Six minors aged 11-14 were detained after damage was found at Bnei Brak Cemetery, including the grave of Rabbi Meir Mazuz. Police said the vandalism followed a brawl.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich harshly rejected President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, calling it a return to Oslo illusions and warning it would repeat the failures of the past.
MK Meir Porush declared that 'it is inconceivable that on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, young men should be in prison simply because they are Torah students.'
During a Knesset plenary session, Minister Smotrich marks seven years since the murder of Ari Fuld.
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz welcomes President Trump’s plan, calling for the return of hostages, maintaining security, and a strategic overhaul in Gaza.
Netanyahu sums up his US visit: “We isolated Hamas, I did not agree to a Palestinian state.”
President Herzog endorses Trump’s Gaza peace plan, calling it a path to ending the war, freeing hostages, and forging a new regional partnership.
Hostage families from the Tikva Forum and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters welcome statements by Trump and Netanyahu, emphasize the need to defeat Hamas, and call for the release of all hostages.
US President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, shares new proposal for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
Proposal outlines immediate ceasefire, hostage release, aid deployment, and long-term reconstruction under international oversight
Channel 12 analyst links dramatic shift in Qatari mediation stance to Israeli operation, outlines possible political fallout from pending hostage deal.
Bank of Israel Governor Professor Amir Yaron announces that the Monetary Committee has decided to leave the interest rate unchanged, at 4.5 percent.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump, demanding the complete dismantling of Hamas.
Degel Hatorah faction promises to vote against supplementary budget bill, threatening coalition majority.
The coalition is furious at Noam party chairman after he announced he will vote against the supplement to security spending.
Two years after being evacuated from his home in Nir Am due to the tragedy of October 7, Haim Shilo, age 100, returns to his home in the kibbutz.
Hundreds of wounded IDF soldiers wrote to the Prime Minister not to adopt a plan that would lead to ending the fighting without a decisive defeat of Hamas.
Proposed bill aims to bypass Attorney General's sanctions on haredim by making daycare subsidies a nonissue, but would require infants as young as three months to be enrolled in 'educational' institutions which teach a core curriculum.
Sources who attended a meeting with the Yesha Council said the prime minister refused to commit to a timetable for applying sovereignty.
Yesha Council delegation lands in New York, begins its visit with prayers at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s gravesite in Queens.
Rabbi Sternbuch broke into tears during the sermon and called the government's handling of the haredi conscription issue a decree of annihilation.
Shortly after the terrorist who commanded the attack on the shelter from which he was abducted was eliminated, Eliya Cohen sang the moving Psalm with Israeli singer Yonatan Razel.
Gevura Forum chairman Yehoshua Shani calls on Prime Minister Netanyahu not to yield to American pressure for a deal that would harm Israel's interests.
Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed Israel is working with President Trump’s team to finalize a plan to end the war in Gaza, disarm Hamas, and free Israeli hostages.
Indictments were filed against left-wing activists for arson and intentional damage during an anti-government protest in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein had his phones returned six months after police seized them in the “Qatar-Gate” probe. Klein quipped online: “Keep, sell, or toss?”
Edward Kachura was convicted of causing death by negligence and engaging in a forbidden relationship after 17-year-old Lital Melnik died in a sand-filled pit, but acquitted of murder due to reasonable doubt.
Since the October 7th massacre, requests for tefillin have surged across Israel as secular Jews embrace tradition.
The National Security Committee met this morning to discuss the bill imposing the death penalty for terrorists. The Coordinator of Prisoners and Missing Persons, Gal Hirsch, came to the debate and expressed opposition to the law's promotion now.
A 75-year-old man was killed after falling from the balcony of his home while building a sukkah. Medical teams pronounced him dead at the scene.
Lod terrorists sentenced to prison of up to 14 years for stone-throwing attack that killed Yigal Yehoshua, after court ruled that they acted out of nationalist motives and in an act of terrorism.
Chana Cohen, aunt of Inbar Hyman, murdered in Hamas captivity, shared her difficult feelings on PM's speech and Trump's plan, 'Netanyahu did not even mention their names at the UN.'
More and more families cannot afford to purchase basic food for the holidays. Leket Israel is preparing for an increase in requests for assistance
National Security Minister Ben Gvir in a post on X after Shabbat: “Mr. Prime Minister, you have no mandate to end the war without a complete defeat of Hamas.”
An unprecedentedly large emergency delegation departs for New York to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu ahead of his meeting with President Trump.
President Herzog joins Selichot prayers at the Western Wall and meets with IDF lookouts who survived captivity.
Israel's Chief Rabbis issue urgent call to public, calling for parents to vaccinate their children following a spate of vaccine-preventable deaths in Jerusalem.
Balcony collapses above 'Yoshke' restaurant in Tel Aviv, none injured.
One-year-old infected with measles is rushed to hospital, declared dead, in fourth infant measles death in one week.
Israel may offer immunity to senior Hamas leaders as part of Trump’s peace plan, but Hamas’s stance remains unclear amid mixed signals and ongoing talks with Arab states, reports Kan News.
Hostage families denounce Netanyahu’s UN speech, accusing him of endangering captives and ignoring murdered hostages. They urge immediate action and support President Trump’s call to end the war.
Netanyahu addressed the hostages in Hebrew via loudspeakers set up in Gaza, 'Our heroic brothers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking, we have not forgotten you. The entire nation is with you. And we will not be silent until we bring you all home,' adding 'Giving the Palestinians a state adjacent to Jerusalem is like giving al-Qaeda a state adjacent to New York.'
According to the municipality a shark was spotted near one of the city's beaches. 'All bathing beaches in the city are closed at this stage.'
Former MK Prof. Aryeh Eldad claims Trump was doing Netanyahu a conscious favor when he said he would not allow Israel to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.
Samaria Council chairman calls on PM Netanyahu to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria despite Trump's opposition to 'annexation.'
A new poll published by Maariv finds that the Likud is strengthening electory, while the Blue and White Party falls below the electoral threshold.
A Channel 12 poll shows Likud remains the largest party with 24 seats, Bennett drops to 19, and Hendel crosses the electoral threshold with 4 seats.
Two residents of Arara were killed and nine others injured after a heavy iron sign fell from a truck onto a minibus on Route 5; the truck driver was later arrested.
In a preliminary response, the government told the Supreme Court that dismissing Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is solely the Prime Minister’s authority and urged the petitions be rejected.
Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo was laid to rest in Migdal Haemek; his widow parted from him: 'I am sad that I won't get to see you as a father and that our son won't be raised on your lap.'
Samaria Council Chairman warns amid growing international recognition of 'Palestine' that "Even after the ‘political tsunami,’ the Prime Minister has still not put sovereignty on the table.'
Under National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's policy, the number of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount on Rosh Hashanah has nearly doubled, records show.
The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) annual report warns of declining Jewish well-being worldwide, citing weakened cohesion, resilience, and identity under war, antisemitism, and diplomatic pressures.
A Jerusalem man in his 80's has been arrested for murdering his caretaker and hiding her body in the bathtub of his house.
Families shattered as community rallies to support survivors of deadly bus stop shooting
Unvaccinated 1.5-year-old infant infected with measles loses consciousness at his home, is declared dead in hospital.
The Prime Minister's plane, Wing of Zion, is making its way to the United States on a particularly unusual flight path that crosses only southern Europe.
Over 100 mm of rainfall in Nahariya, causing flooding and breaking September rainfall record.
Security officials recommend responding to recognition of 'Palestine' by sanctioning Palestinian Authority leaders, revoking privileges granted to them until now.
