The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Weeks of anti-government protests in Israel turned violent on Wednesday for the first time as police fired stun grenades and a water cannon at demonstrators who blocked a Tel Aviv highway. The crackdown came shortly after Israel’s hard-line national security minister urged a tough response to what he said were…

Netanyahu denied that Jerusalem had agreed to halt building activities in Judea and Samaria after the joint statement in the end.

Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for the destruction of Huwara that was the target of deadly settler rampage.

Frankfurt City Council has called off the singer’s May concert amid antisemitism allegations.

Israeli authorities says the motorist killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank held citizenship in both the US and Israel

Israelis are stepping up their protests against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judicial system

Israelis protesting a contentious government plan to overhaul the judicial system were set to step up their opposition on Wednesday, with large demonstrations and road closures expected in what protest leaders have dubbed a “national day of disruption.” The demonstrations come as the government barrels ahead with the legal changes.…

Israel’s controversial far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Tuesday police had arrested a Palestinian who planned to assassinate him. A statement from his office said the man, who was not identified, was arrested several weeks ago. “The Arab suspect, a Jerusalem resident, who was planning to assassinate National…

This week has seen yet another brutal cycle of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank. It is a story you may well feel you have heard before: a Palestinian attack on Israeli civilians, and a response described as disproportionate or even collective punishment.