Politics

Bezalel Zini, the brother of Shin Bet Director David Zini, is suspected of smuggling cigarettes into the Gaza Strip, a case that was cleared for publication on Tuesday. A prosecutor’s statement submitted against Zini and other suspects includes, controversially, a clause relating to aiding the enemy in time of war — though legal sources stress it is not yet certain this charge will be included in the final indictment

The Peace Council’s top representative, Nickolay Mladenov, announced Thursday that recruitment has begun for a new Palestinian police force to operate inside Gaza, in what he described as a key step toward the Strip’s demilitarization

The bodies of two individuals trapped under rubble following a direct Iranian missile strike on a residential building in Haifa were recovered Monday night, according to Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services. Efforts are ongoing to locate two additional אנשים believed to be trapped at the scene

In a dramatic development less than six months before Israel’s next Knesset elections, the Director General of the Central Elections Committee, Orly Ades, has announced her resignation after 16 years in the role

The Movement for Quality Government held a large demonstration Saturday evening at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the protection of Israel’s judicial system, equal military service obligations, and the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Capt. David Hazut, 21, a platoon commander in the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade, was killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon overnight

Israel's Knesset on Monday gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a fundamental value of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, in legislation that has sparked sharp political controversy amid the ongoing debate over military service for the ultra-Orthodox community

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the newly announced civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia will move forward only if Riyadh agrees to join the Abraham Accords and normalize diplomatic relations with Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office declared after the Likud primaries closed Monday that the prime minister was "very pleased" with the results and congratulated those elected to the party's Knesset slate

In an unprecedented political move ahead of Israel’s upcoming Knesset elections, former Knesset member and retired police Major General Yoav Segalovitz announced Monday evening that he is joining the Ra’am party, headed by Mansour Abbas