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Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:59:01 GMT
High-level German business delegation visits Israel to boost trade ties
The 70-person delegation includes industry leaders and senior officials from the German Ministry of Economics and is headed by Tobias Meyer, chairman of the global shipping group DHL.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:36:40 GMT
Gazans with visas leave Strip as Israel facilitates travel, humanitarian aid
All such individuals are first approved by the Israeli security establishment before they are permitted to travel to ensure they are not escaping wanted terrorists.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:01:52 GMT
Netanyahu criminal trial: Hearing opens in Tel Aviv, questions continue on Case 4000
Prosecutors argue that while serving as communications minister, Netanyahu advanced regulatory decisions worth hundreds of millions of shekels to Bezeq in exchange for positive coverage on Walla.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:41:57 GMT
IDF issues new security guidelines for soldiers traveling abroad after deadly Bondi shooting
The IDF Operations Directorate issued a statement emphasizing its security recommendations for soldiers abroad, while it also pointed out the recent increase in antisemitic attacks.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:52:02 GMT
'The hunt has begun': Iran-linked hackers put bounties for info on Israeli air defense developers
The release of information is part of a broader series of bounties, threats, and doxing.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:16:14 GMT
IDF destroys Hamas equipment, dismantles infrastructure along Gaza’s Yellow Line in eastern Rafah
The operation was conducted by the 143rd Gaza Division of the Golani Brigade, which located weapons and surveillance equipment, including AK-47 rifles, RPG rockets, and cameras used by Hamas.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:02:19 GMT
Air Force delays pilot course for two of 15 cadets jailed for potential security leak
The cadets failed to complete a special training program that was supposed to culminate with a weekend at a hotel, under strict conditions requiring them to remain isolated.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:16:04 GMT
Israel faces multiple challenges in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria for last weeks of December
The problem for Israel is that ceasefires on two borders are not bringing calm. Israeli leaders and officials appear to think that new rounds of conflict are only a matter of time.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:15:31 GMT
Trump says looking into whether Israel violated ceasefire by killing Hamas leader
Sa’ad, the former deputy commander of Hamas's military wing and one of the architects of Hamas’s October 7 attacks, was killed in an Israeli strike over the weekend.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:48:57 GMT
Diaspora Minister Chikli visits Chabad security hub en route to Sydney after Hanukkah attack
The visit came hours after gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah gathering in Sydney, killing at least 15 people, including Chabad of Bondi emissary Rabbi Eli Schlanger.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:29:27 GMT
State indicts Tel Aviv man with rape after alleged drugging at Bat Yam event
Prosecutors allege Zainab raped the complainant by vaginal penetration while exploiting the fact that her senses were “blurred” by substances and she was unable to give free consent. 

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:19:40 GMT
Sa'ar announces forum with worldwide Jewish leaders to address growing antisemitism
Leaders from Jewish communities and organizations worldwide will participate in the J-50 Forum, to be held in Jerusalem from December 21 to 24.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:19:05 GMT
Tel Aviv council petitions High Court to freeze chief rabbi vote, citing ‘sham’ consultation
The Tel Aviv petition lands amid a wider public debate over rules governing municipal rabbi elections and the balance of power between local authorities and the Religious Services Ministry.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:54:38 GMT
Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents
The child's parents, a haredi couple residing in Modi'in Ilit, were located on Monday morning and subsequently taken into questioning by police officers.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:49:14 GMT
Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival features story of Polish Jewish teenager who triggered Kristallnacht
In Proud Jewish Boy, documentarian Isri Halpern sets out to find the truth about the 17-year-old Jewish refugee who assassinated a German diplomat in Paris in 1938.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:26:51 GMT
Reopened Aleh care facility makes menorah as symbol of hope from Iranian missile fragments
As workers cleared the rubble from the missile strike, fragments were discovered and set aside. They were handed to Jerusalem artist Guy Cohen, who welded and shaped the metal into a menorah.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:30:08 GMT
'Different but equal': Jerusalem nonprofit launches campaign for Disability Day
Instituted by the United Nations in 1992, Disability Day seeks to “build a more just, inclusive, equitable and sustainable world,” according to the UN.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:13:27 GMT
High Court of Justice strikes down police ID-check procedures due to racial profiling
The ruling cancels two sections of police procedure: Requiring ID based on generalized “concern” of an offense, and verifying a person’s details on the police computer without reasonable suspicion.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:37:45 GMT
Netanyahu charges against trial scheduling conflicts, questioning continues on Case 4000
Netanyahu's defense team had requested that Monday's hearing be canceled in full due to what it described as diplomatic schedule clashes.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:52:12 GMT
Adding Light
Every day of the year, Magen David Adom teams save lives, provide medical care, ease pain, and add light - these stories about their work is a little light which dispels much darkness

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:56:48 GMT
Gov't issues warnings for Israelis abroad to avoid unsecured public events after Sydney massacre
The guidelines caution against attending unsecured public events and remind Israelis to remain vigilant and report suspicious individuals to local security authorities.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:19:39 GMT
IDF neutralizes disturbed Israeli who attempted stabbing in northern West Bank
The Israeli was taken to the hospital in moderate to severe condition, Magen David Adom stated.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:24:17 GMT
Daphna Ban explores growing up and identity in new album Heat Wave
“I guess the album is really about growing up and shaping yourself as a young adult trying to make sense of everything that happens to you,” said Daphna Ban.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:36:59 GMT
Former hostage Eli Sharabi meets former US president Biden at Philadelphia football game
"It was a deep honour to meet President Biden in Philadelphia," Sharabi wrote on Twitter, while he also thanked him for his efforts to bring all the hostages back.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:53:08 GMT
Tel Aviv beats Villeurbanne in first Euroleague game back in Israel since 2023
The first game back in Israel provided plenty of excitement as Lonnie Walker (29 points) and Roman Sorkin (26 points) led the way for the yellow-and-blue.

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:41:36 GMT
'No middle ground' for tackling antisemitism after Bondi Beach mass shooting, deputy FM Haskel says
Haskel, who lived in Australia for six years, said that the mass shooting came after repeated warnings to Canberra about growing antisemitism in the country.

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:58:01 GMT
Death of senior terrorist Ra'ad Sa'ad closes the October 7 chapter, but Hamas remains - analysis
The bad news is that simply killing Saad is unlikely to get Hamas to disarm and to change its approach to international efforts to displace its control of Gaza.

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:30:08 GMT
Israeli strikes killed at least 40 Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon since October, IDF says
The announcement follows at least three strikes on Sunday against terror operatives in southern Lebanon.

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:09:46 GMT
Behind the scenes of gritty Israeli drama ‘Girls Like Us’
Girls Like Us tells the story of a neglected teen whose life shifts after forming a bond with a young female soldier, drawing on director Lee Gilat’s South Tel Aviv upbringing.

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:44:36 GMT
Haredi population grows rapidly while male employment and army service stall, IDI report finds
According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men.

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