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Ariel tells Bennett to set red lines for staying in Netanyahu coalition

Ariel tells Bennett to set red lines for staying in Netanyahu coalition

Ariel wrote the letter following reports of gestures Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to make to the Palestinians to ease tensions.   The Bayit… Read More ›

Shas head slams Israel’s ‘Ashkenazi cash’

Shas head slams Israel’s ‘Ashkenazi cash’

Aryeh Deri, who is of Moroccan descent, criticizes government for only releasing banknotes featuring Israelis of European descent, demanding that new banknotes also feature Mizrahim… Read More ›

State moves to block appeal by convicted Islamic Movement leader

State moves to block appeal by convicted Islamic Movement leader

Sheikh Raed Salah turns to Supreme Court in hopes of avoiding 11-month jail sentence for incitement to violence   The state prosecution on Thursday asked… Read More ›

The latest arrest in Brazil’s Petrobras scandal ‘felt like a nuclear bomb here in the presidential palace’

The latest arrest in Brazil’s Petrobras scandal ‘felt like a nuclear bomb here in the presidential palace’

  BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s austerity program to fix Brazil’s shaky finances is again in trouble after her point man in the Senate… Read More ›

Report: IDF planning to demolish home of Litmans’ killer

Report: IDF planning to demolish home of Litmans’ killer

Military confirms visit to Hebron residence of Shadi Matua’s family; Hamas website says army warned that house would be razed   Hamas’s al-Aqsa network said… Read More ›

How to make your Thanksgiving leftovers into ‘bestovers’

How to make your Thanksgiving leftovers into ‘bestovers’

This recipe for Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup with Matzah Balls makes a stew with a whole lotta Jewish soul   The Nosher via JTA —… Read More ›

WATCH: Israel successfully launches new naval missile defense system

WATCH: Israel successfully launches new naval missile defense system

IDF holds first operational test of ‘Barak 8,’ aimed to deflect Hezbollah weapons, as all eyes turn to more powerful Russian S-400   The Israeli… Read More ›

Major air force exercise held in busy skies

Major air force exercise held in busy skies

Israeli Air Force holds week-long exercise amid regional tensions; Senior officer: We won’t shoot at Russian planes. A senior officer in the Israeli Air Force… Read More ›

Breaking the truth: The mission to demonize Israel

Breaking the truth: The mission to demonize Israel

Op-ed: Why is Israel allowing Breaking the Silence, an organization that spreads lies about the IDF, to benefit from official legitimacy and foreign funding? Maj.… Read More ›

South African Jews deny reports of arrest warrants for IDF soldiers

South African Jews deny reports of arrest warrants for IDF soldiers

Community leaders denounced as a lie reports that South African police were now ready to arrest top IDF commanders involved in the Mavi Marmara 2010… Read More ›

Coptic Pope Tawadros’s Jerusalem visit ‘will create huge firestorm in Egypt’

Coptic Pope Tawadros’s Jerusalem visit ‘will create huge firestorm in Egypt’

First Coptic papal visit since 1832 expected to boost Egyptian pilgrimages   Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II departed for a controversial visit to Israel on… Read More ›

Report: Israel provided key intelligence to Germany on imminent terror attack

Report: Israel provided key intelligence to Germany on imminent terror attack

Israel provided the crucial information that lead German authorities to cancel a scheduled friendly soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands at Hanover Stadium, German… Read More ›

Palestinians ‘disappointed’ after Kerry fails to produce breakthrough

Palestinians ‘disappointed’ after Kerry fails to produce breakthrough

Ramallah expected secretary of state to raise the possibility of renewing peace talks on 1967 lines, but instead was faced with toughened Israeli positions  … Read More ›

IDF said to suggest giving more arms to PA among gestures to ease tensions

IDF said to suggest giving more arms to PA among gestures to ease tensions

Officer says releasing prisoners, upping work permits for West Bank residents could reduce terror; moves would only to be implemented if calm returns   The… Read More ›

Netanyahu said to rebuff IDF pitch to arm PA, release prisoners

Netanyahu said to rebuff IDF pitch to arm PA, release prisoners

Source close to PM says government will not implement any such moves mooted by army as possible ways to calm terror wave   A senior… Read More ›

Palestinian boy, 11, who stabbed train guard in the head: ‘I wanted to die a martyr’

Palestinian boy, 11, who stabbed train guard in the head: ‘I wanted to die a martyr’

Youngest Palestinian assailant in current terror wave explains why he and his cousin attempted to kill a Jew on Jerusalem light rail two weeks ago… Read More ›

Child prodigy terror victim meets Nobel Prize laureate

Child prodigy terror victim meets Nobel Prize laureate

Ayala Shapira, 12, seriously burned in a Molotov cocktail attack, interviews Nobel Prize Laureate for Chemistry Aaron Ciechanover; she tells him she loves science but… Read More ›

‘Israel’ removed from Jordan’s census forms

‘Israel’ removed from Jordan’s census forms

Jordanian officials cede to pressure and remove ‘Israel’ as possible place of birth on forms of upcoming census, after inclusion led to major outcry in… Read More ›

IDF: Arm PA forces, release prisoners

IDF: Arm PA forces, release prisoners

High-ranking IDF officer estimates terror wave will last for two months; military recommends numerous steps to avert explosion of violence into all-out uprising; PM says… Read More ›

Ya’alon: Israel intends to build security fence between Hebron, Kiryat Gat

Ya’alon: Israel intends to build security fence between Hebron, Kiryat Gat

Defense minister says security establishment plans to erect massive security barrier similar to that between the Israel-Egypt border.   Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon informed the… Read More ›