Ori Ansbacher’s killer deemed fit to stand trial
Arafat Irfaiya, 29, who confessed to killing 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher in February, has been deemed fit to stand trial following a psychiatric evaluation conducted at the request of his defense team.
The next hearing in Irfaiya’s case...
Israel employs high-tech solutions for elections during pandemic
The election for the 24th Knesset, similar to the three before it over the past two years, poses many challenges to the Central Elections Committee, mainly due to the trauma of the coronavirus, which...
IDF recovers body of second Israeli hostage near Shifa Hospital in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday that it recovered the body of Cpl. Noa Marciano from the Gaza Strip, three days after confirming she was killed by Hamas in captivity.
IDF troops found the body...
Ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhoods put under lockdown
Several Jerusalem neighborhoods went into full lockdown on Sunday afternoon following a late-night Security Cabinet meeting. The lockdown primarily focuses on ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods with high COVID-19 morbidity rates and will remain in effect until...
Edelstein visits Barkan rubber factory, stresses joint Israeli-Arab employment
Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein and Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan visited a factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday that started a new production line for...
Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy
More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country.
The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
Hour-long strike by Cellcom on Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ disenfranchises Israeli customers
Employees of Cellcom Israel—one of the country’s largest telecommunications giants—went on a company-wide one-hour protest strike on Tuesday between 1 and 2 p.m., after the corporation’s hierarchy and workers’ union released a statement encouraging...
Gantz agrees to Lieberman’s conditions for joining a center-left coalition
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz agreed to Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman’s coalition demands on Sunday, tweeting a Facebook post by Lieberman showing his party’s preconditions for joining a Gantz-led government and...
Judea and Samaria apartment owners file class action against Airbnb in Jerusalem
A group of Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria filed a class action lawsuit against Airbnb in Jerusalem District Court on Thursday, after the travel home rental company erased 200 listings which they said...
Israeli Cabinet approves ‘tightened’ COVID-19 lockdown
Israel’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved the tightening of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown for 14 days beginning at midnight on Jan. 7, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Detailed regulations are to...