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Software giants to join strike aimed at forcing end to war

Hi-tech companies to allow employees to join strike showing 'solidarity' with hostages' families, hope to bring Histadrut into group of strikers.

Leading rabbis urge: Reconquer Gaza

In letter to Prime Minister and Cabinet, leading Religious Zionist rabbis urge full reconquering of Gaza, emigration of the enemy, and Jewish resettlement of the area.

IDF investigating:

Who allowed haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers?

IDF faces backlash after allowing senior haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers, pledges tighter enforcement of prison visitation rules.

Netanyahu and Trump discuss plans to seize Gaza

Two leaders discussed Israel's plans to seize the remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza to end the war through the release of hostages and the defeat of Hamas.

Bennett on Deri's remarks: 'Like a knife in the heart'

Bennett blasted Shas leader Aryeh Deri for urging haredi students not to enlist during wartime, warning the remarks undermine IDF morale and unity.

Three-year-old in serious condition following painkiller overdose

Three-year-old girl hospitalized in serious condition following acetaminophen overdose, may require urgent liver transplant.

Yesh Atid's Idan Roll quits Knesset

MK Idan Roll, former Deputy Foreign Minister, announces decision to quit politics, says he won't run in the next elections.

Poll: Most Likud voters stand with Smotrich

New poll shows clear majority on Israeli Right in favor of continuing war until Hamas is defeated and hostages returned - even if it means giving up temporary deals.

London:

UK Jews stand together to counter PM's Palestinian statehood plan

Max Royston, leader of Stop the Hate UK, speaks to Arutz Sheva about the organization's pro-Israel rally in London, advocating for justice for hostages amid rising protests.

IDF completes surprise multi-theater drill

IDF completes surprise drill to assess readiness of its forces and headquarters, testing responses to multi-theater scenarios, including lessons from the October 7th events.

Supreme Court to state:

Justify your conditions for ending the war

Justice Khaled Kabub gives state until Aug. 24 to explain how and to whom it must account for its decisions on ending fighting and securing hostage releases.

Hundreds of officers and reservists:

Path to defeating Hamas requires resettling Gaza

Hundreds of reserve soldiers and senior officers demand clear goals for war, including conquest and resettlement of Gaza. 'Just let us win.'

Netanyahu presents five conditions for ending the war

In English-language press conference, PM vows to finish Hamas’s defeat, rejects starvation claims, outlines post-war Gaza plan, and says Israel will win 'with or without the support of others.'

'A blow to Iran':

Jewish community in Baku welcomes agreement with Armenia

Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Baku says Azerbaijan-Armenia agreement promotes peace, connection, and unity, giving the region strength to stand against Iran’s influence; Tehran and Moscow express fierce opposition to the historic accord.

MK Rothman: We've turned the hostages into an asset for Hamas

MK Simcha Rothman criticizes government's approach to hostage crisis, says if Hamas isn't defeated, hostages are at risk, stressing Hamas must view hostages as a burden, not an asset.

MK Porush to Arutz Sheva:

'Haredim and secular Jews getting closer to a civil war'

MK Meir Porush accuses Attorney General of inspiring tensions between Israel's haredi and general populations.

Firefighters battle blaze near Beit Shemesh

Route 38 closed to traffic as firefighting teams continue battling blaze between Beit Shemesh and nearby industrial zone.

Lapid pressures Smotrich:

Join me to dissolve Knesset over Gaza policy

Opposition leader urges finance minister to sign a “change of circumstances” letter, paving the way for a new motion to dissolve the Knesset after his sharp criticism of Netanyahu’s Gaza strategy.

Haredi leader visits yeshiva students held in military prison

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch visits yeshiva students in Military Prison, accompanied by leading Shas party rabbis.

Police complaint filed after clown tied boy to chair at daycare

A mother filed a police complaint after claiming that a clown tied her son to a chair and applied glue to his mouth during an activity at the daycare last week. "The tears haven’t stopped. The supervisor said it was a failed joke and a mistake, as if they had broken some object."

Terrorism:

Three arrested for plan to blow up club and murder pilot

Shin Bet and Jerusalem police arrest father, son, and accomplice from eastern Jerusalem accused of planning attacks against security forces, civilians and IAF pilot.

Samaria Council head:

Ganim and Kadim to be rebuilt - with 46,000 residents

20 years since the uprooting of Ganim and Kadim, Samaria Council prepares for their reconstruction as Council Head Yossi Dagan declares that 'Ganim and Kadim will be flourishing communities in Samaria.'

Holocaust survivor who was injured in Iranian missile attack dies

Olga Weisberg, 91, from Rehovot, who was seriously injured in an Iranian missile strike in June, collapsed in her home and died yesterday.

Deputy Foreign Minister:

'Appropriate response to France - close down the consulate'

Deputy Foreign Minister MK Sharren Haskel responds to threats aimed at her family following her visit to the Temple Mount: 'Red lines have been crossed.'

Study

Bronze was produced at northern Samaria during early Iron Age

Laboratory tests conducted during University of Haifa study reveal that the bronze was produced on-site by alloying copper and tin at El-Ahwat. Findings point to local production and integration into a regional raw materials network during the Early Iron Age.

Jack Engelhard:

Netanyahu versus the world

No one talks about the humanitarian crisis facing Israel, no one talks about the soldiers, reservists, their parents and grandparents. After all, they're Jew. Opinion.

Iranian Axis publishes 'assassination list'

Pro-Iranian Saberin News Agency publishes a graphic list naming targets for assassination of Israel's top security echelon.

Netanyahu

'The right has a special talent for toppling governments'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded at the beginning of the Cabinet meeting to threats from right-wing parties to bring about the dissolution of the coalition if Hamas is not defeated in Gaza.

