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Sara Netanyahu touches up official photos of herself, distorting archival record

After photographers object to editing, PM’s wife now credited on photos, in apparent acknowledgment of claims that images of historical...

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Ariela Karmel

Ben Gvir upends meeting of Knesset women’s rights committee, says it ‘harmed police’

Surprise appearance follows weeks of boycott, as opposition lawmakers petition court over minister’s refusal to cooperate with the committee...

31.12.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Smotrich doubles down on vow to ‘trample’ Supreme Court president

Asked about his comments, far-right minister says he has ‘no more-delicate words’ for Isaac Amit, clarifies he is not calling for...

30.12.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Knesset legal adviser accuses committee chair of misconduct, pushing votes without debate

MK Milwidsky faces widespread condemnation for attack on Finance Committee legal adviser and opposition members, who left meeting in protest

30.12.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Smotrich vows to ‘trample’ Supreme Court president in blistering attack

Judicial Authority, opposition lawmakers accuse far-right finance minister of incitement against Isaac Amit, whom he calls a ‘violent...

29.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Attorney general warns Knesset committees abusing power, threatening civil servants

Gali Baharav-Miara urges Knesset legal advisor to address issues, after incidents of committees being misused to discuss active legal cases, amid...

26.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Smotrich says PM’s aides should ‘sit behind bars’ if they worked for Qatar

Finance minister becomes latest coalition member to back Shin Bet probe into Qatargate; Lapid voices concern Shin Bet deputy head’s resignation...

25.12.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

14 countries condemn Israel’s expansion of West Bank settlements

France, Britain, Germany and others say move is illegal under international law, warn unilateral actions in West Bank could derail fragile Gaza...

25.12.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Chikli backs probe of Qatargate allegations, in first such comment from a minister

Diaspora affairs minister and a Likud MK join chorus of calls for further investigation into escalating scandal; Lapid calls to examine actions of...

25.12.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

NIS 220 million meant for Arab community to be diverted to police, ministers decide

Planned reallocation, intended to help fight violence, draws protest from Arab community leaders and others who argue cuts will harm programs meant to...

16.12.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces pitfalls in attempt to shift to its second phase

Impasses remain in key points, such as Hamas disarmament, postwar governance of the Strip, funding reconstruction, and a path to Palestinian statehood

09.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Likud MK threatens deputy attorney general in heated Knesset panel meeting

Moshe Saada warns Gil Limon he could face same fate as former military advocate general caught in scandal, tells him to ‘shut up,’ drawing...

09.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Deri: Shas won’t support 2026 budget until Haredi kids get food-stamp funds

Ultra-Orthodox party head accuses Finance Ministry of altering criteria to exclude ultra-Orthodox; $86 million were promised to the party in 2025 as...

09.12.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Panel chair assails press as special Knesset committee takes up media reform bill

Netanyahu loyalist accuses outlets of persecuting PM in opening discussion on Karhi bill that critics say will stifle free speech and give authorities...

09.12.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot

Arrest marks first time investigators have settled on a suspect in an act that had long vexed law enforcement, spawned a multitude of conspiracy...

04.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Bank of Israel governor warns funding yeshiva students, draft exemptions threatens growth

Speaking to cabinet ahead of 2026 budget vote, Amir Yaron says burden on working Israelis, reservists, is unsustainable, and criticizes plan to divert...

04.12.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

New ‘Reservists’ party accuses Likud of pressuring registrar to block its registration

HaMiluimnikim says ruling party is exploiting state mechanisms to curb competition; justice minister denies accusation

03.12.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Knesset advances motion adopting Trump’s plan for Gaza; PM, coalition boycott vote

Lapid, ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Netanyahu’s absence, says vote is a chance to show Israel is united around ‘common...

03.12.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Social equality minister roundly panned for plan to divert Arab economic development funds

May Golan says $1 billion will be used to fight crime wave, but reps from 7 government offices tell Knesset panel the minister is coopting cash meant...

03.12.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Knesset votes to form special panel to advance contentious media oversight bill

Lawmakers vote 59-51 to establish ad hoc committee, bypassing Likud MK David Bitan’s Economics Committee, in defiance of Knesset legal adviser...

02.12.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

A defiant Yair Golan says he can lead the left out of oblivion by redrawing the map

Uniting Labor and Meretz, The Democrats head claims he can attract voters without pandering; argues that ideology is less important than...

30.11.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Coalition blocks bill for immediate funds for released hostages, bereaved families

Opposition MK who proposed legislation says coalition ‘turned its back’ on freed hostages, one of whom decries lack of support after...

27.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Sweeping victories and upsets mark Likud’s first internal elections in 14 years

Barkat and Amsalem win Jerusalem, though liberal faction makes surprise showing; Defense Minister Katz suffers key defeats, signaling potential...

26.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

In rare Likud vote, stalwarts seize first chance in years to steer party machine

In south Tel Aviv stronghold, first internal ballot in 13 years pits new generation against old guard. PM visits Jerusalem poll to extol...

26.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Likud to hold first national conference in almost 14 years to elect Central Committee

Ruling party’s powerful organ picks many of its candidates for Knesset elections, as well as members of high-level Secretariat; votes to be held...

25.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

More Likud ministers join panel to define parameters of government’s controversial Oct. 7 probe

Families of October 7 victims denounce government committee as a ‘cover-up,’ slamming ministers who oppose an independent inquiry into the...

