Israeli PoliticsIsraeli far-right slam Bennett over claim West Bank zones could remain under Palestinian controlThe former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli lawBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Israeli PoliticsLikud confirms Netanyahu will run for re-election after Trump voices doubtsIsraelis must head to the polls by October 27, with a tight race expected between the incumbent prime minister and the joint ticket of his predecessors, Naftali Bennett and Yair LapidBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelNetanyahu condemns Charedi rioters over attack on Supreme Court justice's homeStriclty-Orthodox men smashed the windows of Judge Noam Sohlberg’s West Bank home while he and his wife and children were inside amid violent protests about the enforcement of conscription on yeshiva studentsBy JC Reporter2 min read
Israel‘Trials of the modern Nazis’: Knesset establishes tribunal to prosecute October 7 terroristsThe law details how judges are to be selected, how trials are to be conducted and provides for an appeals processBy David Isaac 2 min read
Israeli PoliticsSpiritual leader of Charedi faction orders MKs to take steps to dissolve KnessetRabbi Dov Lando indicated a final split with the Netanyahu coalition as he called on lawmakers to force early elections amid the long-running row over yeshiva conscriptionBy Melanie Swan1 min read
IsraelLag B’Omer chaos as Charedim break police blockade at Mount MeronThe latest unrest among the strictly-Orthodox community came after a disappointing IDF recruitment drive and continuing disputes over conscription from yeshivotBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Smotrich claims forming government with Arab party was ‘greater calamity’ than October 7 failingsThe finance minister suggested that politicians who went into coalition with the Ra’am party ‘sold the State of Israel to its enemies’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||May 5, 2026 14:32
By Natalie LisbonaIn a fast-changing political landscape, will this new party force Benjamin Netanyahu from office?Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett join forces – but even after cancer treatment, premier who’s dominated Israel for decades pledges he is determined to stay in power5 min read||May 1, 2026 11:03
Bennett and Lapid join forces for upcoming electionsTwo of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leading rivals will unite under the banner of a new party, dubbed ‘Together’By Melanie Swan1 min read||April 27, 2026 14:29
October 7 probe should only happen after war, Israeli government tells High CourtMinisters have consistently rejected calls for a judiciary-led state commission into the tragedy, favouring a politically-appointed panel insteadBy Melanie Swan1 min read||April 24, 2026 16:26
Israeli Border Police officers jailed for having barbecue on ShabbatThe medics will spend a week in military prison for ‘harming religion and Judaism’ after their sentence was reduced from an initial three weeksBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 17, 2026 12:32
Netanyahu trial delayed again after Shin Bet security warningThe service asked for the cancellation of the prime minister’s scheduled hearings due to the risk of an attack by Iranian agentsBy Melanie Swan1 min read||April 14, 2026 12:05
‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoahPrime Minister Netanyahu said the continent was ‘afflicted by profound moral weakness’, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the German chancellor to ‘bow his head and apologise a thousand times’By Jacob Jaffa2 min read||April 14, 2026 10:58
Knesset passes bill introducing death penalty for terror offencesCritics have claimed the law is discriminatory as it imposes capital punishment for terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis, but not those who kill PalestiniansBy Melanie Swan2 min read||March 31, 2026 10:36
Knesset passes largest ever state budget to avert early electionsThe bill carried on the promise of greater defence spending, but set up a fresh row over Charedi conscriptionBy Melanie Swan1 min read||March 30, 2026 11:33