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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
Nov 12, 2025
Category: Government
A new political and legal controversy erupted in Israel today (Wednesday) after President Yitzhak Herzog confirmed that he had received a letter from former U.S. President Donald Trump urging him to grant clemency to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Nov 12, 2025
Category: Politics
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
Nov 13, 2025
Category: Law
Meni Binyamin, commander of Israel’s elite anti-corruption and organized crime unit Lahav 433, was questioned this week by the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mishpat) on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of office. The investigation centers on claims that Binyamin influenced an internal probe conducted by Lahav 433 in a case in which he allegedly had a personal conflict of interest.
Nov 13, 2025
Category: Government
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported Friday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.5% in October, keeping annual inflation steady at 2.5% — comfortably within the government’s 1–3% target range
Nov 14, 2025
Category: Capital Market
Global banking powerhouse J.P. Morgan published two optimistic reports on Friday — one on Israel’s inflation outlook and another on its macroeconomic recovery — forecasting that Israel’s real GDP growth could reach as high as 11% in the third quarter of 2025, marking one of the strongest rebounds in recent years. While the bank’s official forecast predicts growth at a more conservative 7.5%, analysts note that “a positive surprise is likely,” as the economy rebounds rapidly from the disruptions earlier in the year
Nov 14, 2025
Category: Government
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the failures that led to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. The central rally took place at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, organized by the October Council, and was mirrored by solidarity events in Haifa, Be’er Sheva, Rosh Pina, Karmiel, and multiple junctions nationwide
Nov 15, 2025
Category: Communication
Pelephone Communications, headed by CEO Ilan Sigal, announced today (Monday) that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of principles with Hot Telecommunications for the acquisition of Hot Mobile at a valuation of NIS 2.1 billion
Nov 16, 2025
Category: Government
Tensions flared across the southern West Bank on Monday after dozens of settlers launched violent raids on two Palestinian villages, Umm al-Butam and Jaba’a, in response to the IDF’s evacuation of the illegal outpost Tzur Misgavbi earlier that morning
Nov 17, 2025
Category: Politics
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
Nov 18, 2025