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PMO: Accusations that Netanyahu mishandled the Gaza tunnel threat are false

PMO: Accusations that Netanyahu mishandled the Gaza tunnel threat are false

Sources who have seen the report have charged that cabinet had not been properly briefed on the threat prior to the war.   Prime Minister… Read More ›

IDF bans ‘Pokemon Go’ app from all military bases amid security fears

IDF bans ‘Pokemon Go’ app from all military bases amid security fears

Army bans viral app from bases, which activates cameras, GPS sensor and leaks data, military sources say.   Acting on concerns that soldiers on IDF… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Demolishes More Palestinian Homes This Year Than Last

Jerusalem – Israel Demolishes More Palestinian Homes This Year Than Last

  Jerusalem – A leading Israeli human rights group says Israel has demolished more Palestinian homes in the West Bank this year than it did… Read More ›

Netanyahu not against Gaza port, if Israel has oversight

Netanyahu not against Gaza port, if Israel has oversight

PM also says security cabinet discussed tunnel threat multiple times before 2014 war, was not caught unawares   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday indicated… Read More ›

Netanyahu calls on Israel’s Arabs to ‘thrive in droves’

Netanyahu calls on Israel’s Arabs to ‘thrive in droves’

In online video, PM disavows controversial Election Day message; Arab MK rejects ‘hypocritical display’   In  a video released Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called… Read More ›

We all lose in the Azaria trial

We all lose in the Azaria trial

Op-ed: The trial of Elor Azaria – the Hebron soldier – is reaching its critical juncture with his testimony. But whatever outcome is reached will… Read More ›

Pedestrians in bike lanes also to be fined

Pedestrians in bike lanes also to be fined

The responsible Knesset committee has authorized a government bill to widen municipal enforcement of all sidewalk-related offenses, affecting cyclists, scooter-riders, and pedestrians. The Knesset’s Economic… Read More ›

PM claims that he will let go of some portfolios

PM claims that he will let go of some portfolios

Netanyahu personally holds four ministries in addition to leading the government; asked by a Knesset committee if running the foreign affairs was distracting from his… Read More ›

The illegal car trade of the West Bank

The illegal car trade of the West Bank

PA security forces say 50,000 Palestinians own stolen vehicles.   The road from Eizariya to Abu Dis, located in the largely IDF-controlled areas B and… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Diplomatic Strategy Shift Towards Africa Seems to Be Gaining More Allies

Jerusalem – Israel’s Diplomatic Strategy Shift Towards Africa Seems to Be Gaining More Allies

Jerusalem – The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Sunday that Director General Dore Gold met with the president of the Republic of… Read More ›

Philadelphia – Kaine One Of Few Senators Not To Sign Letter To Obama Urging Aid Package To Israel

Philadelphia – Kaine One Of Few Senators Not To Sign Letter To Obama Urging Aid Package To Israel

  Philadelphia – Presumptive Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine was one of only 17 senators in April not to sign a letter urging US… Read More ›

Father who forgot daughter in car: ‘My heart is broken into pieces’

Father who forgot daughter in car: ‘My heart is broken into pieces’

Yedidya, the father of 1-year-old Hannah Feldman, who died after being forgotten in a vehicle, says ‘the feelings of guilt are unbearable.’ He met with… Read More ›

Kaine one of few senators not to sign letter to Obama urging increased MoU

Kaine one of few senators not to sign letter to Obama urging increased MoU

Clinton, meanwhile, suggested support for a robust defense package during a speech in March to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.   Presumptive Democratic vice… Read More ›

Analysis: Legal dramas of the IDF intrinsically linked to Israeli society

Analysis: Legal dramas of the IDF intrinsically linked to Israeli society

Commanders have been told that any sexual offense will result in an appearance in military court, dishonorable discharge and a disgraceful end to their career… Read More ›

‘In choice between territories and peace, I prefer peace,’ Ben-Gurion said in 1968

‘In choice between territories and peace, I prefer peace,’ Ben-Gurion said in 1968

Lost interview uncovered in Jerusalem archive shows Israel’s founding premier exhorting a victorious nation to cleave to ‘the moral virtue of our undertaking’   A… Read More ›

Prosecutors, witnesses in Hebron soldier trial given extra security

Prosecutors, witnesses in Hebron soldier trial given extra security

Panic button installed on phones of those involved in case amid mounting threats; defendant gets first weekend furlough   Military prosecutors trying the case of… Read More ›

Online fundraiser for Hebron soldier raises over NIS 300,000

Online fundraiser for Hebron soldier raises over NIS 300,000

Campaign aims to fund a newly formed organization set to provide legal assistance to Elor Azaria, others ‘caught in similar situations’   An online fundraising… Read More ›

Battalion commander says Hebron soldier ‘didn’t tell the truth’ after shooting

Battalion commander says Hebron soldier ‘didn’t tell the truth’ after shooting

In testimony, Lt-Col. David Shapira also tells court that Elor Azaria had been under great stress over new role as company medic   The battalion… Read More ›

Tel Aviv’s healthful foods program begins in summer camps

Tel Aviv’s healthful foods program begins in summer camps

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality, implementing the Milan Charter, has run a pilot program overhauling the menus in Israeli Scouts’ summer camps before starting with schools… Read More ›

From Nice to Israel: ‘I feel at home; it’s my place’

From Nice to Israel: ‘I feel at home; it’s my place’

59-year-old Rabbi Lanker and his wife immigrated to Israel from Nice recently, joining three of their children and preceding a fourth in the country; their… Read More ›