Gaza Update An Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement has apparently taken hold between Israel and the Gaza terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, after 3 days of fighting. The fighting began on Friday, when terrorists fired at IDF troops from Gaza, wounded 2 soldiers. The IDF retaliated with airstrikes at Gaza terror targets that killed 2 terrorists. […]
Yom Hashoah Today is Yom Hashoah, when we remember and honor the memories of the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. On the Hebrew calendar it marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (although not the exact date). Stores in Israel were closed last […]
New Knesset Israel’s 21st Knesset was officially sworn in yesterday in opening day ceremonies. There are 49 new Knesset members, out of 120. President Reuven Rivlin addressed the Knesset members saying, “We’ve been through a rough campaign season. We’ve slammed others and got slammed ourselves. Enough now. We must rise above, put our swords aside […]
Terror Foiled The Shin Bet announced yesterday that it had arrested a suspected terrorist late last month who planned to carry out a suicide car bombing in Ma’ale Adumim close to the Israeli elections. The 23-year-old man from the village of az-Za’ayyem, near Jerusalem, told investigators he communicated over the internet with Hamas operatives in […]
Passover Break As PM Netanyahu begins the process of forming his fifth governing coalition, the Israeli government and most of the country shuts down for the Passover holiday, so we’ll be doing the same. We’ll see you back after the holiday. Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Passover! Destroying Haughtiness The Torah commands […]
Final Results The final election results (for real this time) were released yesterday and presented to President Rivlin. In the end, Likud dropped from 36 to 35 seats and UTJ gained moved up from 7 to 8. It doesn’t change the overall balance of power between left and right, with the right wing block holding […]
Syria Attack On Saturday, aircraft believed to be Israeli attacked and destroyed a missile production facility in Syria. The site was built during the years 2014-2016 on the western section of a Syrian military base and is isolated by a wall. It is unclear whether the site is controlled by the Syrians or the Iranians. […]
Final Results The final election results were released yesterday, after roughly 200,000 votes of soldiers, diplomats and a few other groups were counted. The newly counted votes gave Likud another seat and caused UTJ to lose one. Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked had hoped that their party would be pushed over the threshold, but they […]
Election Results With 97% of the votes counted, here are Israel’s election results, indicating the number of Knesset seats each party won: Likud (Netanyahu) – 35 Blue White (Gantz) – 35 Shas (Ultra Orthodox) – 8 UTJ (Ultra Orthodox) – 8 Hadash-Ta’al (Left) – 6 Labor (Left) – 6 Yisrael Beytenu (Right) – 5 United […]
Annexation Pledge During an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 TV news, the Prime Minister was asked why he had not annexed some of the larger settlement blocks during his current term. Netanyahu answered, “The question you are asking is an interesting question, whether we will move to the next stage and the answer is yes. […]
