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Regavim: Court rejected Beduin petition to remain on Ma’aleh Adumim land

Regavim: Court rejected Beduin petition to remain on Ma’aleh Adumim land

The State wants to relocate the herding families that live in temporary illegal structures to the nearby village of Abu Dis, just outside of Jerusalem.… Read More ›

Sanders flirts with history in quest to be first Jewish victor in US primary

Sanders flirts with history in quest to be first Jewish victor in US primary

The Democratic candidate shies away from Israel talk.   NASHUA, New Hampshire – Bernie Sanders is not afraid of adopting labels controversial in American politics.… Read More ›

Kashrut certification pulled from PA West Bank factories over ‘security concerns’

Kashrut certification pulled from PA West Bank factories over ‘security concerns’

For food to be marked as kosher, it must be certified as such by the Chief Rabbinate.   Several food factories based in Palestinian-administered areas… Read More ›

Poll: Support for third intifada waning among Palestinians

Poll: Support for third intifada waning among Palestinians

Survey shows 42% back armed uprising, down from over 60% in December; majority would support Abbas over Hamas candidate   A new poll of Palestinians… Read More ›

Steinitz’s outburst breaks the dam of silence

Steinitz’s outburst breaks the dam of silence

Israel and Egypt have moved closer in recent months thanks to a mutual interest in fighting Hamas’s military buildup, but both countries have remained vague… Read More ›

Hamas executes member who may have betrayed Deif’s location

Hamas executes member who may have betrayed Deif’s location

Gaza terror group kills one of own for alleged ethical offenses, was likely suspected of cooperating with Israel and revealing the location of leader of… Read More ›

MK Tibi meets with senior White House and State Dept. officials

MK Tibi meets with senior White House and State Dept. officials

Joint List MK meets with Robert Malley, President Obama’s ‘point man’ on the Middle East and Frank Lowenstein, the State Department’s special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian… Read More ›

Does pro-Israel crowd ‘feel the Bern’? Sanders cites J Street, Zogby as advisers

Does pro-Israel crowd ‘feel the Bern’? Sanders cites J Street, Zogby as advisers

As his campaign has gained momentum by focusing largely on domestic issues, the Brooklyn-born son of Jewish immigrants from Poland has been coy about his… Read More ›

Labor Party votes to freeze two-state solution; Yacimovich boycotts vote

Labor Party votes to freeze two-state solution; Yacimovich boycotts vote

“The two-state vision did not die, but it will not happen tomorrow,” Herzog told the crowd.   Hundreds of Labor Party activists voted Sunday to… Read More ›

IDF lifts closure on West Bank hometown of Jerusalem terrorists

IDF lifts closure on West Bank hometown of Jerusalem terrorists

Army closed off Qabatiya on Wednesday, following deadly shooting, stabbing attack that killed 19-year-old border policewoman   Israel on Saturday evening lifted a closure on… Read More ›

Israel, US gear up for large-scale missile defense drill

Israel, US gear up for large-scale missile defense drill

IDF will host biennial Juniper Cobra exercise to ‘improve cooperation and coordination’ with American counterpart   Israel and the United States will train together against… Read More ›

Israeli TV: Kerry set to come to Israel to try to restart peace bid

Israeli TV: Kerry set to come to Israel to try to restart peace bid

If all else fails, Channel 2 says, Obama administration may seek in its final months to impose an accord; Herzog: US hasn’t given up on… Read More ›

Arson suspected in prayer tent fire

Arson suspected in prayer tent fire

Law enforcement investigating locals’ suspicions that a fire that burned several Torah books was deliberately started by a Palestinian Anonymous individuals on Saturday night set… Read More ›

Arab stabs Jew, flees in southern Israel

Arab stabs Jew, flees in southern Israel

Witnesses say young Arab man stabbed Jewish woman in her 60s, moderately wounding her, at street market in Rahat; police searching for suspect. A young… Read More ›

Fear of knowledge: What the ultra-Orthodox and secular share

Fear of knowledge: What the ultra-Orthodox and secular share

Op-ed: While the ultra-Orthodox public is intentionally ignorant about general matters, the secular public seems to be choosing its own brand of ignorance when it… Read More ›

‘The Kotel compromise defused a strategic threat to US-Israel relationship’

‘The Kotel compromise defused a strategic threat to US-Israel relationship’

Former ambassador to the US MK Michael Oren looks at this week’s agreement to build an egalitarian section of the Western Wall with satisfaction.  … Read More ›

Ban Ki-Moon speaks at NY Holocaust remembrance ceremony after Israel row

Ban Ki-Moon speaks at NY Holocaust remembrance ceremony after Israel row

The Secretary-General pointed out that the UN organized over 120 Holocaust remembrance events in 36 countries in the past year.   NEW YORK – “Only… Read More ›

Analysis: Bernie’s socialist kibbutz

Analysis: Bernie’s socialist kibbutz

Unlike today, Israel was then the darling of the world with its fresh, young, pioneering spirit and adored idealism. Those days are gone.   Thursday… Read More ›

‘Israel’s AG vetoed my plan to banish Palestinian terrorists’ kin to Gaza’

‘Israel’s AG vetoed my plan to banish Palestinian terrorists’ kin to Gaza’

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told a conference in Herzliya that Israel cannot legally deport Palestinians from the West Bank to Gaza.   Public Security… Read More ›

This is the latest sign that Xi Jinping is consolidating power

This is the latest sign that Xi Jinping is consolidating power

  Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, has already been called China’s “most powerful leader since Mao,” using a far-ranging anticorruption push, crackdowns… Read More ›