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Sparks fly as PA officials blame visiting UK MPs for entire Palestine conflict

Sparks fly as PA officials blame visiting UK MPs for entire Palestine conflict

‘It’s difficult to see that these people could be a basis for negotiation,’ says deputy head of Conservative Friends of Israel after Ramallah dust-up  … Read More ›

Chief of Staff: I don’t want soldiers emptying magazines into scissor-wielding girls

Chief of Staff: I don’t want soldiers emptying magazines into scissor-wielding girls

Lt.-Gen. Eisenkot, at a meeting with high-school students, discussed the threats facing Israel; he considers Hezbollah the main threat and stressed importance of ethics: If… Read More ›

Who’s afraid of ISIS?

Who’s afraid of ISIS?

ISIS has managed to terrify millions of people all over the world. With Europe worried and Saudi Arabia sounding its war drums- what do we… Read More ›

Report: Israel strikes Syrian army outposts south of Damascus, monitor says

Report: Israel strikes Syrian army outposts south of Damascus, monitor says

Pro-Syrian government military sources reportedly deny any armed Israeli strike in Syrian territory.   Three Israeli rockets allegedly hit Syrian army outposts south of Damascus… Read More ›

Analysis: Why did Nasrallah focus on Israel when Hezbollah is busy in Syria?

Analysis: Why did Nasrallah focus on Israel when Hezbollah is busy in Syria?

Terrorist chief vows to bomb Haifa’s ammonia storage tanks.   Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah checked off all the boxes for harsh anti-Israel rhetoric during his speech,… Read More ›

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

“We need to preserve our qualitative military edge, which requires coming to terms with the administration as fast as possible.”   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Ohio diner owned by Arab-Israeli reopens after machete attack

Ohio diner owned by Arab-Israeli reopens after machete attack

Defiant Hany Baransi declares: ‘We Israelis are used to this… people attacking us and wanting to kill us’   An Ohio restaurant owned by an… Read More ›

Israeli group accuses US of labeling settlement products

Israeli group accuses US of labeling settlement products

Report says 1995 law, which originally referred to Palestinian-made goods, extended to include Israelis in West Bank   An Israeli television report on Tuesday night… Read More ›

Boycott supporters cry foul over UK anti-BDS proposal

Boycott supporters cry foul over UK anti-BDS proposal

Critics characterize planned bill as ‘an unethical attack on local democracy’ as battle lines drawn on legislation against BDS   The British government’s reported plan… Read More ›

Die Fledermaus wows Tel Aviv audiences

Die Fledermaus wows Tel Aviv audiences

A most original interpretation of Johann Strauss Jr.’s operetta opened last week at the Israel Opera House for an engagement that will run in Tel… Read More ›

11% of terrorists in current wave of violence were women

11% of terrorists in current wave of violence were women

An analysis conducted by the IDF finds most female terrorists came from affluent and educated families; many decided to carry out attacks after being exposed… Read More ›

Exclusive: Main German bank closes top BDS-linked account

Exclusive: Main German bank closes top BDS-linked account

There is a growing backlash against BDS in Germany.   The Munich-based DAB Bank is slated to discontinue the account of one of the top… Read More ›

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah outraged by Sunni states’ warming Israel ties

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah outraged by Sunni states’ warming Israel ties

“You are free to consider Iran an enemy but how can you consider Israel a friend and an ally? This issue must be confronted in… Read More ›

IDF to equip first division with ‘operational internet’ by end of 2016

IDF to equip first division with ‘operational internet’ by end of 2016

Senior source: In 2014 conflict with Hamas, we did not do well enough in detecting rocket launch locations in real-time, can’t make same mistake with… Read More ›

Nearly half of all Palestinian terrorists are aged 20 or less — Shin Bet

Nearly half of all Palestinian terrorists are aged 20 or less — Shin Bet

24 attackers between October and February were female; 9 were Arab Israelis and 36 East Jerusalemites, security service’s stats show   Nearly half of the… Read More ›

‘Morocco’s king dispatches Jewish aide to push Israeli-Palestinian talks’

‘Morocco’s king dispatches Jewish aide to push Israeli-Palestinian talks’

Channel 2 says senior officials from both sides will meet this week under auspices of Sam Ben Shitrit, with backing from Abbas and Netanyahu  … Read More ›

Israel starts returning terrorists’ bodies to families

Israel starts returning terrorists’ bodies to families

After public outcry, the first of ten bodies of terrorists killed while carrying out attacks in current wave of violence was returned to his family… Read More ›

Rivlin slams bill allowing MKs to vote out lawmakers who express support for terrorism

Rivlin slams bill allowing MKs to vote out lawmakers who express support for terrorism

President: Bill allowing MKs to oust colleagues oversteps and undermines Knesset’s purpose.   President Reuven Rivlin on Monday condemned legislation that would allow MKs to vote… Read More ›

Home made guns add to Israeli security

Home made guns add to Israeli security

Security Woes Improvised attacks are a growing challenge to stemming “popular terror.”   The gun that killed Hadar Cohen was not carried into the Palestinian territories… Read More ›

Britain to issue anti-boycott regulations

Britain to issue anti-boycott regulations

Matthew Hancock, the British government’s Cabinet Office Minister, is scheduled to visit Israel early this week and unveil details of the regulations.   In what… Read More ›