A month before his wedding:

Combat soldier Yehuda Peretz killed in road accident

IDF soldier Yehuda Peretz son of Moti and Shimrit Peretz from Retamim, was killed on Friday in a road accident on Highway 222.

Hostage families declare economic strike over Gaza conquest plan

Hostage families and families of the fallen from the October 7th attack announced that they plan to shut down the economy next Sunday, August 17th, in protest against the Cabinet's decision to conquer Gaza.

From Yeshiva to IDF:

Sons of ministers draft to IDF

Sons of ministers Amichai Eliyahu and Bezalel Smotrich and head of Hesder Yeshiva in Holon, Rabbi Haggai Lundin, draft to IDF.

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer:

So let's say Israel agrees to Gaza withdrawal and Hamas demands

OK. What about “The Day After”? And the day after that? Opinion.

The IDF's concerns over the Gaza City operation

The IDF estimates that it will take two to three months to complete the takeover of Gaza, until December 2025 or January 2026.

Jews in Iran launch fundraising campaign for children of Gaza

Jewish community in Isfahan, Iran collects food and essential items for Gaza residents, emphasizing spiritual solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians, condemning Israeli actions in Gaza and calling for global efforts to end oppression.

Diasporism 2025

You don’t have to listen to me. Listen to Moshe. Listen to the roaring echo of his words, resounding out today over the anti-Semitic prairies and cities of America. Come home and keep the Torah as it should be kept!

Honenu:

Border Police officer must be suspended and prosecuted

Honenu calls for the suspension and prosecution of a Border Police officer accused of unlawfully shooting and seriously injuring a teenage boy near Beit El.

Ben Gvir's demand

'Dismantle the Palestinian Authority'

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir demands significant steps to dismantle the Palestinian Authority in the upcoming Cabinet meeting.

Night falls on Vienna:

Attacked in Vienna for being a Jew

Once again, in the city of Mozart and Beethoven, but also the city where crowds cheered Hitler’s Anschluss speech from the balcony of the Hofburg Palace, Jews are beaten for being Jews. Op-ed.

MK Tzvi Sukkot

'If we give up on the war goals we must go to new elections'

MK Tzvi Sukkot echoes the stance presented by Minister Bezalel Smotrich against Netanyahu: "If we decide to abandon the war goals, it is an existential threat to the State of Israel."

Washington Post op-ed:

Hunger in Gaza is not Israel's fault

Washington Post publishes op-ed stating that "Hamas fights on because it clearly doesn’t care about the suffering of the people of Gaza".

Hadassah

11 patients suffer infections after receiving eye injections

Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem announced that last week, an eye infection (inflammation) was detected in 11 patients who were treated with an injection of Avastin.

The good Land

This Sin of the Spies continues today on the part of people who spend their days criticizing Israel all over the media. “This is no good, and that’s no good, and this is immoral, and that is unjust, and this is like the Nazis, and that is Messianic, and this is leading the country to destruction…” ad infinitum.

Latent risks in Gaza:

"Palestine" - a force multiplying hazard to Israel

A “Two-State Solution” would enlarge not “only” the jihadi terror threat to Israel (both conventional and unconventional), but also prospects for a catastrophic regional war. Opinion.

IDF ethics author:

Gaza situation not even close to genocide

Professor Asa Kasher, who authored the IDF’s ethical code, says that while some soldiers' conduct has been improper, accusations of genocide in Gaza are unfounded.

Toward a Post-Islamist Iran:

A strategic roadmap for democratic transition

The goal must not be regime change at any cost, but a carefully managed transition toward a stable, democratic political order that can endure.

Domestic harmony within the nation

Why did R. Shimon ben Gamliel say that there were no days more joyous than Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur?

Meriting the Land of Israel - our ultimate Redemption

This is the time to study - not just read, but to study in depth - the messages of the 9th of Av, of Parashat Va-et’chanan, and of Haftarat Nachamu.

Ex-AOC organizer urges followers to 'attack' Jewish students

Iman Abdul, who worked on AOC's primary campaign, posts location of public high school with caption: 'If anyone needs a public school in NYC to attack for whatever reason … Lexus driving Israhell loving Zionisits all attend here.'

Iran arrests 20 'Mossad agents', vows harsh punishment

Iran says 20 alleged Mossad operatives were arrested in recent months, warning of severe punishment. The announcement follows the execution of nuclear scientist Rouzbeh Vadi.

Hamas official:

'The only path to an agreement is through negotiation'

Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi claims Prime Minister Netanyahu cannot reach a mutually agreed deal due to opposition from right-wing ministers in his government.

Sa’ar:

'Canada must step up fight against antisemitism'

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar urges Canada to act against antisemitism after a Jewish father was beaten on a Montreal street in front of his child. Sa’ar calls the attack “shocking” and “reminiscent of dark periods”.

Abbas’s spokesperson calls on Trump to restrain Israel

Palestinian Authority spokesperson urges the UN Security Council to compel Israel to stop the war and allow the "State of Palestine" to assume full responsibility.

Trump taps Tammy Bruce for senior UN post

President Trump nominates State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as US Deputy Representative to the UN. A longtime TV commentator and author, Bruce is set to bring her media and political experience to the role, pending Senate confirmation.

Jerusalem: Chabad rabbi collapses suddenly and passes away

Rabbi Shmuel Gelbstein, a well-known Chabad figure, tragically passes away following cardiac arrest.

Astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97

NASA remembers space pioneer who turned a near-disaster into a triumph of ingenuity and teamwork.

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign historic agreement

Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders sign US-brokered agreement to develop economic and diplomatic ties.