In a Knesset committee session, MK Shelly Tal Meron (Yesh Atid) criticized Communications Minister, calling his accusations cowardly and his legislative proposal criminal, during a debate over a communications bill.
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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, called Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara 'garbage' and claimed that President Donald Trump changed his stance on Israel because of the arrests of Haredi yeshiva students evading military conscription, according to i24NEWS.
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Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi accused the opposition during a Knesset committee hearing of trying to thwart his media reform by pressuring law enforcement, saying, 'We cannot beat you democratically, so we'll whistle to the prosecution to pursue you.' His remarks were directed at MK Shelly Tal Miron (Yesh Atid) during the committee debate, according to the parliamentary feed.
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MK Avi Maoz (Noam) delivered a direct appeal from the Knesset to the White House, saying "Stop harming the prime minister, because harming the prime minister is harming us as a nation." He also told President Trump, "You have merited to stand by the State of Israel, and for that you have merited a blessing." The statement comes amid an apparent tension between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Trump administration reported in recent days.
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Iranian delegation representatives are meeting their Swiss counterparts in Switzerland, ahead of the next round of nuclear negotiations with the United States, according to the Abu Ali Express channel. The talks follow a series of diplomatic contacts as the US and Iran pursue a mediated channel through Switzerland.
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Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar on Sunday eulogized kinetic artist Yaacov Agam, calling him a groundbreaking artist who gave Israeli creation a unique and inspiring language. Agam died earlier Sunday at age 98.
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Conservative commentator and Trump confidant Mark Levin, visibly shaking with rage, published a blistering critique Sunday in which he accused the Trump administration of abusing Israel and called President Trump a corrupt 'Caligula' who switched sides to the 'axis of evil,' according to a Hebrew-language post circulating on monitored channels.
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Israeli media-monitoring channels report that travel agents are preparing a funeral tourism package for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's funeral, covering Najaf, Karbala, and Mashhad from July 4–12 for under $800. The offering has been reported by a single aggregated source and is not independently verified.
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A second suspected Ebola case in as many days has been reported in Israel, with the patient transferred to Sheba Medical Center for isolation and treatment, according to Israeli media. Health officials are awaiting test results.
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More than 66,000 students registered for the new 'Israel Realit' summer program, including about 42,000 from northern and southern communities, the Education Ministry announced Sunday. The program, part of a nearly 1-billion-shekel investment in summer activities, combines English and science reinforcement with AI skills alongside industry leaders. Education Minister Yoav Kisch called it a 'groundbreaking' step with 'enormous demand, especially in the north and south.'
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The Iranian delegation arrived at the building where talks are being held Sunday midday, the Arabic Desk reports. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said bilateral meetings with Pakistan and Qatar as mediators are set, followed by quadrilateral meetings between the Iranian and US delegations with Qatari and Pakistani representatives. Tehran's single demand is a halt to the fighting in Lebanon, according to the source.
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A light rail line linking the Gush Etzion bloc to Jerusalem is moving forward, according to Israeli sources.
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Ahead of his departure to the US, Rabbi Gershon Hirsch published a letter addressed to tens of thousands of kollel avreichim across Israel, urging them to stand firm. The letter frames the current conflict as a spiritual battle, calling on yeshiva students to intensify Torah study as the path to victory.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it is no longer bound by any agreement on maritime transit and has closed the Strait of Hormuz to vessels linked to the 'Zionist entity and its supporters,' citing continued Israeli operations in Lebanon and U.S. inaction as justification, according to Iranian state-aligned channels.
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Following a Channel 14 investigation, the Knesset will hold a debate on the possibility of outlawing the Ra'am party. The discussion, reportedly set by the Knesset plenum or a designated committee, will address alleged funds leaking to terrorist organizations and footage showing party leader MK Mansour Abbas in meetings in Turkey alongside senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad figures — contradicting his stated peace initiatives, according to the report. The debate's exact date and forum have not yet been confirmed.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Israel of continuing to violate its commitments, and said the issue will be the main topic of Sunday's talks, according to a ministry statement carried on Iranian channels. The remark follows weeks of Tehran allegations that both Israel and the US are failing to uphold their end of agreements.
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Israeli Border Police and IDF troops raided a store in the village of Deir Abu Da'if in Judea and Samaria, seizing 175 kilograms of illegal fertilizer suspected of being destined for bomb-making. One suspect was arrested and transferred to the Ariel police station for further questioning.
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MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism), who co-authored the judicial selection committee reform, defended the law as "moderate and balanced" in a statement on Sunday, warning that striking it down would be a "power grab" by Supreme Court justices who refuse to agree on a new appointment mechanism. Rothman argued the law grants veto power to both the coalition and opposition, as well as to the Supreme Court justices themselves — except for appointments to their own court.
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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attacked AIPAC as "monsters" in a statement posted Sunday. Mamdani accused the pro-Israel lobby of fearing democracy and an end to what he called Netanyahu's "genocide and wars", and of funneling dark money to preserve its power.