Analysis: Does push to bar an indicted Netanyahu from premiership violate democratic norms?Those in the 'anti-Netanyahu' camp have begun the process of trying to pass legislation that would ban a Knesset member who has been indicted from becoming PM. March 6, 2020
14 Americans stuck in Bethlehem hotel; Palestinians declare Coronavirus state of emergencyForty people inside the Angel Hotel, including 14 American citizens, remain in quarantine on site until further notice. March 6, 2020
Final election results leave Netanyahu short of parliamentary majorityThe final tally appears to have left Netanyahu with a three-seat deficit in the quest to form a parliamentary majority. March 5, 2020
Unfriendly skies? Ben Gurion airport near empty due to virus fearsCountry’s airline has begun a round of layoffs and pay cuts as more and more countries are added to the banned visitors’ list. March 5, 2020
Netanyahu suffers setback as bill to oust him gains majorityThe bill to block a prime minister facing indictment from forming a government gained an important ally on Thursday. March 5, 2020
Gantz, with 99.9% of vote counted: ‘Someone here celebrated too soon’As the final votes are tallied, the right-wing bloc does not appear to have won as great a victory as thought. March 5, 2020
Israel purchasing $2.4 billion in new military refueling aircraft from USThe new KC-46's are experiencing some significant technical issues. March 5, 2020
Netanyahu on Coronavirus: ‘Israel is in best situation of all other countries’Netanyahu said the situation was better in Israel than other countries thanks to early steps and the country's discipline. March 5, 2020
100,000 Israelis expected to be in quarantine with tough new rulesThe huge spike in quarantine numbers is the result of a new list of countries put on the list for home isolation. March 5, 2020
Israel’s Supreme Court rejects petition to disqualify NetanyahuThe group already promised to resubmit the petition after the official vote count was published. March 4, 2020
Analysis: Five takeaways from Netanyahu’s decisive third election victoryOnce again, Israel’s overly vibrant hyper-democracy has proven that after 11 years at the helm it is only the voters that still want Netanyahu to be their leader. March 4, 2020
Coronavirus’ spread in Israel unstoppable, says health official, as soccer fans isolatedSoccer fans and an entire high school were ordered into isolation due to the virus. March 4, 2020
Losing at polls, Blue and White mulls law to bar Netanyahu from leadingAccording to Israeli media, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz has signed off on the idea. March 4, 2020
Israeli strategists weigh possibilities: ‘Netanyahu-led government is only option’The possibilities include Labor-Meretz-Gesher or even Blue and White joining the right-wing bloc, if not single defectors. March 4, 2020
Serbia to open diplomatic mission in Jerusalem, president saysVučić said that Serbia will open a Chamber of Commerce office in Israel’s capital which will be followed by a diplomatic office. March 4, 2020
Israeli celebrity sparks firestorm with ‘Netanyahu, king of the apes’ postYonatan Geffen posted the insult on his Instagram account but erased it hours later. March 4, 2020
Religious parties hold steady at 16 seats, meet NetanyahuThe two haredi parties combine for 16 seats at present. March 4, 2020
Israeli president likely to choose Netanyahu to form gov’t during week of his corruption trialDespite a victory for Likud over rivals in the Blue and White party, the prime minister's future remained uncertain on Tuesday evening as the final votes were counted. March 3, 2020
Israel’s quarantined voters came out in force, but no one wants to count the ballotsThe Israel Medical Association is criticizing those who fear catching the coronavirus from a ballot. March 3, 2020
Israel mulls putting all US travelers under quarantine to block coronavirusIsrael may take the extreme measure of extending its quarantine rules to American travelers. March 3, 2020
Likud sending feelers for potential defectors to join coalition, reports sayThe Likud is looking to reach 61 seats with the help of defectors from opposition parties, reports say. March 3, 2020
Analysis: Is Netanyahu’s significant victory sufficient?This election illustrated that Israelis care about ideas and actions and are not as swayed by empty slogans and outrageous assertions as certain politicians seem to imagine. March 3, 2020
Foreign media coverage of Netanyahu win stresses corruption, lack of majorityMajor media outlets emphasized Netanyahu's corruption charges in coverage of his victory. March 3, 2020
Joint Arab List cheers its best-ever results, but condemns Blue and White’s failureThe united list of Arab parties is projected to attain 15 seats in the Knesset. March 3, 2020
90% of vote counted: Right-wing slips slightly but still going strongThe Right's achievement came down to earth from Monday's heady results. March 3, 2020
Impervious to reality, Otzma Yehudit vows to run againOne of the leaders of the far-right party said they would be running in the next elections as well. March 3, 2020
Soul-searching in Blue and White: ‘A colossal failure’Another official told Israel Hayom, 'Our sleepy campaign. We ate it.' March 3, 2020
Netanyahu: ‘They eulogized us – this is the biggest win of my life’'The victory is even sweeter, because it was against all odds,' he said. March 3, 2020
‘A great victory’: Netanyahu, Israel’s right-wing have much to celebrateNetanyahu and Israel's right will have much to celebrate, according to exit polls. March 2, 2020
Yemina projected to cross electoral threshold, enter KnessetParty leader Ayelet Shaked tried to bolster votes for Yemina by maintaining that fellow right-wing party Likud had sufficient support to defeat its Blue and White rivals. March 2, 2020
Blue and White party reported to be in panicThe party hoping to supplant the Likud and send Netanyahu into retirement appears to be in trouble, according to early numbers. March 2, 2020
