Yair Lapid
UN Security Council Adopts Ceasefire Resolution for Gaza Strip
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. With 14 votes in favor and 1 against, the American proposal for a truce between Israel and Hamas was approved. The resolution supports Joe Biden's peace proposal, which Washington claims has already been accepted by the Israeli side.
Blinken in Israel to push ceasefire plan for Gaza as war rages on
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with key Israeli opposition figures on Tuesday, a day after he arrived in the country to push a ceasefire plan for the war in Gaza.
His visit is part of a drive by the United States to secure a ceasefire in the eight-month war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Pressure grows on Israel over Gaza truce proposal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced growing pressure after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, with many Israelis urging the prime to embrace the deal.
Since Biden spoke at the White House on March 31, Netanyahu has insisted Israel will pursue the war.
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Israel revokes order to cut AP live Gaza video feed
Israel walked back its decision to shut down an Associated Press live video feed of war-torn Gaza on Tuesday, following a protest from the U.S. news agency and concern from the White House.
Israeli military intel chief resigns amid ‘new step’ in war
Israel's military intelligence chief has resigned after taking responsibility for failures leading to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the military said on April 22, as Israel carried out more shelling in war-battered Gaza overnight.
The Americans sent reinforcements; All-out attack? "We are ready"
Although there were unofficial announcements that about 50 hostages would be released, Hamas released only two elderly women.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant again addressed the soldiers near Gaza, repeating that Israel will launch a ground offensive against the enclave. He added that the troops were ready and that it would be a "deadly" attack.
Macron in Tel Aviv
Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul
Israel's parliament on Monday approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule.
They took to the streets, the capital's completely blocked PHOTO/VIDEO
Holding an Israeli flag, key anti-reform protest organizer Shikma Bressler led tens of thousands of demonstrators outside the Knesset, chanting: "We will not give up!", The Times of Israel reported.
Bressler was arrested at protests last week and later released.
Israelis press on with protests against new government
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, measures that opponents say imperil the country's democratic foundation.
Israeli media, citing police, said some 100,000 people were out protesting.
Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in West Bank
Six Palestinians were killed and nearly 20 others injured early Tuesday in sweeping raids by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.