Hezki Baruch

Hezki Baruch

Arutz Sheva political correspondent

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Netanyahu at gov't meeting:

Netanyahu at gov't meeting: Attorney General is oppositional, we need to solve this

Government ministers slam Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's conduct, demand she be fired. PM Netanyahu: 'She is oppositional.'

Netanyahu at gov't meeting: Attorney General is oppositional, we need to solve this

Bereaved mother:

Bereaved mother at Knesset committee: 'Maoz left behind great love; we miss him terribly'

Tzurit, mother of fallen soldier Maoz, says, 'People say I'm educating for death, instead of life. We are fighting for life.'

Bereaved mother at Knesset committee: 'Maoz left behind great love; we miss him terribly'

Leaking secret documents:

Eli Feldstein is arrested PM Spokesman

Court limits gag order: "Possible damage to the security agencies' ability releasing hostages."

Eli Feldstein is arrested PM Spokesman

Before visiting Metula

Before visiting Metula: UAV exploded, Netanyahu forced to change plans

20 minutes before the Prime Minister's arrival in Metula, a UAV exploded in the town. Security authorities forced Netanyahu to change his plan.

Before visiting Metula: UAV exploded, Netanyahu forced to change plans

Benjamin Netanyahu:

Netanyahu: 'Key to bring residents of north back home is distance Hezbollah over Litani'

Prime Minister Netanyahu on northern border: 'Key to bring residents of north back home safely is to distance Hezbollah over Litani.'

Netanyahu: 'Key to bring residents of north back home is distance Hezbollah over Litani'

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Watch: Special prayer in ancient Shiloh for America's success in election

Hundreds participate in prayer at site of the Biblical Tabernacle for the presidential elections to be successful and for the US-Israeli relationship. Council chairman: 'We pray that whoever is elected will recognize the place of the people of Israel in the Land of Israel.'

Watch: Special prayer in ancient Shiloh for America's success in election

Ahead of budget approval:

Ahead of budget approval: NII stipends won't be frozen, but premiums will rise

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, agree National Insurance Institute premiums will rise, but stipends won't be frozen.

Ahead of budget approval: NII stipends won't be frozen, but premiums will rise

77 votes to 58:

77 votes to 58: Rabbi Kalman Ber elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

After the two tied in the first round of elections, Netanya Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber bested his opponent, Petah Tikva Chief Rabbi Micha Halevi.

77 votes to 58: Rabbi Kalman Ber elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

Gideon Sa'ar:

Gideon Sa'ar: 'Things started moving after Gantz and Eisenkot quit'

MK Gideon Sa'ar slams left-wing MKs, notes, 'offensive in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah's elimination, strikes in Iran, and Yahya Sinwar's elimination - all happened only after Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot quit.'

Gideon Sa'ar: 'Things started moving after Gantz and Eisenkot quit'

Following anti-IDF speech

Following anti-IDF speech: Ministry of Interior halts advertising in Haaretz

Director General of the Ministry of the Interior Ronen Peretz ordered a halt to all advertising and agreements with Haaretz after publisher Amos Schocken's brazen statement.

Following anti-IDF speech: Ministry of Interior halts advertising in Haaretz

MK Galit Distel Atbaryan:

MK Galit Distel Atbaryan: 'The IDF doesn't know how to handle haredim - that's the truth'

Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan explains why she understands the haredi community's opposition to the Draft Law, hopes Supreme Court won't torpedo anti-terrorist law.

MK Galit Distel Atbaryan: 'The IDF doesn't know how to handle haredim - that's the truth'

Police recommend reducing the Prosecution's authority

The police recommend reducing the Prosecution's power regarding the need to approve investigations related to incitement to terrorism against Israel.

Police recommend reducing the Prosecution's authority

Netanyahu:

Netanyahu: 'If there was a real deal, I'd take it immediately'

Israeli prime minister reacts to reports of an Egyptian proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire in which 4 hostages would be released.

