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Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Education Minister Naftali Bennett has presented a six-year plan to improve higher education in Israel and bring all sectors of Israeli society, including the ultra-Orthodox,… Read More ›

Algerian mapgate

Algerian mapgate

A map of the Middle East in an Algerian geography textbook that labels Israel by that name rather than with “Palestine” has evoked a public… Read More ›

Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Jerusalem terrorist

Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Jerusalem terrorist

A day after Sayid Amro was killed while trying to stab border police officers in Jerusalem, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, the Muslim Brotherhood and the… Read More ›

Analysis: Are the Palestinians reviving the wave of terror?

Analysis: Are the Palestinians reviving the wave of terror?

The attacks over the weekend carry the characteristics of the current terrorism wave: “lone wolves,” young terrorists and weapons that can be found anywhere, such… Read More ›

Analysis: Mortar shells over the Golan Heights, accident or border threat?

Analysis: Mortar shells over the Golan Heights, accident or border threat?

Regardless of who was behind the shells intercepted yesterday, official Israeli policy is to hold the Assad regime responsible for its territory and enforce its… Read More ›

Beersheba stuns Inter Milan in San Siro

Beersheba stuns Inter Milan in San Siro

After a goalless first half, Miguel Vitor scored the opener for Beersheba following a well-worked free-kick move in the 54th minute.   The remarkable rise… Read More ›

World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges

World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges

Unemployment at 42% in Hamas-ruled Gaza, 18% in West Bank; agency urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade   The World Bank said on Thursday that… Read More ›

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Addressing once more his position that same-sex urges must be controlled, MK Bezalel Smotrich (Bayit Yehudi) confessed that he has sexual fantasies of his own,… Read More ›

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced his apprehension regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas saying that he would not… Read More ›

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

The defense has asked the court to ignore Azaria’s initial statements about the incident, which hurt his case, claiming he was in shock.   Abdel… Read More ›

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

Israel also lags behind on student spending.   Israel spends less per student and maintains higher gender pay gaps than other developed countries, according to… Read More ›

Decision expected soon when to wake Peres

Decision expected soon when to wake Peres

Condition of former president remains serious but stable.   Doctors and family members of former president Shimon Peres will make a decision as early as this… Read More ›

Shaking the hand of Shimon Peres — and Israeli history

Shaking the hand of Shimon Peres — and Israeli history

Obama, Blair, Matisyahu, Pamela Anderson – they all wanted to shake the hand that served alongside David Ben-Gurion.   He is the national brand of Israel.… Read More ›

Israel, PA to move ahead with Gaza gas pipeline

Israel, PA to move ahead with Gaza gas pipeline

Quartet-chaired and Dutch-supported task force to review feasibility study on route, costs and funding from donor states   Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to… Read More ›

Israel strikes Gaza in response to earlier mortar fire

Israel strikes Gaza in response to earlier mortar fire

IAF jets hit 3 Hamas targets in northern part of Strip; military says it holds ruling terror group responsible for all attacks from Palestinian enclave… Read More ›

US General: Israel is key to fighting world’s terrorism problem

US General: Israel is key to fighting world’s terrorism problem

US Brig. Gen. (ret.) Russell Howard thinks the US can cope with ongoing terror threats, but expressed concerns over Europe.   “Israel is a key… Read More ›

Terrorist who murdered soldier Almog Shiloni gets life in prison

Terrorist who murdered soldier Almog Shiloni gets life in prison

Court sentences Nur a-Din Hashiya to life in prison, setting conditions to early release: he will have to serve at least 40 years before being… Read More ›

Archeologists find 1st-century gold coin with Nero’s image in Jerusalem

Archeologists find 1st-century gold coin with Nero’s image in Jerusalem

“The coin is exceptional because this is the first time that a coin of this kind has turned up in Jerusalem in a scientific dig.”… Read More ›

Analysis: US defense deal good for IDF, bad for defense industries

Analysis: US defense deal good for IDF, bad for defense industries

As part of the deal’s terms, Israeli defense industries will largely be left out in the cold.   The new Memorandum of Understanding reached with… Read More ›

The walking dead of the Azaria trial

The walking dead of the Azaria trial

Op-ed: Dr. Dov Shimon’s claims that the terrorist Sgt. Elor Azaria shot in Hebron was already dead are reminiscent of the claims made by doctors… Read More ›