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In Marrakesh, Israelis return to their Moroccan roots to seek a new life – or flee the police

In Marrakesh, Israelis return to their Moroccan roots to seek a new life – or flee the police

Prior to Israel’s establishment, Morocco’s Jewish community numbered about 250,000. Now the community stands at some 3,000 with the vast majority living in Casablanca.  … Read More ›

Palestinians say 12-year-old killed by IDF fire

Palestinians say 12-year-old killed by IDF fire

Military looking into claims Muhye Muhammad Sidqi al-Tabbakhi, who was killed during clashes with Israeli security forces in the East Jerusalem town of al-Ram, died… Read More ›

Top Trump advisor to ‘Post’: Settlement annexation legitimate if PA continues to avoid real peace

Top Trump advisor to ‘Post’: Settlement annexation legitimate if PA continues to avoid real peace

Trump sees in Netanyahu “all the things that were lacking in Obama,” David Friedman says.   CLEVELAND – Israeli annexation of settlements in the West… Read More ›

MK impeachment bill passes final vote

MK impeachment bill passes final vote

“The threat of expulsion will serve as a silencing tactic, while also impeding MKs’ ability to faithfully fulfill the mandate they promised to their voters.”… Read More ›

GOP proposes ruthlessness for terrorists, then a turn inward

GOP proposes ruthlessness for terrorists, then a turn inward

Trump-GOP disengagement leaves Israel to its own devices in solving its conflict with the Palestinians.   CLEVELAND – A conflicted Republican Party continued its slow… Read More ›

Israel – Jerusalem Chosen To Host World’s Largest Travel Bloggers Conference

Israel – Jerusalem Chosen To Host World’s Largest Travel Bloggers Conference

  Israel – The Jerusalem Conventions and Visitors Bureau, under the direction of the Jerusalem Development Authority, announced on Monday that TBEX, a travel blog… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Nothing will come of questioning of former chief of staff

Netanyahu: Nothing will come of questioning of former chief of staff

Addressing questions during Knesset session about ongoing police checks into former PMO chief of staff, Netanyahu pours cold water on any notion of wrongdoing: ‘They… Read More ›

IDF permits soldiers to demonstrate

IDF permits soldiers to demonstrate

The army has amended its order related to soldiers and junior officers’ participating in public demonstrations ahead of the capital’s Pride parade; so long as… Read More ›

Analysis: Bringing down Bibi?

Analysis: Bringing down Bibi?

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert was just as confident when the first allegations against him came out.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his share… Read More ›

Bill to legalize settler homes unconstitutional, but Amona residents refuse to leave

Bill to legalize settler homes unconstitutional, but Amona residents refuse to leave

The High Court of Justice has ordered the homes razed by the end of December because they were built without permits on private Palestinian property.… Read More ›

Israel’s ‘contribution’ to the Turkish coup

Israel’s ‘contribution’ to the Turkish coup

Tanks used during Friday’s attempted coup in Turkey were equipped with Israeli components which were sold to the Turkish government at the beginning of the… Read More ›

Suicide attacks and kidnappings foiled; Shin Bet chief’s first situation report

Suicide attacks and kidnappings foiled; Shin Bet chief’s first situation report

Discussing why more and more women are carrying out terror attacks, the rocky political situation in the Gaza Strip, and multi-lateral cooperation to stop deadly… Read More ›

IDF Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow: A dream cut short

IDF Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow: A dream cut short

Sgt. Rindenow’s older brother Jeff Tower said Shlomo was the fifth sibling in his family to travel to Israel and volunteer for an IDF combat… Read More ›

Top Paris rabbi: Aliya not born out of fear

Top Paris rabbi: Aliya not born out of fear

Community leaders skeptical that Nice attack will lead to wave of immigration   The motivation to make aliya is not born out of fear of… Read More ›

A tale of two mountains: Mount Zion and the Temple Mount

A tale of two mountains: Mount Zion and the Temple Mount

Despite the existence of significant religious sites for Judaism, Islam and Christianity on both Mount Zion and the Temple Mount, only one seems to periodically… Read More ›

Failed coup could spark anti-Semitism, Turkish ex-MP warns

Failed coup could spark anti-Semitism, Turkish ex-MP warns

Analysis : As with 2013 Gezi Park protests, attempted putsch unlikely to derail rapprochement between Ankara and Jerusalem, but could slow it down significantly  … Read More ›

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Religious-Zionist Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of a distinguished IDF preparatory yeshiva, accused, via homophobic rhetoric, the army of seeking to silence one ‘worldview’ and promote… Read More ›

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

Gen. Akın Öztürk, a former commander of the Turkish Air Force, was one of the two named orchestrators of the attempted military coup d’état; they… Read More ›

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Lt. Col. David Shapira is the hero who stopped the terrorist in the 2008 Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack; he also commanded Sgt. Elor Azaria when… Read More ›

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

Bipartisan support at risk, NGO heads say   NEW YORK – The recent talk surrounding Israel policies in the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties… Read More ›