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The sickness of narrative thinking

The sickness of narrative thinking

Op-ed: In recent years, the truth has fallen casualty to storytelling; the Palestinian narrative of the Nakba must not over ride the truth that the… Read More ›

Report: Majority of West German Justice Ministry officials were ex-Nazis following WWII

Report: Majority of West German Justice Ministry officials were ex-Nazis following WWII

The report added that the number of senior ministry officials who were former Nazis was greater in 1957 than during the 1933-45 period when the… Read More ›

Oren: Debates don’t work in Israel

Oren: Debates don’t work in Israel

Zionist Union’s Shai disagrees, says PM has prevented them from taking place   Israel should not hold American- style televised debates because they do not… Read More ›

Terrorist used his final day of freedom to kill

Terrorist used his final day of freedom to kill

An Israeli-Arab from Jerusalem who was a part Hamas and who killed two people while injuring five was supposed to begin a four month long… Read More ›

Israeli minister due in Turkey as rapprochement warms up

Israeli minister due in Turkey as rapprochement warms up

Energy Minister Steinitz to attend World Energy Congress in Istanbul; unclear if he will meet with his Turkish counterpart   ISTANBUL — A senior Israeli… Read More ›

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Israeli authorities face questions over failure to thwart Jerusalem terrorist

Killer was supposed to be in prison for assaulting officer, had served time, and was reportedly detained five times in past two weeks   As… Read More ›

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

After deadly terror attack, police chief urges ‘return to normal’

Roni Alsheikh hails resilience of Jerusalemites, assures residents law enforcement is ‘densely’ deployed in capital   Israel Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh on Sunday urged Jerusalemites… Read More ›

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

Abbas’s Fatah party honors Jerusalem killer as ‘martyr’

PA leader’s faction declares day of mourning for terrorist who shot dead two Israelis; Hamas leader congratulates his parents in phone call   The political… Read More ›

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Lieberman calls for boycotting Joint List

Campaign to boycott Knesset speeches by members of the Joint List following their refusal to partake in Shimon Peres’s funeral approved by Prime Minister Netanyahu;… Read More ›

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)recently laid down her vision for a libertarian, hands-off government and judicial system over the weekend, arousing respect but also… Read More ›

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Sara Netanyahu’s appeal rejected

Like an earlier ruling by the same court for a different employee, the court ruled that she had no basis to appeal.   The National… Read More ›

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Activists in Jerusalem insist Trump still fit to be President

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there were no women among the volunteers, although several women passing by expressed their opposition to Trump and the campaign stand itself.  … Read More ›

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty

Leader of nationalist Jewish Home party says Elor Azaria ‘shouldn’t sit a single day in prison’ for killing disarmed Palestinian assailant   Jewish Home party… Read More ›

The Mossad needs a tailor

The Mossad needs a tailor

The Israeli Mossad has put out a request for an experienced master tailor to come work for the secretive spy agency; this is not the… Read More ›

Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel

Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel

Despite fears of terrorism and anti-Semitism in the country, a 42% drop in French Jewish people making aliyah has occurred this year; one major factor… Read More ›

Israeli wines gain international recognition

Israeli wines gain international recognition

Editors from the US magazine Wine Spectator visited Israel to take a taste of wines produced in the holy land, and were surprised by what… Read More ›

The game with Hamas has changed

The game with Hamas has changed

Analysis: Hamas high value targets were hit following the rocket attack on the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Wednesday; hit with heavy, precision munitions,… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In Israel, careers have ended over far less than Trump’s tape

ANALYSIS: In Israel, careers have ended over far less than Trump’s tape

When it comes to vile comments and violent actions against women, the buck – and the shekel – stops here.   American Republican presidential candidate… Read More ›

US-born Israeli MK to Trump: Enough is enough

US-born Israeli MK to Trump: Enough is enough

“When at every corner you see that the man is a savage, I tried to ignore and believe despite it all. I was wrong!”  … Read More ›

Analysis: Hezbollah’s drug trail

Analysis: Hezbollah’s drug trail

The unholy world combining drug smuggling, intelligence operations and terrorist plots is neither new nor surprising.   The Shin Bet and Israel Poice’s thwarting of… Read More ›