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A former military spokesman to ex-prime minister Eli Feldstein, who is currently accused of passing classified information with the intent to harm state security, made a series of explosive allegations in an interview broadcast Monday on Kan 11

Israel has ranked last in the 2025 Global Country Brand Index (NBI), marking the second consecutive year it has placed at the bottom of the ranking, according to a report published Thursday by the BrandIL project. The index shows a 6.1% decline in Israel’s overall score — the steepest drop recorded since the index was established nearly two decades ago

A combined terror attack in northern Israel on Friday left a 19-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man dead, and a 16-year-old boy lightly injured, after a Palestinian assailant carried out a series of vehicle-ramming and stabbing attacks in the Beit Shean Valley area

Israel has taken a major step in air defense technology with the delivery of its first operational high-power laser interception system to the Israel Defense Forces, defense officials announced Sunday. The system, known as “Or Eitan,” was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and has been delivered to the Israeli Air Force’s air defense array, where it will operate alongside the Iron Dome missile defense system

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