The reform package has split the nation and triggered one of the biggest protest movements in Israel's history since being unveiled in January by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties. Demonstrators have kept up pressure on the Netanyahu government with weekly protests across...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition allies approved the bill in a Knesset vote boycotted by opposition lawmakers, some of whom shouted "shame, shame". Critics charge the judicial revamp could open the way to more authoritarian government by removing checks and balances on the Israeli executive.

JERUSALEM- More than 1,100 Israeli air force reservists -- including fighter pilots -- threatened to suspend volunteer service as protests intensified on Saturday ahead of final votes on a bill that aims to overhaul Israel's judiciary. The judicial revamp has split the nation and sparked one of the biggest protest...

Parliament's law committee approved the proposal, which would limit the "reasonability" clause that allows the judiciary to strike down government decisions, in a marathon debate that ended late on Wednesday. After the panel's endorsement, "with nine Knesset members supporting and seven opposing" according to a statement from parliament, the bill...

ABU DHABI, UAE  - Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security for the Government, led a high-level UAE delegation of dozens of participants from leading Emirati entities to Cyber Week 2023 Conference in Israel. Dr. Al Kuwaiti addressed the Cyber Week Conference as a key-note speaker in the main...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government's proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges. Opponents regard them as a threat to Israeli democracy and US President Joe Biden is one of several Israeli allies to have voiced concern.

Protesters gathered in other major cities, Haifa and Beersheba, as well as at dozens of junctions and locales throughout the country, to decry what they perceive as a threat to Israel's democracy. The government's reform proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over...

French retailer is first foreign supermarket chain in Israel.

the EU delegation to Israel said it would still celebrate Europe Day on Tuesday but regretted that "this year we have decided to cancel the diplomatic reception, as we do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the European Union stands for."

Thousands of Israelis protested for an 18th straight week against the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shelving the overhaul more than a month ago. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the central city of Rehovot, waving Israeli flags and blocking a major road junction.

Tiny Lebanon hosts an estimated 250,000 Palestinian refugees, according to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, while almost double that number are registered for the organisation's services. Lebanon bars Palestinians from working in 39 professions, including as doctors, lawyers and engineers.

The pro-Palestinian rallies follow months of unrest in Iran sparked by the September death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young women arrested for an alleged breach of strict dress rules. The rallies, an annual fixture since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, are held on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Mohammed Fayez Balhan, 15, was killed after being shot "with live occupation (Israeli) bullets in the head, chest and abdomen", the Palestinian ministry said. An earlier statement said two people were injured by "occupation (Israeli) bullets".

VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE - Pope Francis underlined his "deep concern" over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, as he led Easter Mass on Sunday. He said the renewed violence "threatens the desired climate of trust and mutual respect needed to resume dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians," as he...

Continuing with their protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to reform the judiciary, tens of thousands of demonstrators filled up Tel Aviv on Saturday despite the process being put on hold. According to organizers some 258,000 people attended the protest. The demonstration happened a day after a car-ramming attack...

The latest demonstration to hit Israel's commercial hub came days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the changes despite mounting international alarm. But his defence minister said Saturday that "we must stop the legislative process" for a month in view of the divisiveness of the reforms.

Tel Aviv, Israel -- The oldest known near-complete Hebrew Bible was presented to the press on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, where it will be displayed for a week before going under the hammer in New York. The Codex Sassoon is one of only two codices, or manuscripts, containing all 24 books...

An Israeli settler killed an assailant in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said, the latest bloodshed in a surge of violence in the Palestinian territory. The incident occurred at Dorot Illit settlement in the north of the West Bank, the army said in a statement.

A planned mass rally in Tel Aviv by Israeli protesters opposed to the government's controversial legal reform plans forced an 11th-hour change of venue for Lloyd Austin's talks, throwing an international spotlight on Israel's domestic divisions.

The latest rally in Tel Aviv came after a similar demonstration on Wednesday when police employed stun grenades and water cannon in a rare use of force that led to about 39 arrests and 11 injuries in the coastal city. Judicial reform is a cornerstone of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv blocked some streets, and police employed stun grenades, water cannon and officers on horseback in a rare use of force in the coastal city. Some 39 people were arrested for "allegedly rioting and not obeying instructions by police officials", police said in a statement

Opposing the controversial legal reforms being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing governemnt, thousands of Israeli protested in central Tel Aviv on Saturday for a sixth straight week. Chanting "democracy" to the beat of drums, with many in the vast crowd holding Palestinian banners, the protestors shouted "We are...

