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Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed the Baghdad parliament for the second time in a week. The protesters again breached the high-security Green Zone in the capital, as they oppose the nomination of a pro-Iran rival candidate for prime minister. Over 120 people were injured in the latest unrest over the weekend.  Sadr's block won the most seats last October, but it is n...

Swarms of jellyfish along Israel's coast have banished summer bathers from the Mediterranean waters and raised warnings about the dangers of ecological imbalance due to climate change. Beyond stinging swimmers  the translucent invertebrates have also been clogging desalination plants and industrial fishing nets as their seasonal numbers grow, authorities say. KAN's  Mark Weiss spoke with jellyfish...

Settlers protest  after death of 6-year-old Matan Zinman. Moscow court discusses Jewish Agency activity. Electricity price to rise by 8.6%. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The High Court has  ruled that settlers living in the outpost Mitzpe Kramim on the West Bank, and whose homes were built on privately owned Palestinian owned land, will not be evacuated.  The court relied on a provision of the law that specifies that if land was purchased in good faith and its true ownership was not known, the purchase remains in place. Mauricio Lapchik , the External Relations Co...

The High Court has ruled that settlers living in the outpost Mitzpe Kramim on the West Bank, and whose homes were built on privately owned Palestinian owned land, will not be evacuated.  The court relied on a provision of the law that specifies that if land was purchased in good faith and its true ownership was not known, the purchase remains in place.  In the ruling, the judges said the homes wil...

Grave exhumed in Yemenite children's affair. Germany offers compensation to families of Israeli athletes murdered in 1972 Munich Olympics. Unarmed Palestinian injured by IDF fire near Nablus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eli Cohen, CEO of Pitchon Lev, a non-profit that fights poverty and hunger, says the government decision limiting a planned price hike is bread deceptive; and he criticized the decision to lift price controls on bread in 2023. He told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that the government needs to do more to help those in need. (Photo: Noam Moscowitz/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has implemented measures that could turn the PA into a dictatorship, according to a new Palestinian Media Watch report published just two weeks before the 29th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with the author of the report, attorney Maurice Hirsch, the head of legal strategies for Palestinian Media Watch, and asked him why h...

Kremlin: Moves against Jewish Agency legal matter, should not be politicized. Former IDF intelligence chief says Hezbollah threats on Israeli offshore resources should be taken seriously. IDF demolishes homes of 2 terrorists who murdered security guard in Ariel attack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, an expert on Russian history and Israel-Russia relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about what in his view is behind the current crisis between Israel and Russia over Jewish Agency activities in that country. (Photo: Jewish Agency for Israel branch office in Moscow. Reuters) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Israeli delegation's departure to Moscow delayed in Jewish Agency crisis. Nine East Jerusalem residents arrested for suspected membership in terror organization. Health Ministry determines priority population for monkey pox vaccine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

100 days to elections. As the parties and politicians continue to position themselves ahead of the November 1 ballot, Dr. Gayil Talshir, a researcher in the political science department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that voter turnout will be critical in determining whether or not Israel's political gridlock is broken.  (Photos: Yonatan Sindel, Olivier Fitous...

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases. It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus. We spoke with Prof Cyrille Cohen, an immunologist at Bar Ilan university, and asked him if the WHO took th...

 Moroccan King Mohammed VI has recognized the country’s Jewish community  as a component of national culture. Following “royal instruction,” Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit proposed in a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Rabat that new representative bodies be formed for the Jewish community, calling their traditions “a component of the rich Moroccan culture.” KAN's Mark Weiss sp...

2 Palestinian gunmen killed, several wounded in Nablus clashes with Israeli security forces. Israeli navy thwarts attempt to smuggle equipment to Hamas from Egypt. Prime Minister Lapid: Russia's moves to shut down Jewish Agency operations could affect Israel's relations with Moscow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terrorist responsible for killing IDF soldier in 2006 attack arrested. Israeli security forces take down illegal settler encampments. Former prime minister Netanyahu denies responsible in Meron disaster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran today, prompting media to draw parallels with Putin making him and other leaders stand by in the past. A video released by the Turkish presidency showed Putin standing in front of his chair and the nations' two flags, his hands clasped, mouth twitching and h...

Three Israeli villages have been selected by the Ministry of Tourism to present their candidacies for the UN’s World Tourism Organization’s “Best Tourism Villages.” These are the Circassian village of Kfar Kama, the exotic Neot Smadar in the Negev and the historic village of Zippori in the Galilee. The selection will help develop tourism and safeguard the unique rural villages. Mitch Pilcer, the m...

Judge in Zadorov retrial says new evidence not game-changing. Settlers plan outpost campaign. Prime Minister Lapid flies over Karish gas rig amid heightened Hezbollah rhetoric. Sheba, Beilinson top Health Ministry quality of care index. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nazareth district court will convene for an urgent session to discuss new findings in the retrial of Roman Zadorov, who was convicted in the 2006 murder of 13-year-old Tair Rada at her school in Katzrin. The request was submitted by defense counsel  after results from DNA testing showed that a strand of hair found on the body of the 13-year-old girl could be that of the ex-boyfriend of Olla Kr...

Much of Europe has been blanketed with extreme heat. France, Spain and Portugal are now battling wildfires in addition to the scorching temperatures. Prof. Danny Rosenfeld, professor in the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, spoke with KAN reporter Naomi Segal about the developments. (Photo: Portugal. Associated Press) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Palestinian gunfire from Gaza damages buildings in Israeli border community. Likud cancels leadership primary due to single contender: Benjamin Netanyahu. Former El Al airlines security officer sentenced to 12 years in jail for drug smuggling See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wahl Halayla charged with murder of Sapir Nahum. Serial rapist Alon Kastiel let out of jail early. IDF Chief of Staff Kochavi: Preparing Iran attack is a moral duty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Nazareth district court has agreed to the early release for rapist and sex offender Alon Kastiel, who will leave prison 7 months before the end of his term, despite objections from state prosecutors and by his victims.  Kastiel is being released on the condition that he stays outside of Tel Aviv — the city where he committed his crimes and where some of his victims still live or work.  KAN's M...

A package of “good will gestures” presented by Defense Minister Benny Gantz will result in de facto Palestinian annexation of large sections of Area C – the portion of Judea and Samaria under full Israeli jurisdiction. This according to the right-wing NGO Regavim. It includes “legalization” of hundreds of illegally-built structures and expansion of Arab villages, isolating and choking existing Jew...