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Analysis: Intelligence agencies succeeding in penetrating Hezbollah

Analysis: Intelligence agencies succeeding in penetrating Hezbollah

The assassination of Mustafa Badreddine is a blow to Hezbollah’s already low morale and is an example of the group’s vulnerability.   The circumstances of… Read More ›

Eurovision 2016: Israeli haircut disappoints, Ukraine backhands Russia

Eurovision 2016: Israeli haircut disappoints, Ukraine backhands Russia

In the end, with all of the theatrics and corny Euro pop, it was a deeply serious and political song that won the contest.  … Read More ›

LGBT community protests for equal rights for families of fallen soldiers

LGBT community protests for equal rights for families of fallen soldiers

Gay IDF reserve soldiers are protesting in front of the prime minister’s residence against the fact that Israeli law does not automatically recognize same-sex partners… Read More ›

Netanyahu backtracks on comment about 2011 Cairo embassy incident

Netanyahu backtracks on comment about 2011 Cairo embassy incident

After initially saying ‘threat of an Israeli military rescue operation’ was what brought Egyptian forces to Israeli embassy, where security staff were besieged by demonstrators,… Read More ›

IDF officer hurt in bomb explosion near Hizma

IDF officer hurt in bomb explosion near Hizma

Security forces close route 437 after finding two potential explosives at scene of attack near Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood. An IDF officer was wounded on… Read More ›

Israelis, Palestinians participate in joint Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv

Israelis, Palestinians participate in joint Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv

The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum.   Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including… Read More ›

Ron Dermer: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is highlight of my DC tenure

Ron Dermer: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is highlight of my DC tenure

Dermer rejected the criticism that Netanyahu’s decision to go ahead with the speech against the Iran deal despite US President Barack Obama’s bitter opposition was… Read More ›

Syria peace talks to convene in Vienna next week

Syria peace talks to convene in Vienna next week

The talks, among members of the 17-nation International Syria Support Group (ISSG), are scheduled as the five year-old conflict enters a “critical situation.”   BERLIN… Read More ›

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Son of famed civil rights leader presented the 2016 Unsung Hero Award to three Israeli activists for their work on behalf of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants… Read More ›

High Court: Deri can be interior minister

High Court: Deri can be interior minister

With a majority of two against one, the High Court rejected the appeal that argued that the Shas leader’s criminal record from the 1980s as… Read More ›

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

Natan Meir writes strongly worded letter to Ban Ki Moon decrying lack of humanity at the Security Council after being ignored by every UN Security… Read More ›

Amona residents demand government legalize their West Bank outpost

Amona residents demand government legalize their West Bank outpost

One of the most violent clashes between settlers and security forces took place at Amona in 2007 when the IDF demolished nine unauthorized new stone… Read More ›

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Shurat Hadin has accused Israel of facilitating PA incitement to genocide against its own Jewish citizens.   Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday… Read More ›

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

New Quartet report will attack Israel’s West Bank policies.   The Quartet – the international entity charged with brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians… Read More ›

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Nadav Ben Yehuda, a holder of the Presidential Medal of Honor, has become the first Israeli to climb Annapurna 1 in Nepal, planting the flag… Read More ›

Police brace for violence after mob hit kills son of crime boss

Police brace for violence after mob hit kills son of crime boss

Driveby shooting in northern Tel Aviv Saturday left one dead, one wounded; manhunt underway for shooters   Police in the Tel Aviv area are bracing… Read More ›

The founder of a bank that reportedly laundered more than $6 billion has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

The founder of a bank that reportedly laundered more than $6 billion has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

  New York (AFP) – The founder of an online underworld bank that allegedly laundered billions of dollars for criminals was sentenced Friday to 20… Read More ›

‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has been moved to a prison on the US-Mexico border

‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has been moved to a prison on the US-Mexico border

  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice pulled off brazen jailbreaks and is fighting to avoid extradition to… Read More ›

Google is quietly making progress on one of its most jaw-dropping tech projects

Google is quietly making progress on one of its most jaw-dropping tech projects

  Google’s Project Soli was one of the highlights of the company’s developer conference last year, but there’s been little news about it since then.… Read More ›

Gaza City – Fire Kills 3 Gaza Kids, Sparks Accusations Over Power Crisis

Gaza City – Fire Kills 3 Gaza Kids, Sparks Accusations Over Power Crisis

  Gaza City – Three Palestinian children have died in a Gaza house fire started by a candle, sparking internal finger-pointing over the coastal territory’s… Read More ›