Israel’s national electricity company said Sunday it was cutting power to parts of the Palestinian Authority due to outstanding payments amounting to nearly $483 million. The Israel Electric Corporation said it was owed 1.7 billion shekels in debts from the main power distributor for Palestinian Authority-controlled towns in Judea and Samaria, which is based in eastern Jerusalem.
The Armenian government decided on Thursday to open an embassy in Israel for the first time since relations were established between the two nations in 1992. The embassy will be opened in Tel Aiv and not Jerusalem.
The number of Chabad hasidim who voted for the Ashkenazic-haredi UTJ party grew significantly since April’s elections. “This is an important achievement for UTJ, which for the first time since 1988 received the majority of the Chabad votes, including those in Kfar Chabad,” UTJ said.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, Blue and White chief Benny Gantz, remain deadlocked Wednesday after Tuesday’s Knesset election, raising the possibility of a unity government or even the possibility of a third general election.
The first exit polls were published shortly after polls closed at 10 PM Tuesday night. According to an exit poll published by Channel 12 News, the Blue and White party emerged as the largest party with 34 Knesset seats. The Likud party finished a close second with 33 seats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu battled for his political survival in the final hours of a close-run election on Tuesday, urging voters to support him to avert a “disaster.”
Tomorrow, the elections for the 22nd Knesset will take place. Elections in IDF units began last Saturday, September 14th, and will continue until tomorrow at 10:00 PM when the polling stations will close. First to vote were Navy soldiers.
An investigation by security forces in the United States has led to the suspicion that Israel is behind the placing of eavesdropping equipment on cellphones in the White House area, Politico reported, citing “three former senior US officials with knowledge of the matter.”
IDF fighter jets attacked about 15 terror targets in the northern and central Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, including a number of targets at a military site for production of weapons, a number of targets in compound belonging to Hamas’ naval force and an offensive terrorist tunnel belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced.
Red alert sirens blared in the cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod in southern Israel Tuesday evening. Eyewitnesses reported seeing explosions in the sky caused by the Iron Dome system intercepting rockets in mid-air.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a press conference Tuesday evening to make a “dramatic statement about the Trump Administration’s “Deal of the Century.” At the Press conference, the prime minister announced that after the elections he would apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea area.
Workers from the Western Wall Heritage Foundation prepared the Western Wall Tuesday for the massive gatherings of worshipers expected during the upcoming holiday season.
A Bulla (seal) bearing a Hebrew name from 2,600 years ago was uncovered from dirt excavated in 2013 beneath Robinson’s Arch at the foundations of the Western Wall. The seal is inscribed with the name of an individual with the most prominent role in the king’s court in the kingdom of Judea.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that the International Atomic Energy Agency had found undeclared stores of uranium in a live address Monday evening.
The Hezbollah terrorist organization claimed on Monday morning that it downed an Israeli UAV in the village of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon. According to the announcement, members of the organization intercepted the UAV with appropriate weapons as it crossed the border from Israel and it is now in the hands of Hezbollah.
The IDF on Saturday night began attacking targets in northern and central Gaza after a drone dropped explosives on an IDF vehicle. According to Arab media, Israel Air Force planes fired three missiles at a Hamas target in central Gaza.
A 17-year-old Israeli and his 60-year-old father were lightly injured when a Palestinian teen approached them near the PA town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, asking if they were Jewish. After answering the affirmative, he stabbed them.
