Israeli News (Page 138)

MK Tally Gotliv fell for fake news

‘Chief of Staff dismissed a soldier who knocked over a sign in Gaza’: MK Gotliv relied on fake news and explained: ‘The fact that I was not surprised by this is very sad.’

Murder of Lior Rudaeff:

Newly-exposed video led to death announcement

Head of Shaare Zedek and member of committee to examine hostages' conditions reveals: Announcement regarding death of hostage Lior Rudaeff due to newly-discovered video.

Over a protest

UNRWA chief blasts Deputy Jerusalem Mayor

UNRWA Director-General blasts Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Arieh King for a demonstration outside the organization's offices in Jerusalem. King responds: There is no better feeling than that.

Poll:

Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism continue to gain strength

Both right-wing parties registered gains in a survey published this evening. The National Unity party leads with 30 mandates, against 19 for Likud.

After five months:

Freed hostage Elma Avraham released home from hospital

Elma Avraham, who was airlifted from Gaza to Soroka Medical Center and celebrated her 85th birthday in the hospital, is released home - five months after returning to Israel.

Police brutality against protesters blocking aid convoys

Severe violence was inflicted last night by the police on youths during the blocking of aid trucks to Gaza on Route 1.

Israeli officials:

US knew about changes to ceasefire deal - but didn't brief Israel

'The feeling is that Israel got played' by the US and mediators during the latest round of negotiations, Israeli officials tell journalist Barak Ravid.

Blue and White MK to join March Of Life

MK Matan Kahana will join the Israel Allies Foundation for a Holocaust memorial March of significant meaning.

Yeshiva students' children to lose daycare subsidies?

Finance Ministry proposes list of economic sanctions worth hundreds of millions of shekels, in effort to force haredi yeshiva students to enlist in the IDF.

'At any price'

Hundreds of protesters block Ayalon Highway

Protesters walk on the road between vehicles, confront police officers operating at the scene. Three protesters arrested for disturbing the peace.

Gantz:

'Rafah operation - part of the effort to return the hostages'

National Unity chairman tells the families of the hostages that the response from Hamas "does not correspond to the dialogue that has taken place so far with the mediators and contains significant gaps".

The Next Chairman of the Yesha Council: Israel Ganz

Municipal leaders in Judea and Samaria appoint Binyamin Regional Council, Israel Ganz as the next chairman of the Yesha Council

Mossad Director:

'Never Again' is more important now than ever

Mossad head Dedi Barnea spoke at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Mossad headquarters after hearing, along with other Mossad personnel, the testimony of Holocaust survivors' family members.

Bar-Ilan University won't cancel classes for Holocaust ceremony

Bar-Ilan University announced that this year during the memorial ceremonies, studies will be held as usual - and faced criticism.

Shin Bet Director:

'Israel will be the last barrier when people lose their humanity'

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Ronen Bar addressed a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Samaria and pledged that Israel would continue to fight, even if the world would leave its side.

They thought they had a 'fussy baby.' The truth was much darker

She had not just been ‘fussy’... She had been in tremendous pain.

Arie remembers:

'When US soldiers liberated the camp, I was too weak to stand up'

Italian Holocaust survivor Arie Eitani, one of the torchlighters at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, tells his story.

Holocaust survivor recounts:

'We heard the Germans' boots, we laid down and were quiet'

Raisa Brodsky was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

Unusual May rains mark Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day

Intermittent rainfall as forecasters predict weather to change from winter to summer mid-week.

PM's Office responds:

Hamas, not Netanyahu, torpedoed hostage deal talks

'Hamas torpedoed the deal, with its refusal to budge on conditions that no Israeli government would accept,' Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, negating words of Hamas' Moussa Abu Marzouk and the Israeli official who backed him.

Watch:

Israel remembers six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust

Israel's annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies begin at Yad Vashem.

Hamas official claims: Netanyahu's statements caused deal to fail

Moussa Abu Marzouk, Hamas official who claimed civilians were 'exempt' from the Oct. 7 massacre, claims to NYT that the impasse in negotiations was caused by PM Netanyahu's promise to topple Hamas battalions in Rafah. Israeli official offers support to Abu Marzouk's claims.

National Unity MK:

'We will soon leave the government'

MK Michael Biton says his party is expected to leave the emergency government soon and work to advance the elections.

Yair Lapid:

'Our life is not the massacre, but our response to it'

Opposition leader speaks at Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at Yad Mordechai: The survivors taught us that you can always start over.

Hamas official:

'Netanyahu is running a military campaign without goals'

Senior Hamas official says the organization is determined to reach a ceasefire agreement and an exchange deal "but not at any cost."

PM Netanyahu to the world:

'We will fight alone if we have to. Never again is now'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday addressed the opening ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

President Herzog:

'Oct. 7 was not the Holocaust because today we have the IDF'

Israeli President addresses start of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, says Hams terrorists sought to emulate the horrors inflicted by the Nazis.

Watch:

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem

First Holocaust Remembrance Day since the Hamas massacre of October 7 begins, with theme, 'A Lost World: The Destruction of Jewish Communities.'

