Normalization closer than ever?
Trump: Israel helping Saudi Arabia against Houthis
Trump says Israel has been helping Saudi Arabia confront the Houthis and suggests Riyadh could be closer than ever to joining the Abraham Accords.
Trump says Israel has been helping Saudi Arabia confront the Houthis and suggests Riyadh could be closer than ever to joining the Abraham Accords.


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Voting for the 26th Knesset at Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide has concluded, with turnout reaching 86.7%, compared to 69.6% in the previous election.

Footage from Abu Falah appears to show Israeli youths helping photographer Heidi Levine to her feet, despite claims that hilltop youth kicked her 50 times and broke her legs.

The terrorist infiltrated the Re’im Base during the October 7 massacre and recently advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians, in violation of the ceasefire.

Several Israelis lightly injured as Palestinian Arab rioters throw rocks, launch fireworks, and torch farmland in Binyamin; regional council accuses Palestinian Authority of direct involvement.

Police and the Israel Dog Unit searched the Safed and Meron region this week for two men missing since 2022 and 2024, covering areas also relevant to several other unsolved missing-person cases.

MK Yuli Edelstein faces a heated confrontation aboard flight as left-wing activist hurls insults and accusations at him, while another activist calls for politicians to be pursued everywhere.

Chaim Rubin's medulloblastoma returned this Av. His family must get him to the U.S. for advanced treatment, and their savings are already gone.



































































New Maariv poll shows Likud losing two seats as Arab parties climb to combined 14, political blocs tie at 51 seats each.

Prof. Yaron Zelekha unveils his party's economic platform, declaring he will join only a Zionist government that supports universal military service and appoints him finance minister.

More than 5,000 activists and leading religious Zionist rabbis attend rally in Jerusalem. Smotrich warns voters against taking risks in the upcoming elections.

Israel is monitoring Iranian missile tests and regional threats amid fears that a miscalculation could trigger a wider conflict ahead of elections in Israel and the US.