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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, has died. Giving us more insight on Jesse Jackson and his relationship with Jews and Israel is veteran journalist and anchor of ILTV’s Security Brief Calev Ben-David. (photo: Saar Yaacov/GPO) See om...

Orienteering. It’s a worldwide sport of navigation running and it’s growing in popularity here in Israel. From classic pine forests and Mediterranean woodlands to coastal sand dunes, open prairies, runners run with a map, seeking out stations like a certain tree, a boulder, a cave or a terrace for example, and the first one back wins. Nitsan Yasur, Israeli orienteering champion and mem...

US-Iran hold second round of talks in Geneva. In Gaza Strip, IDF forces eliminate terrorist who breached Yellow Line. Police, fire services determine electrical short, not arson, caused fire that destroyed sheep pen near Hebron, killing dozens of sheep See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev has unveiled a new 2026 traffic enforcement plan that includes upgraded speed cameras, expanded police patrols, and fines of up to 10,000 shekels for serious violations. The government says tougher enforcement is needed as road deaths continue to rise. KAN’s Sarahlee Tschernia spoke with Yaniv Jacob CEO of Or Yarok, to discuss whether this approach will mak...

Acclaimed pianist Evgeny Kissin will be performing a gala concert at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on February 17th, as part of the Jerusalem Music Center's International Series. The recital features works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt. Kissin, who first emerged on stage as a child prodigy, spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal about revisiting pieces by his favorite composers,...

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Israeli basketball star Deni Avdija overnight Sunday became the first Israeli to compete in the NBA All-Star game. His Team World lost 37 - 35 to the American 'Stars' team in the first game . Avdija scored 5 points and added 2 assists. Team World also lost their second game and didn't advance to the final. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with former international basketball referee Todd Warnick.  (Pho...

2 men killed in Umm al-Fahm. Film producer  Dana Eden found dead in Athens hotel. Deni Avdija competes in NBA All Star game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

15.2.2026 - Kan English See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The bid by the Prime Minister's Office to strike the word "massacre" from a bill on October 7 commemorations, and Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar's claim that the term evokes "victimhood," has sparked outrage. Avi Dabush, CEO of Rabbis for Human Rights and a resident of Kibbutz Nirim in the Gaza periphery, told KAN's Naomi Segal that Zohar's comments and the revision of the bill's titl...

More than 50,000 Israeli military personnel hold at least one additional foreign nationality, according to figures published Saturday by daily Yedioth Ahronoth based on official army data . Of those, over 12 thousand hold US citizenship, the largest share by a significant margin, followed by some 6 thousand with French nationality and just over 5,000 with Russian citizenship. This kind of data cou...

Iranian deputy foreign minister says Tehran willing to make concessions if US willing to lift sanctions. Sources close to prime minister say Netanyahu had connection to Trump remarks chastising Herzog over pardon. From December, English proficiency to be tested separately from Israeli psychometric exam See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5 more Israel Arabs killed. Police chief Levy: this is a national state of emergency. After White House meeting with PM Trumps insists on more Iran talks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Too many people will be dying in the future and Israel is running out of room to bury them. A new study published by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel finds that given the expected demographic surge of deaths in the coming decades, a fundamental change in burial practices needs to be implemented. Prof. Alex Weinreb, Chair of Demography Research at the Taub Center and author of th...

The Israel Opera is performing a world premier of the new original opera, in Hebrew, of The Dybbuk . Composed by the renown composer Yosef Bardanashvili, the first operatic adaption of the Jewish classic will open February 18 for just five performances. Director and librettist Ido Ricklin told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that he reinvented the classic S. Ansky play to give the protagonists Lea...

Netanyahu to meet Trump with Iran expected focus of talks. Security officials say hundreds of Iran-linked cyberattacks foiled in recent months. In work accident at Ashdod plant, two women die after protective gear malfunctions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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APN, the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, has been planting millions of trees in the memory of terrorists across Judea and Samaria, the Jordan Valley and Jerusalem. According to Im Tirtzu, a grassroots Zionist  NGO, they have planted over 3.5 million trees, many on Israeli-controlled land near Jewish settlements, with the aim of “suffocating” them in a land grab. Mata...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. He brought the trip forward amid Jerusalem’s concerns that the Trump administration could reach a nuclear-only deal with Iran. KAN’s Mark Weiss spoke with Shmuel Rosner, a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute. (Photo Liri Agami/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

The cabinet on Sunday endorsed a series of far-reaching measures aimed at deepening Israel’s de facto annexation of parts of the West Bank. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Lior Amihai, director of Peace Now, about the cabinet’s decisions to expand administrative control over the territory. (PHOTO: Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.