IsraelIsraeli election authorities ban all Arab parties from running in upcoming Knesset pollThe move, decided by a committee of political representatives, is likely to be challenged in the courtsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelNetanyahu was ‘warned repeatedly’ that Qatar was funding Hamas, new report claimsThe Prime Minister’s Office has called the allegations ‘a collection of recycled lies’By Hayley Cregor2 min read
IsraelNetanyahu to bring forward law to strip citizenship from Israelis who ‘slander’ IDF amid ‘Naza’ documentary rowThe prime minister also pledged to increase the damages that courts can require those found to have defamed the military to payBy Hayley Cregor2 min read
Israeli PoliticsLikud files petition seeking to bar Arab parties from running in upcoming electionsPrevious attempts to implement such a ban have been overturned by the High CourtBy Hayley Cregor1 min read
October 7Netanyahu says he will sue Haaretz over claim he was warned about October 7 weeks before attackThe left-wing daily reported that the premier was tipped off by the leader of the UAE, but failed to brief security officialsBy Jacob Jaffa3 min read
LikudNetanyahu names wounded reservist and mother of final hostage as Likud candidatesThe prime minister used two of his reserved spots on the party’s slate to promote Talik Gvili and Elisha MadanBy Ella Bloom1 min read
IsraelCharedi party announces female Knesset candidate for first time in Israel’s historyDr Nechumi Yaffe, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, will stand for Moti Leitner’s new party, the Charedi PublicBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Ben-Gvir pulls down video taunting female Palestinian prisoners after electoral committee appealFaced with claims that inmates had not been allowed to bathe or change their underwear, the national security minister said he was ‘proud’ to have ‘reduced the terrorists’ prison conditions to the bare minimum’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||September 7, 2026 17:01
President Herzog slams ‘anarchist’ settlers amid surge in West Bank violenceThe president’s comments came after the IDF confirmed it had sacked a reservist commander after his unit was filmed praying with settlers besieging a Palestinian townBy Melanie Swan1 min read||September 7, 2026 11:51
Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ‘unconstitutional’ freeze on arrests of Charedi draft dodgersSupreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg said the law ‘constitutes clear discrimination in the enforcement of the law, based on sectoral-religious affiliation’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||September 4, 2026 16:22
Yair Golan threatens to sue Netanyahu’s wife over claim he had advance knowledge of October 7The former IDF deputy chief of staff ‘re-enlisted’ on the morning of the Hamas massacres and rescued survivors from the Gaza borderBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||September 1, 2026 11:08
Ex-IDF general Ofer Winter says new party will only back Netanyahu for prime minister after electionThe People of Israel leader also reiterated his call for ‘voluntary emigration from Gaza’ and Charedi conscriptionBy Lucy Pollock2 min read||August 28, 2026 16:42
Former IDF general Ofer Winter launches new right-wing party for 2026 electionsWinter, who unveiled Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad and former Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum as candidates, used the launch event to call for the ‘emigration’ of PalestiniansBy Melanie Swan1 min read||August 26, 2026 16:39
Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’The decision comes after several British MPs were similarly denied visas, including a member of the Jewish Labour MovementBy JC Reporter1 min read||August 24, 2026 15:36
Strictly-Orthodox Shas party ordered to remove election ad featuring IDF soldierThe party was accused of breaking rules banning the use of images of security service personnel in campaign materialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||August 24, 2026 12:21
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to stand in 2026 Knesset electionPollard, who passed US state secrets to Israel in the 1980s, has previously supported the ‘forcible transfer’ of people from Gaza but is running for a centre-right partyBy John Jeffay1 min read||August 24, 2026 11:38
