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Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Ban: I hope security steps can demonstrate restraint, respect for sanctity of area, Wakf yet to decide on camera proposal   Israel is interested in… Read More ›

20,000 Israelis sue Facebook for ignoring Palestinian incitement

20,000 Israelis sue Facebook for ignoring Palestinian incitement

Class-action suit filed in Brooklyn requires social network to immediately remove all posts ‘containing incitement to murder Jews’   NEW YORK — A class-action lawsuit… Read More ›

At Rabin memorial, Netanyahu blames PA for failed peace efforts

At Rabin memorial, Netanyahu blames PA for failed peace efforts

PM says there’s no peace because Palestinians refuse to recognize Jewish state; Herzog pans him for 10 years of failure   Addressing the Knesset during… Read More ›

Clinton: I really loved Rabin, and he would have made peace

Clinton: I really loved Rabin, and he would have made peace

In interview aired 20 years after assassination of PM, former president recalls how Arafat said Rabin’s word was better than any contract   Had he… Read More ›

Peace education programs thrive amid violence

Peace education programs thrive amid violence

Peres Center for Peace reports increase in demand for joint Jewish and Arab educational programs amid concerns that recent wave of terror may lead to… Read More ›

US warns Netanyahu against unilateral steps in East Jerusalem

US warns Netanyahu against unilateral steps in East Jerusalem

After PM raises possibility of revoking benefits from Palestinians living on other side of separation wall, Washington says such a movie would ‘be of concern.’… Read More ›

Who was the real Rabin and what is left of Oslo

Who was the real Rabin and what is left of Oslo

Op-ed: No one knows what would have happened had Israel’s prime minister survived his assassination attempt, but 20 years of failure indicate that a peace… Read More ›

Study: 20 years later, Rabin assassination conspiracy theories have risen dramatically online

Study: 20 years later, Rabin assassination conspiracy theories have risen dramatically online

Some say Shin Bet, Shimon Peres responsible for assassination, others believe that former prime minister is still alive.   Support for conspiracy theories around the… Read More ›

Grand mufti: There was never a Jewish Temple on Temple Mount

Grand mufti: There was never a Jewish Temple on Temple Mount

Palestinian Media Watch says Hussein’s‘revision of history’ is nothing new   Strong criticism was leveled on Monday at Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti… Read More ›

Iranian general: Israel’s collapse may come in less than a quarter of a century

Iranian general: Israel’s collapse may come in less than a quarter of a century

Foreign minister says nuclear agreement to be implemented only on supreme leader’s terms   The commander of Iran’s ground forces vowed that their long-range missiles… Read More ›

Temple Mount activists: Prayer ban for Jews is discrimination

Temple Mount activists: Prayer ban for Jews is discrimination

Worship by Jews at site cannot be prevented by force, says Yehudah Glick.   Temple  Mount activist groups denounced on Sunday the recent diplomatic efforts… Read More ›

Analysis: Looking to Abdullah, because Abbas won’t douse the flames

Analysis: Looking to Abdullah, because Abbas won’t douse the flames

While it is not certain any one party can douse the tensions, it is certain that Jordan – at least – wants to.   Unlike… Read More ›

Soldier injured in Beersheba attack was shot by police

Soldier injured in Beersheba attack was shot by police

Investigation finds that Daniel Harush, critically wounded in last week’s attack, had hid in a bathroom stall near the terrorist   Daniel Harush, 19, an… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Rivlin: I Will Never Pardon ‘evil’ Rabin Assassin

Jerusalem – Rivlin: I Will Never Pardon ‘evil’ Rabin Assassin

  Jerusalem – President Reuven Rivlin vowed on Sunday at the opening state ceremony for events marking the 20th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s… Read More ›

Guatemala election: Comedian is front-runner

Guatemala election: Comedian is front-runner

    Comedian-turned-politician Jimmy Morales is leading in Guatemala’s presidential vote, according to preliminary election returns. Morales, 46, has won more than 72% of votes… Read More ›

British Jewish history expert David Cesarani dies aged 58

British Jewish history expert David Cesarani dies aged 58

Acclaimed professor was given Order of the British Empire for services to Holocaust education, work establishing Holocaust Memorial Day   British historian David Cesarani, who… Read More ›

Ahead of Tel Aviv shows, Seinfeld headlines Israeli charity ball in LA

Ahead of Tel Aviv shows, Seinfeld headlines Israeli charity ball in LA

During time of increased conflict in Israel, a record-breaking $12m is raised at American Friends of Magen David Adom event   LOS ANGELES — It… Read More ›

Israel to mark 20th anniversary of Rabin murder

Israel to mark 20th anniversary of Rabin murder

Week-long series of events to start Sunday night at the President’s Residence and the Yitzhak Rabin Center and culminate in main rally at Rabin Square… Read More ›

Israeli moderately wounded in Ariel stabbing attack

Israeli moderately wounded in Ariel stabbing attack

Attacker flees scene as police begin searches; settler in Gush Etzion stabbed after being forced off the road with stone barrage; security forces neutralize female… Read More ›

PM considers canceling residency of 80,000 East Jerusalem Palestinians

PM considers canceling residency of 80,000 East Jerusalem Palestinians

Netanyahu raises possibility in cabinet meeting of canceling residency status of East Jerusalem Palestinians who live on other side of the separation barrier sparking criticism… Read More ›