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PFLP-linked NGO closes Palestinian branch, citing Israel's red tape

Defense for Children International-Palestine announces closure, citing Israeli restrictions, while Israel has long designated the group as linked to the PFLP.

A person wearing the headband of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attends a march to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil on March 11, 2025 in New York City; illustrative.
Coastal cliffs collapse between Hefer Valley and Netanya, December 28, 2025.

Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron

Women pray at the Western Wall.

Recognized by the rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in legal limbo over Israeli citizenship

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants


We must ease the process with entry permits - editorial

It is time for Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked to step up and make sure that the permits are processed at a faster pace. 

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is seen speaking at the Knesset, on July 5, 2021.

Thousands of entry requests to Israel by Jewish tourists remain unanswered

Many foreign citizens with relatives in Israel want to come for High Holy Days but are in limbo as applications are unanswered, or answered only at the last moment

 Travellers wear protective face masks at Terminal 3, Ben Gurion International Airport, as Israel restricts air travel more, on August 05, 2021.

Antisemitism decreases while other hate crimes rise in Spain - report

In Spain. forms of discrimination that have decreased alongside antisemitism are racism, ideology, and gender identity.

President Reuven Rivlin arrives in Spain to visit the King of Spain, on November 5, 2017.

Defense officials meet Gaza border communities, discuss evacuation plans

The Defense Ministry's National Emergency Management Authority met with municipal heads in order to gain input into a new emergency evacuation plan, based on lessons learned from recent Gaza fighting

Military and government representatives meet with Gaza-area municipality heads to discuss emergency evacuation plans

Population Authority informs court it won’t register Utah marriages

500 Israelis have married through Utah’s online civil marriage service, but former Interior Minister Arye Deri froze registration of such marriages.

Ayelet Shaked

Population Authority refuses to register online Utah civil marriages

500 Israeli couples have married in online ceremonies through the US state of Utah, but registration of those marriages was stopped by former minister Aryeh Deri.

Ayelet Shaked at a Knesset press conference.

Jewish scientist gets Israeli citizenship after two years

Prof. Ruth Katz, a professor of cytopathology at Sheba Medical Center, faced numerous bureaucratic obstacles in her quest for Israeli citizenship

Prof. Ruth Katz shows off her brand new Israeli citizen ID having obtained it on Wednesday after a two year struggle with the Interior Ministry.

High Court withdraws emerging communities aliyah petition

Judge: Case not suitable to determine principle

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Granting David Ben Moshe temporary residence is unneeded litmus test

Ben Moshe is no Meyer Lansky. He’s just an ordinary man who has turned his life around and wants to lead an ordinary life in Israel with his Israeli wife and Israeli daughter.

David Ben Moshe together with his wife and child

Israel to deport 100 Black Hebrews to the US within 2 months - report

Their community numbers around 5,000, and while they have integrated reasonably well in Dimona, they live in limbo because their future in Israel remains uncertain.

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