Politics

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

Former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot on Tuesday proposed the creation of a unified electoral list with former prime minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid ahead of the 2026 general election, according to people familiar with the talks

The Israeli parliament on Wednesday passed legislation barring most graduates of Palestinian Authority academic institutions from teaching in Israel’s public education system, a move critics say amounts to discriminatory policy targeting Arab educators

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