Asia Israel The World Zionist Congress, which brings together representatives of Jewish Zionists from 40 countries, has begun; the Congress is the supreme body in terms of legislation and policy-making of the WZO
Asia Israel Several water monitors - which control irrigation and wastewater treatment systems - remained dysfunctional on Sunday after a cyber attack targeted the monitoring systems
Asia Israel An Israeli minister with responsibility for the administration of the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people
Asia Israel A proposed bill that would allow US law enforcement to access fingerprint data from the Israeli police database passed its first reading and was approved for second and third reading
Asia Israel Israeli writers signed a petition against plans to transfer the authority of the National Library to the Ministry of Education, which would allow the Ministry to control appointments to the library's board and increase 'transparency and public oversight'
Asia Israel There have now been eight consecutive weeks of Israelis across the country demonstrating against the government over judicial reform, with dozens of arrests
Asia Israel PM Netanyahu submits costly requests to renovate PM's home worth tens of thousands of shekels; government has no legal obligation to fund renovations to PM's private home
Asia Israel The Israeli Foreign Ministry is reportedly considering recruiting legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to promote the possibility of normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia
Asia Israel Israelis will be able to obtain citizenship in Germany and Austria upon family heritage evidence, as new laws have been passed in those countries that simplify the conditions for obtaining citizenship and passports for victims of Nazi persecution
Asia Israel Although thousands demonstrated against new government on 7 January with motto 'Together against fascism and apartheid', Minister of National Security ordered to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces, calling its display an act of 'terrorism'
Asia Israel There are just five women in the 30-member cabinet (compared to nine women in the previous 27-minister government) introduced by Mr. Netanyahu at the Knesset on 29 December 2022, the 37th of the country
Asia Israel PM Netanyahu has agreed to amend the Law of Return in coalition agreements with the Religious Zionist Party and United Torah Judaism; a new version of the law, without the "grandson clause," will be brought to a Knesset vote by 31 March
Asia Israel Renowned Jewish philanthropists Stewart and Lynda Resnick have pledged $50 million for the development of a research and development facility to study sustainability in the face of a rapidly growing world population