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News Digest — 12/13/22

National Security Minister-designate MK Itamar Ben-Gvir pushed back Tuesday morning (13th), after the US State Department called for “accountability” following…

News Digest — 12/12/22

Likud MK Yariv Levin will become the temporary Knesset speaker on Monday (12th), the Likud said Sunday (11th). The party held a virtual vote and unanimously agreed to choose…

News Digest — 12/9/22

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night (8th) officially asked President Isaac Herzog for a two-week extension…

News Digest — 12/8/22

IDF soldiers operating throughout the West Bank arrested 15 wanted Palestinians, as well as an additional three in Jenin…

News Digest — 12/7/22

Likud and United Torah Judaism signed a preliminary coalition agreement Tuesday evening (6th), paving the way for Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government…

News Digest — 12/6/22

Two vehicle occupants were shot on Highway 6 at the Ben Shemen interchange near the city of Modiin just after midnight on Tuesday (6th)…

News Digest — 12/5/22

Yahya al-Saadi, the son of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad official Bassam al-Saadi was arrested by Israeli forces amid armed…

News Digest — 12/2/22

The Likud and Religious Zionist Parties reached a coalition agreement on Thursday evening (1st) that clears the way for…

News Digest — 12/1/22

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander and his assistant were killed in armed clashes between the IDF and Palestinians in Burqin…

News Digest — 11/30/22

A female IDF soldier in her 20s was struck by a car at the Migron-Kochav Yaakov intersection in the West Bank in a terror attack on Tuesday morning (29th). The soldier was…

News Digest — 11/29/22

Following an agreement between the Likud and Religious Zionism, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (29th) will choose the temporary…

News Digest — 11/28/22

Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met for several hours with Bezalel Smotrich’s far-right Religious Zionist Party on Sunday (27th), with his Likud Party reporting…

News Digest — 11/23/22

Jerusalem was hit by two explosions on Wednesday morning (23rd) at two bus stops, one at the western entrance of the city and one at a junction in northern Jerusalem, leaving a teenager…

News Digest — 11/22/22

Religious Zionism Party Chairman Bezalel Smotrich has agreed to become Israel’s next finance minister, according to unconfirmed reports, walking back his demand for…

News Digest — 11/21/22

Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian gunmen near the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday morning (21st), as they went to arrest a wanted man accused of planning…

News Digest — 11/18/22

Palestinian man carrying a knife was arrested on Friday (18th) in the West Bank, outside the Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, Israeli authorities said.  No one was…

News Digest — 11/17/22

A plaza in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood has been named after Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who saved…

News Digest — 11/16/22

President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday (15th) called for unity among Israelis. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the newly elected Knesset, Herzog urged…

News Digest — 11/15/22

Six Israelis were injured, five of them seriously, in a stabbing attack in the West Bank city of Ariel on Tuesday (15th).  Two died of their wounds, according to…

News Digest — 11/14/22

The IRGC-affiliated Sobh-e-Sandesh newspaper published a threat in Hebrew on its front page on Monday (14th), warning that a new hypersonic missile reportedly developed by…

News Digest — 11/11/22

Turning a huge park in Gaza City into a sea of yellow flags, tens of thousands of Palestinians on Thursday (10th) commemorated the anniversary of the death of…

News Digest — 11/10/22

A member of the terrorist squad responsible for the death of IDF soldier Noam Raz earlier this year was arrested in Jenin by IDF troops on Wednesday morning (9th). Following…

News Digest — 11/9/22

President Isaac Herzog will begin consultations Wednesday (9th) with all parliamentary groups elected to the Twenty-Fifth Knesset. As per tradition, the President will meet…

News Digest — 11/8/22

An Israeli man wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack in Samaria two weeks ago, succumbed to his wounds and died Tuesday (8th). The victim, Shalom Sofer, was a resident of…

News Digest — 11/7/22

Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed satisfaction Sunday (6th) with Israeli Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in last Tuesday’s…

News Digest — 11/4/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid called opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening (3rd) to congratulate him on his victory in…

