Israel news feed
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JPost.com - Banking & Finance - 18:03 Jan 09, 2026
As Israel introduces new tax breaks for reservists, the government also considers reviving a 1.5% wealth tax on land, targeting property owners in 2026.
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Haaretz - 16:50 Jan 09, 2026
'Faith and Shabbat obligate us to care for one another,' said freed hostage Bar Kupershtein. 'That is why I am here – to continue the fight for Rani's return. He went out to fight for all of us. Now we must be here for him and for his family' -
Haaretz - 16:32 Jan 09, 2026
Avraham Ya'akov Perlmutter confessed to multiple serious offenses, many committed after drugging his victims into unconsciousness, including shaving the hair of three women – a 'sadistic act intended to humiliate, erase identity, and inflict psychological and aesthetic harm,' according to the judge -
JPost.com - Christian World - 14:11 Jan 09, 2026
Leo, the first US pope, said the weakness of international organizations in the face of global conflicts was "a particular cause for concern."
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Haaretz - 13:48 Jan 09, 2026
According to Palestinian reports, the assailants spray-painted the word 'revenge' in Hebrew and the names of two settlers wounded in past police shootings. Israeli security forces said they had opened investigations -
Haaretz - 13:10 Jan 09, 2026
A source familiar with the case said investigators didn't visit the Bedouin village of Tarabin out of fear of riots, as questions arise about the shooter's version of events. The shooting officer said body-cam footage supports his claim that the man opened his door 'aggressively' -
Haaretz - 09:58 Jan 09, 2026
Iranian state media broke its silence Friday over the protests, alleging U.S. and Israeli 'terrorist agents' set fires and sparked violence. Violence in the protests has killed at least 62 people, according to activists -
JPost.com - Business & Innovation - 09:04 Jan 09, 2026
Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang encouraged Iger to invest further in China, a notable shift from Beijing's threat last April that it would further restrict imports of Hollywood films.
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Haaretz - 09:00 Jan 09, 2026
According to the sources, four were killed in a strike in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. The IDF said it targeted Hamas operatives and terror infrastructure in response to a failed rocket launch from Gaza City toward Israel -
Haaretz - 08:11 Jan 09, 2026
The deceased's family called the incident a 'summary execution,' adding that he was unarmed. Earlier this week, police officers fatally shot an Arab Israeli man during a joint police and IDF overnight raid in the Bedouin village of Tarabin in southern Israel -
Haaretz - 04:02 Jan 09, 2026
Gali Baharav-Miara continues to display rare mental fortitude in the face of attacks by the governing coalition and the prime minister's poison machine, but associates of hers are disappointed that Israelis haven't gone out into the streets as they did two years ago -
Haaretz - 04:01 Jan 09, 2026
The U.S. president would not benefit from a war in the Middle East at the present time - and an Israeli attack might only serve to shore up the vulnerable regime in Tehran. Netanyahu, for his part, wants to keep all fronts open and volatile - and the IDF is falling into line -
Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 09, 2026
Desperation is driving Iranians into the streets, where they're shouting 'Death to Khamenei.' The roots of these intensifying protests lie both in decades of deficits and sanctions to the panic that hit markets after last year's 12 day war with Israel -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 03:15 Jan 09, 2026
Anti-Israel activists rally in Queens, calling for "intifada" in protest of an Israeli real estate event at a local yeshiva, accusing the Israeli company of "ethnic cleansing" and land theft.
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JPost.com - Antisemitism - 02:08 Jan 09, 2026
“Until the LGBTQ community distances itself from antisemitism, including antizionism, our allies will continue to fall away, and we will remain defenseless,” wrote actress and producer Our Lady J.
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Haaretz - 01:31 Jan 09, 2026
Dozens of Pal-Awda activists, which organized a controversial protest Park East synagogue in November, protested what they called a 'Stolen Land sale event' at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills synagogue in Queens. Supporters of Israel – some holding flag of the far-right Kach movement – held a counter-protest