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97-year-old is oldest person to make aliyah this year

97-year-old is oldest person to make aliyah this year

Melba Landa made aliyah from Moscow after devoting her life to fighting for Soviet Jewry and for human rights in the USSR and modern Russia.… Read More ›

The Left must not adopt the Right’s Holocaust discourse

The Left must not adopt the Right’s Holocaust discourse

Op-ed: In Netanyahu’s nightmarish world, the Jewish people are always the victims fighting for their lives, and their rivals are Nazis. But not every threat… Read More ›

Fatah officials slam PA for preventing Palestinians from clashing with IDF

Fatah officials slam PA for preventing Palestinians from clashing with IDF

“We have the right to remain in a state of friction with the Israeli enemy so that we could live on this land with dignity,”… Read More ›

Shrugs in Israel to report that US eavesdropped on Netanyahu

Shrugs in Israel to report that US eavesdropped on Netanyahu

WSJ report also concluded Boehner, not Dermer, initiated PM’s controversial address to Congress.   Jerusalem responded largely  with a yawn to a Wall Street Journal… Read More ›

Elbit upgrading IAF’s ‘next generation’ of Hermes 900 drones

Elbit upgrading IAF’s ‘next generation’ of Hermes 900 drones

The Hermes 900 upgrades will help the IDF quickly monitor disappearing guerrilla-terrorist targets.   The Israel Air Force’s fleet of Hermes 900 drones are undergoing… Read More ›

Groom, three others arrested over ‘hate wedding’ video

Groom, three others arrested over ‘hate wedding’ video

Yakir Ashbel has said he was unaware guests at his marriage were celebrating murders of Palestinian family   Israel Police on Tuesday arrested the groom… Read More ›

Holot full for first time

Holot full for first time

The Israel Prison Service has announced that the detention facility in the south of Israel now holds 3,360 asylum seekers, with the possibility of delaying… Read More ›

Aryeh Deri to return to Interior Minister position

Aryeh Deri to return to Interior Minister position

Deri was forced to resign from the ministry in 1993 due to an indictment for corruption, of which he was eventually convicted. He is now… Read More ›

When legitimate criticism turns into pure hatred

When legitimate criticism turns into pure hatred

Op-ed: The despicable acts of right-wing fanatics may be the cause of the growing fanaticism among extreme leftists. But this radicalization dance must be stopped;… Read More ›

Ehud Barak won’t be investigated for revealing Iran strike tapes

Ehud Barak won’t be investigated for revealing Iran strike tapes

In recordings released in August, ex-PM and defense minister describes 2010-12 debates on plans to attack Islamic republic   Atttorney General Yehuda Weinstein said on… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel in ‘world war’ with Islamic extremists

Netanyahu: Israel in ‘world war’ with Islamic extremists

Following Hezbollah threat to avenge Kuntar assassination, PM warns Jewish state will react forcefully to any attack   Israel is involved in a “world war”… Read More ›

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti Iran deal lobbying — report

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti Iran deal lobbying — report

Despite promising to curb eavesdropping on foreign leaders, White House had NSA listen in on conversations between Israeli leaders and US lawmakers, according to Wall… Read More ›

Olmert family vows to seek pardon

Olmert family vows to seek pardon

“A man who did so many great things for Israel should be pardoned,” Olmert’s brother says.   Members of former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s family… Read More ›

PMO officials rebuff report that Israel is planning to build on E1

PMO officials rebuff report that Israel is planning to build on E1

US: Such construction on West Bank zone incompatible with peace   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not advancing the construction of E1 at this time… Read More ›

Netanyahu agrees with haredim not to allow Women of the Wall to read Torah at Western Wall

Netanyahu agrees with haredim not to allow Women of the Wall to read Torah at Western Wall

“Apparently when Netanyahu spoke of ‘all’ Jews in November 2015, he forgot that women make up half of all Jews,” WOW said.   Prime Minister… Read More ›

IDF soldiers come under fire in Qalandia riot

IDF soldiers come under fire in Qalandia riot

Palestinian throws pipe bomb at troops operating in Jenin; no injuries reported in either incident   Shots were fired at IDF troops overnight Monday during… Read More ›

IDF deploys concrete barriers to northern border

IDF deploys concrete barriers to northern border

In expectation of Hezbollah attack over killing of terrorist Samir Kuntar, army said to bolster troop presence in northern towns   The IDF began placing… Read More ›

Olmert to go to jail after Supreme Court cuts sentence to 18 months

Olmert to go to jail after Supreme Court cuts sentence to 18 months

Justices overturn one bribery conviction but uphold another for disgraced former prime minister, who was originally slated to serve 6 years for his part in… Read More ›

Haredim skip swear-in of first openly-gay Likud MK

Haredim skip swear-in of first openly-gay Likud MK

Amir Ohana, replacing retiring minister Silvan Shalom, became a member of Knesset while United Torah Judaism chose to ignore the swear-in ceremony. Likud’s first openly-gay… Read More ›

Duma arson suspect could be released to house arrest

Duma arson suspect could be released to house arrest

State Attorney files prosecutor’s statement against one of the Jewish terror suspects, but not in the Duma case, leading the court to order his release;… Read More ›