Israeli PoliticsHostage families call for chief negotiator to resign after claiming pro-deal protests ‘helped Hamas’Gal Hirsch claimed that the weekly protests in Tel Aviv ‘amplified’ the terror group’s propaganda and contributed to delays in peace talksBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Israeli TechApple announces acquisition of Israeli AI startupIt is believed to be the tech giant’s second largest bid to dateBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
Israel-Gaza ConflictRafah Crossing to reopenAround 150 people will be allowed to leave Gaza every dayBy Gaby Wine2 min read
GazaIsrael confirms reopening date for Rafah Crossing following recovery of final hostageThe key border post will be open only for the ‘limited movement of people’ and not for humanitarian aid convoysBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Palestinian AuthorityPA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claimsThe State Department reportedly filed evidence to Congress that the programme, which provides funding to the families of convicted terrorists, continued under a different nameBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelGuinness World Records lifts Israel ban to recognise historic gathering of 1,000 living kidney donorsIsrael leads the world in living kidney donations per capitaBy Siam Goorwich1 min read
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
