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Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim refuse to attend a speech given by Uri Banki, father of Shira Banki, who was murdered by Yishai Schlissel at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

Six weeks before Inauguration Day, doomsday predictions about shattered relations and the outgoing president’s wrath striking Israel at the Security Council appear to have been… Read More ›

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid.   Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Ongoing police investigation into role in submarine scandal of David Shomron, PM’s attorney, reveals that IDF officers were involved; police gather officers’ testimony. Police collected… Read More ›

Analysis: Fatah election fails to bring new group of leaders

Analysis: Fatah election fails to bring new group of leaders

On the ground in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Abbas is likely to intensify his crack down on Dahlan loyalists, Abu Sada predicts.  … Read More ›

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

As the evacuation of Amona approaches, youngsters distribute leaflets calling on soldiers and policemen to refrain from carrying out orders; two arrested for incitement to… Read More ›

PM looking for Amona solution as residents vow resistance

PM looking for Amona solution as residents vow resistance

Outpost leaders threaten to ‘block bulldozers with our bodies’; Netanyahu says state will request 30-day extension on demolition deadline   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said… Read More ›

Analysis: Is the next ‘Arab Spring’ implosion around the corner?

Analysis: Is the next ‘Arab Spring’ implosion around the corner?

Report of increasing restlessness of young Arabs will surely be on the Israel security establishment’s radar screen.   The alarm bells sounding the impending youth… Read More ›

Victim in Buchris trial opposes plea bargain

Victim in Buchris trial opposes plea bargain

In response to a proposed plea bargain in which Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris admits to inappropriate behavior instead of rape, the lawyer of one of… Read More ›

Analysis: First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets

Analysis: First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets

Israel said to act on declared ‘red lines’ with overnight air raids on Syrian military base, Hezbollah weapons convoy   For the first time in… Read More ›

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

Int’l law does not deal with attack tunnels, say experts

It is unclear to what extent an armed force is obliged to check whether civilians are hiding in a tunnel before attacking it as a… Read More ›

The anti-Zionist right

The anti-Zionist right

Op-ed: Instead of having the state’s best interest in mind, Likud Knesset members are insisting on enacting damaging laws in order to gather a few… Read More ›

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad, but local Jewish community ‘surprised’ by request, says… Read More ›

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Jewish Democrats cry hypocrisy over US general’s Israel remarks

Gen. James Mattis, contender for Trump’s defense secretary, said settlements could lead to ‘apartheid.’   WASHINGTON – After defending US President Barack Obama’s credentials on… Read More ›

The reality of women in combat roles

The reality of women in combat roles

Op-ed: Research shows that not only has operational preparedness suffered as a result of women’s incorporation in combat units, but that female soldiers themselves have… Read More ›

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

Top US firefighters ‘dropped everything’ to help Israel battle the blazes

39 firefighters, mostly not Jewish, answered Israel’s call for help through the Emergency Volunteers Project   TEL AVIV (JTA) — Call them Israel’s American volunteer… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Analysis: IDF meets Islamic State

Is ISIS trying to provoke Israel?   The cross-border incident Sunday morning on the Golan Heights between the IDF and Islamic State-linked terrorists in Syria represented… Read More ›

Israel Air Force officer: ‘Syria’s the global stage, everybody’s playing there’

Israel Air Force officer: ‘Syria’s the global stage, everybody’s playing there’

Senior official gives military’s view of Syrian civil war, and how Israeli jets navigate the dangerously full skies next door   For years, Israel was… Read More ›

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

IDF reveals video-interpreting system

The army also revealed the existence of the advanced, start-up-styled unit that developed the technology; live events are summarized in text; a database compares to… Read More ›

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Finance minister: NIS 2,500 immediately to every person who can’t go home

Speaking in Haifa, Moshe Kahlon committed to provide emergency relief, distributed by local authorities, to every person whose home was rendered uninhabitable by the recent… Read More ›