23+ hour, 49+ min ago   (460+ words) Israel’s Central Elections Committee is preparing for threats that go well beyond the traditional logistical challenges of running an election, including cyberattacks, disinformation, foreign influence operations and the possibility of a major security escalation on Election Day. Naomi Binyamini, a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (618+ words) A new political movement is seeking to challenge the established ultra-Orthodox parties by addressing longstanding economic, educational and military-service challenges facing the haredi community while promoting a broader unity government, Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Moti Leitner, chairman of the Charedi…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Oct. 27 Israeli election will be a referendum on the record of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But according to JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum, voters will also be registering their verdict on whether they believe the promises of his…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (415+ words) Former U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken denied a report from Haaretz that he had refused an offer to secure the immediate release of Israeli hostages, whom Hamas kidnapped on Oct. 7. The Israeli outlet claimed in an article published on Tuesday…...

5+ day, 36+ min ago   (208+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had instructed his lawyers to file a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz, journalist Shlomi Eldar and others over the newspaper’s claims that the United Arab Emirates had warned him ahead of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (283+ words) The joint slate of the Religious Zionism and Zehut parties, headed by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former lawmaker Moshe Feiglin, was submitted on Tuesday to the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee ahead of Israel’s 26th Knesset election on Oct. 27 and…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (125+ words) Israel’s ruling Likud Party submitted its candidate slate for the 26th Knesset on Tuesday night ahead of the Central Elections Committee deadline for the Oct. 27 national election. Prime Minister and party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu heads the 35-candidate list, which integrates winners…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (398+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has strongly denied the report that the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, gave him a direct warning about an impending Hamas attack before Oct. 7, 2023, calling the claim an “absolute…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (619+ words) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced his Otzma Yehudit party’s candidate slate for the 26th Knesset on Tuesday, featuring international spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron Yishai Fleisher in the 12th spot. In a video released on social media, Ben-Gvir…...