Police raid Al Jazeera Jerusalem offices

Following Cabinet's unanimous vote to close Al Jazeera in Israel, police raid the Qatari organization's offices at the Ambassador Hotel.

Bereaved father: "We are committed to our son's will"

"We don’t have the strength to speak but we can’t remain silent. We will not forgive ourselves that our son defended the residents of Kerem Shalom, but the residents cannot return to their homes."

Government approves closure of Al Jazeera

The Cabinet unanimously voted to close the channel's Israeli station earlier today.

Minister Strock:

'US doesn't deserve to be called a friend of the State of Israel'

Minister of Settlements and National Missions Orit Strock said she is worried by the American push to end the war in Gaza.

'Let us look you in the eyes'

Police block bereaved families from reaching PM's Office

The Gvura Forum of bereaved families asked PM Netanyahu to allow them to meet with the cabinet to ensure the government would not surrender to Hamas and that the war would continue.

Ben Gvir's message to Netanyahu

Minister of National Security: Netanyahu promised not to agree to a reckless deal and say yes to an operation in Rafah - he knows very well the price of not fulfilling the commitment.

A chilling picture of the Bibas family

An Italian waiter in a restaurant near Naples proudly told Adi Spatz about his Israeli friend Yarden Bibas, and showed her a picture of him and his wife Shiri from their visit to Italy.

Hostages' families:

'Stand up to the pressures or stand up and resign'

Families of the hostages wrote to the Prime Minister Saturday evening to demand that he resist international pressure for a ceasefire or vacate his position for someone who would.

Families of hostages:

'Every citizen needs to know: 'Never Again' is now'

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, families of hostages push Israeli government to approve a prisoner swap deal with Hamas - no matter what the price.

Israel nearly succeeded in eliminating Yahya Sinwar

IDF forces were 'very close' to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, sources say.

Hamas:

'We're headed to Cairo in a positive spirit'

Hamas confirms it is sending a delegation to Cairo, with the goal of reaching an agreement on a hostage release deal.

'Unwavering commitment'

Israel Heritage Foundation leads special delegation to Israel

The delegation will focus on raising morale of IDF soldiers and bereaved families, and encouraging the families of the hostages.

Seven months later:

Massacre victim Elyakim Livman identified

The Kiryat Arba regional council announced that he fought bravely and saved many lives as Hamas attacked.

Masada Unit commander to light security forces' bonfire this year

Minister Miri Regev has decided that the commander of the Israel Prison Service Masada Unit will represent the security forces this year at the Independence Day firelighting ceremony.

Sanctioned Israeli:

'I have been included in the new White Paper'

Elisha Yered, one of the individuals sanctioned today by Britain for alleged abuses of Palestinians, reacted to the news: 'Just like it was eighty years ago'.

Bereaved parents protest new head of Intelligence Directorate

Bereaved parents who lost their sons in the Hamas attack on October 7 intend to petition the Supreme Court against the appointment of Brigadier General Shlomi Binder as head of the IDF Intelligence Directorate.

Beit El man charged with murder after refusing to help ISA

The man was initially told that he was not suspected of a crime, but then arrested when he refused to answer questions.

Smotrich to Netanyahu:

Government freezing construction permits in Judea, Samaria

De facto freeze on construction in Judea and Samaria 'unacceptable,' offers prize to October 7 terrorists, Minister Bezalel Smotrich argues.

Cabinet did not vote to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel

Despite approval from Israel's Attorney General, initiative to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel was not brought for a vote at a Thursday night Cabinet meeting.

Watch: Students at School for the Blind sing about hope

Student choir from Israeli School for the Blind sing, 'I have hope,' bringing joy to Israelis from across the country: 'I have hope, I know that everything is for the good; I have hope, and the entire world is filled with love.'

This is when elections might be held

A number of figures may have interests in new elections, but not all are certain to run, report says.

Shin Bet to protest leaders:

'Do not escalate the protests'

Shin Bet representatives urge anti-government protest leaders to refrain from escalating the protests in order "to reduce risks and prevent accidental harm to the demonstrators."

Kibbutz Be'eri:

Dror Or was murdered on October 7, his body is held by Hamas

Dror Or is the father of Noam and Alma Or who were freed from captivity. Their mother was also murdered by Hamas on the day of the massacre.

Measles case reported near Haifa

Measles patient arrived in Israel on a flight to Bucharest, visited a Clalit after-hours clinic in Haifa, Health Ministry reports.

Second time in one day: Unusual destruction at Or Meir

Swarm of Border Police officers descends on Givat Or Meir in the Binyamin Region, arresting a shepherd, assaulting residents, breaking furniture, and confiscating personal items.

Netanyahu to torchlighters:

'If we need to stand alone – we will stand alone'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes' Remembrance Day Torchlighters: "."

Amb. Ofir Akunis takes position of NY Consul General

Ambassador Ofir Akunis arrives in New York to take position of Consul General, will meet Israeli, Jewish, student leaders studying on campus to hear firsthand their views on current events on campus.

Anti-draft protests

Radical haredim block Route 4 near Bnei Brak

Protesters affiliated with the community of Rabbi Tzvi Friedman, the leader of a subgroup in the Jerusalem Faction, blocked the road to protest the intention to conscript haredim in the IDF.