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Knesset members Yariv Levin, Eli Cohen and Yoav Galant clinched  the top three slots of the Likud  party slate for the upcoming election in Wednesday's primary contest.  Netanyahu loyalists generally fared well. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the Likud primary and political developments with Dr Gayil Talshir , an expert on Israeli politics from Jerusalem’s Hebrew university’s department of Political...

2 Israelis killed in UK car crash. Yariv Levin, Eli Cohen and Yoav Galant make top 3 on Likud slate. El Al gets green light to fly over Saudi Arabia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new study by the Israel Defense Forces has found that the average weight of new recruits joining the army today is a whopping 10 kilos heavier than a generation ago. But the problem of overweight is spreading in Israel, particularly among children who exercise less and eat more than before. Rakefet Arieli , a sports and clinical sports dietitian and advisor to the school sport association in Isr...

The 35th annual three-day international Klezmer Festival has opened this week in the mystical city of Tzfat in the Galilee. Large crowds are expected to crowd the stages and alleyways this year, the first since the coronavirus pandemic struck, and because entry is free of charge. Scores of performers as well as street artists are at moment spreading that traditionally Jewish Klezmer music across T...

Pollster and political consultant Mitchell Barak says that the Labor Party remains one of the authentic political parties in Israel and while it may not be as powerful as it used to be its new list of candidates was presenting a young, fresh and gender-equal platform. (photo: Olivier Fitussi/flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Likud Party holds primaries today, Labor Party votes in younger list of candidates for November 1 national elections, Beitar Jerusalem soccer club sold See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that Israeli voters are most concerned about the economy and high cost of living and are putting it as their number one priority for voters in the upcoming national elections. The survey published today also found that a party’s leader has more influence on a vote than the list of candidates for the Knesset. Prof. Tamar Herman, a senior research...

Security forces kill wanted Arab terrorist in Nablus amid heavy clashes, President Herzog speaks with Russian President Putin over Jewish Agency operations in Russia, building evacuated in Lod out of fear of collapse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gaza ceasefire is holding. Life in the Gaza periphery communities has returned to normal and the Gaza crossings have reopened.  KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Ronnie Shaked. A research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Jerusalem’s Hebrew university, about the end of the military operation.  (Photo: IDF Spokesman) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Gaza periphery returns to normal as ceasefire holds. Gaza crossings reopen. Israel says it knew Hamas would not join the fighting.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When was the last time you sat next to and among world class musicians from different parts of the world and watched them perform together?  When was the last time you watched artists reinvent themselves and play without knowing what the next note is going to be? The Árkhō international music festival takes place August 8-10 at FeelBeit , next to Yes Planet off Jerusalem’s Hebron Road. For three m...

Israeli officials confirm contacts for Egypt-mediated ceasefire. Islamic Jihad fires rockets toward Jerusalem region. More than 1,000 Jews visit Temple Mount in Jerusalem to mark Tisha B'Av. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The IDF arrest of the Islamic Jihad's West Bank leader earlier this week prompted the high security alert in Israel's south amid concerns of retaliatory rocket or anti-tank fire. The Gaza periphery area has effectively been in a lockdown for the past three days --  as major roads in the region that are exposed to the strip were closed, train service halted; public bus routes altered and residents...

American-born Rabbi David Fine has tossed his hat into the political ring and announced this week he will run for the Religious Zionist party primaries. Fine, who last year founded the Anglo Vision movement for uniting Anglos into a political force, told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that he wishes to be the voice for the Anglo-Saxon community in the Knesset and the Religious Zionist movement was the...

Security alert continues in south amid concerns of Islamic Jihad revenge attack. Palestinian charged in bus stabbing. Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While voters tend to believe their decision on whom to vote for is an informed, rational and independent one, an analysis of demographic characteristics of voters has found they tend to cleave toward certain parties based on their ethnic and religious identity, along with socioeconomic standing. This fact precludes much shifting between political camps, contributing to the current political stalem...

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus is a music and dialogue project bringing together Jewish, Muslim and Christian youth and it’s celebrating its 10th anniversary on August 8th at Jerusalem’s YMCA. Well earlier we hosted them here at KAN’s studios and heard all about them and they filled the studio with song. Have a listen. (photo: kan) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carice Witte is the founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL, the Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership organization based in Israel. She said that China sees the action by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as provocative but, she told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, China was not interested in escalating the matter into an armed conflict at this stage. She said that Israel needed a comprehensi...

Dr. Ely Karmon, a Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, said that the targeting of the al-Qaeda leader would boost US president Biden after the disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Karmon also told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the Israeli crackdown on the Islamic Jihad and others in the West Bank city of Jenin was because it ha...

IDF bolsters troops in Gaza periphery amid concerns of Islamic Jihad attack. Security work discusses planned activities on Karish gas rig, amid efforts to resolve Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute. Likud leader Netanyahu unveils campaign economic plan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High security alert in Gaza border area after arrest of senior Islamic Jihad operative. US mediator in Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute talks meets with Israeli officials. In price hike battle, trade federation calls on workers' committees of large institutions to boycott food importers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new public transit pricing framework aimed at encouraging Israelis to use public transportation came into effect this week. How does it work and will it achieve its aim? KAN reporter Naomi Segal asked Zohar Galil, manager of community relations and activism at the public transportation advocacy NGO 15 Minutes. (Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

A demonstration was held today in Jerusalem outside the National Planning and Building Council by activists and lawmakers who are seeking a more transparent planning process in order to preserve natural gems and sites from construction. MK Alon Tal of the Blue and White Party was there and told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the ancient village of Lifta as well as the forests around the capital ne...

Seven people injured in house fire sparked by bike battery, IDF forces arrest 39 suspected terrorists in West Bank sweep, new public transportation reform launched today See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Court places woman in battered shelter against her will. Gilboa jail judge accuses warden of spin over rape affair. PM Lapid: Violence against women cannot continue.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.