Politics

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...

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Wednesday that he intends to bring a government resolution to close Israel Defense Forces Radio (Galei Tzahal) by March 1, 2026, following the recommendations of a committee he appointed earlier this year. The popular music channel Galei Galatz would be excluded from the closure

The body of kidnapped victim Manny Goddard, 73, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was returned to Israel on Thursday night — more than two years after he was murdered and abducted to Gaza during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. His wife, Ayelet, was also murdered that day after fleeing their burning home

The UN Security Council on Monday night adopted a U.S.-sponsored resolution calling for the deployment of an international stabilization force in the Gaza Strip, the disarmament of Hamas, and the creation of a “pathway toward the establishment of a Palestinian state

Following the Population and Immigration Authority’s announcement that it will conduct tests in early December for approximately 1,000 Sri Lankan workers under the bilateral recruitment track, the Association of Foreign Construction Companies has issued an urgent appeal to halt the process, claiming the mechanism has “failed repeatedly” and is harming Israel’s construction sector

The remains of Dror Or, 48, abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, were returned to Israel on Tuesday after more than two years in the Gaza Strip. Or was murdered during the Hamas-led attack and later taken into Gaza by Islamic Jihad militants. He was located in the Nusayrat area in central Gaza, according to the organization

Negotiations in Cairo aimed at advancing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire have reached a dead end, multiple sources involved in the talks told Haaretz. According to officials, both Israel and Hamas are unwilling to take the critical steps required for progress: a significant Israeli withdrawal on one side and Hamas’s surrender of weapons on the other

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country on Saturday evening against the government, with large rallies in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Be’er Sheva, as police intervened to prevent confrontations between protesters and right-wing activists