Mansour Abbas says Ra'am will split from Shura Council, Muslim Brotherhood

Ra'am chair Mansour Abbas said his party will separate from the Shura Council and the Muslim Brotherhood, following US moves against the Islamist organization.

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 24, 2025.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)

Ra'am (United Arab List) chair MK Mansour Abbas announced that his party would separate from the Shura Council and Muslim Brotherhood during a Saturday interview with Channel 12's Meet the Press.

The United Arab List would establish independent institutions to fill any gaps left by the proposed split.

Hamas shows sign of life from kidnapped 19-year-old IDF soldier Liri Albag in latest propaganda video

‘It tore our hearts to pieces,’ says Albag family, allows publication of images.

All Israel News Staff

Liri Albag in a Hamas video (Photo: Screenshot)

After 456 days in captivity, Hamas released a sign of life from 19-year-old IDF soldier Liri Albag, who was kidnapped by terrorists from her base in Nahal Oz during the invasion and massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.

Since then, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have released several videos and images of the hostages, using them in a campaign of psychological warfare and propaganda to increase domestic pressure on the Israeli government to secure a deal.

'Days of Repentance': Israel strikes multiple targets across Iran in retaliatory strikes

The attack occurred in three major waves, with the second and third waves targeting Iranian drone and missile production sites, hitting over 20 targets.

By YUVAL BARNEA, CORINNE BAUM

Explosions seen near Tehran, amid an Israeli attack on Iran, October 26, 2024(photo credit: SOCIAL MEDIA/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT)

Israel confirmed it had struck numerous military sites during its retaliatory strikes on Iran on Saturday in an operation later named "Days of Repentance."

The attack was declared over by 5:45 a.m., just as the sun began rising over Tehran, according to public broadcaster KAN11.

As Hezbollah heats up rhetoric over off-shore gas, how far will it take Lebanese maritime dispute?

As the Israel Defense Forces prepare for a range of scenarios, Israeli observers assess that Hezbollah’s threats to strike offshore Israeli gas-drilling activities should be seen in a wider context.

BY YAAKOV LAPPIN

Beirut and its port as seen off-shore from the sea. Credit: Shutterstock/Diego Fiore

(June 17, 2022 / JNS) In recent days, Hezbollah has stepped up threats to attack Israel’s offshore gas-drilling activities in the Karish gas field, off the coast of Haifa, due to an unresolved maritime border dispute between Israel.

Israel maintains that Karish is in its exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea, while Lebanon claims that the field is located in disputed waters. Israel has repeatedly called for United States-mediated negotiations to resolve the border

US said to be mediating Israel-Saudi talks over Red Sea islands’ sovereignty

Report: Tiran and Sanafir islands could be transferred to Saudi sovereignty if negotiations succeed, paving the way to Saudi normalization steps.

Tiran Island in the Straits of Tiran, Nov. 19, 2009. Marc Ryckaert/Naamsvermelding vereist.

(May 24, 2022 / JNS) The Biden administration is secretly mediating between Israel and Saudi Arabia in an effort to reach an arrangement over the transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir Red Sea islands to Saudi sovereignty, Walla reported on Monday.

If the negotiations succeed, they could pave the path for “significant normalization steps,” the report stated.

Bennett said to eye ‘new national camp’ with coalition partners Liberman, Sa’ar

PM says new right-wing political bloc taking shape; Ayelet Shaked’s role said to be unclear, according to unsourced TV report.

By TOI STAFF

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Justice Gideon Sa'ar (right), and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (left), hold a press conference in the Prime Minister's Office on July 6, 2021. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is eyeing a new “national camp,” or right-wing bloc in Israeli politics, that would run together with his Yamina party in the next national elections and would include some of his current political allies such as Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu and Gideon Sa’ar New Hope party.

En su casa en Israel, Benny Gantz tuvo una reunión con Abbas

Enlace Judío – El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Benny Gantz, informó este martes que este día tuvo un nuevo encuentro con el presidente de la Autoridad Palestina, Mahmoud Abbas.

