Israeli PoliticsClose Netanyahu ally Ron Dermer resigns from Israeli cabinetThe now former strategic affairs minister said he made the decision based on a prior commitment to his familyBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsThree MKs ejected as Knesset advances bill on death penalty for terrorist murderersOne lawmaker labelled National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir a ‘terrorist’ for championing the legislationBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
October 7IDF probes into October 7 were mostly ‘inadequate’, independent panel findsIDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir backed a wider “external” investigation into the attacks, but stopped short of endorsing a full state commission of inquiryBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsWatered-down Charedi draft bill set to become law after coalition compromiseA re-drafted version of the law is set to relax requirements for yeshiva students to enlist and reduce penalties for draft dodgingBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Francesca AlbaneseUN’s Albanese shares ‘blood libel’ post accusing Israel of ‘executing Palestinian hostages’The special rapporteur was referring to a bill, currently progressing through the Knesset, to impose the death penalty on terrorists convicted of murdering IsraelisBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsIsraeli politicians fret after Mamdani's ‘deeply concerning’ NYC mayoral winMinisters accused the city’s next mayor of promoting ‘anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
KnessetKnesset committee advances bill on death penalty for anti-Israel terroristsThe bill would not impose the same sentence for Israelis convicted of killing PalestiniansBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Dozens of officials from Israel’s largest union arrested in undercover corruption stingHistadrut chief Arnon Bar-David is reported to be among those detained on suspicion of offences including fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and tax offencesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 3, 2025 11:02
IDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leakMajor General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing for several hours and reportedly left a suicide note, before being found alive and wellBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 3, 2025 10:27
IDF’s top lawyer resigns after admitting role in video leak allegedly showing soldiers abusing detaineeMajor General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi claimed she approved the leak to ‘counter the false propaganda directed against the military law enforcement authorities’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 31, 2025 11:18
Thousands of Charedim block roads in Jerusalem anti-draft protestsDemonstrators prayed en masse at the entrance to the city, while some pelted reporters covering the protest with plastic bottles and sticks.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 30, 2025 13:57
Knesset advances bill to split attorney-general’s powersThe measure has been backed by several ministers amid a long-running row over the government’s attempts to sack Gali Baharav-MiaraBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 30, 2025 09:59
Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription rowRabbi Yitzhak Yosef suggested that he would not join a minyan with Rabbi Tamir Granot over his viewsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 27, 2025 10:16
Knesset pushes through two bills on West Bank settlement annexation despite government oppositionThe motions, sponsored by the far-right Noam party, passed an initial reading with the help of a Likud rebelBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 23, 2025 09:10
Knesset committee rejects proposal for October 7 state inquiryPrime Minister Netanyahu has reportedly been pushing for an alternative inquiry commission, the members of which would be appointed by the government rather than the Supreme CourtBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 23, 2025 08:57
Netanyahu sacks national security advisor following reported disagreements over Gaza WarTazachi Hanegbi is understood to have opposed the offensive aimed at occupying Gaza City in MayBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 22, 2025 13:22
