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German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account

German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account

The city of Stuttgart owns nearly 20% of the BW bank, which provides an account to an NGO that promotes a boycott of the Jewish… Read More ›

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

This is the sixth time in 2 days that Palestinians in the Strip open fire at Israeli troops searching for tunnels near border; none hurt… Read More ›

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

The opening ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day is underway at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem; President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Hamas’s military wing, faced with the prospect of losing its trump card, is escalating the situation.   For the first time since the August 2014… Read More ›

IDF general in bombshell speech: Israel today shows signs of 1930s Germany

IDF general in bombshell speech: Israel today shows signs of 1930s Germany

‘It’s scary to see horrifying developments that took place in Europe begin to unfold here,’ Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan said during a Holocaust Remembrance speech.  … Read More ›

Hamas says truce reached with Israel to end fighting along Gaza border

Hamas says truce reached with Israel to end fighting along Gaza border

The Palestinian Islamist group claimed that Egypt mediated a truce with Israel after 24 hours of escalation and tit-for-tat attacks, Arab press reports said.  … Read More ›

Zoabi rejects police plan for Arab sector

Zoabi rejects police plan for Arab sector

“More stations not needed when cops tolerate Arab-on-Arab crime.”   Joint List MK Haneen Zoabi on Tuesday slammed the Israel Police plan to open more police… Read More ›

As Gaza border heats up, explosion hits near IDF soldiers

As Gaza border heats up, explosion hits near IDF soldiers

Combat engineers return fire in third cross-border incident in 24 hours; earlier, patrol attacker with mortar shell   IDF combat engineers operating on the border… Read More ›

‘Decrease of violent attacks against Jews, but rise in institutional anti-Semitism in 2015’

‘Decrease of violent attacks against Jews, but rise in institutional anti-Semitism in 2015’

The report said that there was a 46% drop in instances of anti-Semitic violence compared with last year.   Violent attacks members of the Jewish… Read More ›

Europe has failed to learn lessons of anti-Semitism, Shaked says, pointing finger at UK Labor

Europe has failed to learn lessons of anti-Semitism, Shaked says, pointing finger at UK Labor

The justice minister was speaking at a symposium marking 80 years since the Nuremberg race laws and 70 years since the Nuremberg trial.   KRAKOW,… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Endorses Jewish Settlement Expansion In West Bank

Washington – Trump Endorses Jewish Settlement Expansion In West Bank

  Washington – Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump advocated for the continued building of settlements in the West Bank on Wednesday, The Daily Mail reported.… Read More ›

US-Israel aid talks stumble over missile defense — report

US-Israel aid talks stumble over missile defense — report

On top of $700 million more annually, Jerusalem said to seek separate funding for surface-to-air programs   Negotiations over a new US security aid package… Read More ›

Israeli binary options firm inadvertently tries to sell to Canadian fraud investigator

Israeli binary options firm inadvertently tries to sell to Canadian fraud investigator

Jason Roy couldn’t believe his luck when a salesman from what he later established was an Israeli company, Central Option, phoned him, and illegally tried… Read More ›

Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

Trump looks to crush Cruz as Indiana votes Tuesday

‘If we win Indiana, it’s over,’ says Republican front-runner; ‘I am in for the distance,’ says Texas senator   WASHINGTON (AFP) — An increasingly confident… Read More ›

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

Obama has wish about bin Laden’s last moments

President talks to CNN on fifth anniversary of al-Qaeda chief’s killing by US special forces at his Pakistan compound   Five years after US special… Read More ›

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

UK Labour chief Corbyn rejects call to denounce Hamas, Hezbollah

As senior party members said to mull resignation over handling of anti-Semitism row, leader says he will continue to engage Palestinian groups, declares Labour ‘absolutely… Read More ›

Tourism in Israel slowly recovering from violence

Tourism in Israel slowly recovering from violence

While lone-wolf attacks reduced number of tourists from the United States and Britian over Passover holiday, many hotels across the country were filled with Israelis.… Read More ›

Potential terror attack at Lions’ Gate

Potential terror attack at Lions’ Gate

A Jewish man has been stabbed and is in moderate condition. Nationalistic motives are suspected. A Jewish man was stabbed in his upper back outside… Read More ›

Military aid, but at what price?

Military aid, but at what price?

Op-ed: Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin analyzes the fundamental disparities between the US and Israel that are holding up negotiations on the aid deal. A… Read More ›

Analysis: The upside of the British Labor Party’s anti-Semitism furor

Analysis: The upside of the British Labor Party’s anti-Semitism furor

The sheer number of British politicians using anti-Semitic imagery, therefore, must concern Israel, because it indicates there are many, many constituents out there receptive to… Read More ›