Israel’s president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, officially launching a process that is expected to result in a new government in the coming weeks.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected Israeli media reports claiming that Russian officials have taken the remains of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen out of Syria, where he was executed more than five decades ago.
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Chassidish youths caught on camera vandalizing a Christian monument in Uman have been released by authorities in time for Pesach.
As YWN had reported, the youths were arrested for the vandalization of the religious monument near where Jews visiting the tziyun of Rav Nachman go for Tashlich.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday attended a pre-Pesach toast, during which she officially announced her acceptance of the decision of voters. Shaked, who co-chairs the New Right party, is not going to enter the 21st Knesset as the party failed to meet the minimum election threshold.

The new Palestinian prime minister on Tuesday accused the United States of declaring “financial war” on his people and said an American peace plan purported to be in the works will be “born dead.”

Violence against medical personnel in hospitals and medical clinics is on the rise in Israel as another attack occurred on Wednesday morning, this time in the emergency room of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

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An Israeli flight attendant has slipped into a coma after contracting measles, according to health officials.
The 43-year-old woman has encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, a well-known and potentially deadly complication of the virus.

At a post-election rally in Maale HaChamisha, Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri spoke, using the opportunity to proclaim the party’s success in the election, now with eight seats. As he has done in the past, he exclaimed the pollsters haven’t a clue regarding voting reality at the polls on Election Day.

A resident of Katzir, located in northern Israel, southwest of the Israeli Arab Municipality of Um el-Fahm, called authorities to state that he now realizes that he had been targeted in a shooting attack about ten days ago when driving between Raihan and Katzir.

A 20-year-old man was seriously injured early Wednesday morning when he fell from a rooftop on Avtalyon Street in Elad.
At about 1:30 AM Wednesday morning, emergency responders were summoned to the Avtalyon Street home, and when MDA arrived on the scene, they found the man in serious condition.