News Digest — 11/3/22

At least two police officers were wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack at an entrance to the Temple Mount Thursday morning (3rd). The attack occurred adjacent to…

News Digest — 11/2/22

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to election victory with a projected win of 61-62 seats, if exit polls for Israel’s fifth vote in three-and-a-half years…

News Digest — 11/1/22

For the fifth time in three years, Israeli citizens head to the polls Tuesday (1st) to vote in the elections for the 25th Knesset with 6,788,804 Israelis being able to exercise their right to…

News Digest — 10/31/22

On the last day before Israelis vote in national elections for the 5th time in 3 years on Tuesday (11/1), candidates perfected their messaging in efforts to reach any and all…

News Digest — 10/28/22

Palestinian gunmen in passing cars opened fire on Israeli troops near Nablus early Friday morning (28th), Israel’s army said, moments after the military announced it was…

News Digest — 10/27/22

Alleged Israel airstrikes targeted sites in the Damascus area on Wednesday night (26th) for the third time in the past week according to Syrian state news agency SANA. Air defense systems were…

News Digest — 10/26/22

US House of Representatives and Senate leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer issued a joint letter on Tuesday (25th) inviting Israeli President Isaac Herzog to address…

News Digest — 10/25/22

Israeli forces destroyed early Tuesday morning (25th) the infrastructure hub of the Lion’s Den terror group in Nablus, according to reports. In a joint operation, the IDF…

News Digest — 10/24/22

The Israeli government on Sunday (23rd) approved Major General Herzi Halevi as the IDF’s new Chief of Staff. Following the announcement, current IDF Chief of Staff…

News Digest — 10/21/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday (20th) met with Nadav and  Sergei, the two security guards who neutralized the terrorist from Wednesday’s (19th) attack in…

News Digest — 10/20/22

The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday (20th) it had begun a week-long military drill across northern Israel as tensions remained high with the Lebanese…

News Digest — 10/19/22

Defense Minister Benny Gantz reaffirmed Tuesday evening (18th) that Israel does not intend to sell arms to Ukraine to fend off the Russian invasion of the country hours after…

News Digest — 10/18/22

Australia seems to have quietly scrapped its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, The Guardian reported on Monday (17th). According to the report, the country’s…

News Digest — 10/17/22

IDF soldiers entered Nablus on Sunday evening (16th) to arrest Hamza al-Azzi, who was wanted under suspicion of taking part in terrorist activity. At the same time…

News Digest — 10/14/22

Police on Friday (14th) announced the arrest of 18 people after overnight clashes in several areas of eastern Jerusalem, including the flashpoint Sheik Jarrah…

News Digest — 10/13/22

Israel said Thursday (13th) it has put Border Police reservists on alert as massive, violent riots that began a day earlier, spread all across east Jerusalem. Palestinians say they are…

News Digest — 10/12/22

An IDF soldier who was shot and seriously wounded by a Palestinian gunman near the settlement of Shavei Shomron in the northern West Bank Tuesday afternoon (11th) succumbed…

News Digest — 10/11/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid condemned Russia’s attacks on civilian targets in Kyiv on Monday night (10th), in the first such statement from an Israeli prime minister. “I strongly condemn…

News Digest — 10/10/22

Israeli security personnel arrested three suspects linked to Saturday’s (8th) deadly terrorist shooting attack, as searches continue for other terrorists involved in the…

News Digest — 10/7/22

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai told Israeli media on Thursday (6th) that the police draw strength from the sight of the many worshipers who visit the Western Wall and…

News Digest — 10/6/22

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was kept in the hospital overnight Wednesday-Thursday (5th-6th) for observation, having fainted and feeling unwell during a…

News Digest — 10/5/22

Judy Weissenberg Cohen, a Holocaust survivor, told her story of reciting the Kol Nidre passage during Yom Kippur in 1944…

News Digest — 10/4/22

Israel is preparing to shut down on Tuesday evening (4th) for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day Of Atonement and the holiest day of…

