Israel’s 2026-2027 school year opens Tuesday with new programs focusing on student resilience and belonging, financial literacy, and artificial intelligence.
During the protest, some demonstrators began intermittently blocking traffic routes in the area, including roads leading into the city, disrupting traffic and daily life.
As the IDF incorporates more religious soldiers and more women, it will need to demonstrate common sense, sensitivity, and flexibility.
The Jerusalem Post understands that the IDF is on high alert for any new Turkish moves by sea, land, or air, including in areas near Greece, Cyprus, and Syria.
Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa currently serves as the IDF Manpower Directorate chief. IDF chief Zamir had previously stated he would not make any senior appointments until 2027 due to elections.
“I don't think we know the full extent of it – whether they are helpful or not,” the US ambassador told the Post in an interview, ahead of the US Embassy in Israel’s 250th Independence Day event.
Police said they are also still investigating other lines of inquiry in the case, which may lead to additional arrests.
“Basically, I think it comes down to domestic politics in Finland and the approaching elections,” Dr. Timo Stewart, senior researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, told the Post.
Upon its expected completion in 2028, Track 431 is anticipated to connect Jerusalem directly to the Shfela region and to Israel's southern coast, at a cost of NIS 3.5 billion.
Professor Ada Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 and the Israel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. She was born in Jerusalem and worked at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.
The warning came amid an unusual disruption to Israel’s national water network, after five of the country’s six desalination facilities shut down.
