With anti-Palestinian sentiment growing in Israel after October 7 and the Gaza war – and the far-right government striving to disqualify the Arab parties – Arab voters are hoping their representatives will join forces and win as many as 17 of the Knesset's 120 seats

In view of the police decision, no criminal sanctions will be taken against ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers. Senior police officers cited manpower shortages and concern over riots. Israel's Attorney General said the decision leads to selective enforcement

Former hostages, relatives and bereaved families lashed out at the state's key hostage coordinator remarks to Haaretz, saying he pressured families into refraining from speaking against Netanyahu throughout the public struggle to return the hostages from Gaza captivity

'The Americans should know that if they start a war, it will be a regional war,' Khamenei reportedly said, after IDF chief Eyal Zamir met top U.S. military officials in Washington to coordinate defense plans ahead of a possible U.S. strike on Iran

With no immediate reason for an attack, Trump may let Turkey mediate the Iran crisis. Iran sees Turkey as a more effective intermediary than Saudi Arabia. Istanbul may offer to hold enriched uranium permanently, a senior Turkish official told Haaretz

Bedouin residents of Mukhmas arrived Sunday to rebuild homes torched by settlers but were stopped by Israeli soldiers, who said the area was a closed military zone. When asked about an Israeli man who photographed the houses, a soldier responded, 'He can do whatever he wants'

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana's decision to exclude Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, leading the National Unity Party, the Democrats party and Yisrael Beiteinu to pull out from the event, comes amid a coalition boycott of the president since his appointment