Ifi Reporter - Dan Bielski

The Bank of Israel has cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25%, marking the third consecutive rate reduction and bringing borrowing costs to their lowest level since late 2022

The United States and Iran have entered a new and dangerous phase of direct military confrontation after American forces launched strikes against targets belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following an Iranian attempt to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks against U.S. forces in the region

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

Approximately 2.6 million Israeli students are expected to return to schools and kindergartens across the country on Tuesday for the opening of the 2026–27 academic year, including some 180,000 first-graders

Israel’s Shin Bet security service confirmed Saturday evening that a threat was made against Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while he was staying in Miami

Dozens of Israeli extremists attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern West Bank over the weekend, throwing stones at Palestinian residents and reportedly barricading themselves inside a Palestinian-owned home. The incident drew sharp condemnation from Israel’s political leadership and renewed concerns over escalating Jewish nationalist violence in the West Bank

The United States on Monday announced a new and far-reaching package of sanctions against Iran, targeting nearly 60 companies, individuals and vessels linked to the Iranian regime's nuclear, missile, cyber and oil networks

With the new school year set to begin in just one week, Israel’s education system is facing a growing gap between the enormous resources invested in it and the educational outcomes delivered to students

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

Israel launched a series of heavy airstrikes and artillery attacks in southern Lebanon overnight Saturday, following a Hezbollah explosive-drone attack that seriously wounded three Israeli soldiers operating in the Ali al-Taher ridge area

Israel’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in July 2026 compared with June, in line with analysts’ expectations, according to data released Friday by the Central Bureau of Statistics. Over the past 12 months, the CPI increased 1.5%, down slightly from an annual inflation rate of 1.6% in June

Israeli police said Friday evening that Meli and Liel Yahalomi, who had been reported missing during a trip abroad, were located safely in Argentina following an extensive international search

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday strongly condemned Israeli settlers who established an unauthorized outpost in the yard of a Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Qusra, near Nablus, while the settlers remained at the site

The Trump administration has brokered a secret understanding with Israel and Syria under which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to remove nuclear material stored at a previously undisclosed Syrian site, according to U.S. and Israeli officials cited by Axios

Yair Golan, chairman of Israel's Democrats party and a former IDF major general, called on Saturday for a fundamental political shift in Israel, telling a large rally in Kfar Saba that the party's mission is not merely to replace the current government but to change the country's political direction

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine has privately told senior Trump administration officials that the United States needs to find a way to end its war with Iran, warning that the military options available for further escalation could produce the opposite of the intended result

Israel is facing a growing fiscal challenge as an increasing number of high-income earners emigrate, reducing the country's future tax base, according to a new study published by the Israel Tax Authority

Mossad Director Roman Gofman has removed two of the intelligence agency's most senior officials, sparking unusually sharp criticism from current and former security figures after reports that they were responsible for developing a plan to facilitate regime change in Iran

Hundreds of Israeli citizens living abroad who plan to return to Israel to vote in the October 27 general election have discovered in recent weeks that they have been removed from the country's electoral register after being reclassified as non-residents in the Population Registry

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced his decision to replace Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth as head of the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, appointing Maj. Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa, the current head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, in a move that has sparked an unprecedented confrontation between Israel's political and military leadership