Pro-Shabbat bill passes preliminary reading
'Weekly day of rest' to protect small businesses which remain closed on Shabbat.
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Netanyahu working to move up Likud primaries
Prime Minister reportedly planning to hold primaries in February, possibly to prevent former minister Sa'ar from challenging him.
Liberman blasts 'opportunist' Israel-Turkey talks
Former FM notes Erdogan's Islamism, ties with Gaza in warning against normalization process.
Netanyahu undergoes minor surgery
Prime minister undergoes a colonoscopy in which several polyps were located and removed; Ya'alon was filling in for him.
'How to talk to Reform Jews'
Following Naftali Bennett's controversial visit to Conservative shul, Ex-Prisoner of Zion Mendelevich explains how it is done.
'A black day for Israel'
Lawyers expose brutal torture on Duma suspects
After finally meeting suspects, lawyers tell of cruel torture, demand investigation end; 'minor hit in sensitive organs till numb to kicks.'
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'Bus stop barriers? Barrier in terror villages'
Deputy Jerusalem Mayor Turgeman is 'embarrassed' by barrier plan, calls to put the 'barbarians' on the defensive instead.
Terror victim Naor Shalev celebrates Bar Mitzvah
Two months after nearly losing his life in brutal Pisgat Ze'ev stabbing, Naor Shalev is called up to the Torah at the Kotel.
Duma: 'I'll get ISA if they breach law - again'
Justice Committee head Slomiansky says he will 'blow up' the 'absurd' arson investigation - if he hears any 'more cases' of breaches.
State detaining Jewish youths 'out of laziness'
Meir Ettinger's attorney slams legal system for 'bypass road' without evidence, trial; civil rights activist urges end to draconian tool.
Apparatchik says rightists have no culture
MK Shuli Muallem wants Culture Ministry to get rid of an elitist leftist committee member.
Bill: Ban foreign NGOs from contact with IDF
New law could see foreign-funded NGOs liquidated immediately if they are found to be undermining the State of Israel.
Feature: Maccabees' 'Declaration of Independence'
In part eight of our Hanukkah special, learn how the Maccabees succeeded in establishing a sovereign state after a final battle.
MKs ask Rivlin to stay away from Haaretz event
At last minute, five MKs from Kulanu and Likud ask Rivlin not to grant legitimacy to anti-IDF Breaking the Silence.
Edelstein spends Sabbath at Hevron
At a difficult time for Hevron's Jews, Knesset Speaker says their story is one of courage and faith, and an example to every free person.
Union: 'Mother of all strikes' to raise wages
Half of Israelis don't even earn enough to require them to pay taxes - and that has to change, says the Histadrut.
New security unit established in Jerusalem
Transport Ministry launches new security initiative to station guards aboard public transport in capital in effort to 'prevent attacks.'
Samaria town: Rabbis aren't 'terror collaborators'
Kokhav Hashahar protests after investigators 'stain' them in the case of suspect now released to house arrest.
Feature: Maccabees learn folly of peace accords
In part seven of our Hanukkah special, learn how commando night raids brought victory, and peace treaties brought death.
End of the rebellion? The fall of Judah Maccabee
In part six of In the Footsteps of the Maccabees, relive Nicanor's defeat, and the surprise battle that took Judah's life.
Rivlin: We all have to live together
President Rivlin addresses the Brookings Institute in Washington, calls for common ground between different population groups in Israel.
MK Zoabi strikes plea deal in spitting case
Radical MK will admit she insulted a public servant when she told fellow Arabs to spit on Arab policemen in a Nazareth court.
Feature: Greek army breaks out the elephants
In part 5 of our Hanukkah special learn about Elazar's heroic death under the elephant, Maccabees' miraculous salvation in Jerusalem.
Yogev: High Court to blame for continued attacks
Moti Yogev blasts Israel's judiciary for delaying deterrent measures as attacks against Israeli see no end in sight.
Maccabees battle the Greeks in the Hevron hills
Part 4 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in mountains of Hevron.
Poverty statistics inflated, says MK
Jewish Home's Smotrich says while gaps are worrisome, today's poor are much less poor than those of 20 years ago.
Arab MKs call to ban Trump from visiting Israel
Arab MK and former Arafat adviser demands 'neo-Nazi' Trump be barred from upcoming Israel visit for calling to ban Muslim entry to US.
The battle of Judah Maccabee in the Ayalon Valley
Part 3 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in the Ayalon Valley.
'Refugees? What about Jews expelled by Arabs?'
Knesset holds special debate about 850,000 Jews who lived in Arab lands in 1948 before being forced out.
Watch: Chief Rabbi at Kotel Hanukkah lighting
'Here we want to build up the walls,' says Rabbi Lau, recalling how a handful of Jews defeated myriads 'bringing in a foreign outlook.'
Visit the site of the Maccabees' first epic battle
'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees' Part 2 takes you to where the Jewish rebels waged their first major battles against the Greek empire.
'EU labeling is one step before a total boycott'
After leftist and Arab MKs support labeling in Knesset Committee, Yesha Council head warns EU views Golan the same, will boycott all.
Feature: Where the Hanukkah saga began
Part One of Arutz Sheva's special Hanukkah series - In The Footsteps of The Maccabees - takes you to Modiin, where it all started.
Walk 'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees'
Special eight-part series with Israeli historian Dr. Hagai Ben Artzi lets you follow the Maccabees' path from revolution to independence.
IDF soldiers' salaries to increase by 50 percent
Government approves substantial pay raise for IDF soldiers; 'No more appropriate time than on eve of Hanukkah,' says Netanyahu.
'The other side needs to want peace'
'Israeli will not be a binational state,' Netanyahu stresses after US Secretary of State accuses Israel of risking its Jewish character.
Pres: Israel and Germany must unite against terror
President Rivlin, First Lady were guests of honor at Tel Aviv opera, along with German first family.
Bennett resigns, in order to return to Knesset
Jewish Home Chairman steps down as minister so that he can rejoin the Knesset, following Yinon Magal's resignation.
'No magic solution to stabbing terror'
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein discusses current wave of Arab terror with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Bennett will return to the Knesset
Avi Wortzman forgoes opportunity to return to Knesset after Magal resignation, paving way for Jewish Home chairman to retake his seat.