Israel News

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Op-ed: A refusal to serve in the territories is perceived as a refusal to accept the majority’s political decision. It is no different, however, from… Read More ›

As early election talk swells, PM digs in against new broadcaster

As early election talk swells, PM digs in against new broadcaster

Leaving to China, Netanyahu says coalition agreed Likud has final say on communications issues, putting fate of public broadcaster in his hands, not finance minister’s… Read More ›

Bennett’s display of hypocrisy

Bennett’s display of hypocrisy

Op-ed: If academic freedom of speech does not give lecturers the right to discriminate against a certain group of students, why should an educator in… Read More ›

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

The city’s seventh international marathon, which begins Friday morning, has 30,000 runners, with more than 3,500 hailing from 65 countries   As Jerusalem gears up… Read More ›

Analysis: Saudis Eye Closer Times with Trump

Analysis: Saudis Eye Closer Times with Trump

The meeting between Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and Trump was billed by the Saudis as a turning point in relations.   New… Read More ›

Women in combat roles: Yes, you can

Women in combat roles: Yes, you can

Op-ed: It’s true that not every girl is fit to be a fighter, but neither is every boy. Almost every woman soldier who has completed… Read More ›

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

“BDS has an antisemitic agenda and leads a campaign of demonization, delegitimization and double standards against Israel.”   Hotel Kaiserwasser and Hotel Regina have pulled… Read More ›

13 suspects arrested in IAI corruption investigation

13 suspects arrested in IAI corruption investigation

Investigation centers on companies providing bribes and kickbacks to Israel Aerospace Industries officials in exchange for contracts; suspects include executives, board members, managers, a former… Read More ›

Court remands elderly man who burned nurse to death

Court remands elderly man who burned nurse to death

Holocaust survivor Asher Faraj to remain behind bars pending a psychiatric evaluation; family members say he’s mentally ill   An elderly Holocaust survivor who burned… Read More ›

Analysis: Palestinian Issue Puts Jordanian-Israeli Peace on Ice

Analysis: Palestinian Issue Puts Jordanian-Israeli Peace on Ice

Government ties, though kept at low volume, are close.   A banner of Ahmad Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier convicted of killing seven Israeli schoolgirls twenty years… Read More ›

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Op-ed: While there is no reason to hold MK Miki Zohar’s suggestion regarding the possible annexation of the West Bank and its residents in high… Read More ›

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

  Jerusalem – Intel announced Monday it will spend more than $15 billion to acquire Mobileye, an Israeli company that develops technology that essentially gives… Read More ›

Liberman Suggests New Peace Push Afoot, Calls for Population Swaps

Liberman Suggests New Peace Push Afoot, Calls for Population Swaps

Defense minister says MKs Zoabi, Odeh and Ghattas should not be citizens of Israel as part of future peace deal.   Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman… Read More ›

Ministerial initiative on Temple Mount raises ire among Arab MKs

Ministerial initiative on Temple Mount raises ire among Arab MKs

The initiative to establish an advocacy foundation for Jewish connections to the Temple Mount has been met with fury among Arab lawmakers who claim the… Read More ›

Don’t let the lobbyists derail the law to ban binary options

Don’t let the lobbyists derail the law to ban binary options

Op-Ed: Proponents of the widely fraudulent industry are quietly trying to thwart law-enforcement’s long-overdue move to close it down   In these very days, in… Read More ›

German Newspapers: Netanyahu is a Mad Dictator Like Khamenei

German Newspapers: Netanyahu is a Mad Dictator Like Khamenei

The list failed to include Sudan President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.… Read More ›

Personal medical files reveal accurate picture of Israelis’ health

Personal medical files reveal accurate picture of Israelis’ health

A study based on real data collected from millions of Israelis with health insurance points to a drop in the number of smokers in the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

  Jerusalem –  Israel is the big surprise of the World Baseball Classic, upsetting three teams, generating buzz and offering a mascot like no other… Read More ›

Rivlin asks Egyptian president to show Israeli prisoner clemency

Rivlin asks Egyptian president to show Israeli prisoner clemency

The Israeli president contacts Al-Sisi and asks him to use his presidential powers to lighten the sentence of an Israeli serving a life sentence. President… Read More ›

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

IDF officers who studied under Rabbi Levinstein in a pre-military modern Orthodox academy sign a petition backing their Rabbi, against the integration of women in… Read More ›