News Digest — 10/3/22

Ben Gurion Airport will shut down on Tuesday (4th), on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. All operations will be suspended as of 2 p.m. on…

News Digest — 9/30/22

Israel has indefinitely suspended all visits to Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) with officials citing rising security tensions in Samaria, Israel’s Kan News reported…

News Digest — 9/29/22

A survey conducted by the Smith Institute revealed that 67% of the adult Jewish population in Israel prefer that the State of Israel be run as a Jewish state, compared to…

News Digest — 9/28/22

Two terrorists were shot and killed during a gun battle with IDF forces and Border police officers in the northern Samaria city of Jenin Wednesday morning (28th)…

News Digest — 9/27/22

Terrorist networks in the West Bank are attempting ‘provocation attacks,’ in which they lure Israeli soldiers into an ambush by getting their attention, Israeli security…

News Digest — 9/26/22

Muslim protesters who fortified inside Al-Aqsa Mosque clashed with Israeli police, throwing both firecrackers and rocks at them on Monday morning (26th), in protest of…

News Digest — 9/23/22

Around 35 thousand people arrived at the Western Wall Thursday (22nd) for pre-Rosh Hashanah prayers, known as selichot. Worshipers began arriving throughout the night in preparation for…

News Digest — 9/22/22

The United Kingdom is considering locating its embassy to Jerusalem, British Prime Minister Liz Truss told her Israeli counterpart when the two leaders…

News Digest — 9/21/22

Israel’s population reached 9,593,000, said a report published Tuesday (20th), on the eve of the Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah and as the year 5782 – according to…

News Digest — 9/20/22

“Israel has a right to security, but desires peace,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid said prior to departing early Tuesday (20th) morning for the United Nations, where he plans to…

News Digest — 9/19/22

Police said Sunday (18th) that they were preparing to boost security in Jerusalem to keep Israelis and tourists safe as tens of thousands of people were expected to…

News Digest — 9/16/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid met Wednesday (14th) with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who had arrived in Israel…

News Digest — 9/15/22

Hundreds of mourners arrived at the military cemetery in Netanya Wednesday evening (14th) to pay their respects to Maj. Bar Falah, 30, who was killed earlier in the day in an…

News Digest — 9/14/22

An IDF officer, identified as Deputy Commander of the Nahal Reconnaissance Battalion Maj. Bar Pelach, was killed in a fire exchange with…

News Digest — 9/13/22

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday (12th) delivered remarks at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City.  His speech presented a critical crossroads for…

News Digest — 9/9/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid mourned Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on Thursday evening (8th), saying the British monarch left behind an “unparalleled…

News Digest — 9/8/22

An IDF soldier sustained mild injuries to his face after being attacked with a hammer by a Palestinian at a military post in the West Bank overnight Thursday (8th). The soldier shot…

News Digest — 9/7/22

Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted the Aleppo and Deir al Zor airports in northern Syria on Tuesday night (6th), according to Syrian state news agency SANA. According to…

News Digest — 9/6/22

The IDF on Monday (5th) expanded its months-long Operation Breakwater to crack down on terrorists in Judea and Samaria in the wake of two terror attacks…

News Digest — 9/2/22

Israelis should refrain from traveling to the city of Uman in Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (1st) in an official warning to the tens of thousands of…

News Digest — 9/1/22

Two Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank early Thursday (1st) as the IDF continues to crack down on terrorism as part of its…

News Digest — 8/31/22

Jewish organizations mourned the death of Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday (30th), remembering him as the leader who lifted the Iron Curtain and allowed some two million Soviet Jews to…

News Digest — 8/30/22

Arab terrorists in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria opened fire on Israeli soldiers Tuesday morning (30th), as Israeli security forces operated in,..

