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Hebron governor visits terrorists’ families, Israel revokes his entry permit

Hebron governor visits terrorists’ families, Israel revokes his entry permit

Kamal Hamid posted to Facebook after visiting the mourning tents of two terrorists who attacked Israelis on Friday; COGAT has revoked his entry permit into… Read More ›

Jerusalem minister: I oppose construction exclusively for Arabs in J’lem

Jerusalem minister: I oppose construction exclusively for Arabs in J’lem

PM and defense minister approved the construction of 800 housing units in Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhoods and Ma’ale Adumim; in addition, 600 housing units were… Read More ›

Comment: Commemorating, not celebrating the Entebbe Operation

Comment: Commemorating, not celebrating the Entebbe Operation

Four decades later, terrorism is no less a scourge than it was then.   ENTEBBE – It was one of Israel’s most spectacular military feats,… Read More ›

Defending Israel on the ocean floor

Defending Israel on the ocean floor

Navy’s Unit for Underwater Missions works in an alien-like environment   Deep under the sea, it was pitch black on the ocean floor off the northern… Read More ›

Turkey consulted Hamas, PA before signing Israel reconciliation deal

Turkey consulted Hamas, PA before signing Israel reconciliation deal

Erdogan claims Ankara’s ‘main concern’ while in talks with Israel to end acrimonious ties was welfare of Gazans   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said… Read More ›

Liberman tells IDF chiefs not to answer Bennett’s questions

Liberman tells IDF chiefs not to answer Bennett’s questions

Defense minister said to clash with education minister after the latter grilled senior officers during security cabinet meeting   Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman was reportedly… Read More ›

Palestinian describes aiding settler family hit by shooting attack

Palestinian describes aiding settler family hit by shooting attack

Couple helped surviving members of Miki Mark’s family escape overturned vehicle and administered first aid until ambulance arrived   In the moments after the Friday… Read More ›

Israel okays 800 new housing units in East Jerusalem, surrounding area

Israel okays 800 new housing units in East Jerusalem, surrounding area

In wake of terror attacks, Netanyahu says West Bank’s Jewish communities must be strengthened; construction for 600 homes in Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa also… Read More ›

Trump Twitter blunder could compromise Jewish support

Trump Twitter blunder could compromise Jewish support

Republican presidential candidate levels charges of corruption against his political opponent Hillary Clinton, evoking the Star of David to indicate her involvement in financial scandals.… Read More ›

Street food elevated to the sublime

Street food elevated to the sublime

Review: Chef Yuval Ben Neriah’s interpretation of the street foods of India, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia has catapulted Taizu into the elite ranks of… Read More ›

Dinner event honoring terrorists held in East Jerusalem

Dinner event honoring terrorists held in East Jerusalem

Families of young people jailed in Israel for terrorist activities attended a special Iftar dinner to break the fast of Ramadan; Relatives received special commemorative… Read More ›

Entebbe thrust Benjamin Netanyahu onto trajectory leading to politics

Entebbe thrust Benjamin Netanyahu onto trajectory leading to politics

Over the years some of Netanyahu’s detractors have accused him of using his brother’s story for his own political benefit.   Forty years after a… Read More ›

IDF archives release tapes of Operation Yonatan debriefing

IDF archives release tapes of Operation Yonatan debriefing

Israel Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Benny Peled is heard saying that his superior, IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Motta Gur, had doubts about the mission… Read More ›

Security cabinet approves ‘aggressive steps’ in wake of recent attacks

Security cabinet approves ‘aggressive steps’ in wake of recent attacks

Hebron region cordoned off, all relatives of attackers to be investigated; Liberman, Bennett Face off in security cabinet meeting.   Israel is using “aggressive measures” against… Read More ›

A personal retrospective: Was Elie Wiesel happy?

A personal retrospective: Was Elie Wiesel happy?

To keep describing Wiesel in all the obituaries as a survivor does an injustice to the totality of his life and accomplishments.   “You came… Read More ›

Facebook rejects harsh Israeli critique over incitement

Facebook rejects harsh Israeli critique over incitement

Top minister had said ‘monster’ company’s CEO, Zuckerberg, has blood of slain Israeli teen on his hands   Facebook on Saturday night dismissed an Israeli… Read More ›

Chava Mark’s condition stable, but serious

Chava Mark’s condition stable, but serious

The mother in the car shot at on Friday near Hebron who lost her husband in the attack is improving, says the head of the… Read More ›

In response to rocket fire, IAF strikes in Gaza

In response to rocket fire, IAF strikes in Gaza

Israeli Air Force planes struck four Hamas targets in the Gaza Friday night, responding to a rocket fired from the Strip, which landed in a… Read More ›

IDF: Friday’s rocket fired by Salafi group, not Hamas

IDF: Friday’s rocket fired by Salafi group, not Hamas

The military assesses that the rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at Sderot on Friday night was not fired by Hamas and was actually contrary… Read More ›

Erdan blames Facebook for aiding recent murders

Erdan blames Facebook for aiding recent murders

Other MKs continued to blame MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List) for inciting to violence on Wednesday by calling IDF soldiers murderers.   Facebook founder Mark… Read More ›