News from Israel
91,129 news articles from publishers in Israel, searchable now through a free API that needs no key.
The busiest publisher in this slice is www.kikar.co.il with 17,052 articles, 18.7% of the total, followed by www.mivzak.live, www.babli.co.il. By language it splits into Hebrew (61,483), English (17,738), Russian (5,490) and 5 more. Daily volume averages about 2,236 articles over the last 8 days, peaking at 3,359 on 2026-09-06.
Fetch it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?country=IL&date=today&sort=date&size=20"No API key, no signup, no quota. The response carries the headline, description,
publisher, publication time and the original URL for every article, and the full body text
if you ask for it with full_text=true.
Count it
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?country=IL&top=20"Returns exactly the breakdown shown on this page: which publishers, which languages, and how the volume splits across the last 90 days. About 200 tokens, which makes it the cheapest way for an agent to decide whether this slice is worth reading.
Country is inferred, not declared. Before counting Israel articles, read
country_source — and add
strict_country=true to exclude values derived from an en-US
template default.
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?country=IL&strict_country=true&date=today&size=20"Latest from this slice
The newest articles matching this filter at the time this page was generated. Headlines link to the publisher — we index and search, we do not host.
| Published | Headline | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07T14:20 | UN rights chief warns AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity, urges companies to reduce r | www.jpost.com |
2026-09-07T14:16 | Russia warns US missile system deployment in Norway threatens to reset strategic dialogue to ze | www.jpost.com |
2026-09-07T14:12 | Israeli theater, film star Ilan Dar passes away at 89 | www.jpost.com |
2026-09-07T14:03 | לראשונה בבאר שבע: השוק העירוני יהפוך לפסטיבל אוכל ולילה בסוכות | br7news.co.il |
2026-09-07T14:01 | Republicans defend US House majority as 50 competitive races loom ahead of 2026 midterms | www.jpost.com |
2026-09-07T14:00 | כל הנושאים החמים בספורט בשידור חי באתר ובערוץ ONE: כל ההכנות לקראת המשחק המסקרן, לקראת המשחק הח | www.one.co.il |
2026-09-07T14:00 | Israelis should become more selective about where they travel - opinion | www.jpost.com |
2026-09-07T13:53 | Italian tech group Autistici/Inventati shuts down after US terrorist designation | www.jpost.com |
Who publishes it
The 25 most active publishers inside this slice right now. Not a curated list — this is simply who appeared most often.
| Publisher | Articles | Share | API |
|---|---|---|---|
www.kikar.co.il | 17,052 | 18.7% | query |
www.mivzak.live | 10,479 | 11.5% | query |
www.babli.co.il | 9,673 | 10.6% | query |
www.srugim.co.il | 7,801 | 8.6% | query |
www.i24news.tv | 6,793 | 7.5% | query |
www.israelnationalnews.com | 6,665 | 7.3% | query |
www.inn.co.il | 5,115 | 5.6% | query |
www.newsru.co.il | 4,955 | 5.4% | query |
www.ynet.co.il | 3,835 | 4.2% | query |
www.globes.co.il | 3,197 | 3.5% | query |
www.one.co.il | 2,137 | 2.3% | query |
www.ynetnews.com | 1,933 | 2.1% | query |
worldisraelnews.com | 1,303 | 1.4% | query |
www.jpost.com | 1,276 | 1.4% | query |
www.timesofisrael.com | 1,009 | 1.1% | query |
epoch.org.il | 736 | 0.8% | query |
0404.co.il | 612 | 0.7% | query |
themedialine.org | 602 | 0.7% | query |
www.mivzaklive.co.il | 571 | 0.6% | query |
en.globes.co.il | 546 | 0.6% | query |
www.arab48.com | 541 | 0.6% | query |
www.jns.org | 388 | 0.4% | query |
albawaba24.com | 378 | 0.4% | query |
www.themarker.com | 317 | 0.3% | query |
www.news-israel.net | 274 | 0.3% | query |
Languages published in Israel
What this country actually publishes in, which is often more than one language and rarely what a single language filter would suggest.
| Code | Name | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| he | Hebrew | 61,483 | 67.5% |
| en | English | 17,738 | 19.5% |
| ru | Russian | 5,490 | 6.0% |
| ar | Arabic | 2,254 | 2.5% |
| fr | French | 2,087 | 2.3% |
| heb | heb | 1,558 | 1.7% |
| eng | eng | 334 | 0.4% |
| es | Spanish | 185 | 0.2% |
Domain zones used by Israel publishers
Publishers here do not all use the national zone. This is the split that country inference has to work against.
| Code | Name | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| il | Israel | 57,579 | 63.2% |
| com | global commercial | 14,768 | 16.2% |
| live | live | 10,479 | 11.5% |
| tv | media | 6,793 | 7.5% |
| org | organisations | 994 | 1.1% |
| net | global network | 396 | 0.4% |
| info | information | 107 | 0.1% |
| news | news publications | 12 | 0.0% |
Volume by day
How much this slice produces daily. Useful for sizing a job before you run it, and for spotting whether a spike is real or an artefact of one publisher.
| Day | Articles | |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-07 | 1,284 | |
2026-09-06 | 3,359 | |
2026-09-05 | 1,462 | |
2026-09-04 | 1,905 | |
2026-09-03 | 2,351 | |
2026-09-02 | 2,678 | |
2026-09-01 | 2,472 | |
2026-08-31 | 2,379 | |
2026-08-30 | 2,572 | |
2026-08-29 | 1,493 | |
2026-08-28 | 1,758 | |
2026-08-27 | 3,059 | |
2026-08-26 | 1,579 | |
2026-08-25 | 1,307 |
Combine with other filters
# Israel, published today, full article bodies
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?country=IL&date=today&full_text=true&size=10"
# Israel, search phrase, ranked by relevance
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?country=IL&q=economy&sort=relevance&size=20"
# Israel, newly ingested in the last 15 minutes
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?country=IL&sort=crawled&from=now-15m&size=50"