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Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

“The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.”   The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Nils Muižnieks delivered an urgent call… Read More ›

Analysis: Unprepared but able to improvise

Analysis: Unprepared but able to improvise

The IDF managed to destroy 31 tunnels – not because they followed a pre-arranged, trained doctrine – but because they improvised.   The three Bs… Read More ›

Arab bloc foils Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion on Jerusalem

Arab bloc foils Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion on Jerusalem

Only six nations, including the United States, voted to oppose the resolution.   UNESCO’s executive board is expected on Tuesday to ratify last week’s resolution… Read More ›

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

Defending his speech to Security Council, Hagai El-Ad says control over West Bank ‘isn’t an internal Israeli issue, but a major international issue’   The… Read More ›

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

State Department says Washington values watchdog’s information on West Bank, after NGO is blasted in Israel for appearing at UN   A US official on… Read More ›

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Tzipi Hotovely says university’s Minerva Center for Human Rights works with ‘anti-Israel organizations’ such as B’Tselem   Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Monday pulled… Read More ›

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

The new model, which will be unveiled on October 27th in a government ceremony, is set to commemorate the 16 Irgun fighters who were killed… Read More ›

The brewmistress of Taybeh

The brewmistress of Taybeh

The groundbreaking, family-run West Bank brewery is also shattering the glass ceiling with general manager Madees Khoury, who is considered to be the first Palestinian… Read More ›

Israel battles brain drain: ‘It’s time to come back home’

Israel battles brain drain: ‘It’s time to come back home’

Israeli academics have made a name for themselves across the world for their intellectual know-how, but the very real brain drain threat is compelling many… Read More ›

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Don’t quit over Jerusalem vote, Israel tells Mexico’s Jewish UNESCO envoy

Carmel Shama HaCohen praises Andres Roemer for walkout over his country’s support for anti-Israel resolution, but urges him to rethink ‘premature’ resignation   Israel’s ambassador… Read More ›

Report: Hamas launches long-range rocket into Mediterranean Sea

Report: Hamas launches long-range rocket into Mediterranean Sea

Hamas frequently launches rockets into Mediterranean waters, sharpening its technological capabilities for a possible future confrontation with Israel.   The Gaza-based terror organization Hamas on… Read More ›

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

‘Tell us how you made Israel,’ the technological juggernaut

  Surrounded by an inhospitable mix of barren desert and malaria-ridden swampland, the fledgling State of Israel had little food with which to sustain its… Read More ›

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

‘Southern Israel is secure, but Hamas is getting ready’

Since the end of the 2014 war, the Eshkol region has experienced a population growth of around 8%, as new families move to the area.… Read More ›

Leaked Clinton email: Facade of peace talks better than nothing

Leaked Clinton email: Facade of peace talks better than nothing

2015 exchange between Democratic hopeful, top aides reveals skepticism at Netanyahu apologizing for Arabs ‘voting in droves’ remark   White House hopeful Hillary Clinton earlier… Read More ›

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Israelis believe Clinton will push them harder on peace, back her anyway — poll

Survey shows Israelis may have given up on peace, but not peace talks; Arab Israelis more optimistic than Jewish counterparts about state’s future   Last… Read More ›

In 2013, Clinton doubted Israel could destroy Iran’s nuclear program alone

In 2013, Clinton doubted Israel could destroy Iran’s nuclear program alone

In speeches to Goldman Sachs released by WikiLeaks, Democratic presidential hopeful said the US should ‘bomb’ Tehran’s facilities   WASHINGTON — In a series of… Read More ›

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

Posters in Mea Shearim ask women to avoid main street

After the High Court of Justice banned the use of partitions on public streets of the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood, pashkevils were posted telling women to… Read More ›

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

Mossad listened in on Arab states’ preparations for Six-Day War

King Hassan II of Morocco, who didn’t trust his guests from the Arab League, secretly recorded the discussions at a 1965 summit. It was the… Read More ›

Comment: Palestinian Authority’s future is not in rewriting history

Comment: Palestinian Authority’s future is not in rewriting history

Palestinians may themselves pay the price for UNESCO’s rewriting of history, even if it seems like a success to Palestinian leadership.   Once again, the… Read More ›

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Dylan’s Nobel Prize in literature long overdue

Cultural icon’s connections to Judaism, Israel permeate lyrics.   Bob Dylan, the 75-year-old American Jewish singer-songwriter who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman who revolutionized contemporary songwriting… Read More ›