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Israel – Aussies, Kiwis Turn Out In Jerusalem To Honor ANZACs

Israel – Aussies, Kiwis Turn Out In Jerusalem To Honor ANZACs

  Jerusalem – The annual ANZAC Day memorial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery on Mount Scopus is also an opportunity for reunions. The… Read More ›

83 senators, but not Sanders, urge Obama to increase Israel military aid

83 senators, but not Sanders, urge Obama to increase Israel military aid

Four-fifths of US Senators, but not the Jewish Democratic presidential candidate, call for ‘a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement’ between Washington and Jerusalem   More… Read More ›

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Public security minister tells Likud members that Palestinian female terrorists revealed their desire to reunite with ‘handsome martyrs’ in paradise. Minister of Public Security Gilad… Read More ›

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Majority of Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid

Eighty-three signatories call upon Obama to ‘support and help provide Israel the resources it requires to defend itself’ in initiative led by Republican Lindsey Graham… Read More ›

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Soldier jailed after cocking weapon and aiming it at Israeli Arab

Netzah Yehuda soldier was on leave from the army and wearing civilian clothes when the incident occurred; investigation found there was no apparent reason for… Read More ›

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO to Jordan on Temple Mount: Jerusalem is acting responsibly, and Amman knows that

PMO: There is absolutely no basis to Jordanian claims that Israel is violating Temple Mount status quo.   One day after 13 Jews were removed… Read More ›

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

Right-wing politicians call to annex Judea and Samaria

“We have to connect Judea and Samaria to the State of Israel. We have returned to our land, so that we will never again have… Read More ›

Hamas releases video of Jerusalem bus bomber in fatigues

Hamas releases video of Jerusalem bus bomber in fatigues

Palestinian terror group still avoiding direct claim of responsibility for attack last week   Hamas on Sunday released a video showing the terrorist who carried… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Women Of The Wall Perform Partial Priestly Blessing, Angering Rabbi

Jerusalem – Women Of The Wall Perform Partial Priestly Blessing, Angering Rabbi

  Jerusalem – A liberal women’s group held a special Passover prayer service on Sunday at a Jerusalem holy site, drawing criticism from the site’s… Read More ›

Hebron – Israel Frees Youngest Palestinian Prisoner

Hebron – Israel Frees Youngest Palestinian Prisoner

  Hebron – A 12-year-old Palestinian girl, imprisoned by Israel after she confessed to planning a stabbing attack on Israelis in a West Bank settlement,… Read More ›

Israel celebrates Passover with heavy traffic and jam-packed sites

Israel celebrates Passover with heavy traffic and jam-packed sites

On first day of Chol HaMoed, tens of thousands of Israelis flock to the country’s nature reserves and national parks, with some sites reaching full… Read More ›

NYU graduate student workers union passes BDS resolution

NYU graduate student workers union passes BDS resolution

Graduate employees union at New York University passes BDS resolution and requests university cut relations with Tel Aviv University; NYU refuses. The Graduate Student Organizing… Read More ›

Israeli children rank near bottom of OECD

Israeli children rank near bottom of OECD

A new UNICEF report reveals that Israeli children are not only the poorest children in Western countries, but their parents also suffer from the greatest… Read More ›

Israeli humanitarian charity sets up field hospital in quake-torn Ecuador

Israeli humanitarian charity sets up field hospital in quake-torn Ecuador

Mission includes veteran aid workers, a medical workers, and a psychosocial team.   The Israeli humanitarian aid charity IsraAid set up a field hospital in… Read More ›

Poll: Israelis believe next president will be better than Obama

Poll: Israelis believe next president will be better than Obama

Clinton seen more favorably than Trump   Fifty-one percent of Israelis believe the next president of the US will be better for Israel than President… Read More ›

Bennett tells ‘Post’: Boycotts haven’t hurt Israel

Bennett tells ‘Post’: Boycotts haven’t hurt Israel

Still, the education minister said he cooperates with the Strategic Affairs Ministry’s efforts to fight boycotts.   Talk of anti-Israel boycotts is overblown and Israel… Read More ›

Israel plans to improve conditions at ‘shameful’ West Bank crossings

Israel plans to improve conditions at ‘shameful’ West Bank crossings

Finance Ministry project part of larger bid to let in thousands more Palestinians workers, for whom efficient checkpoint arrangements must be made   As part… Read More ›

Police: MKs, ministers banned from Temple Mount on Passover

Police: MKs, ministers banned from Temple Mount on Passover

Spokesman says prohibition ‘for security reasons’ only applies to lawmakers; extra forces deployed to capital for holiday   Knesset members and ministers are banned from… Read More ›

Israel jailing growing numbers of Palestinian teens – report

Israel jailing growing numbers of Palestinian teens – report

Amid burgeoning violence, 103 minors under the age of 16 held for security offenses, including five who are 15 and under   Recent months have… Read More ›

Suicide in Israel on decline

Suicide in Israel on decline

The Ministry of Health’s annual report on suicide and attempted suicide in Israel reveals an overall reduction in the phenomenon; immigrants and men more likely… Read More ›