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

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

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

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

 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.

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


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.

Israel Public Broadcasting Corp. complains about man making threatening gesture at Yuval Raphael

The incident occurred during the traditional Eurovision delegation parade held on Sunday in Basel, Switzerland.

 Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the deadly October 7 2023 attack by Hamas on the Nova festival in Israel's south, sings on a stage in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 23, 2025.

Shin Bet's Jewish Division official faces scrutiny over leaked conversation - KAN

The Prime Minister’s Office issued a response, stating that the recording represents a “real threat to democracy.”

 Jewish settlers seen while Palestinian farmers pick olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, West Bank, October 20, 2024

Pressing reform? Knesset advances restructuring of broadcasting landscape

Opposition MK Shelly Tal Meron described the reform, which proponents say will promote access to diverse viewpoints, as “revolution designed to seize control over the free press”

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

Netanyahu seeks to advance privatization of Israel's public broadcaster KAN

NGO Movement for Quality Gov't demanded that the A-G intervene and tell Netanyahu that he was not allowed to intervene in media matters.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against backdrop of Kan News symbol (illustration).

Gaza hostage deal: Israel sends counter-proposal over Hamas agreement

Hamas reportedly agreed to release five hostages in exchange for renewing the ceasefire in Gaza.

 Israelis demonstrate for the return of the hostages remaining in Gaza, March 29, 2025.

Former PM Ehud Olmert mentioned as one of Jeffrey Epstein's associates in case documents

This is the first time that Olmert has been linked to Epstein. Other names mentioned in the documents include US President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

 FORMER PRIME MINISTERS Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak attend a memorial ceremony, marking the 26th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2021.

Family of hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman receive signs of life

The 27-year-old twins, residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, were kidnapped from the Dor Tza'ir neighborhood. They are not included in the first phase of the current hostage deal.

 Hostage families speak at a rally in Tel Aviv, 29 July 2024.

Hamas never lost control of Gaza, sees releasing hostages as victory, former IDF official says

Dr. Milstein describes in his interview Hamas's process of releasing the hostages they've captured as part of their hostage-ceasefire deal with Israel.

 Palestinian terrorist surround hostage Arbel Yehoud, held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, on the day they hand her to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Yunis.

Coalition MK launches new legislation targeting Kan’s independence

The bill proposal, by Likud MK Osher Shkalim, is one of a number of proposals targeting Kan, which are being promoted by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi debates in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024