La oficina de Gantz señaló en un comunicado que el encuentro, el segundo entre los dos en lo que va del año, se realizó en el domicilio particular del ministro en la ciudad israelí de Rosh Haayin.

La cadena israelí Kan publicó un video que mostró el momento en el que el convoy de Abbas salió de la residencia de Gantz.

Report: Israel ‘concerned’ Hezbollah could obtain chemical weapons from Syria

Syrian President Bashar Assad “has big internal problems,” said a security source, adding that Assad was seeking to stabilize his regime after years of civil war that began in 2011 with the Arab Spring.

A poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Oct. 6, 2018. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.

(December 15, 2021 / JNS) Israel is concerned about the prospect of Hezbollah operatives entrenched in Lebanon gaining access to chemical weapons, Walla reported on Tuesday.

The report came one day after The Washington Post reported that Syrian chemical-weapons targets were attacked by Israel in 2020 and 2021.

Israel, Jordania y Emiratos firmarán acuerdo en materia de energía solar y agua, según reporte

Enlace Judío – Israel, Jordania y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos buscarían firmar un acuerdo la próxima semana en virtud del cual una planta solar en el desierto de Jordania generará energía para Israel, a cambio de una planta desalinizadora en Israel que proporcionará agua a Jordania.

Según el reporte publicado por el sitio de noticias Walla! News, el acuerdo está programado para firmarse en Dubái la próxima semana después de meses de negociaciones secretas entre las tres naciones, recogió The Times of Israel.

Supuestamente se suponía que debía firmarse hace 2 semanas en la conferencia internacional sobre el clima en Glasgow, pero el primer ministro Naftali Bennett solicitó que se retrasara hasta después de las controvertidas votaciones del presupuesto en Israel.

Tzipi Livni could join race to head Jewish Agency, potentially backed by Lapid

If ex-foreign minister throws hat into the ring, she’s expected to get support of Michaeli and other ministers; nominating panel considering selecting woman for 1st time.

By SHALOM YERUSHALMI and TAL SCHNEIDER

Yair Lapid (L) speaks with Tzipi Livni in the Knesset on December 3, 2014 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni is considering joining the race to head the Jewish Agency, as several members of the agency’s nominating committee are considering selecting a woman to head the organization for the first time in its history, The Times of Israel has learned.

Livni’s potential candidacy comes after Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern of Yesh Atid announced that he was withdrawing his bid to head the Jewish Agency

Exhausted, out of food: How 4 fugitives were caught, with help of Arab Israelis

Reports to cops by local residents who encountered the escapees were instrumental in their capture; trackers following discarded items and footprints in the dirt did the rest.

By TOI STAFF

Zakaria Zubeidi seen after being recaptured in the north of Israel on September 11, 2021 (Courtesy)

Five days into a national manhunt for six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from a high-security jail in northern Israel, police captured two of the fugitives in Nazareth Friday night. Hours later, two others — including notorious terror commander Zakaria Zubeidi — were apprehended in the nearby town of Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam.

In both cases, Arab Israelis who encountered the fugitives reported them to

Biden reafirmó compromiso de EE. UU. de no presionar a Israel respecto a su supuesto arsenal nuclear, según reporte

Enlace Judío – Según un reporte publicado este miércoles por el sitio israelí Walla! News, el presidente estadounidense Joe Biden firmó una carta reafirmando el compromiso de EE. UU. con los entendimientos estratégicos de hace décadas con Israel sobre su supuesto arsenal nuclear.

La decisión se produjo durante la reciente visita del primer ministro Naftali Bennett a Washington la semana pasada, durante la cual discutió varios temas bilaterales con Biden, según dijo de manera anónima un funcionario israelí al portal.

Al salir de Washington hacia Israel el domingo, Bennett dijo que había “logrado y superado todas las metas que nos propusimos para la reunión”.

El foco de las reuniones de Bennett con Biden y otros altos funcionarios estadounidenses fue la amenaza de Irán y sus ambiciones nucleares, en medio de