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Court awards damages to worker humiliated by Israeli Prime Minister’s wife

Court awards damages to worker humiliated by Israeli Prime Minister’s wife

  A court in Jerusalem has found that the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu humiliated and degraded a government caretaker in her home… Read More ›

Soldier who beat and electrocuted Palestinians gets 7 months prison

Soldier who beat and electrocuted Palestinians gets 7 months prison

An infantryman in the Haredi Netsah Yehuda battalion is convicted of beating and abusing Palestinian detainees on 2 occasions; he also filmed on of the… Read More ›

Condemnation, not censorship

Condemnation, not censorship

Op-ed: The Arab MKs who visited terrorists’ families were voted in legally, entitling them to the protection enjoyed by all public representatives; the true test… Read More ›

UK envoy: British-Israel relationship ‘probably stronger and deeper than ever’

UK envoy: British-Israel relationship ‘probably stronger and deeper than ever’

Beyond economic, scientific and technological cooperation, British Ambassador David Quarrey said it is important that the UK and Israel “work together on the big security… Read More ›

Police look to appoint first Muslim deputy commissioner

Police look to appoint first Muslim deputy commissioner

Deputy commissioner is the second-highest rank in the Israel Police, and is typically held by a district commander or head of a police branch.  … Read More ›

French FM Fabius steps down, Mideast initiative still on table

French FM Fabius steps down, Mideast initiative still on table

Fabius, and the French initiative, were at the center of dueling tweets this week between France’s envoy to the US, Gerard Araud, and Israel’s ambassador,… Read More ›

New survey shows worrying levels of school violence in Israel

New survey shows worrying levels of school violence in Israel

Over 26,000 Israeli students gave their reports, indicating that 12 of those in the 4th-6th grades being victims of serious violence. 4% of 10th-11th graders… Read More ›

MK demands trips to death camps in Poland be suspended

MK demands trips to death camps in Poland be suspended

At a Knesset Education Committee meeting Monday, MK Yaacov Margi insisted a solution for disadvantaged students who can’t afford to go on the trip be… Read More ›

Meni Naftali wins partial verdict in Netanyahu lawsuit

Meni Naftali wins partial verdict in Netanyahu lawsuit

The Labor Court determined that the former Prime Minister’s Residence employee suffered hostile work conditions due to Mrs. Netanyahu’s behavior. The Jerusalem Labor Court partially… Read More ›

Two Arab Jerusalem youths indicted for attempted murder

Two Arab Jerusalem youths indicted for attempted murder

Suspects planned stabbings of Jews last month near Damascus Gate to “kill them and become martyrs.”   Two Arab teenagers, ages 14 and 16, from… Read More ›

Elbit unveils upgraded drone designed to send visual intelligence to ground forces

Elbit unveils upgraded drone designed to send visual intelligence to ground forces

Neither Elbit nor the Defense Ministry would comment on whether Israel plans to acquire the latest platform.   Elbit Systems announced on Wednesday the arrival of… Read More ›

Conservative movement publishes egalitarian and LGBT-friendly siddur

Conservative movement publishes egalitarian and LGBT-friendly siddur

The Siddur Lev Shalem is “both more traditional and contemporary” in several ways, senior editor Rabbi Ed Feld told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.  … Read More ›

Cruz’s evangelical backer seeks to convert Jews, predicts new concentration camps

Cruz’s evangelical backer seeks to convert Jews, predicts new concentration camps

GOP candidate has been touting endorsement from Mike Bickle, who notoriously said God sent Hitler to hunt Jews for not accepting Jesus as messiah  … Read More ›

Netanyahu: We’ll surround Israel with fences to ‘protect from predators’

Netanyahu: We’ll surround Israel with fences to ‘protect from predators’

Prime Minister says gov’t preparing multi-year plan to surround Israel with security fences ‘to protect ourselves in the Middle East as it is today.’ The… Read More ›

Man wounded in Gush Etzion stabbing; manhunt underway

Man wounded in Gush Etzion stabbing; manhunt underway

28-year-old man suffers moderate wounds at entrance to Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion; police searching for suspect. Tomer Ditur, 28, was stabbed in the head… Read More ›

Syrian refugees: The moral imperative and existential necessity

Syrian refugees: The moral imperative and existential necessity

Op-ed: As Jews, how should we respond to the human tragedy of Syria’s mass exodus? As Europe agonizes over the phenomenon, we have our own… Read More ›

Report: Iran hacked former IDF chief’s computer

Report: Iran hacked former IDF chief’s computer

According to Ch. 10 report, cyber hackers working for Iran have over the past year penetrated dozens of computers belonging to Israelis, markedly senior security… Read More ›

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Jewish groups blast Ted Nugent for anti-Semitic gun control post

Rock guitarist and NRA board member labels Jewish politicians with Israeli flags, calls them evil for stance on gun laws   Rocker and gun rights… Read More ›

Coalition backs bill that allows MKs to suspend other serving lawmakers

Coalition backs bill that allows MKs to suspend other serving lawmakers

PM calls legislation necessary after Arab MKs met with terrorists’ families, says Israel must ensure basic standards ‘so our democracy doesn’t turn into suicide pact’… Read More ›

Israel plans to increase number of Palestinian work permits

Israel plans to increase number of Palestinian work permits

Plans to grant 30,000 additional work permits to Palestinians from the West Bank meant to ease economic hardship which Israel fears could lead to terrorism.… Read More ›