Israel News

39 Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus. Health Ministry clarifies that all Israelis who attended AIPAC and returned after March 5 must enter home-isolation.   As 39… Read More ›

Opinion: Despite the drastic measures taken by the Health Ministry, COVID-19 still found its way to the country; the new virus, however, not only has… Read More ›

7 of the new patients returned from European countries, 6 came into contact with sick individuals in Israel; medic among newly diagnosed, though cause of… Read More ›

Netanyahu said he will enlist youth and military to assist in disinfection efforts in public places including buses and trains, considering extending the school Purim… Read More ›

Formal announcement on latest rules to fight coronavirus expected within hours; no flights from US to be banned; Holland added to list of restricted countries… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s bloc stays at 58 seats.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party demanded a recount of Monday’s election and to check every polling station’s… Read More ›

Opinion: Only by trusting one another and the mechanisms of the state can we protect ourselves and our children from coronavirus; the country’s leaders should… Read More ›

Basketball team takes to court with hundreds watching; claims Health Ministry didn’t say couldn’t play after returning 10 days ago from Spain which is under… Read More ›

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Between 50,000 and 80,000 Israelis are currently in home quarantine due to potential exposure to the coronavirus as the country tries… Read More ›

The Yisrael Beytenu leader’s endorsement gave the bill a majority, now with the support of all 62 MKs who are not in Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc.… Read More ›

Results highlight geographical polarization, with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to PM’s party and others opting, albeit underwhelmingly, for its centrist… Read More ›

The new patients include a high school student, a principal and a young man who recently returned from Italy.   Israelis who had been in… Read More ›

The bloc is 3 seats short of gaining 120 Knesset majority needed to form coalition government; Blue & White appears to have gained a seat… Read More ›

In Israel’s multi-party system, there’s a world of difference between the prime minister winning the backing of 61, 60 or 59 of the Knesset’s 120… Read More ›

Strangely enough, the problem in Israel over the past year has not been that politicians have lied. It has been that they have been telling… Read More ›

Highest turnout in 21 years appears to have worked in Netanyahu’s favor as he claims right to form government; all three exit polls predict Gantz’s… Read More ›

Blue and White leader says final figures could be like last April’s, when Netanyahu could not form coalition, vows he’ll ‘continue to fight’   Blue… Read More ›