For the first time since their union, the Blue and White alliance – headed by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz and former finance minister Yair Lapid – has fallen below 30 seats, according to a poll published by Walla! News. The poll shows Netanyahu’s Likud party outperforming the centrist Blue & White alliance,… Read more »
Anti-Hamas protests continue to stir in Gaza as conditions worsen for the Palestinians. Now, Hamas is using their own force to violently take control over these protests.
Hamas security broke up protests in the Gaza Strip Thursday, eyewitnesses said, cracking down on a rare public show of dissent in the Palestinian territory. Dozens of security officials, many in plain clothes, dispersed a demonstration in northern Gaza, the eyewitnesses said. In a separate protest in central Gaza, dozens of people demonstrated, including by… Read more »
The IDF explains why over a million Israelis had to run to bomb shelters Thursday night.
The situation between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza continued to escalate after two rockets were fired toward the center of Israel. Rocket sirens were triggered for the first time in Tel Aviv since Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it had carried out a series of targeted attacks on Hamas and… Read more »
Iranian companies – sanctioned by the United States over ties to the Revolutionary Guards Corps – have recently begun delivering shipments at Syria’s Latakia port. It raises suspicions that the dormant maritime trade route is being revived and may be exploited for weapons smuggling
Nir Barkat is the richest politician in Israel and was mayor of Jerusalem for a decade. He recently decided to jump from local to national politics. He already ranks highly at number 9, in the ruling Likud party’s list for the next parliament.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the Golan Heights with US Sen. Lindsey Graham and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Clashes have been intensifying along Israel’s border with Hamas-run Gaza. Rockets were launched at Israeli communities, while thousands of Palestinians rioted along the security border.
Boomerang, an Israel advocacy video group, gives its end-of-the-week tally, bringing this year’s total up to 360 attacks. Ezri Tubi also visits the Biton family who tell the inspiring story of how they cope with the loss of their four-year-old Adele.
In Venezuela, the besieged government of President Nicolas Maduro is stepping up the pressure against foreign support for opposition leader Juan Guaido. The German Ambassador to Caracas has been ordered to leave the country after Germany expressed support for Guaido, and journalists are being detained and face deportation or have been deported. Journalist and author… Read more »
Tensions between Hamas-run Gaza and Israel have reignited, following the cycle of arson balloons and retaliatory airstrikes. Now, Egypt is trying to put out the fire.
For the past year, Israel has contended with ongoing Palestinian incitement and violence on the Gaza border. Meanwhile, the IDF is working to keep Israelis safe – all while international bodies like the UN have stayed silent. At the border riots, Hamas leaders have stated their clear intent to penetrate Israel’s territory, harm Israeli security… Read more »
Hezbollah and Iranian forces in Syria allegedly amassing along Israel’s northern border. Three units of Iranian organized fighters reportedly plan to capture Israeli Golan Heights.
The UN commission report claimed that the Israeli military may have committed crimes against humanity and alleged that Israeli snipers targeted individuals clearly recognizable as journalists, health personnel, and children. Israeli officials have drawn unequivocal condemnations of the report, accusing the world body of “obsessive hatred” and “bias” against the Jewish State, while the Palestinian… Read more »
