Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, chair of the powerful Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, announced Wednesday that coalition leaders have reached an agreement in principle on a long-awaited proposal for a new IDF enlistment law—potentially ending a months-long crisis threatening government stability. “After long deliberations, we have reached agreements on principles on which to base a proposal for the enlistment law,” Edelstein said in a statement, calling the moment “historic news” and a major step toward “real change in Israeli society and strengthening the State of Israel’s security.” While Edelstein did not disclose the details of the compromise, he said that the legislation would expand the IDF’s conscription base.

Airfare costs have soared since the onset of the war between Israel and Hamas, and El Al Israel Airlines has come under fire for its role in the spike. On Tuesday, a class action complaint was submitted to the Lod District Court, accusing El Al of inflating ticket prices during the national emergency that erupted after the events of October 7, 2023.
The legal motion, filed by attorney Ilan Verednikov and represented by Tal Rotman and Adi Zitron of the Perl Cohen law firm, contends that El Al exploited its dominant market position to impose unfair price hikes on passengers. The damages sought in the case exceed NIS 2.5 million.

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New CCTV video shows the crash of Air India Flight 171, killing at least 246 people

A British passenger miraculously emerged alive from the wreckage of a catastrophic Air India crash that killed more than 200 people on Thursday. The survivor, identified as 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was seated in 11A aboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner when it plummeted into a densely populated residential area in Ahmedabad, India, just moments after takeoff. Staggering away from the debris-littered street, Ramesh was spotted limping amid the carnage before being rushed to a hospital by bystanders. “When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran,” he told reporters from his hospital bed.

President Trump’s message to automakers: “They’re going to do better than ever before. They’re going to sell cars in America at levels that they’ve never even thought of before and they’re going to make more money than they’ve ever made before.”

DHS Sec. Kristi Noem announces the Trump administration has put the IRS on the task of hunting down who’s funding the LA riots.

Qatar has submitted a revised draft proposal to Israel, created in coordination with Hamas, that draws on the plan developed by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, according to two individuals with knowledge of the process who spoke to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
Israel’s security cabinet was scheduled to meet Thursday evening to evaluate the Qatari proposal. According to the sources, should the cabinet determine that the new terms represent a potential path forward, Israeli officials might dispatch a negotiating team to either Qatar or Egypt to continue the discussions.

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