Carrying signs reading "Save Israel's democracy from Netanyahu", thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against controversial legal reforms touted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government. The demonstrators also held up signs labelling the new government a "threat to world peace."

Sudan in January 2021 formally agreed to normalize relations with Israel in a quid pro quo for the United States removing it from its list of "state sponsors of terrorism", but ties were never formalized. Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, then the intelligence minister, led that same month the first...

High-tech workers organised their second protest against the measures on Tuesday in central Tel Aviv.

The demonstration was the largest so far since Lapid's successor Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power last month at the head of the most right-wing government in the country's history. Some 100,000 protesters turned out in central Tel Aviv, filling the streets with blue and white national flags.

Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, which allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six months.

The formal inauguration of the representative office in Tel Aviv will take place in the Israeli capital on December 13.

While Qatar's Gulf neighbours Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates established relations with Israel through agreements mediated by the United States in 2020, Qatar has stayed short of it. The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to the flight agreement with Qatar as "a historic event and an essential...

Israel, with its turbulent politics, heads back to the polls next Tuesday, for the fifth general election in less than four years. Historically, Israeli voting patterns have been shaped by religious and ethnic affiliation and, most importantly, views on the Palestinian conflict. But this time, ahead of the November 1...

Sheikh Abdullah said that the UAE and Israel, since the signing of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement, have established a model for constructive cooperation.

The invitation was extended by the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who is currently on an official visit to Israel.

Israel's Diamond Exchange is home to some 30 Indian companies making India the foreign nation with the biggest number of firms on the bourse. Most Indian diamond families, about 80 people, live close to the diamond exchange in the city of Ramat Gan, and many stay in the same building.

The first direct flight between the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv and Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh took off on Sunday, Israeli national airline El-Al said. Flight 5193, operated by El-Al subsidiary Sun d'Or, departed Ben Gurion International Airport at 0715 GMT, the carrier said in a...

Israeli forces Sunday raided the flashpoint West Bank district of Jenin, home of gunmen who launched two recent deadly attacks in Tel Aviv, as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the Jewish state had "gone on the offensive". The military operation entered its second day as Israel buried three civilian victims...

An estimated three quarters of a million ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the funeral Sunday of influential rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, known to followers as the "Prince of Torah", with Israeli authorities warning of dangers from massive overcrowding.

Emirates will offer multiple daily and weekly flights throughout Australia, India, Philippines, Thailand and South Africa, many of which are home to thriving Jewish communities.

A conference that brings together Emirati investors and Israeli public companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) will be held in Dubai from Feb 28 to Mar 3. The conference, “Dubai Israel: Future Horizons Mission”, is collaboration between the UAE Embassy in Israel, TASE and the Dubai International...

The minister is visiting Rabat, economic capital Casablanca, and tourist hub Marrakesh as well.

According to Shin Bet domestic security agency, Iranian "espionage network" uses Facebook to recruit Israeli women.

It was unclear who fired the projectiles as Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls Gaza, did not claim responsiblity.

An Iran-linked hacking group attacked seven Israeli targets over a 24-hour period this week, an Israeli cyber-security firm said, in the latest episode of cyber-warfare between the rival states. The targets of the attack by the group called "Charming Kitten" included the Israeli "government and business sector", Tel Aviv-based Check...

Israel's cultural capital Tel Aviv is now more expensive than Paris, Singapore, Zurich, Hong Kong and New York.

Tel Aviv climbed the rankings partly due to the strength of the national currency, the shekel, against the dollar, as well increases in prices for transport and groceries. Paris and Singapore came in tied for second, followed by Zurich and Hong Kong. New York City was in sixth place, with...

The issue is political dynamite for Bennett's eight-party coalition that spans the political spectrum from right-wing Jewish nationalists to pro-peace parties and Arab-Israeli lawmakers. If Bennett allowed Israel's close ally Washington to go ahead with the consulate plan, this would be seen to strengthen Palestinian claims to the contested Holy...

Emirates is to start daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv on December 6, the airline announced, in the latest sign of deepening relations since the UAE and Israel normalized ties in September last year. The Dubai-based carrier, one of the largest in the world, said the new service would...

The facility in Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, produced two million liters of wine each year.

About 100 passengers were on the flight that departed from Tel Aviv to Marrakesh. Two to three flights per week are planned on the route

The UAE opened an embassy in Israel on Wednesday in Tel Aviv's new stock exchange building as part of the latest normalization move under a deal brokered by Washington last year.