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Iranian sources say Kurdish rebels directed by foreign intelligence agency were involved in Isfahan military facility drone attack. Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel operates against Iranian weapons, but does not confirm or deny involvement in recent drone strike. Winter storm prompts flooding, closure of hiking sites See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US Secretary of State Antony  Blinken met on Tuesday in Jerusalem with civil society activists at Feel Beit , the groundbreaking Israeli-Palestinian cultural center and arts incubator situated in Abu Tor, on the border between east and west Jerusalem. The meeting focused on current developments in Israeli society in the shadow of the protests against changes to the justice system. Blinken told his...

Hike in gasoline price cancelled. Blinken meets in Ramallah with Abbas. Hi-tech workers protest against judicial overhaul. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mysterious drone strike in Syria against convoy blamed on Israel, US Secretary of State expected in Israel for top-level meetings, Major hurdle crossed on getting US visa waiver for Israelis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dozens of prominent economists and academics have added their names to a letter released last week warning that the government's proposed judicial reforms will be a disaster for Israel's economy. The signatories now number more than 350, and they span the political spectrum, including former economic advisers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has asserted that the reforms will help t...

An estimated ninety percent of deaths from breast cancer are due to complications resulting from metastasis, a process in which cancer cells break away from where they first formed, travel through the blood or lymph circulatory system, and form new, metastatic tumors in other parts of the body. Until now, there has been no effective treatment to block this process. Researchers at Bar-Ilan Universi...

Jerusalem is home to a community of around 6,000 Armenians, many of whom are descendants of people who fled the genocide A hundred years after hosting dozens of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian Genocide, a 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter has reopened as a museum chronicling the community's fascinating history.  The Mardigian Museum exhibits Armenian culture...

IDF forces shoot two armed Syrians who crossed border by southern Golan Heights, wounding one. Security forces seal home of terrorist who murdered seven people in Friday night attack in Jerusalem, as funerals held for the victims. Security cabinet decides on several measures in response to terror, including strengthening settlement, this ahead of arrival of US secretary of state. See omnystudio.co...

At least 9 Palestinians reported killed in clashes during Israeli military raid in Jenin against imminent terror threat. Two companies announce plans to pull funds out of Israel in response to government's planned judicial reforms.  President Herzog addresses European Parliament ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF forces thwart Palestinian stabbing attack. Justice minister dismisses Levin dismisses warnings from economists that judiciary overhaul will harm Israel's economy. President Herzog begins official visit to European Union See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ultra-Orthodox legislators in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government this week tabled bills seeking gender segregated swimming hours at springs in Israel's national parks and nature reserves, and a ban on bringing leavened products into hospitals during the Passover holiday, when consumption of such foods is forbidden under Jewish religious law.  Opposition politicians and pluralism activists c...

Hundreds of tech workers protest in Tel Aviv against government's planned judiciary overhaul. Shas leader Deri appoints two party members to temporarily fill ministerial posts he had to vacate under High Court ruling. New report finds rise in worldwide antisemitism on social networks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Decisions, decisions. How do we make them? Lecturer and entrepreneur Dr. Yuval Davidor, who holds a PhD in computer science, has developed a six-step methodology to aid in the decision-making process. He presents the method, along with anecdotal examples, in his book , Shesh v'Zehu, or Six and Done. Davidor spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal. (Photo/Illustration: Courtesy) See omnystudio.com/listen...

Culture ministry's Sabbath program to continue. Health staff hold 24-hour strike. PM considers law to stop courts blocking ministerial appointments.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

   Prime Minister Netanyahu fired Shas leader Aryeh Deri Sunday in compliance with the High Court of Justice ruling last week disqualifying Deri from serving as a minister. Netanyahu addressed Deri at the meeting, saying that he intends to “seek any legal way for you to be able to continue to contribute to the State of Israel from your experience and your many skills, in keeping with the public’s...

Prime Minister Netanyahu fires Shas party leader Deri as minister, criticizing High Court decision ordering the move. Religious Zionism party ministers boycott cabinet meeting in protest over dismantling of outpost. More than 100,000 people turn out for protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, other cities, against government's plans to overhaul judiciary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

2 Palestinians arrested in Netanya market suspected of planning terror attack.2 Palestinians killed in IDF Tulkarem raid. Attorney General tells PM he must fire Deri.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The High Court of Justice has ruled 10-1 that Shas party leader Aryeh Deri cannot serve as a government minister, saying his multiple convictions make his appointment unreasonable in the extreme. The court noted that in his February, 2022 conviction in a plea bargain for tax offenses, Deri gave the presiding court the impression he was leaving public life. Coalition members assailed the ruling, an...

Israel offer Ukraine condolences over helicopter crash that killed 18 people, including interior minister, ministry officials, children. Israel's 2023 health basket includes over 120 news drugs, treatments. Israel deports Italian activist arrested in raid near Bethelehem. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel’s humanitarian aid organization, IsraAID, is supporting first responders and families in Dnipro, Ukraine, following a direct missile strike on a residential building during Russian air raids across the country.  Saturday’s strike left at least 40 people dead, and 75 injured, including 14 children. At least 25 people are still missing.  Psychologists trained by IsraAID are providing free sup...

Palestinian gunman who fired on IDF forces is shot and killed; no Israeli casualties. Hamas says video it released claiming to show Israeli captive Avera Mengistu was filmed in recent weeks. More than 90 UN member states call on Israel to cancel sanctions imposed on Palestinian Authority in reaction to latter's appeal against Israel at International Court of Justice.  See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Public trust in state institutions has plummeted from 61 percent 10 years ago to 33 percent today, according to the 20th edition of the Israeli Democracy Index of the Israel Democracy Institute, which was presented this week to President Isaac Herzog. The report also showed, against the backdrop of government plans to reform the judiciary, that over a  decade, a majority of Israelis support the Su...

Ltn Gen Herzi Halevi becomes IDF's 23rd Chief of Staff. PM: Iran is responsible for 90 % of Mid East problems. Smotrich recording of homophobic, racist comments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ltn. Gen. Herzi Halevi is the 23rd chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, replacing outgoing chief Aviv Kohavi. The new top general begins  his four-year term  at a time of mounting uncertainty for the military. Col. (Res) Itamar Yaar is a former head of the National Security Council and today is the Director General of the NGO Commanders for Israel’s Security. KAN's Mark Weiss asked him wha...

IDF soldier killed, three others injured, in accidental grenade explosion in residential quarters on base. Israeli security forces fatally shoot Palestinian assailant. Following mass protests in Israel against government's planned judicial reforms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the  changes are backed by the millions who voted for the current government. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...