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US envoy at UN makes bid for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks

US envoy at UN makes bid for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks

Nikki Haley meets Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour, urges ‘direct negotiations rather than looking to the UN’   UNITED NATIONS – US Ambassador Nikki Haley on… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

  Tel Aviv – Cheesecake, amaretto or goat cheese and onion jam? Those are just some of the new hamantaschen options this year at Roladin,… Read More ›

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

Speaking to members of the Foreign Press Association on Monday, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) heeded that peace will not be achieved if Israel’s Arab sector… Read More ›

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Op-ed: When the president of the Zionist state and a Palestinian MK share a similar view on annexation and a binational state, there must be… Read More ›

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Investigators question PM for 4th time on corruption allegations in two separate cases; police chief indicates probes almost complete   Police investigators questioned Prime Minister… Read More ›

Liberman: Israeli Annexaton of West Bank Will Cause ‘Immediate Crisis’ With Us

Liberman: Israeli Annexaton of West Bank Will Cause ‘Immediate Crisis’ With Us

Defense minister reiterates his opposition to annexing the West Bank and stresses that the coalition must also do so to prevent diplomatic strife with the… Read More ›

Military prosecution mulling appealing Azaria’s lenient sentence

Military prosecution mulling appealing Azaria’s lenient sentence

Military Advocate General Sharon Afek to meet with prosecution team to discuss whether to appeal the 18-month sentence after Azaria himself decided to appeal his… Read More ›

Netanyahu: 80% of security threats against Israel emanate from Iran

Netanyahu: 80% of security threats against Israel emanate from Iran

At event commemorating 25th anniversary of Buenos Aires embassy bombing, PM says Israel constantly thwarts attacks on Israeli missions abroad   Iran is the source… Read More ›

What you need to know for the train interruptions

What you need to know for the train interruptions

Tel Aviv HaShalom Station will be shut down from Sunday night, interrupting all through trains; free shuttles and increased bus service will compensate. The country… Read More ›

No leader at the end of the tunnel

No leader at the end of the tunnel

Op-ed: The overall impression from the state comptroller’s report on Operation Protective Edge is that Netanyahu isn’t functioning as a leader: He isn’t outlining a… Read More ›

Political nuance lost on NY audience at sneak preview of Israeli hip hop film

Political nuance lost on NY audience at sneak preview of Israeli hip hop film

In ‘Junction 48’, now opening in the US, director Udi Aloni crafts a strong, if sometimes cloying, drama about a struggling Arab rapper in the… Read More ›

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

There were no initial reports or injuries or damage.   A rocket exploded in an open area near the southern Ashkelon coastline Wednesday evening. There… Read More ›

Charlie Azaria vows to carry on fight against Elor’s conviction

Charlie Azaria vows to carry on fight against Elor’s conviction

Charlie Azaria and his son’s last defense lawyer, Yoram Sheftel, both attack the IDF Military Advocate General and vow to carry on the fight with… Read More ›

Taylor Force Act Would Cut Funding for PA Terrorists’ Stipends

Taylor Force Act Would Cut Funding for PA Terrorists’ Stipends

The bill is named after former US Army officer Taylor Force, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Jaffa; AIPAC tells ‘Post’ it will… Read More ›

In Gaza war Bennett pressed, Netanyahu repressed, Ya’alon sputtered

In Gaza war Bennett pressed, Netanyahu repressed, Ya’alon sputtered

Analysis: The comptroller’s report provides a rare glimpse into what happened in the cabinet during the summer of 2014: There was Bayit Yehudi Chairman Naftali… Read More ›

Pennsylvania AG: Trump called wave of anti-Semitic attacks ‘reprehensible,’ but says they’re sometimes done in ‘the reverse’

Pennsylvania AG: Trump called wave of anti-Semitic attacks ‘reprehensible,’ but says they’re sometimes done in ‘the reverse’

  Asked about a wave of recent anti-Semitic attacks, President Donald Trump told a group of state attorneys general on Tuesday that attacks are sometimes… Read More ›

Protective Edge report: Harsh criticism, but no threat to government

Protective Edge report: Harsh criticism, but no threat to government

Op-ed: Prime Minister Netanyahu is the main official rebuked in the state comptroller’s report on the 2014 Gaza war, yet the report is expected to… Read More ›

Hezbollah-Affiliated Newspaper Mocks Israeli Minister’s ‘Killer Robots’ Talk

Hezbollah-Affiliated Newspaper Mocks Israeli Minister’s ‘Killer Robots’ Talk

“The solution in Kara’s opinion is a killer robot, like in the films of Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger,” Al-Akhbar newspaper article says after Likud minister’s… Read More ›

18 premature babies found carrying dangerous bacteria at Tel Aviv hospital

18 premature babies found carrying dangerous bacteria at Tel Aviv hospital

An antibiotic resistant bacterium has been found in 18 premature babies at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Ministry of Health: ‘They are carrying the… Read More ›

Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel in dead of night

Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel in dead of night

Missile hits open field in Sha’ar Hanegev; no incoming alert as projectile was headed toward unpopulated area   A rocket fired from Gaza struck an… Read More ›