Israelis head to polls, highest turnout in 20 years may prove decisiveThe politicians voted early. It appears the people have come out to vote too as 56.3% of Israelis voted by 6:00 p.m., the highest turnout since 1999. March 2, 2020
Israel’s coronavirus election booths declared huge success with 67% votingThe voting booths set up for those at risk from the coronavirus in Israel due to travel or contact with infected individuals was a success. March 2, 2020
WATCH: Likud optimistic before closing of polling stationsAvi Hyman, director of the Likud Anglo 2020 Campaign, comments on internal polls a few hours before the polls close , telling a CNN reporter, 'nothing could be more positive than that.' March 2, 2020
IDF identifies, eliminates snipers on Golan HeightsAn IDF chopper fired a missile at a vehicle after a sniper attempt on the Golan Heights. March 2, 2020
Netanyahu blasts Sanders at AIPAC, calls ‘bigotry’ charge ‘libelous’Netanyahu took Sanders to task over his attacks against the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S. March 2, 2020
Israeli President Rivlin, casting vote: ‘I only feel a deep sense of shame’'I only feel a deep sense of shame,' said Israel's president. March 2, 2020
An unlikely Israeli election candidate: Coronavirus, says Hebrew University epidemiologist'It will not be Corona that influences the elections, but rather the elections that influence Corona,' with the outcome determining whether it turns into a widespread epidemic in Israel. March 1, 2020
Danon slams Sanders: ‘A liar, an ignorant fool, or both’The ambassador blasted Sanders for calling the prime minister 'racist.' March 1, 2020
Israel preparing coronavirus isolation booths for election dayVoting stations will be set up across the country for citizens in self-imposed isolation due to the illness. March 1, 2020
Israelis head to polls for third time on MondayIsraelis head to each new election with a little less enthusiasm as polls show no way out of the deadlock. March 1, 2020
Seventh Israeli diagnosed with coronavirusSeven Israelis have thus far been diagnosed with coronavirus, the health ministry confirmed on Friday. February 29, 2020
Opinion: Gantz, criminal fraud and his failed company Fifth DimensionA competent police investigation will demonstrate whether Gantz and other senior personnel in the company participated in any alleged wrongdoing. February 29, 2020
IDF cancels joint exercise with US European Command due to coronavirus fearsHowever, the IDF will hold its biannual Juniper Cobra drill with the U.S .military, which takes place in Israel. February 28, 2020
Coronavirus breakthrough? Israeli researchers make discovery that could lead to vaccineThis discovery was identified as a by-product of MIGAL’s development of a vaccine against IBV, a disease affecting poultry. February 27, 2020
Right-wing Party Siphoning Votes Tells Netanyahu: Meet Our Demands Or We’ll Run'We are the only ones who make demands which are ideological,' said Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir. February 27, 2020
Israeli returning from Italy tests positive for coronavirusAn Israeli from Italy was confirmed to have the virus. February 27, 2020
Israeli Air Force shoots downs suspicious Gazan droneThe incident comes after a tense ceasefire with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. February 27, 2020
Netanyahu: We’re in striking distance of victory at pollsThe prime minister says that his base has finally woken up. February 27, 2020
Israel advises against all foreign travel to thwart coronavirus spreadIsrael on Wednesday advised its citizens to reconsider all foreign travel amid the global spread of the new coronavirus, which was first reported in China. February 26, 2020
400,000 Israelis say they’ll skip vote due to coronavirusAs the fear of the coronavirus spreads, Israel’s Central Elections Committee is considering setting up special voting stations for citizens exposed to the virus. February 26, 2020
WATCH: ‘Chained women’ in Israel fight for freedom from abusive marriagesHundreds of Israeli women, with the support of an Orthodox-Jewish organization, marched in support of 'chained women' whose husbands refuse to grant them a divorce. February 26, 2020
UK condemns Israeli expansion in JerusalemAccording to the UK, the expansion of Israeli eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods undermines the possibility of a two-state solution. February 26, 2020
Waze navigation app recognizes Jordan Valley as part of sovereign IsraelThe navigation app removes the 'Area C' tag to the region, implicitly giving a nod to its anticipated official annexation to Israel. February 26, 2020
IDF General Staff will dedicate position for Iran strategy for first timeGeneral Tal Kelman will fill the newly created position. February 26, 2020
PA confiscating rare ancient archaeological finds to hide evidence of Jewish pastPA seeks to place its hand on findings that preceded the beginning of Zionism to hide evidence of the existence of a political Jewish entity prior to modern Israel. February 26, 2020
Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremonyFormer Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky is to be honored as the 2020 laureate. February 26, 2020
Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian stateOver the years, public-opinion polls demonstrate that Israeli-Arabs reject trading in their Israeli passports for Palestinian ones. February 26, 2020
Trump wants Israeli sovereignty on Judea and Samaria ‘in one shot,’ says Netanyahu'Religious Zionism has a good heart,' Netanyahu told the Jerusalem Conference, 'but it doesn't always understand politics.' February 25, 2020
Gantz stresses Jewish values in bid to lure Orthodox voteThe Talmudic principle of respecting civil law was because the sages didn't want the Jews to create anarchy, said Gantz. February 25, 2020