvo of three rockets were fired from Gaza. All three rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome.
On Thursday, the International Cooperation Directorate of the Israel Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with the Czech Ministry of Defense, awarding Israel Aerospace Industries ELTA, a contract for the acquisition of eight ELM-2084 ‘Iron Dome’ Multi-Mission Radars.
Israeli police said Wednesday they had arrested two Arabs from eastern Jerusalem suspected of plotting with the Islamic State group to attack Israelis in the Holy City.
The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, home to the world’s largest collection of textual Judaica, is going digital. The NLI and Google have announced that 120,000 books will soon go online for the first time as part of an historic collaboration.
The Israeli Defense Ministry and the Civil Administration are pushing ahead with plans to renovate part of the Tomb of the Patriarchs complex in Hevron, making the holy site accessible to visitors with wheelchairs.
The Kingdom of Jordan has agreed to reopen a Jewish holy site and pilgrimage destination to Israeli visitors, following talks between Israel’s president and Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed.
The woman and baby who were killed in the traffic accident on Route 433 overnight have been identified as Tzipi Rimmel and her daughter Noam Rachel from Neve Tzuf in West Binyamin. Noam Rachel was just three weeks old
Israel’s national airline El Al will test out direct flights from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport to Melbourne, Australia, the company announced in a stock market filing Wednesday. The flight, aimed to gauge interest in the potential of launching such a route indefinitely, will take off in the second quarter of 2020.
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) has decided on a change in policy: Terrorists’ bodies will no longer be transferred to their families, irrespective of which terror organization the terrorist belonged to.
At least three rockets were fired from the Gaza strip into southern Israel, setting off a red alert in the Sderot area. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. One person was injured in a related incident.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Monday evening that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would not be required to resign as a result of the indictments against him. He will examine the issue of Netanyahu’s ministerial portfolios separately.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will announce in coming hours that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must resign ministerial positions due to the indictments against him.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday that he has decided to indict Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in Case 4000, and fraud and breach of trust in Cases 1000 and 2000.
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form the government to President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday evening, signalling the end of his attempts to form a coalition.
The Dutch Parliament approved a resolution proposing that the Dutch government should not implement the European Court of Justice’s decision to label Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria, so long as a similar decision is not made regarding other disputed territories around the world.
