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Sde Dov control tower nearly causes mid-air collision

Sde Dov control tower nearly causes mid-air collision

According to a report by the Minister of Transportation and the Israeli Air Force, lack of supervision on the part of an administrator nearly led… Read More ›

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

At an award ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Breaking the Silence was awarded an alternative cash prize after being denied the Berelson Prize… Read More ›

Regulation in the name of normalcy

Regulation in the name of normalcy

Op-ed: Amona’s residents are not responsible for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The ‘Regulation Bill’ is rational and correct even if it won’t include Amona retroactively. And… Read More ›

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

Will a Republican win on Tuesday see mass aliya?   As the 2016 US presidential election campaigns have gotten increasingly grisly, talk of Americans seeking… Read More ›

Israel’s Heron drone completes first successful mission in Mali

Israel’s Heron drone completes first successful mission in Mali

Germany is using the drone as part of its role in UN peacekeeping force.   Germany has successfully carried out its first successful operational mission… Read More ›

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Which of the two Israeli broadcasting entities will go, which will stay or will they merge.   After threatening last week to call a national… Read More ›

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Avi Dichter leading Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delegation to Moscow to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties   The chairman of the Foreign Affairs… Read More ›

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

The report shows that just 15% of the assets found to have been taken from Holocaust survivors were returned to their owners by the Hashava… Read More ›

French diplomat: We’ll move forward on our peace initiative by year’s end

French diplomat: We’ll move forward on our peace initiative by year’s end

European politicians express concern at their citizens’ lack of interest in the peace process; France’s envoy to the region says his country’s initiative will test… Read More ›

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

50% of the financial donations to the Democratic Party and 25% of those to Republicans come from Jews. Ten US senators are Jewish, as are… Read More ›

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Hosted by Israeli-American business mogul Haim Saban and his wife, the FIDF gala saw celebrities and well known Jewish philanthropists donate millions to help IDF… Read More ›

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

After putting his bone marrow on a national registry, New Yorker Peter Schottenfeld was called upon to save the life of Israeli Eti Brazilai; two… Read More ›

No gas, no problem at Israel alternative fuel expo

No gas, no problem at Israel alternative fuel expo

From fuel-efficient cars to electric planes, hundreds of companies unveil their energy-saving vehicles at Fuel Choices Summit   What would a world look like without… Read More ›

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Tens of thousands of men, educated in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) system, are not taught English or math past the fourth-grade level.   Like many bright… Read More ›

Pro-Israel European alliance prepares to fight massive anti-Israel campaign in 2017

Pro-Israel European alliance prepares to fight massive anti-Israel campaign in 2017

Swiss MP warns that Israel will be “maligned as an apartheid state.”   A European organization dedicated to rallying support for Israel announced Thursday it… Read More ›

3 Palestinians arrested for Molotov cocktail attack

3 Palestinians arrested for Molotov cocktail attack

In a joint arrest operation between the Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police, three Palestinians are arrested for a 2015 Molotov cocktail attack that injured… Read More ›

Israeli researchers find possible cure for HIV

Israeli researchers find possible cure for HIV

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified a protein that has reduced HIV in infected samples by 97 percent; ‘Here comes a new… Read More ›

Yitzhak Rabin, the leader who taught me everything

Yitzhak Rabin, the leader who taught me everything

Op-ed: The slain prime minister was a model example of leadership which takes responsibility for its actions. He did not make excuses and did not… Read More ›

Race narrows for Florida candidates who differ on Israel

Race narrows for Florida candidates who differ on Israel

Incumbent Marco Rubio getting support from RJC while Democratic challenger Murphy backed by J Street.   WASHINGTON – Just over a month ago, the Democratic… Read More ›

Reports: Sudan government arrests people returning from Israel

Reports: Sudan government arrests people returning from Israel

Over 3,300 arrest warrants have been issued for Sudanese citizens returning to the country after having been to Israel, which is considered an enemy state… Read More ›