Nobody compelled the PM to submit what amounts to a demand for an unconditional pardon, in the 'national interest,' for offenses he denies. The president should treat him as an offender and impose the appropriate punishment, or, better, reject the request altogether

Completing $4.6 billion deal, missile defense system being operated by another country for 1st time; ministry chief: 'We Israelis, descendants of Holocaust survivors, want to see Germany strong'

HaMiluimnikim says ruling party is exploiting state mechanisms to curb competition; justice minister denies accusation

PM cancels his own video address, claiming scheduling conflict, but Lapid and other rivals accuse him of hiding from public scrutiny over 'betrayal' of reservists

Synagogue memorial for 2-year-old killed in 1982 Palestinian attack vandalized with 'Free Palestine' and slogan proclaiming neighborhood is 'anti-Zionist and anti-fascist'

Knesset committee hears how lack of cash impacting pilot firebreak project, maintenance, water provision, firefighting personnel

Outposts are home to hilltop youth, whose members have taken part in spiking settler violence * US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries

Letter expressing 'horror and outrage' at social media post by Reem Alsalem, UN rapporteur on violence against women and girls, is sent to UN secretary-general