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Dublin City Council moving to remove the name of Israel's sixth president Chaim Herzog from a park and rename it "Free Palestine." Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke with Malcolm Gafson, chairman of the Israel-Ireland Friendship league about the matter. (photo: Jacqueline Arzt/AP) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked President Isaac Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial, a dramatic and unusual move bearing significant legal and political implications. Dr. Dana Blander, Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal.  (Photo: Associated Press)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Netanyahu submits request for pardon from corruption trial to President Herzog, Returned deceased hostage Dror Or laid to rest on his kibbutz Be'eri, IDF kills five terrorists trying to escape tunnel in Rafah See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After nearly 14 years, the Likud Party finally held internal elections for the Central Committee this week. The results show a shake up in the country’s largest democratic party with new blood moving in to the conservative party. Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke with newly elected committee member Attorney Eran Ben-Ari on the changing face of the Likud. (photo: Avshalom Sassoni/flash90)...

Disruptions as High Court hears petitions on probe of Sde Teiman video leak affair. Slain hostage returned to Israel from Gaza this week to be laid to rest on Sunday. Israeli citizens arrested in thwarted Hamas arms smuggling plot See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aaron Ciechanover, the Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has described the academic boycott of Israel as an existential threat. He told KAN that we are on a very dangerous slippery slope that threatens our future here. The boycott by European colleges against Israel has intensified in recent months and the Gaza ceasefire  has neither stopped nor slowed its momentum, acco...

Body of slain hostage Dror Or of Kibbutz Be'eri returned to Israel from Gaza. IDF says four terrorists killed, two others apprehended during attempt to flee tunnel in in Rafah area. Israeli security forces launch counter-terror operation in northern Samaria See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heavy rains cause floods. Police: JAG's phone doesn't link AG to Sde Taiyman affair. PM to meet with Katz and Zamir. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gila’s Way is a non-profit organization which implements, educates and presents programs regarding mental health awareness and suicide prevention in order to save lives. Rabbi Shalom Hammer, who has lived in Israel for more than 35 years, set up the organization following the tragic loss of his daughter Gila to suicide. He became a certified mental health instructor and now dedicates hi...

Al Jazeera report: Body of deceased hostage held by Islamic Jihad located in central Gaza Strip. IDF chief of staff says forces must be on alert in wake of assassination of Hezbollah military chief. Germany chancellor to visit Israel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How have the past two years of war affected Israeli exporters. Liav Rozenberg, Global Units Executive at RH Group, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about challenges in the sector. (Photo: RH Group)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he had until Thursday to approve the 28-point plan, which calls on Ukraine to cede territory, accept limits on its military and renounce ambitions to join NATO. Trump’s proposal was a Russian trap. This according to Dr. Evgeni Klauber, a lecturer from Tel Aviv University and expert on Eastern European politics. He...

A new exhibition at Yad Vashem has opened that puts hundreds of personal possessions and artifacts from Holocaust survivors, most never before seen by the public, on display for the first time. Entitled Living Memory, it offers a fresh and personal look at the lives of individuals whose stories were lost in the mass murder of six million Jews. Curator Eliad Moreh-Rosenberg told reporter Arieh O&rs...

Air Force strikes hit Hamas commanders amid reports ceasefire could fail, Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrate for release of last 3 fallen hostages held in Gaza and for national commission of inquiry  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the ultra-Orthodox protest against attempts to draft them into the IDF or perform any kind of community service, internal divisions are emerging in the haredi world. Prof. Kimmy Caplan, from Bar Ilan University, Department of Jewish History, helps decipher the mindset of the haredi and told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that they are not alone in the concept that they are the sole guardians o...

The Hebrew language wasn’t just the effort of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda alone, but rather a widespread effort to revive the holy language beginning in the mid-19th century. Dr. Merav Reuveni, an historian from Bar Ilan University, has written a new book called “Hebrew: From Symbol to Reality,” which brings a strikingly fresh perspective on how the Hebrew language was revived. She spoke...

Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam sent a public message to Israel on Thursday, telling Bloomberg that Beirut is ready to open negotiations and will seek American help to push talks forward. He said President Joseph Aoun has already proposed discussing border disputes and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas Israel still controls after the war with Hizbullah. Israel this week stepped up its attacks on...

 France this week promoted Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of brigadier general as an act of reparation in a notorious case of antisemitism that has caused outrage for generations. The move is seen as a symbolic step in the fight against antisemitism in modern France, at a time of growing alarm over hate crimes targeting Jews in the co...

IDF reservist moderately hurt by terrorist fire in Nablus area. Searches resume in Gaza City for deceased hostages. In Thailand, body recovered of Israeli tourist caught in strong currents See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of the two-state solution is key to normalization with Israel at his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Asked at the White House meeting how the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia would affect the joint U.S.–Israel policy of preserving Israel's qu...

IDF strikes Hamas base in Lebanon. IDF kills 2 Hizbullah men. Degel HaTorah pushes draft dodging bill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hamas' declared refusal to disarm is the main sticking point toward advancing to the next phase of the US-brokered ceasefire framework, according to Res. Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. He told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that Israel may ultimately have to act. (Photo: Associated Press) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

The High Court of Justice has ruled that Justice Minister Yariv Levin can choose the official to oversee the investigation into the Sde Teiman video leak affair, instead of the attorney general. Despite restrictions imposed by the court, the ruling was seen as precedent setting in the granting of authority to a political figure in a criminal proceeding. Dr. Guy Lurie, Research Fellow at the Israel...

Confrontations during dismantling of illegal settler outpost. Funeral held for fallen hostage Meny Godard, who was returned to Israel from Gaza last week. Germany to resume arms exports to Israel next week   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High Court strikes down justice minister's pick to probe Sde Teiman video leak, but says he has authority to make the appointment. Searches resume in Gaza for three remaining deceased hostages. Prime Minister Netanyahu says Hamas will be disarmed, easy way or hard way See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.