Netanyahu: 'If there was a real deal, I'd take it immediately'

Smotrich bursts into tears while discussing fallen soldiers

Minister Bezalel Smotrich cried while talking about members of the religious Zionist community who fell in battle. 'The religious Zionist sector has paid a price disproportionate to its percentage of the population.'

Smotrich bursts into tears while discussing fallen soldiers

Finance Minister rejects Draft Law ultimatum: 'Not happening'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responds to Housing Minister's demand that the Draft Law pass before the State budget.

Finance Minister rejects Draft Law ultimatum: 'Not happening'

Secret location of Cabinet meeting accidentally published

The Cabinet meeting was moved to a more secure location in the capital due to security concerns. However, the location was reveled in official announcements by the the Cabinet Secretariat, which later stated that 'it was a mishap.'

Secret location of Cabinet meeting accidentally published

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Hundreds pay final respects for fallen rabbi

Hundreds of students, alumni, parents, and teachers paid final respects to Rabbi Avraham Goldberg, a military rabbi and the rabbi of the Himmelfarb Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem, who fell in battle in Lebanon.

Hundreds pay final respects for fallen rabbi

October 7th memorial:

October 7th memorial: Bereaved families disrupt Prime Minister's address

During Netanyahu's address at the State Memorial Ceremony for the civilians who were murdered during the October 7th Massacre, bereaved families began to shout. Netanyahu waited for them to be removed and continued to speak.

October 7th memorial: Bereaved families disrupt Prime Minister's address

National Day of Mourning:

National Day of Mourning: Flag lowered to half-mast at the Western Wall

Today, at the Western Wall plaza, the National Day of Mourning for the fallen of the Swords of Iron war began with the lowering of the flag to half-mast.

National Day of Mourning: Flag lowered to half-mast at the Western Wall

Opposition dissatisfied with targets of Iran strike

Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman praise the IDF, but blast the government over the targets chosen to be attacked: We should have exacted a much heavier price from Iran.

Opposition dissatisfied with targets of Iran strike

'Celebrate, alonside the pain'

Hundreds at hakafot shniyot in Tel Aviv; 'We must celebrate alongside the pain'

Hundreds at Rosh Yehudi and Heroes' Forum hakafot shniyot in Tel Aviv, attended by bereaved families and hostage families in the city.

Hundreds at hakafot shniyot in Tel Aviv; 'We must celebrate alongside the pain'

MK Succot:

MK Succot on building Sukkah in Hawara: 'Will not forgive myself for not shouting louder'

One year after MK Succot set up a sukkah in Hawara, he recalls the reason for doing so and responds to claims that IDF forces were redeployed from the south to secure it.

MK Succot on building Sukkah in Hawara: 'Will not forgive myself for not shouting louder'

Bereaved father:

Bereaved father: 'My consolation - this year I will conclude the Torah'

Arik, who lost his son in the October 7th massacre, talks about his complex feelings as the holiday of Simchat Torah once again approaches.

Bereaved father: 'My consolation - this year I will conclude the Torah'

Ben-Gvir:

Ben-Gvir: 'Encouraging emigration - the most moral solution'

The Minister of National Security participated in the Nachala conference for promoting settlement in the Gaza Strip and called for encouraging Gazan emigration.

Ben-Gvir: 'Encouraging emigration - the most moral solution'

'Criminal! Murderer!'

'Criminal! Murderer!' MK Sukkot harangued near the Nachala conference

Member of Knesset Zvi Sukkot was verbally attacked by protesters near the Nachala conference to promote Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

'Criminal! Murderer!' MK Sukkot harangued near the Nachala conference

Defense Min. mourns fallen colonel:

Defense Min. mourns fallen colonel: 'State of Israel lost a bold and courageous commander'

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant mourns Colonel Ehsan Daxa, 401st Brigade Commander who fell in battle in Gaza: 'Ehsan was a role model and a source of pride for his troops and commanders.'