24.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset legal adviser accuses Rothman of threatening him during debate on AG powers

Video shows Knesset Law Committee chairman whispering to legal adviser Gur Bligh, who then snaps back, telling him: ‘You will not threaten...

24.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

From key Knesset post, Religious Zionism’s Woldiger champions healing for war-traumatized

Welfare committee head pushes for better care for Oct. 7 victims, troops and more – but needs support of Haredi parties whose anti-service...

21.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Yoaz Hendel says his ‘Reservists’ party wants government without Haredi, Arab factions

Former communication minister’s new party previously said it would sit with anyone who accepted its principles, including universal military...

20.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Far-right UK lawmaker Nigel Farage denies saying ‘Hitler was right’ as a schoolboy

Allegations from contemporaries in the 1970s include claims that Farage, who is leading in polls, often made a Nazi salute, whispered ‘gas...

20.11.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Knesset passes law expanding financial benefits for IDF reservists

Law approved following deadlock over low-income reservist benefits, ending Smotrich-led legislative boycott with compromise on tax credits and...

20.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset advances bill to block provision of electricity, water to UNRWA facilities

Following a 2024 law that shuttered agency’s operations in Jerusalem, the amendment would let Israel cut utilities and seize properties to...

19.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Knesset passes law expanding rabbinical courts’ powers to arbitrate civil disputes

Political deal between Likud and ultra-Orthodox parties will allow rabbinical courts to rule in civil and custody cases, prompting concerns from...

18.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Ben Gvir calls for Abbas’s arrest if UN advances Palestinian state recognition

National security minister and fellow far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich vow to block Palestinian statehood hours ahead of UN vote on US-backed Gaza...

18.11.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Bill to make ‘Al Jazeera Law’ permanent passes first Knesset reading

Likud MK’s proposal would enshrine temporary measure that gave government the power to shut down foreign media outlets, while allowing it to do...

11.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Media bill won’t give government direct editorial control, but risks putting press in biased, moneyed hands

Expert Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler says Karhi’s proposal could severely damage independent journalism. While regulation reform is needed, this bill...

05.11.2025 10

Ariela Karmel

Likud minister’s contentious media regulation bill passes first reading in Knesset

Legislation to give the government significant control over broadcasters advances despite AG’s objections, with ultra-Orthodox parties lending...

04.11.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

In Gazan cemeteries, some evacuees live among the dead

While some have returned home following the ceasefire, others no longer have homes to return to or lived in neighborhoods now controlled by the IDF

03.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

As world rises up for Gaza, Sudanese in Israel say larger catastrophe being ignored

With 150,000 dead since April 2023, scale of violence, famine, and disease in Sudan has dwarfed that of the Strip but garnered barely any world...

03.11.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Rejecting normalization, Smotrich bids for right-wing boost at Saudis’ expense

Far-right finance minister’s incendiary ‘camel-riding’ comment seen as calculated move to energize his base and assert nationalist...

01.11.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Revised ultra-Orthodox military draft bill said to reduce penalties for dodgers

Proposal from Knesset defense panel chair Boaz Bismuth reportedly eases criteria for exemptions, softens other measures; critics pan it as a...

29.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

The new political parties that could shape Israel’s next elections

A crowded field of new parties, including those led by prominent former officials, could influence whether the opposition unseats Netanyahu or whether...

28.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Knesset panel approves NIS 1.2 billion to rehabilitate north after months-long delay

Finance Committee members clash over delay in funds earmarked to aid towns near the Lebanese border still reeling from war with Hezbollah

28.10.2025 60

Ariela Karmel

Smotrich on Saudi normalization: ‘No thank you, keep riding camels’

Opposition denounces finance minister’s ignorance, as he rejects idea of Palestinian state, defying Riyadh’s precondition for diplomatic ties,...

23.10.2025 70

Ariela Karmel

Lacking majority, coalition pulls bills from Knesset agenda, freezing legislation

Days after returning from recess, coalition remains unable to pass laws as ultra-Orthodox parties continue boycott over failure to pass military draft...

22.10.2025 30

Ariela Karmel

Knesset panel rejects proposal to establish October 7 state commission of inquiry

Bereaved families accuse government of ‘burying the truth,’ breaking promise to establish commission after war, as coalition members of...

22.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

Coalition advances bill mandating mezuzahs, allowing Orthodox rituals in public spaces

Bill sparks outrage at idea of foisting Jewish Orthodox practices on public; proposed clause requiring religious tests for judges, giving new powers...

20.10.2025 50

Ariela Karmel

As Arab-led bloc mulls reunion, Hadash MK Touma-Sliman sees chance for ‘real change’

Buoyed by public turning against war and global support for Palestinians, lawmaker hopeful that with enough support, Arab MKs can force Israel to look...

18.10.2025 40

Ariela Karmel

Poll gives Trump approval bump over Gaza truce, but Americans still unhappy at home

More US adults back Trump’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict, yet his ratings on economy, health care, and immigration remain deeply underwater,...

18.10.2025 20

Ariela Karmel

Following ceasefire, Gazans hold first mass Friday prayers in damaged mosques

Week after truce began, Palestinians gather across Strip for 1st organized prayers in months; Worshiper: ‘Mosque near my home was our refuge,...

18.10.2025 20

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