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Daily Archives: August 7, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts U.S. lawmakers in Jerusalem, Aug. 7, 2023. Photo by Haim Tzach/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with 24 Democratic members of Congress

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday welcomed a delegation of 24 Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives to his Jerusalem office. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York and previous House Majority...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, party heads and government ministers attend a meeting on the state budget, May 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Coalition heads: Supreme Court cannot strike down Basic Laws

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Israel's Supreme Court has no authority to strike down semi-constitutional Basic Laws or force a prime minister to recuse himself, coalition party heads proclaimed on Sunday. "The court does not have the authority to annul...
An Israeli Defense Forces Merkava Mk IV main battle tank. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

How a Lebanese-American philosopher is inspiring IDF innovation

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Officially, the next Israeli Defense Forces main battle tank, which will succeed the Merkava 4, is known as Barak, or "Lightning." Unofficially, however, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Merkava and Armored Vehicles...
Israelis practice shooting handguns at the Olympic Shooting Range in Herzliya, following a wave of terror attacks in Jerusalem and Israel. Oct. 18, 2015. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

88% rise in gun permits issued to Israeli women

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The number of Israeli women with permits to carry a firearm has jumped 88% over the last seven months, according to numbers released on Sunday by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Forty-four percent of...

Jamie Foxx apologizes for ‘they killed Jesus’ post

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American performer Jamie Foxx apologized on Saturday for a social media post that was seen as anti-Semitic. The Oscar-winning actor’s expression of regret comes on the heels of notorious anti-Semitic comments last year from the...