The Trump administration expects Israel to reopen the Rafah Crossing in the coming days to allow both the entry and exit of Gazans, following discussions between Donald Trump, his senior aides, and Benjamin Netanyahu during meetings in Washington earlier this week, a U.S. official told The Times of Israel. The Rafah Crossing, Gaza’s main gateway […]
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi is planning to make an official visit to Israel in the near future, according to Israeli media reports, following Jerusalem’s recent recognition of the autonomous region. Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported that Abdullahi is expected to use the visit to formally join the Abraham Accords and sign a series of […]
The District Court hearing in the cases against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday revealed more shocking police improprieties and illegal actions confirmed in testimony by a police investigator. It was revealed during the hearing that Israel Police and the prosecution obtained wiretapping warrants in Case 1000 by misleading the court to believe that investigators […]
The Judicial Ombudsman’s Office (Commission for Public Complaints Against Judges) on Wednesday published a summary of the Ombudsman’s decision, Judge Asher Kula, regarding the complaints filed against Supreme Court Justice Yitzchak Amit. Kula ruled that the President of the Supreme Court, Yitzchak Amit, acted in a conflict of interest when he sat in judgment on […]
Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day. The Democrat’s team is planning two separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday — a small, private one with his family in an old subway station around midnight, followed by […]
ox’s Bret Baier reports a U.S. intelligence assessment today from CIA Director John Ratcliffe noting that Ukraine did NOT attack Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence as he falsely claimed to President Trump earlier this week
Eric Swalwell says that if elected governor of California, he would seek to have federal agents charged with “kidnapping” and “assault” and aims to revoke their driver’s licenses.
MAZEL TOV! The first baby born in Israel in 2026 was born at Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital at 12:01 A.M. The parents, Shira Leah and Uri Rosen from the Dolav settlement welcomed their son in the very first minute of the new year, pictured here with the midwives at the hospital.
Palestinian Authority security forces intervened this week to extract a 22-year-old Jewish Israeli woman who was found wandering inside the Palestinian city of Yericho, an area where Israelis are legally barred from entering, Israeli officials confirmed. A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration told The Times of Israel that Israeli authorities contacted Palestinian Authority […]
IDF Central Command chief Avi Bluth warned Tuesday that forces must remain prepared for the possibility of a sudden outbreak of war. “The baseline scenario we must prepare for is readiness for a surprise war,” Bluth said at the conclusion of a surprise inspection of units in the West Bank, according to an IDF statement. […]
The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four firms operating in Venezuela’s oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers, which the U.S. accuses of being part of a shadow fleet serving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, as blocked property. The action is part of the Trump administration’s monthslong pressure campaign on Maduro. U.S. forces […]
This tzedakah is for one family living in deep and painful financial distress. A mother and father doing everything they can, yet buried under crushing debt with no way out. They have children to care for — children who rely on them for food, clothing, schooling, and stability — while the weight of unpaid bills, […]
The petition filed by the Yesh Atid party on Tuesday against the transfer of approximately one billion shekels to Chareidi educational institutions was accepted by the Supreme Court, and Justice Yael Wilner announced an interim order freezing the transfer of the funds on Wednesday evening Chairman of Degel HaTorah MK Moshe Gafni responded to the decision: […]
