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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid walks past chairman of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu says reform compromise effort to continue

With the state budget passed, judicial reform is back on the government's agenda.

May 25, 2023

Leket Israel volunteers rescue produce in Moshav Gan Haim, near Kfar Saba. Photo by Amir Yakoby.

Israeli farmers donate 26.5 tons of food through Leket

The rescued produce was distributed through a network of 265 nonprofit partner agencies, feeding 234,000 people in need each week.

May 24, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MKs seen after a discussion and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Knesset passes 2023-24 state budget

The 2023 budget is 484 billion shekels ($132 billion) and the 2024 budget is 514 billion shekels ($140 billion).

May 24, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Otzma Yehudit deal paves way for passage of state budget

The agreement, which grants an additional $68.3 million to the Negev and Galilee, is “good news,” says Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben-Gvir.

May 23, 2023

Bank of Israel Gov. Amir Yaron. Credit: Bank of Israel spokesperson.

Bank of Israel ups interest rate for 10th time

The benchmark is now at 4.75%, the highest level since 2006.

May 22, 2023

Israel’s goal is to be AI ‘powerhouse’

The Iron Beam laser anti-missile system is being developed at an "impressive pace," a top Israeli defense official adds.

May 22, 2023

The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli, Bahraini FMs agree to enhance Abraham Accords

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen spoke with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

May 22, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US ‘deeply troubled’ by prospect of Israeli return to Homesh

Washington also slammed Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.

May 22, 2023

David Ben-Gurion reads the Declaration of Independence at the Tel Aviv Museum, today known as Independence Hall, May 14, 1948. Photo by Zoltan Kluger/GPO.

Israel rethinks its identity

If we succumb once more to division, the nation will fall to pieces.

Michael Laitman

May 18, 2023

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