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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to IDF soldiers in the elite Duvdevan commando unit, Feb. 7, 2023. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu: Israel cannot count on the PA to fight terrorism

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Israel is engaged in a battle against extremist Islamic elements led by the Iranian regime and cannot rely on the Palestinian Authority, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. The remarks came during a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Hartog National Security Conference in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Feb. 21, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu: With no credible military threat, Iran will become a nuclear power

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History has shown that in the absence of a credible military threat or actual military action, Iran will become a nuclear power, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday night. Netanyahu made the remarks...
From left: Israel Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi visit the IAF control center to observe the Juniper Oak exercise taking place with the U.S. military, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Top Israeli officials hold urgent meetings on unspecified ‘security incidents’

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has held several situational assessments over the past 36 hours with regard to unspecified “security incidents.” On Wednesday, Gallant briefed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the security developments, ahead of...
Left to right: Keren Dee, Dr. Tuvia Ben Gal, Tali Dee, professor Dan Aravot and Lital Valenci at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel on May 2, 2023. Credit: Beilinson Hospital.

Lucy Dee’s family meets patients that received her organs

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Lucy Dee’s family on Tuesday participated in an emotional meeting with the recipient of the murdered Israeli woman’s heart. The gathering took place at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and featured a touching moment when...
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) addresses the Knesset during a debate on the government's judicial reform program, Feb. 20, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset advances bill to reduce power of the Israel Bar Association

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The Knesset plenum on Wednesday passed in a preliminary reading a bill to transfer much of the authority of the Israel Bar Association to a new public council. Fifty lawmakers voted for the measure while...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the anti-judicial reform protests that have rocked the Israel Defense Forces in recent weeks, July 20, 2023. Credit: GPO.

Netanyahu released from hospital following pacemaker surgery

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from the hospital on Monday morning after undergoing a procedure for the implantation of a cardiac pacemaker. The surgery was performed overnight Saturday at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan. https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1683099490708774913 His...
13-year Shmuel Kovetzik (front, center) celebrating his bar mitzvah on July 19, 2023 with his family and the emergency medics who saved his life. Photo by Magen David Adom.

13 years after saving infant, medics join ‘miracle’ bar mitzvah

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In a heartwarming reunion, a team of medics were invited to the recent bar mitzvah celebration of Shmuel Kovetzik in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv, whose life they saved at birth. “We had a traumatic...
A vote on the "reasonableness bill" at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset passes first judicial reform bill into law

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The Knesset passed a key piece of the coalition's judicial reform legislation into law on Monday. All 64 members of the coalition, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was released from hospital on Monday morning following a procedure to...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Moroccan jailed for criticizing peace with Israel

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A Moroccan man was sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the king on Facebook over the country’s normalization of ties with Israel. Said Boukioud, 48, was jailed on Monday for posts denouncing the...
An Arkia flight takes off from Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 2, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Arkia to launch direct flights between Israel and Sri Lanka in October

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The Israeli airline Arkia announced that it will launch direct flights from Israel to Sri Lanka beginning on Oct. 31. Waruna Wilpatha, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Israel, told JNS that he is pleased...