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Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

Rivlin to consider clemency for IDF soldiers with prior convictions

President Rivlin urges soldiers with criminal records to file pardon requests, citing desire to provide youngsters, whose ‘personalities have not yet solidified,’ with best chances… Read More ›

Iran says S-300 air defense system now ‘fully integrated’

Iran says S-300 air defense system now ‘fully integrated’

Senior air force commander tells state media the missile units are now deployed nationwide, ready for ‘practical operations’   Iran’s advanced S-300 air defense system,… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Discovery Believed To Be Second Temple Coin Is Actually Israel Museum Souvenir, Report Says

Jerusalem – Discovery Believed To Be Second Temple Coin Is Actually Israel Museum Souvenir, Report Says

Jerusalem –  A coin that was believed to be a rare artifact from the Second Temple period found by an 8-year-old girl in a West… Read More ›

Abbas to Meet Erdogan in Ankara Tuesday

Abbas to Meet Erdogan in Ankara Tuesday

Erdogan will a “be a positive factor in ending the division,” said a senior Fatah official of recent tension between Hamas and Fatah.   Palestinian… Read More ›

Obama chose dishonor, and Israel will have war

Obama chose dishonor, and Israel will have war

Op-ed: The nuclear agreement—misleadingly presented to the world as the lesser of evils—allowed Iran to grow rich and expand its influence in the region. Now,… Read More ›

Netanyahu says meeting with Kushner ‘helpful, meaningful’

Netanyahu says meeting with Kushner ‘helpful, meaningful’

Trump hails parley between high-level US and Israeli officials, says ties between two countries ‘stronger than ever’   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday evening… Read More ›

Israel Watches Tag-Team Operation Against ISIS Nervously

Israel Watches Tag-Team Operation Against ISIS Nervously

All the regional forces engaging in the fight against ISIS are Israel’s enemies, but so is ISIS – what is the Jewish state to do?… Read More ›

Can Greenblatt succeed where his predecessors failed?

Can Greenblatt succeed where his predecessors failed?

Op-ed: To succeed in his mission, Trump’s Middle East envoy needs to create an updated and revised version of the Saudi peace initiative by limiting… Read More ›

Senior PA Official to Britain: We Want Our Own Balfour

Senior PA Official to Britain: We Want Our Own Balfour

“The Balfour Declaration is an historic statement for which Her Majesty’s Government does not intend to apologize.”   Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has… Read More ›

Turning a blind eye to extreme Right or Left anti-Semitism

Turning a blind eye to extreme Right or Left anti-Semitism

Op-ed: The neo-Nazi demonstration last week in Charlottesville was despicable, as was President Trump’s choice to overlook its severity. But it is important for us… Read More ›

Rights Group Say Administrative Detention of Arab Citizens ‘Very Alarming’

Rights Group Say Administrative Detention of Arab Citizens ‘Very Alarming’

Five Israeli citizens, all Arab, are currently being held in administrative detention without trial.   The Association for Civil Rights in Israel voiced alarm on… Read More ›

We’re not going anywhere

We’re not going anywhere

Op-ed: Lior Meiri, one of the founders of ‘the New Likudniks,’ explains the controversial new movement’s ambitions to change the Likud party from within; ‘The… Read More ›

State says outpost legalization law protects Palestinians

State says outpost legalization law protects Palestinians

Responding to petition from left-wing NGOs, government insists preventing additional outpost evacuations is in Israel’s ‘national interest’   In its official response Thursday to a… Read More ›

How Will the Netanyahu-Putin Meeting Affect the Region

How Will the Netanyahu-Putin Meeting Affect the Region

Netanyahu will be careful to praise the Russian-Israeli bilateral relations.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to go to Sochi on Wednesday for a… Read More ›

PM Netanyahu to Meet Putin Over Iranian Presence in Syria

PM Netanyahu to Meet Putin Over Iranian Presence in Syria

Netanyahu and Putin have kept in close contact in recent years, with the Israeli leader visiting Moscow four times in the last 16 months.  … Read More ›

Now they remember

Now they remember

Op-ed: The recently released data on the drop in IDF recruits’ motivation to serve as combat soldiers cannot be a surprise to the IDF. This… Read More ›

Barcelona Attack Hits Near Kosher Restaurant, Keeping Jerusalem on Edge

Barcelona Attack Hits Near Kosher Restaurant, Keeping Jerusalem on Edge

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to the ministry’s situation room soon after the attack to monitor developments   With thousands of Israelis currently on vacation… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s silence echoes Trump’s disgraceful stance on neo-Nazis

Netanyahu’s silence echoes Trump’s disgraceful stance on neo-Nazis

Op-ed: By remaining silent on US president’s failure to immediately condemn neo-Nazis in the wake of Charlottesville violence, the prime minister has demonstrated a nonchalant… Read More ›

Israeli, world leaders condemn Barcelona terror attack

Israeli, world leaders condemn Barcelona terror attack

US, Germany and PA denounce ‘revolting’ vehicle ramming that killed 13; Trump revives dubious Muslim execution story after offering condolences   Israeli and world leaders… Read More ›

Israel’s Government Press Office Revokes Al Jazeera Press Card

Israel’s Government Press Office Revokes Al Jazeera Press Card

Is this Communications Minister Ayoub Kara’s next move against the Qatari cable network?   The Government Press Organization invalidated the press credentials of an Al Jazeera reporter… Read More ›