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.

UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese faces criticism after defending the UK Green Party's “Zionism is racism" policy during a discussion at Oxford University.

President Trump removes Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary after a troubled debut, questions about her legal credentials and just one week on the job.

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.

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman accuses Gadi Eisenkot of seeking a coalition with Netanyahu, Deri, and Goldknopf: "Gadi Eisenkot is Benny Gantz 2."

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.