Israeli News (Page 169)

After Gallant's dismissal:

Right-wing bloc maintains its power

The Likud party continues to maintain its power after the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, television polls show.

Light aircraft hit by interceptor shrapnel while in flight

Two crew members, who landed safely, were aboard the plane when the shrapnel hit. The plane sustained damage.

In second and third readings

Law allowing deportations of families of terrorists approved

The law permits the Minister of the Interior to order the deportation of a family member of a terrorist, if it is proven that he knew in advance of his relative's intention to commit an act of terrorism and did not make efforts to prevent the act.

The footage found in the tunnel in which 6 hostages were murdered

Flash drive found in Rafah with video showing terrorists watching Al Jazeera and talking about hostage Almog Seroussi and the protests in Israel.

Bonfire and clashes with police

Watch: Heated protest outside PM's residence

Demonstrators clash with police at left-wing demonstration against the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. One person arrested.

Psagot Winery launches 'Trump' wine, toasts his victory

Binyamin Regional Council head Yisrael Ganz participates in festive launch of the 'Trump 'wine and celebration of his reelection.

Over 1 million polio vaccines administered to Gaza children

COGAT and IDF announce the completion of the 2nd polio vaccination campaign for children in Gaza.

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Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv

Billboard congratulates President-Elect Trump on his election victory, calls on him to "make Israel great."

"Children ask every evening - where's Daddy?"

A heated discussion was held in the Constitution Committee on restricting the use of administrative detentions against Israelis.

On the Knesset stage

Minister Ben-Gvir celebrates Trump's victory

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stood at the podium in the Knesset Plenum, congratulated President-Elect Trump, and called for sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and the death penalty for terrorists.

Against Gallant's Dismissal:

Ben-Gurion University students call for halt to classes

Students at Ben-Gurion University have called to protest the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with a two-hour class strike.

Golan lashes out at Netanyahu:

'Netanyahu forgot what it's like to be a bereaved brother'

Opposition leaders made a statement to the media following Netanyahu's decision to dismiss the Defense Minister | Lapid appealed to the coalition: 'Do not support Gallant's dismissal'

Netanyahu on Trump victory:

Powerful recommitment to the great alliance

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Issac Herzog congratulated US President-Elect Donald Trump on his apparent victory in the elections. Herzog: 'I look forward to working with you to strengthen the ironclad bond between our peoples.'

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Israeli journalists celebrate Trump's victory

The Channel 14 panel broke into song while panelist Shimon Riklin recited the "Shehecheyanu" blessing, which is recited upon new and joyous events.

Personal Account: “My father was killed in Lebanon”

16-year-old Oren is a young Israeli boy whose personal account touched many.

Israelis demand Palestinian olive harvest be cancelled

Residents of Judea and Samaria claim that the harvest serves as a cover for acts of surveillance and terrorism on a regular basis.

Moving:

Yaakov Shwekey and Yonatan Razel sing with families of hostages

Watch: Singers Yaakov Shwekey and Yonatan Razel appear at the 'Singing together for their return' event at Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv and sing together with the families.

Father of fallen hostage:

'Our responsibility is to pressure Hamas'

Rabbi Doron Perez, father of fallen IDF soldier Daniel Perez whose body is being held in Gaza, speaks at rally in Tel Aviv: There are certain things which are beyond politics. The pressure must be on Qatar and Hamas, not on us to pay exorbitant prices.

Herzog on Gallant dismissal:

'The last thing Israel needs right now'

President Isaac Herzog condemns the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: We must not go back towards the abyss.

Gallant after being fired:

'Failure to return hostages a Mark of Cain for policy leaders'

Outgoing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivered his first statement to the media since Prime Minister Netanyahu announced his dismissal, says 3 issues led to his firing.

Haredi rabbi: The IDF is not yet prepared to absorb haredim

Rabbi David Leybel speaks about the issue of drafting haredi yeshiva students, saying, 'Anyone who is not studying Torah needs to enlist, but the military system is not yet prepared to absorb haredim.'

Two Religious Zionism MKs announce:

We'll vote against daycare subsidy bill

Religious Zionism MKs Ohad Tal and Moshe Solomon announce intention to vote against daycare subsidy bill, depriving the coalition of the majority necessary to pass it.

'Jewish terrorists':

Left-wing activist removed from discussions in the Knesset

MK Tzvi Succot removed far-left activist Guy Hirschfeld from the subcommittee on Judea and Samaria after he called some of the participants 'Jewish terrorists.'

Tel Aviv University:

Arab students demand: Bar IDF reservists from carrying weapons

Arab students demand Tel Aviv University bar reservists studying at the university campus from carrying weapons on campus. 'An infuriating and audacious demand.'

Avi Maoz threatens:

All my votes depend on funding Torah institutions

Deputy Minister Avi Maoz in the Knesset: 'All my future votes, on the daycare law, the budget law, or any other law, will be in light of correcting this injustice.'

Knesset approves:

Educators who support terrorism will be fired

A bill has been was approved in second and third readings stating that teachers who support terrorism will be fired and institutions supporting terror will lose funding.

Son of hasidic rebbe to enlist in haredi brigade

Haredi musician Mendel Rata shared why he decided to enlist in the Haredi brigade in the IDF. 'If I care about the truth, I must get up and take action.'