News Digest—8/29/22

On Sunday night (28th), IDF security forces arrested a total of nine Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorist activity…

News Digest — 8/26/22

A fire broke out on Thursday (25th) near the city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, prompting authorities to evacuate residents for fear the flames could engulf…

News Digest — 8/25/22

An IDF soldier was lightly injured after he was shot in the arm by terrorist fire during operational activities overnight in the village of Burkin located near Jenin in…

News Digest — 8/24/22

The US military said early Wednesday morning (24th) it carried out airstrikes in Deir Ez-Zor in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran’s…

News Digest — 8/23/22

A senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), Brig.-Gen. Abolfazal Alijani, was killed in the Aleppo region of Syria on Monday morning (22nd), according to…

News Digest — 8/22/22

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, and he cannot see how an arrangement can be made to make it belong to the Palestinians…

News Digest — 8/19/22

Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas eventually walked back his controversial Holocaust remarks made in Germany on Tuesday (16th), having drawn outrage in Israel and abroad. In a…

News Digest — 8/18/22

Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in months of reconciliation between…

News Digest — 8/17/22

Palestinian Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas sparked controversy on Tuesday (16th) as he spoke at a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accusing Israel of…

News Digest — 8/16/22

Brigadier General Emi Plant, who received the Medal of Valor for his part in the Battle of Emek Habakah in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, under the command of…

News Digest — 8/15/22

Three Syrian soldiers were killed and three others were injured after alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites near Tartus on the coast of Syria

News Digest — 8/12/22

“Israel has rejected the Lebanese proposal in the maritime border demarcation talks between the two countries, after holding meetings with American…

News Digest — 8/11/22

IDF Chief of Staff Major General Aviv Kochavi spoke on Wednesday evening (10th) at a conference in the city of Ariel, and delivered a message to the residents of…

News Digest — 8/10/22

Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (9th) about Russia’s attempt to ban the Jewish Agency in the country. Russia’s justice minister is…

News Digest — 8/9/22

Israeli counterterrorism forces operating in Nablus in the early hours of Tuesday morning (9th) eliminated Ibrahim Nabulsi, head of the Fatah-affiliated…

News Digest — 8/8/22

A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) took effect late Sunday (7th) in a bid to end nearly three days of violence, with tense hours expected ahead to see if…

News Digest — 8/5/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Thursday (4th) that Israel would not hesitate to take action against terrorists who threaten civilians, as the IDF bolstered its…

News Digest — 8/4/22

With tensions high in southern Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi toured the Gaza Division on Thursday morning (4th) and approved offensive plans should there be…

News Digest — 8/3/22

The IDF has called up a limited number of reservists to deploy along the Gaza Strip as the military continued to close the roads in the area for the second day in a row on Wednesday (3rd) over…

News Digest — 8/2/22

The Israeli military on Tuesday (2nd) said its forces in the south were on increased alert after the arrest of a senior Islamic Jihad operative on Monday (1st). Train service in…

News Digest — 8/1/22

The Palestinian Authority increased its monthly payments to the terrorists responsible for the deadly attack at Hebrew University in 2002, Palestinian Media Watch found. The 14.29% raise…

News Digest — 7/29/22

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton on Thursday (28th) revoked the operating licenses of six schools in eastern Jerusalem, after serious incitement was found in…

News Digest — 7/28/22

An Israeli delegation headed to Russia on Wednesday (27th) on Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s orders in hopes of halting a Russian order to shutter the operations of the…

News Digest — 7/27/22

Israel issued warnings to the Lebanese Hezbollah, threatening that any attack will be answered with force, officials said on Tuesday (26th). The warnings were delivered using…

News Digest — 7/26/22

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has issued a travel warning to Israelis, warning them not to travel to Ukraine, including to Uman and the surrounding areas. In the warning, the Foreign Ministry says…

News Digest — 7/25/22

Prime Minister Yair Lapid instructed the Foreign Ministry Saturday (23rd) to prepare a series of political measures against Russia to be implemented in the event it liquidates…

News Digest — 7/22/22

Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions around Damascus just after midnight Friday (22nd), killing three soldiers, wounding seven others, and causing…

News Digest — 7/21/22

Israeli army Chief of Staff Major General Aviv Kochavi visited the Jewish community in the old city of Marrakech on Wednesday (20th) as part of the second day of his visit to…