Netanyahu speaks before the UN, saying that Hezbollah is placing rockets in Beirut; Russian airplane is shot down in Syria, leading to a diplomatic crisis with Russia, and Russia will arm Syria’s Air Force to restrict movement of Israeli air force;Read More
” Arson kites” from Gaza burn hundreds of acres as the Israeli army debates whether to shoot those who release them; Sara Netanyahu is charged with misusing public funds and falsifying her financial records; Isaac Herzog to head the Jewish AgencyRead More
Israel and Gaza have their biggest escalation in four years after Islamic Jihad fires across the border with Israel; tensions continue between Israel and Turkey and Israel praises Trump’s decision to leave the Iranian nuclear deal.Read More
Israel is in mourning after 10 students were killed in a flash flood in the Judean desert; a controversy over the choice of speaker at the Independence Day ceremony after Netanyahu broke with tradition to speak there, and Israel strikes a Syrian military airport ,killing Iranian officials; Read More
The IDF has taken extreme security measures as Palestinians in Gaza prepare massive demonstrations along the border with Israel and the investigations into Benjamin Netanyahu’s alleged corruption continueRead More
Netanyahu accuses the Israeli press and police of conspiring to remove him from power in a fiery press conference; the Israeli police interview Netanyahu for the seventh time as a recommendation for an indictment is expected and Teva employees protest the company’s plan to fire thousands of workers.Read More
Tensions are rising, due to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement: rockets shot from Gaza lead to Israeli bombings and anti-US demonstrations are held in the West Bank; Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman’s funeral is attended by hundreds of thousands.Read More
Israelis react to President Trump’s speech declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital; clashes break out between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers as Hamas and Hezbollah call for new Intifada, and Israelis and Palestinians are unsure of how Trump’s plan to move the American Embassy will be implemented.Read More
A bill in the Israeli Knesset would prevent Netanyahu from being prosecuted for alleged corruption; the Israeli health minister resigns in protest of rail repairs on Shabbat, triggering crisis in Netanyahu’s coalition and American Jews protest the statement of an Israeli diplomat.Read More