Israeli PoliticsCharedi draft bill to face Knesset votes following committee approvalThe coalition needs to pass the contentious legislation before the end of March, or it faces a rebellion over the state budget and a fresh round of electionsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Wingate PrizeOctober 7 survivor Amir Tibon scoops 2026 Wingate Prize for ‘The Gates of Gaza’The prize is awarded annually to the book deemed to best communicate ‘the idea of Jewishness to the general reader’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
CultureKennedy Centre to stage October 7 play based on survivor testimonyThe play uses verbatim accounts from those caught up in the atrocitiesBy Jessica Russack-Hoffman3 min read
Anti-Israel protestsEdinburgh weapons factory shut down by Palestine protesters ahead of ‘disarm Israel’ marchProtesters said Leonardo was ‘complicit in the occupation of Palestine’By Jamie Shapiro2 min read
Hostages‘He refused to stand aside’: Netanyahu and Herzog hail bravery of Ran Gvili during final hostage’s funeralThe prime minister also announced that a new town, named Renanim, would be established in Ran’s honour close to his home of MeitarBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IsraelFormer Biden aide calls Netanyahu ‘ungrateful’ over claim US arms embargo led to IDF deathsThe prime minister also took aim at Saudi Arabia during a rare press conference on TuesdayBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Tel AvivInfant dies after ‘incident’ at unlicensed Tel Aviv nurseryThe tragedy is the third death this month connected with unofficial daycaresBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HamasUS to offer ‘amnesty’ to Hamas fighters who lay down their weaponsPrime Minister Netanyahu told the Knesset on Monday that ‘demilitarisation’ and not ‘reconstruction’ will be the next step in the Gaza peace processBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIsrael seeking new decade-long defence deal with the USIsraeli officials are seeking to transition from aid dependency to a strategic partnership with Washington, but the push for greater domestic arms manufacturing could be a point of contentionBy David Isaac 2 min read
Israeli PoliticsBennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photoThe image shows the Blue and White chair, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, celebrating with Arab party leaders, but neither was present at the meeting in questionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesWounded Fauda star Idan Amedi participated in operation to recover Ran Gvili’s bodyAmedi was badly injured in an explosion while serving in the combat engineering corps in 2024By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Hostages‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostageRan’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flagBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Iron DomeIsrael blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firmThe proposed deal would have left the state-owned Rafael as a minority shareholder, but security officials are wary of foreign control.By Yaakov Lappin2 min read
Israeli footballPolice arrest 17 suspects linked to Israeli football club in match-fixing probeThose detained include current players and a group of senior team officialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesIDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 daysThe discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from HamasBy Jacob Jaffa4 min read
Israeli PoliticsSubmarine affair enquiry finds ‘systemic failings’ that ‘endangered state security’The procurement of German-made vessels under the previous Netanyahu-led government is at the centre of a major corruption probeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
