AG Says No Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday rejected PM Netanyahu’s request to postpone his pre-indictment hearing, explaining that new elections did not constitute a justification for further delay to the proceedings. The attorney general has already granted the prime minister a three-month extension from the formerly agreed upon date of July 10 for […]
Stabbing A 46 year old man walking in the street in Ramat Hasharon, a city in central Israel, was stabbed and wounded this morning. Witnesses say that the attacker came out of a nearby building site and swore at his victim in Arabic. He stabbed the man several times in the back and pelvis. The […]
IDF Strikes Syria IDF warplanes struck Iranian and Syrian military targets near the Golan yesterday killing 3 Syrian soldiers and 7 foreign fighters. The strikes came in response to several rockets that were fired into northern Israel, towards Mt. Hermon, from Syria on Saturday. There were no Israeli casualties or damage. An Israeli military spokesman […]
Terror Attack Early this morning a 19 year old Palestinian terrorist stabbed 2 Jews in Jerusalem’s Old City. Gavriel Levi, 50, was seriously wounded and Yisrael Meir Nachumberg, 16, was moderately wounded. Police shot and killed the terrorist as he was chasing another young man. Nachumberg, who had just left morning prayers with his brother […]
New Elections Called The Knesset yesterday voted 74 to 45 to dissolve itself and call for new elections. The vote, supported by Likud, came just hours before PM Netanyahu’s midnight deadline to form a government. Had the deadline expired, the President would likely have given the task of forming a government to Blue and White’s […]
New Elections With less than 2 days left to PM Netanyahu’s deadline for forming a new government, the Knesset passed its initial reading of a bill to dissolve itself and call for new elections, which would most likely be held on September 17th. The main obstacle to forming a new coalition is the deadlock between […]
Raging Fires The combination of unseasonably high temperatures above 100 degrees (Fahrenheit) for the last few days along with bonfires lit on Lag B’omer and not properly extinguished has resulted in several major forest fires in the Beit Shemesh and Beit Shemen area and in the Jerusalem hills. On Thursday night around 200 firefighters battled […]
PA Weapons The Palestinian Authority recently received 10 light armored vehicles from the US with Israel’s approval. Representatives of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria strongly criticized the move, calling it calling it irresponsible, dangerous and risky. Yossi Dagan, chairman of the Shomron Regional Council, said, “It’s amazing how the same people who chanted ‘don’t […]
Big Government Israel’s cabinet has voted to allow the expansion of the number of ministers allowed in the government. The move is likely to make the PM Netanyahu’s job of forming a coalition a bit easier, as he will be able to dole out minister portfolios to his partners. The number of ministers is expected […]
Gaza Update According to a report on IDF Radio today, Hamas has ordered demonstrators to stay home today. One IDF source said, “Hamas is quieting the demonstrators so that Eurovision will pass calmly.” According to Palestinian media sources, the weekly protest has been canceled due to the current heatwave in Israel as well as the […]
