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The Isaac Accords: Building New Bridges Between Israel and Latin America

Genesis Prize Co-Founder and Chairman Stan Polovets and Ambassador Fitz Haney discuss President Milei’s bold vision, U.S. support, and the next frontier of Israel’s diplomacy

Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets presents the Genesis Prize to 2025 Laureate President Javier Milei of Argentina

Netanyahu trial: Tensions rise on testimony schedule expansion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, September 16, 2025.

IDF suspends chief lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi over Sde Teiman video probe

IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

Israel's Knesset advances controversial bill to split role of attorney-general

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

World Zionist Congress reshuffles agenda due to expected haredi IDF draft protests

WZO Vice Chairman Dr. Yizhar Hess denounced reports that delegates would participate in the protests.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR

Guards remove ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters from the courtroom during a hearing on the government’s draft of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli military, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 29, 2025.

Half of Israelis fear add'l political assassinations, 30 years after Rabin's murder

Thirty years after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, a new survey finds 52% of Israelis fear another political killing, and most say incitement is unchecked.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

YITZHAK RABIN and Yasser Arafat, under the gaze of then-US president Bill Clinton, sign a peace protocol on the White House lawn in 1993.

IDF intercepts drone smuggling three rifles over Egypt border as Gaza ceasefire resumes

The IDF's statement did not clarify whether the smuggled weapons were intended for terrorists in Gaza or criminal gangs in southern Israel.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByJAMES GENN

The IDF seizes three rifles after a drone attempted to smuggle them across the Egyptian border, October 29, 2025.

Likud ousts MK Edelstein from Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee over 'discipline' violations

Katz also said that Edelstein would be barred from submitting private legislation and from speaking on behalf of the Likud faction in the plenum for two months.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByKESHET NEEV

MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025.

Haredi conscription: High Court revisits petitions as gov’t presses on with exemption law

The government's position on Wednesday - representing both the army and the State - is that more cooperation is needed by all of the players to enforce financial sanctions.

OCTOBER 29, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest at the Bar Ilan intersection in Jerusalem on August 17, 2014, following the arrest of a haredi draft-dodger.

IDF kills Hussein Tohmeh, Hezbollah terrorist working to reestablish group in southern Lebanon

Hussein Ali Tohmeh had been responsible for Hezbollah’s logistical support in the Qana sector of southern Lebanon.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative silhouette of two armed terrorists with the Hezbollah flag painted on a wall.

Skeptical streets: What do Jerusalemites think of Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan?

Jerusalem residents and visitors share skepticism over whether the new US ceasefire initiative can bring lasting calm after nearly two years of conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByDARIO SANCHEZ/THE MEDIA LINE