IDF Completes New Wartime Command and Control Center
The IDF announced it has completed the construction of its new wartime command and control center, built under the IDF headquarters in Rabin Base in Tel Aviv.
The new bunker...
Suspected Terror Attack Near Pisgat Zeev
A driver hit 5 soldiers with his car near Hizma, a few kilometers from Jerusalem's Pisgat Zeev neighborhood. The victims were taken to the hospital. There is suspicion that...
Netanyahu Gets 2 More Weeks to Form Government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two more weeks to form a government.
Rivlin and Netanyahu met Monday at the president’s residence in Jerusalem...
Israeli Political Parties Remain at Impasse As Sept. 17 Approaches
With less than a month to go before Israel’s unprecedented second election this year, it’s becoming clear yet again that neither the right nor left will be able to...
Students Permitted to Enter Israel for Religious Programs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign students planning to begin their studies in Israel this fall will be permitted to enter the country despite coronavirus restrictions that ban non-citizens.
Interior Minister Aryeh...
Israelis Mourn 23,741 Soldiers Killed in Service
BY MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis remembered their fallen soldiers and terror victims, coming to a standstill with the sounding of a siren marking the start of Yom Hazikaron,...
Hebrew U. Lecturer Under Fire for Scolding Uniformed Soldier
Hundreds of Israelis have signed a petition calling on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to fire a lecturer who scolded a student currently serving in the military for attending...
Doubts Loom Over New Right’s Possible Entry to Knesset
Confusion around the possibility that the New Right Party passed the minimum threshold to enter the Knesset only increased on Thursday morning as announcements that the party succeeded were...
UNHRC Votes 23-9 For Arms Embargo And War Crimes Suits Against Israel
By TOVAH LAZAROFF - Jerusalem Post - 03/22/2019
The vote was held on Friday in Geneva, as the UNHRC wraps up its 40th session.
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted...
Knesset Shuts Down As Lawmaker Tests Positive for COVID-19
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — The Knesset was mostly shut down on Thursday after a lawmaker from the Arab Joint List announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Sami Abu...