UAEUAE reportedly poised to take over control of civil administration in GazaIsrael is understood to back the scheme, which will see it supply all imported goods to the Strip under the new governmentBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
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
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
By James SpiroIsrael is building the foundations of a sovereign AI systemThe Jewish state is laying the groundwork for a “Systems Nation” boom, making it less dependent on foreign aid4 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
Infant dies after ‘incident’ at unlicensed Tel Aviv nurseryThe tragedy is the third death this month connected with unofficial daycaresBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 28, 2026 11:03
US 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||January 27, 2026 15:24
Israel 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||January 27, 2026 14:26
Bennett 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||January 27, 2026 13:14
Wounded 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||January 27, 2026 11:07
‘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||January 27, 2026 10:43
Israel 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||January 27, 2026 09:29
Police 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||January 26, 2026 15:46
IDF 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||January 26, 2026 13:54
