22+ hour, 24+ 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, 26+ min 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…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (348+ words) Israeli nonprofit Daf Hadash, known in English as Fresh Start, was awarded the inaugural Taib Prize for National Resilience on Tuesday evening at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Jaffa. The $50,000 prize, launched this year by the Taib…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (387+ words) Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors will meet next week in Washington, D.C. “to discuss ongoing developments and the continued implementation of the Trilateral Framework,” a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday. The official described the framework agreement as “the only viable…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (455+ words) The Israel Defense Forces completed its mission to dismantle Hezbollah’s underground beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon before the eve of Rosh Hashanah, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday. Visiting the troops of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (300+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Jews around the world to enter the new year with pride, a commitment to action and respect for one another in a Rosh Hashanah message released on Thursday. “The defining sound of Rosh Hashanah…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (520+ words) The Israel Defense Forces destroyed a sprawling Hezbollah underground network under the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon, completing the consolidation of the security zone along Israel’s northern border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (160+ words) JNS.org Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Thursday, voicing hope for expanded Mediterranean diplomacy that could eventually encompass Beirut. During their private consultations and expanded bilateral meetings, the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (771+ words) The Israel Defense Forces told JNS on Wednesday night that it “categorically” rejects any claim that it deliberately targets civilians during operations against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization. The military was responding to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who on…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (223+ words) Roof renovations at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron were completed Wednesday after several months of work, Israeli officials said. The Tomb of the Patriarchs is the burial place of the biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives…...