Blinken surveys situation on Middle East trip A banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during a protest in Tel Aviv against his far-right government on Jan. 21, 2023.

Israel’s culture and creative industry rely on government assistance for its productions. Several funds, along with the national lottery, give grants to filmmakers.

Israel’s Supreme Court held hearings Tuesday on a law to curb its powers, in a case that could set the judiciary on a collision course with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline ...

My mother was detained in Israel. Bennett and Lapid insist their government will focus on domestic matters, such as pushing through the country’s first budget in three years.

Despite huge protests, Israel's new far-right government is doubling down on its first major initiative: to weaken the judiciary. Hungary and Poland's far-right did the same when they entered office.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a dissenting view of the new government in Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister once again, taking power with a coalition that includes far-right figures.

Gat was kidnapped from her home during the incursion in southern Israel that Hamas led on October 7, 2023. Israel, the United States, the European Union and others designate Hamas a terrorist group,.

JERUSALEM – Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced in a televised speech on Wednesday that his government would put forward a bill to dissolve parliament next week, effectively ...

“We have a strategic relationship with Israel that goes beyond any one government. The President looks forward to the visit next month,” the White House official said.

Israel’s Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement after Israeli President Isaac Herzog assigned him the task of forming a government, in Jerusalem, Nov. 13, 2022.