Defense Min. mourns fallen colonel: 'State of Israel lost a bold and courageous commander'

Defense Minister:

Defense Minister: 'We've moved from defeating the enemy, to destroying it'

'Everywhere Hezbollah planned to invade Israel, IDF soldiers are now stationed - and the terrorists cannot face them,' Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says.

Defense Minister: 'We've moved from defeating the enemy, to destroying it'

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Watch: Israelis celebrate Sinwar's downfall

Israelis across the country celebrated the downfall of Hamas leader Yayha which joined the joy of the Sukkot holiday.

Watch: Israelis celebrate Sinwar's downfall

Sukkah built deep inside Arab neighborhood

Religious Zionist party youth built a sukkah for mental health patients in the Arab town of Abu Gosh.

Sukkah built deep inside Arab neighborhood

MK Sukkot to Gallant:

MK Sukkot to Gallant: Arabs from Gaza roam freely in Judea and Samaria

MK Sukkot writes to Defense Minister and demands that he instruct defense establishment to arrest and return to the Gaza Strip all the potential terrorists who infiltrated Judea and Samaria.

MK Sukkot to Gallant: Arabs from Gaza roam freely in Judea and Samaria

Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv:

Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv: Complaint filed against professor who disrupted prayer service

A complaint was filed against a man who sat in the women's section at the Supreme Court-sanctioned service at the Meir Garden while eating an ice pop.

Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv: Complaint filed against professor who disrupted prayer service

ISA forbade Cabinet ministers from touring Philadelphi corridor

Minister Gallant supported the idea and even gave an order to the IDF to prepare for a visit from cabinet ministers, but in the end, the ISA ordered the tour cancelled.

ISA forbade Cabinet ministers from touring Philadelphi corridor

French Ambassador's residence

French Ambassador's residence: 'The embargo is a stain on you'

Im Tirtzu activists protested in front of the French ambassador's house in Jaffa: 'The embargo is a stain on the French nation'

French Ambassador's residence: 'The embargo is a stain on you'

National memorial day to be held in two weeks

Tishrei 24 to be set as the national memorial day for the war which began on October 7, 2023.

National memorial day to be held in two weeks

New documents reveal:

New documents reveal: Hamas tried to convince Hezbollah and Iran to join Oct. 7 attack

Hamas believed that the internal rift in Israel offered a good opportunity for an attack, and attempted to convince Iran to attack sensitive Israeli targets.

New documents reveal: Hamas tried to convince Hezbollah and Iran to join Oct. 7 attack

Shas Minister asks hostage Yarden Bibas for forgiveness

Health Minister Moshe Arbel comments on the fact that there are still 101 hostages in Gaza: We sinned because we didn't do enough.

Shas Minister asks hostage Yarden Bibas for forgiveness

Ben Gvir to Netanyahu:

Ben Gvir to Netanyahu: Promote a death penalty for terrorists law

National Security Minister calls on the Prime Minister: Convene the Cabinet to discuss laws that will deter terrorists and order your faction to support them as stipulated in the coalition agreement.

Ben Gvir to Netanyahu: Promote a death penalty for terrorists law

Due to minister's involvement:

Screening of anti-Israel film in Jaffa canceled due to minister's involvement

The Al Saraya Theater in Jaffa planned to hold a screening of the movie 'Lyd' which portrays Israel and the IDF as murderers.

Screening of anti-Israel film in Jaffa canceled due to minister's involvement

Following intelligence: security increased for Chanamel Dorfman

Office of the Minister of National Security says the decision to raise Dorfman's security level was made following intelligence investigation and security around him was increased.

Following intelligence: security increased for Chanamel Dorfman

Hadera attack

Ben Gvir in Hadera after attack: It has been proven again - weapons save lives

National Security Minister visits police station in Hadera following the stabbing attack in the city: The very fact that civilians with so many weapons were on the scene saved people's lives.

Ben Gvir in Hadera after attack: It has been proven again - weapons save lives