Rights organization petitions High Court to ban polling station officials from bearing arms, due to right-wing parties' intent to deploy 2,000 activists at Arab sites

In statement ahead of vote, Daniel Levy doesn't mention controversial sit-down with Netanyahu and Ben Gvir; 7.3 million Israelis eligible to vote at 18,000 ballot boxes, says CEC

Staff at Perach Community Village in Rosh Ha'ayin teach residents about democracy and choice, while respecting strict independent voting rules

Retired justice Asher Grunis replaced as head of probe by Zvi Zylbertal, days after commission summoned Netanyahu and others to testify

PM contradicts his own recent claims that Iran's nuclear program has been 'devastated' and Tehran can no longer threaten Israel's existence; Eisenkot: He's hysterical; Golan: He's lost it

Tel Aviv University student finds evidence locked in tiny piece of amber; lizard tails keep wriggling long after detachment, distracting predators while the animal escapes

Yashar party urges Central Elections Committee, AG to nix it over worries that pols were preparing to challenge vote results; CEC okays, but says elections must be off agenda

Security agency to oversee protection for Yashar leader Eisenkot, Democrats chief Golan, and People of Israel party head Ofer Winter; man attacks Bennett's entourage in Tel Aviv

Nahal Oz resident Danny Rahamim laments that he's 'the most left-wing person here,' with family members and others moving rightward after the Hamas onslaught that killed 16 residents

Opposition leaders join Tel Aviv protest as voters prepare to head to polls; father of murdered hostage says leaders are not investigating because they have 'something to hide'

Central bank says digital currency can't be used for such purposes, stresses need to preserve economic ties; Eisenkot tears into PM for 'dismantling Israeli economy'

Organizers, including survivors, former hostages and bereaved families, demand independent Oct. 7 probe, warn police of pro-government elements seeking to disrupt protest

Slammed for foot dragging, withholding funds from environmental NGOs and attacking them as subversives, Silman responds to Times of Israel: 'Tell me if someone else did as much as me'

Israelis will get an extra hour of sleep as country returns to standard time until late March 2027

PM thanks Haim Yosef Abergel for 'truly caring for our people,' as he presses small factions to quit race; TV report says Likud already preparing to challenge results from Arab polling stations

PM insists threatening economic outlook is result of developments that don't have to do with Israel, but rivals say his government's policies are to blame

World Jewish Congress chief says Israel risks losing US and Diaspora support, backs Eisenkot if forced to choose; recounts rupture with Netanyahu and secret Syria talks that PM abandoned at finish line

There’s already violence in the streets, candidates are receiving death threats and a specter of war looms over the country. And that’s before any ballots have been counted