Politics

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets across the country on Saturday evening, demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and condemning the government’s handling of the crisis. Demonstrations took place in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, Jerusalem, and at dozens of major junctions nationwide

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced Thursday morning that First Sergeant Chalchao Shimon Damlash, 21, from Beersheba, was killed yesterday (Wednesday) in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Damlash, a soldier in the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, was struck by sniper fire from a terrorist during operations near Gaza City. He is the 912th Israeli soldier to have fallen since the outbreak of the war on October 7

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on Tuesday night for the main national memorial ceremony marking two years since the October 7 Hamas massacre. The event honored the memory of those murdered and kidnapped in the attack and was organized by “Como,” the association founded by Yonatan Shmeriz, whose brother Alon was kidnapped and later killed in Gaza by friendly fire

Tensions erupted last night (Wednesday) during a meeting of the World Zionist Organization’s Standing Committee, held at the United Nations Buildings in Jerusalem, after the candidacy of Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was presented for the position of Director of the Publicity Department in the Zionist Executive — a post that carries the salary and conditions of a government minister

The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Monday night extended the detention of Histadrut Chairman Arnon Bar-David, his wife Hila Canister Bar-David, deputy chairman Roy Yaakov, another senior official, the chairman of the workers’ committee, and three additional suspects in what police are describing as “the largest case ever investigated” by the National Fraud Investigation Unit (YAH) of Lahav 433

Zohran Mamdani, a prominent figure in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and a critic of Israeli policy, was declared the winner of New York City’s mayoral election overnight (Tuesday–Wednesday), becoming the first Muslim mayor in the city’s history and, at 34 years old, also its youngest

Thousands gathered Saturday evening at Kidnapped Square in Tel Aviv to call for the return of the remaining captives held in Gaza. The rally came hours after Hamas claimed to have located the body of Captain Hadar Goldin in a tunnel in Rafah — a claim Israeli security officials believe is likely accurate. Goldin has been held in Gaza since 2014

State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman published a scathing report on Tuesday criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and successive Israeli governments for failing to develop and approve an official national security concept, a deficiency he says contributed directly to the October 7 disaster.According to the report, the Hamas attack exposed a long-standing systemic failure: for decades, Israeli governments “did not fulfill their responsibility to ensure that the State of Israel is prepared for changing security challenges based on a systematic, updated, and officially approved...