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Ahead of election year, survey finds Israelis’ trust in democracy remains low
16+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Public trust in Israel's democracy and state institutions remains near record lows for the second year in a row, data from the Israel Democracy Institute's annual Democracy Index indicated on Monday, though significantly more Israelis believe…...
Cabinet votes to shutter Army Radio, overriding legal and press freedom concerns
1+ hour, 7+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 The cabinet on Monday unanimously approved Defense Minister Israel Katz's proposal to shut down the IDF-run Army Radio station, with broadcasts set to end by March 1, 2026, according to the minister's office. Speaking at the cabinet meeting,…...
Ex-Saudi intel chief to ToI: Riyadh will consider normalization when Israel acts normally
1+ hour, 8+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, told The Times of Israel on Sunday that Riyadh is currently not even entertaining the idea of normalizing relations with Israel and will only do so if Jerusalem…...
Despite far-right lineup, government hopes antisemitism confab will avoid blowup
1+ hour, 26+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Ten months after a government conference on combating antisemitism was panned by Jewish leaders due to its inclusion of far-right European politicians, the second annual event appears set to face renewed controversy. Organized by Diaspora Affairs…...
Bennett: Qatargate is ‘most serious act of treason’ in Israeli history, PM must resign
1+ hour, 46+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign on Monday, accusing him of engaging in the cover-up of the Qatargate affair, which Bennett called "the most serious act of treason in…...
A year post-Assad, Syrian jails are again filling up, with widespread accounts of abuse
2+ hour, 7+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 REUTERS " The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately " just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad's notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention complexes last December to search…...
3 arrested in protest at PM’s office as backers of state Oct. 7 probe vow ‘week of rage’
3+ hour, 37+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Three people were detained on Monday after a small group of activists tried to block the entrance to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem while calling for the creation of a state commission of inquiry into…...
Daily Briefing Dec. 22: Day 808 – Eyeing Iran, Israel rattles sabers ahead of PM’s trip to US
4+ hour, 3+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Lazar Berman is The…...
Former spy Jonathan Pollard: Israel sent a man to convince me to kill myself
4+ hour, 51+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard claimed in an interview broadcast on Monday that he was told years ago by someone "sent by the Israeli government" that he should commit suicide to "close the door" on his case,…...
Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing in apparent Ukrainian attack
6+ hour, 15+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 808 MOSCOW " A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in Moscow, and investigators said Ukraine could be behind the attack, the third such killing of a senior military officer…...