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Israeli Opera opens its landmark 40th season, including an original production
The Israeli Opera is opening its landmark 40th season with 7 productions, including an original Israeli creation based on the Dybbuk. It is also holding a variety of social, educational and community initiatives and reaching out to younger audiences. Tali Barash-Gottleib, general manager of the Israeli Opera, told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the opera was growing despite Covid and the war.- 9 דקות
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Tzachi Hanegbi politicized the National Security Council
Eran Etzion, a former deputy head of the National Security Council, said that dismissed NSC head Tzachi Hanegbi has not been performing his duties and not serving the national security interests. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the NSC has undergone politicization under Hanegbi. Etzion said that a national security adviser needed to be loyal to the national interests and not a premier.- 7 דקות
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Marking centennial, Reform movement conference highlights values, Israel bond
The World Union for Progressive Judaism's Connections 2025 conference in Jerusalem will mark the movement's centennial and rededicate its hub at Beit Shmuel. WUPJ President Buenos Aires-born Rabbi Sergio Bergman spoke to KAN 's Naomi Segal about the significance of the gathering against the backdrop of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases.- 11 דקות
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Vance arrives in Israel to bolster Gaza ceasefire
US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday, bolstering efforts by President Donald Trump’s top Middle East envoys to stabilize a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Gerald Steinberg, Professor of Politics at Bar-Ilan University and President of NGO Monitor, spoke to KAN reporter Naomi Segal about the developments.- 7 דקות
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Poor education and production levels risk turning Israel into Third World country
Israel's current socio-economic trajectory is unsustainable, and changes are needed to keep it at a First World level. This, according to Prof. Dan Ben David, Head of the Shoresh Institute for Socioeconomic Research and professor of economics at Tel Aviv University. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan this was a year of opportunity for Israel to make the changes necessary for the future of Israel- 11 דקות
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Miri Eisen on Gaza, the role of Turkey and Qatar and Israel's isolation
After Sunday's clashes in Rafah will the Gaza ceasefire hold? Can the sides move forward to implementation of Phase 2? How bad is Israel's standing in the world and what about the internal rifts in Israel? These are some of the questions KAN's Mark Weiss put to Ret IDF Col. Miri Eisen, who today is a Senior Fellow at the Reichman University's International Institute for Counter Terrorism.- 11 דקות
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The Gaza war becomes the War of Redemption
The government has approved changing the name of the Gaza war to "The War of Redemption." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers that "we have risen from the terrible disaster of October 7." "Professor Dan Schueftan, a Middle East expert from Haifa University, told KAN's Mark Weiss the decision to change the name of the Gaza war is manipulation, but legitimate manipulation.- 5 דקות
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NLI calls on public to submit memorial stickers for October 7 archive
Since the October 7th attack and Iron Swords war, memorial stickers for the fallen have appeared in public spaces throughout the country and abroad – serving as personal and collective memorials. The National Library of Israel has called on the public to submit these materials to its Bearing Witness project. Maya Gan-Zvi, head of the Bearing Witness archive spoke with KAN reporter Naomi Segal- 7 דקות
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