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Legal advisor to the Government and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has asked the High Court of Justice to cancel a temporary order freezing the transfer of 1.09 billion shekels (about $300 million) in state funding to ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) education networks

The remains of the last Israeli abductee held by Hamas, Ran Gweili, have not yet been returned to Israel, despite commitments by the group, as the United States announced it is advancing President Donald Trump’s Gaza initiative to its second phase

Israel’s Knesset Constitution Committee began deliberations on Monday on a bill to establish a political investigation committee into the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack, as the government rejected calls for a state commission of inquiry and opposition lawmakers boycotted the debate

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday night that Israeli soldiers were killed during the war because the Israel Defense Forces lacked sufficient ammunition, blaming the shortage on restrictions imposed by the Biden administration

South Africa on Friday declared the Israeli ambassador to the country, Ariel Seidman, persona non grata, ordering him to leave the country within 72 hours. The South African Foreign Ministry accused Seidman of “unacceptable violations of diplomatic norms and procedures,” marking a sharp escalation in already strained relations between the two countries

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest rising crime and violence in Arab society, amid a continuing wave of deadly shootings and murders. Organizers described the rally as one of the largest protests of its kind in recent years, calling attention to what they say is a persistent failure by the state to address the crisis

The United States Department of State approved potential defense sales to Israel worth more than $6.5 billion on Saturday night, the Pentagon announced. The approvals were issued under three separate proposed contracts and represent a significant step toward reinforcing Israel’s military capabilities following lessons drawn from the October 7 Hamas attack and the subsequent “Iron Swords” war

A 24-year-old woman was shot Thursday evening in the city of Taibeh and moderately injured, in an incident that comes amid an unusually deadly wave of violence across Arab communities

Israel is not expected to participate in the international financial literacy assessment scheduled for 2029 as part of the OECD’s PISA examinations — a departure from the country’s consistent participation in OECD testing over the past 25 years

Dozens of right-wing activists gathered Wednesday evening outside the Tel Aviv home of Lucy Aharish, a journalist with Network 13, marking the fourth such incident in a week