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Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories on Facebook Live with Palestinians

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories on Facebook Live with Palestinians

Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai answered questions posed to him by residents of the West Bank and Gaza. Asked ‘When will the occupation end?’ he answered,… Read More ›

Follow the lawyer

Follow the lawyer

Op-ed: In his fourth term, Netanyahu is a king in his palace. As the one who was the first to spot the Mount Carmel fire,… Read More ›

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’

Fires contained elsewhere in the country; eight countries sending planes to combat blazes, Palestinians dispatching crew   Firefighters continued to battle blazes around the country,… Read More ›

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

Israeli Jews of Iraqi descent meet Abbas in Ramallah

“The hostility must end, and we want people to live in peace with everyone, whether [Mizrahi] or Ashkenazi,” Abbas remarks, adding, “We will one day… Read More ›

Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

Appointed IDF chief rabbi to High Court: ‘I never said it’s okay to rape’

In response to halting his appointment to chief rabbi of the IDF, Rabbi Eyal Karim issues an affidavit to the High Court, saying, ‘One must… Read More ›

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israel against using term ‘Polish death camps’

Israeli-Polish governments hold joint meeting in capital.   Israel is opposed to the use of the term “Polish death camps” to describe the Nazi concentration… Read More ›

State-sponsored chaos

State-sponsored chaos

Op-ed: Israel must pass a law to prevent the recurrence of cases like Amona by settling once and for all land-ownership issues and setting a… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

Jerusalem – Israeli Museum Concert Shows Holocaust’s Lesser Known Legacy

  Jerusalem – For the first time in Yad Vashem’s 63-year history, live music echoed through the halls of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in a… Read More ›

Deputy FM hopes to break the international paradigm on the West Bank

Deputy FM hopes to break the international paradigm on the West Bank

The deputy minister lamented the persistent idea that “everything starts and ends with ‘the occupation.’”   Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) has big plans… Read More ›

Half a Turkish delight

Half a Turkish delight

Op-ed: Suddenly, after six years of a diplomatic crisis, Erdoğan urgently wants to turn over a new leaf. It’s hard to say, however, that Ankara… Read More ›

On Poland trip seeking roots, Canadian actor finds wife and new life

On Poland trip seeking roots, Canadian actor finds wife and new life

Michael Rubenfeld makes theater piece from quest to repair difficult relations with his second-generation Holocaust survivor mother   Michael Rubenfeld grew up in Winnipeg, Canada,… Read More ›

Lapid: Keep Israel-US disputes behind closed doors

Lapid: Keep Israel-US disputes behind closed doors

Yesh Atid leader says going over president’s head to Congress not a good idea   He has succeeded in rallying the Israeli masses, preaching political… Read More ›

A prayer for silence, for Muslims and for all

A prayer for silence, for Muslims and for all

Op-ed: The bill to limit muezzin calls is turning into another religious war, in which the Israeli Left is automatically siding with the provocateurs; however,… Read More ›

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

Bannon rejects, and supplies ammunition to, those who label him anti-Semitic

In first series of interviews since accepting top White House role, Trump’s chief strategist continues to advance ‘globalist’ conspiracy theories that echo anti-Semitic libels  … Read More ›

Polish ambassador lauds Warsaw’s ties with Jerusalem

Polish ambassador lauds Warsaw’s ties with Jerusalem

Envoy also highlights Jewish renaissance in Poland: “It’s a phenomenon which you will not find anywhere else in Europe.”   Less than a week before… Read More ›

New Israel poverty index ranks Jerusalem near bottom

New Israel poverty index ranks Jerusalem near bottom

The report, which was conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics, calculates the socio-economic ranking of 255 communities in Israel and creates a rank from… Read More ›

US blames ‘Post’ Pollard interview in ’86 for strict incarceration, parole

US blames ‘Post’ Pollard interview in ’86 for strict incarceration, parole

The interview Pollard gave in 1986 to Post correspondent Wolf Blitzer was claimed at the time of sentencing to be in violation of a plea… Read More ›

Netanyahu and the German submarines: The unanswered questions

Netanyahu and the German submarines: The unanswered questions

Analysis: Why was the prime minister so eager to finalize such an expensive submarine deal with Germany, which would only be implemented at least 10… Read More ›

US Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism

US Jews grapple with election-year eruption of anti-Semitism

After Trump’s election, donations to ADL jump 50-fold, while many Jews express anxiety over spike in anti-Jewish vitriol and abuse   NEW YORK (AP) —… Read More ›

Trump team urges Israeli right to tone down jubilation at win

Trump team urges Israeli right to tone down jubilation at win

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says aides of president-elect have asked rightist politicians to stop with the public enthusiasm   Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday… Read More ›