A year after the IDF launched Operation Breakwater, a massive counter-terror effort in Judea and Samaria, Israel is still grappling with a Palestinian terror wave, but many innocent lives have been saved, says IDF officer.
This time around, the Right is determined to defy the laws of political gravity by not buckling under the pressure from the Left, ending the long streak of torpedoed initiatives to reform the courts. The ongoing protests in Israel these days only highlight the distorted reality since 1977: The Left keeps losing elections, but holds a grip on the state's power centers.
Growing up, Zhanna Butenko was teased for being Jewish, but now – at the age of 82 – she is thankful for the aid she receives from Jewish organizations that help her survive the war. Israel Hayom journalist Hanan Greenwood travels to Ukraine to speak with Zhanna and many others about life in the war-torn country a year after the Russian invasion.
You won’t hear calls for an uprising or civil disobedience from former IDF chief Gadi Eizenkot over the judicial reforms, nor will he express any inkling of support for draft-dodging or illegal acts. But nevertheless, he minces no words.
Germany's ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, spoke with Israel Hayom about his country's stance on supplying arms to Kyiv, the ongoing debate surrounding judicial reforms in Israel, and a host of other issues.
Israel Hayom speaks with Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman, who although opposes the "illegitimate" judicial reform proposed by the Netanyahu government, agrees that some changes need to be made.
In Odesa the shops are closed and the traffic lights are turned off; in Mykolaiv people get their water rations on the street. A year after the Russian invasion, Israel Hayom reports how despite the horrific conditions, making aliyah to Israel gives hope.
The left-wing demonstrators have warned that if the government's judicial reforms are passed, Israel will become Hungary. Our reporter went to the eastern European country to hear what the locals say.
Israel Hayom speaks to the courageous Israeli rescuers, who left their families behind to travel to Turkey in the hopes of finding survivors of the devastating earthquake. "The only reason we can do this is because we have the support of our loved ones at home. I go out knowing that my family loves me and is proud of what I do," one of them says.
Israel Hayom speaks to the four leading landscape architects of the Jewish National Fund, who oversee the country's four major regions as they stand at the forefront of Israel's battle to protect the environment.
