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Terms of surrender

Terms of surrender

Op-ed: Years of kowtowing to Erdoğan’s demands have not repaired our relationship with Turkey; it is time Israel puts a premium on its national dignity.… Read More ›

Build inside settlement blocs, not beyond – Ross

Build inside settlement blocs, not beyond – Ross

Former top US mediator advises judging presidential candidates on how they see America’s position in the world.   An Israeli initiative to build only in… Read More ›

Israel and Turkey set to announce normalized relations Monday

Israel and Turkey set to announce normalized relations Monday

A senior diplomatic source said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce the agreement, and explain its elements, at a press conference at noon in… Read More ›

As Israel becomes more nationalistic, liberal US Jews become more distan

As Israel becomes more nationalistic, liberal US Jews become more distan

The report presented to the Israeli cabinet also focuses on the demographics of Israel’s capital, concluding that the government should consider new measures to ensure… Read More ›

Fighting for the future of religious life in Israel

Fighting for the future of religious life in Israel

MK Elazar Stern discusses the future of religious life in Israel, the importance of its liberalization, and the dangers of alienating Diaspora Jewry.   For… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Not To Assassinate Hamas’s Leader As Part Of Turkey Deal Not True, Says Israel

Jerusalem – Not To Assassinate Hamas’s Leader As Part Of Turkey Deal Not True, Says Israel

  Jerusalem – The Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday denied that Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh would be given immunity from Israeli attempts on… Read More ›

Amid reports of warming ties with Israel, Erdogan hosts Hamas leader

Amid reports of warming ties with Israel, Erdogan hosts Hamas leader

Turkish president, Khaled Mashaal discuss bridging gap between Gaza-based group and PA’s Fatah   As Israel and Ankara reportedly near a deal on normalizing ties,… Read More ›

Diplomacy shifts to Rome for Kerry, Netanyahu pow-wow, Turkey detente

Diplomacy shifts to Rome for Kerry, Netanyahu pow-wow, Turkey detente

Premier to sit down with top American diplomat Sunday in bid to soften Quartet report as officials from Jerusalem and Ankara meet to finalize resumption… Read More ›

Ya’alon strikes back at Bitan

Ya’alon strikes back at Bitan

After saying that something turns the Shin Bet and Mossad chiefs into leftists, Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon sharply criticises Bitan, calls words ‘dangerous’ Former… Read More ›

Dams are drying out the Jordan River

Dams are drying out the Jordan River

Due to new earthen work dams being constructed to give farmers in the north access to water, flow rates in the Jordan River have decreased… Read More ›

The price of reconciliation is Turkish democracy

The price of reconciliation is Turkish democracy

Op-ed: Turkish journalist Tulin Daloglu argues that while Israel and Turkey get closer with an expected reconciliation deal, Turkish democracy is in danger; The reconciliation… Read More ›

Missing IDF soldier’s family: Netanyahu failing a test by signing deal with Turkey

Missing IDF soldier’s family: Netanyahu failing a test by signing deal with Turkey

Goldin and Shaul families come out against deal; Shauls to set up protest tent outside Prime Minister’s Residence.   The family of Lt. Hadar Goldin,… Read More ›

Quartet report likely to recommend renewal of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks

Quartet report likely to recommend renewal of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks

Jerusalem favors that approach, over French-backed international conference.   The long-awaited Quartet report on the Middle East is expected to include a recommendation that Israel… Read More ›

10 years after Second Lebanon War, for a bereaved mother the pain is only worse

10 years after Second Lebanon War, for a bereaved mother the pain is only worse

Despite anguish, Miki Goldwasser, mother of captured and killed reserve soldier Ehud, says the war was a great victory.   A family can live day-to-day… Read More ›

PM heading to Rome to oppose French initiative

PM heading to Rome to oppose French initiative

Netanyahu expected to discuss his thoughts on the French peace initiaitive, to meet with John Kerry and Federica Mogherini and with UN Secretary General Ban… Read More ›

Rwanda looks to Israel as model of how to persevere after genocide

Rwanda looks to Israel as model of how to persevere after genocide

“Israel’s achievements are really spectacular, we want to learn how they achieved this.”   As a country where genocide was committed just over two decades… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Were Israel’s Yemenite Children Kidnapped? Question Once Again Shakes Israel

Jerusalem – Were Israel’s Yemenite Children Kidnapped? Question Once Again Shakes Israel

  Jerusalem – A painful chapter in Israel’s history – the mysterious disappearance, or abduction, of hundreds of Yemenite children shortly after the country’s founding… Read More ›

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

The application was developed in Haifa’s Technion University by three students frustrated by disappointment of a bitter watermelon: ‘We have tested it on 30 watermelons… Read More ›

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Op-ed: West Bank settlements continually receive budget items, monetary diversions, and transfers of funds; their pupils receive more money than other Israelis, and their hand… Read More ›

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

“Israelis today live in fear of acts of terror that can turn peaceful marketplaces and neighborhoods into scenes of violence and horror,” Reps. Keith Ellison… Read More ›