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Amsterdam film fest to exclude Israeli state-funded submission

IDFA is rejecting Israeli state-funded films and organizations like DocAviv, citing ties to a government that violates human rights. Israeli professionals call the move a blow to artistic freedom.

 STILL FROM ‘Chanshi’: Aleeza Chanowitz alongside her on-screen father, played by Henry Winkler.
A scene from "Families Project."

TV Time: Diane Keaton delights for the ages and ‘Families Project’ spotlights Israel diversity

 The city of Jerusalem.

Grapevine: Our dear city

Soldiers from the IDF's Nahal Brigade operate in the Zeitoun nighborhood in northern Gaza, Septemeber 7. 2025.

Four IDF soldiers imprisoned for 10 days after refusing to drive unprotected Hummer in Gaza - KAN


President Herzog speaks against 'delegitimization' of Israel through the proposed Eurovision ban

President Isaac Herzog urged Israel’s participation in Eurovision, warning that moves to exclude Israel could spread to other arenas amid global calls for a ban.

President Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Septemeber 14, 2025.

EBU moves up vote on Israeli Eurovision participation to November

Israel has been taking part in Eurovision, which was established after World War II to provide a forum for peaceful competition among nations, since 1973.

Eurovision 2026 logo

Lapid slams Gantz's proposal: 'No need to sit in gov't alongside Ben-Gvir and Smotrich'

Lapid rejected Gantz’s unity government proposal, stressing that there is no need for cooperation with far-right leaders to secure hostages and criticizing Netanyahu’s focus.

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid chair MK Yair Lapid against hostage poster backdrop. (illustration)

Former Mossad official in hostage deal talks under investigation for 'Qatargate' affair - report

According to the report, Israeli security officials, even from within the Mossad, were unaware of the official's business ties with Qatar.

DEMONSTRATORS CALL for the release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

Karhi cannot be involved in council appts. for Israel's public broadcaster, court rules

The Office revealed relentless, inappropriate attempts by Karhi to interfere in the appointments.

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 31, 2025.

Two American Jews arrested in Iran on suspicion of espionage, one remains imprisoned - KAN

Both Iranian-American Jews were in the country to visit family.

 An Iranian man holds a newspaper with a cover photo of Iran and US flags on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2025

IDF, Border Police disperse Israeli-Druze crowds along Syrian border, returns them to Israel

The illegal crossings came around the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and regional partners.

 IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

IDF res. brigadier-general removed from position after reports of sexual assault - KAN

The IDF said that the reservist officer eventually terminated his duties a few days ago.

 Female IDF soldiers in the field are seen dealing with extreme weather conditions.

'As if suffering could be graded': Initiative calls on full, immediate release of all hostages

Bo'u is "led by top professionals in the fields of physical and mental health in Israel, aimed at rescuing the hostages and preserving Israeli society," their website states.

 Families of Israelis who were killed in recent war and of hostages held in the Gaza Strip set up a tent near the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, urging the government not to end the war in Gaza, July 6, 2025.

Bill proposal to privatize Kan passes ministerial committee

According to the bill, Kan will no longer be allowed to broadcast "news and current events" on television or radio.

 View of the offices of Israel's public broadcaster KAN in Jerusalem. January 31, 2023.

Yuval Raphael pays homage to Theodor Herzl’s iconic Basel photo

The photo of Raphael on Friday was snapped in the same location where Herzl posed in 1901 when he was attending the fifth Zionist Congress.

 Yuval Raphael echoes Theodor Herzl’s pose in Basel.