timesofisrael.com —  14+ min ago

...of Israel with little choice but to hike borrowing costs in coming months to hamper price growth.... ...uncertainty around the Israeli government's proposed judicial overhaul saw the shekel weaken the most among major currencies last week, leaving the Bank... ...Adding to this uncertainty, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Tuesday warned of a looming war with Iran.... ...Zabezhinsky, chief economist at Meitav investment house told The Times of Israel....

timesofisrael.com —  3+ hour, 22+ min ago

...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Likud party on Monday that his government's frozen plans for a radical shakeup of the judiciary are “not... ...Meanwhile, opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, whose parties have been hashing out potential terms of a compromise reform deal with coalition... ...Furthermore, Gantz warned that if Netanyahu"s coalition prevents the opposition from sending a representative to sit on the Judicial Selection Committee... ...Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman on Monday again slammed his opposition colleagues" continued participation in talks, saying this provided...

timesofisrael.com —  44+ min ago

...Aflalo was walking on Menahem Arber Street in south Tel Aviv on that date, when he was hit by a car and seriously wounded.... ...Tel Aviv Police said that five suspects, all residents of Tel Aviv aged 16-19, were arrested in connection to the death of 15-year-old Shalev Aflalo... ...Talia Aflalo, Shalev"s twin sister, told the Walla news site that “from the start, I knew that they had shoved him into the street intentionally.... ...If so, please join The Times of Israel Community....

timesofisrael.com —  1+ hour, 9+ min ago

...Deer Kindergarten in Beit Hanoun.... ...They waved Palestinian flags in celebration, after a fake newscaster announced that a “properly executed surprise attack” resulted in the liberation... ...The preschoolers also commemorated the establishment of the Palestinian Liberation Organization by Yasser Arafat and stomped to lyrics bashing former-US... ..., envisioned the creation of a Palestinian state in about 70 percent of the West Bank, a small handful of neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, most of...

timesofisrael.com —  4+ hour, 21+ min ago

...The Defense Ministry and Navy say they recently carried out a new series of tests of a ship-mounted version of the Iron Dome air defense system.... ...The rest of the bus passengers do not appear to be injured, says a spokesperson for the Magen David Adom emergency service.... ...(Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 29, 2023 Transportation Minister Miri Regev, on a visit to Morocco, signs three transportation deals to facilitate... ...and operational capabilities in the face of growing threats in the maritime arena,” says Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in remarks provided by his...

timesofisrael.com —  6+ hour, 3+ min ago

...Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich lashes the opposition after one of his faction"s leading lawmakers, MK Simcha Rothman, was evacuated... ...from an event at Tel Aviv University yesterday due to aggressively rowdy protesters.... ...He urges opposition party leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz to take action.... ..., including weekly letters from founding editor David Horovitz....

timesofisrael.com —  52+ min ago

...After failing to secure victory outright in the first round of voting on May 14, Erdogan defeated opposition challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who... ...had promised to put Turkey on a more democratic path and improve relations with the West.... ...countries throughout the Middle East, even if this has been to the detriment of Turkey"s alliances with the West,” said Truesdale.... ...,” said Jay Truesdale, who heads the geopolitical risk consultancy, Veracity Worldwide....

timesofisrael.com —  50+ min ago

...The Israel Defense Forces on Monday launched a large-scale two-week-long drill across the country, simulating a potential multi-front war.... ...A military source said the drill would include the Air Force conducting simulated “strategic” strikes deep in enemy territory in an all out war scenario... ...The current drill comes after military chief Lt.... ...US President Joe Biden has said he is prepared to use military force if necessary, but still prefers to exhaust the diplomatic route first....

timesofisrael.com —  1+ hour, 13+ min ago

...claimed he had deliberately delayed airlifts of supplies to the Jewish state.... ...Henry Kissinger, a giant of US diplomacy, tells Channel 12 that he did not put Israel in danger during 1973"s Yom Kippur War, despite reports that... ..., including weekly letters from founding editor David Horovitz.... ...If so, please join The Times of Israel Community....

timesofisrael.com —  4+ hour, 14+ min ago

...The Defense Ministry and Navy said Monday they had recently successfully carried out a new series of tests of a ship-mounted version of the Iron ... ...Dome air defense system.... ...Daniel Gold, head of Israel"s Defense Research and Development Directorate (DRDD), said the tests were part of a broader range of efforts aimed at... ...As recently as November, a vessel associated with an Israeli billionaire was struck by a drone launched from an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...