Israeli news

Jerusalem's Green Line begins service, expanding light rail network

The new line is approximately 7 kilometers, or 4.3 miles, long and includes 13 stations, 12 of them new. During peak hours, trains are expected to run every eight minutes.

Jerusalem's new light rail line
Clavicular is seen outside 424 during Day One of Paris Fashion Week - Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 on June 23, 2026 in Paris, France; illustrative

What Clavicular's Israel visit reveals about winning support in the social media age - opinion

Journalist Maria Maalouf.

After 15-year sentence for Israeli interview, Lebanese journalist says courts protect Hezbollah

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Israel Police probe case of alleged exploitative sexual offenses in newsroom


Israel's public diplomacy crisis: The impact of negative media coverage, need of change - opinion

Out of 148 articles published about Israel in the first quarter, 67% were negative, and only 4.7% were positive (the remaining 28.3% were neutral).

 Pedestrians walk by the New York Times building in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2022.

Israeli settlement activity fuels West Bank violence, UN's Guterres says

The UN Secretary-General spoke out just two days after Israel advanced plans for 5,700 new settler homes in Area C of the West Bank.

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks at a news conference in Baghdad in March. Last month, the Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq.

Israeli reservist doctors threaten to refuse duty if judicial reform goes ahead

The proposed judicial reform has also stirred Western concern for Israel's democratic health and spooked investors.

 Demonstrators protests against the Israeli government's judicial reform in Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv in the 25th week of protests June 24, 2023.

European Union bank to fund 35% of new northern Israel desalination plant

The new Western Galilee plant, to be named Birkat Miriam, is Israel's seventh desalination facility. Like the others, it will convert seawater into freshwater.

 The Granot Brackish Water Desalination Plant.

Rothman: Investigate spyware evidence in compromised double murder case

The evidence withdrawn on Monday had been collected from the stored data on computers.

 SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, was said to have ‘ruffled a few feathers’ when he addressed the Jewish Federations of North America last week.

State Attorney will not interfere in Efi Nave’s Bar election campaign

The State Attorney's Office said an appeal filed to the High Court of Justice by the Movement for Quality in Israel Thursday calling for the bodies to issue complaints against Nave should be rejected

 Senior attorney Effi Nave and his partner Bar Katz arrive for a court hearing at the Court in Rishon Lezion, on November 8, 2022

IDF’s electronic warfare role jumps forward in current major IDF drill

IDF officer gives Jpost rare insight into classified unit

 One of 75 pictures chosen from the IDF archives, on the occasion of the IDF's 75th anniversary.

Ben-Gvir easing gun licenses for non-infantry combat soldiers, Hesder, medics

Non-infantry combat soldiers and reservists will be given favorable consideration in the firearm license application process.

 Illustrative image of a man at a shooting range.

New bill proposes broader sanctions on Israeli men refusing to divorce wives

Israeli law requires that a man give the divorce papers to his wife for the divorce to become valid.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Religious leaders discuss faith, peace in Jerusalem

The event was an offshoot of the Congress of World and Traditional Religions first held in 2003 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

 THE CLOSING session of the congress.