IDF chief: No substitute for the ‘people’s army’
There is “no substitute” for the Jewish state’s “people’s army” model, whereby all citizens are meant to serve in some capacity, including most being conscripted into the military, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen....
Reform supporters rally outside former Supreme Court chief’s home
Hundreds of Israelis joined a “freedom march” on Wednesday night that concluded with a demonstration outside the Tel Aviv home of former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak.
Protesters held placards calling the court a “dictatorship”...
Netanyahu warns Saudi Arabia as kingdom renews ties with Tehran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Saudis about moving closer to Iran, speaking in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. The Saudis on March 10 announced a renewal of diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.
On...
Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Wednesday that he plans to boycott the traditional torch-lighting ceremony marking the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day celebrations.
Israel on April 25-26 will mark its 75th...
Netanyahu calls for unity in fight against terror
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday participated in a cornerstone laying ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem for a memorial hall honoring victims of terrorism.
“Even if there are among us differences...
Cohen heads to Turkmenistan to open Israeli embassy
Eli Cohen is set to become the first Israeli foreign minister to step foot in Turkmenistan in nearly three decades when he arrives in the Central Asian country’s capital Ashgabat on Wednesday night to open an...
Reform opponents disrupt Likud MK speech during Holocaust Remembrance Day
Anti-judicial reform protesters interrupted member of Knesset member Boaz Bismuth of the Likud Party as he spoke at a Holocaust memorial service at a Tel Aviv synagogue on Monday evening.
Several protesters shouted “Shame” at...
El Al captain tells passengers: ‘Holocausts can happen in dictatorships’
The captain of an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to New York on Tuesday was recorded telling passengers in an announcement that “things like Holocausts are potentially to be occurring in dictatorships, and we are...
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich receives threatening letter in English
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich received a threatening letter with Nazi symbols on Tuesday, his office said.
The English-language letter accuses the Religious Zionism Party leader of “intending to destroy Israel.” Pictures taken of the...
‘You chose life. You believed in good. You helped others,’ Netanyahu tells survivors
A Hungarian Jew, whose whole family was killed in the Holocaust, was sent to various concentration camps. At Mauthausen in Austria, an SS officer would wake him and other prisoners up every day. “‘You...