Samaria Gov. calls on US citizens to get out and vote for Trump

Samaria Governor Yossi Dagan joined Jvote, a system set up to encourage US citizens living in Israel to go out and vote. He spoke to US citizens and told them: 'It could be nice to sit on the side and what things happen on the screen, but we can't allow ourselves to do that.'

Amsalem vs. State Attorney:

'We've got saboteurs who are betraying our trust every day'

Minister Dudi Amsalem called on the Knesset to fire State Attorney General, Gali Baharav Miara, and her deputy Gil Limon: 'They are acting illegally.'

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.'

For success of US elections

Republicans in Israel Chair. leads prayer in Hebron

At the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, a crowd gathers to hold prayers dedicated to the success of Tuesday's US elections.

Bereaved mother:

'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.'

Sister of lookout murdered in Nahal Oz enlists

Yael Eshel, sister of lookout Roni, who fell on October 7 at Nahal Oz outpost, enlists today and will serve as an infantry instructor.

Little Dudi needs you to save his life!

Our Dudi is only two years old, a sweet child with big innocent eyes. But he is already fighting something none of us could have imagined—leukemia. Instead of running and playing he lies in a hospital bed, connected to machines, struggling for every tiny breath.

Mossad Chief to hostages families: 'Chances for a deal are slim'

It is assumed that Hamas would not back down from its demand for Israel to end the war in return for the hostages. Senior security source: 'The time has come to look reality in the eyes.'

Foreign Ministry tells UN:

'The agreement with UNRWA has been cancelled'

Foreign Minister Israel Katz officially announces the cancellation of the agreement between Israel and UNRWA, after the Knesset approved a law banning UNRWA's activities in Israel.

After being hit by shrapnel

Edward Slolov succumbs to his wounds

Edward Slolov, 57 from Nahariya, was hit by shrapnel from an interceptor while walking on the city's boardwalk. He was known in the city to be a kind fisherman who jumped into the sea to save two drowning children.

Released hostage shows new photos from captivity

Freed hostage Agam Goldstein published photos of herself and her brothers taken while they were held by Hamas.

Smotrich's conditions for daycare subsidies

The Religious Zionist party has announced that it will agree to support a bill that would enable daycare subsidies for yeshiva students only if at the same time there are preferential allocations and additions for reservists.

Over a year after the massacre:

Last Be'eri residents leave the hotels they were evacuated to

Dozens of residents of Kibbutz Be'eri relocate to new temporary housing near Kibbutz Hatzerim after 13 months in Dead Sea hotels as they prepare to return to their homes

Attorney General:

Daycare subsidy is an illegitimate benefit to draft dodgers

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara wrote to the Minister of Justice to oppose a bill to continue subsidies to families where the father does not serve in the army.

Naftali Bennett:

'Subsidy law is a mark of Cain'

The former Prime Minister issues a scathing denunciation of the law to continue funding daycare for families of Yeshiva students who do not enlist.

Survey:

44% of students did not finish studies over last year

The war caused a significant decrease in sense of security and academic achievement throughout Israel.

Over picture in Lebanon

IDF dismisses Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kroizer from reserve duty

IDF dismisses MK from Otzma Yehudit after he was photographed in a home in southern Lebanon with graffiti behind him reading "MK Kroizer's office".

PM Netanyahu slams ISA for selective enforcement

'Disturbing increase in deliberate leaks from secret cabinet meetings since the outbreak of the war,' PM's Office notes. Several suspects have already been arrested in the matter.

Ending the mourning with song:

Moving songs conclude the Goldberg family's week of mourning

Family and friends gather Saturday night in the Goldberg family's mourning tent, marking the end of the seven-day mourning period following the fall of Rabbi Avi Goldberg in Lebanon.

Released hostage:

Failure to reach a deal seals the fate of the hostages

Maya Regev, kidnapped on October 7 together with her brother and boyfriend, and released last year in a prisoner swap deal, speaks at central rally.

Olmert:

'War should have ended eight months ago'

Former PM Ehud Olmert said that the government has no justification for continuing the war in Gaza.

605B NIS:

Government approves 2025 budget

The government has approved a state budget for 2025 of approximately 605 billion shekels, an important step in avoiding early elections.

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.

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi:

'Everyone wants to unite the nation'

'Chief Rabbinate is not just for haredim or religious people, it's for everyone,' new Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber says.

Finding missing people - wherever they are

The Israel Dog Unit held an exercise simulating finding victims in extreme circumstances such as under rubble, in trees, and on a roof.

'I will not oppose deal in advance'

Smotrich's message to families of hostages

Families of hostages met with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich who told them: I will not decide in advance and I will not say in advance that I am against the deal until I know exactly what is on the table.

Sad Bar Mitzvah

Captivity survivor celebrates without his hostage father

Hamas captivity survivor Erez Kalderon celebrates his Bar Mitzvah without his father Ofer, who remains held by Hamas. Meanwhile, the family of Omer Shem Tov marks his 22nd birthday - his second birthday in captivity.

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.

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Thousands of cranes at Agamon Hula

About 24,500 cranes flew over Agamon Hula this morning. 'The wonderful sounds of the cranes manage to silence even the sounds of war.'