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Analysis: A capital on edge

Analysis: A capital on edge

Jerusalem residents express fear, while shop owners lament record-low sales as violence spikes.   In the midst of a wave of terrorist attacks that have rattled… Read More ›

Israelis take to the streets to protest security situation

Israelis take to the streets to protest security situation

Dozens march in Hadera following nearby stabbing, while hundreds rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square over ongoing attacks against Jews   Dozens of Israeli youths… Read More ›

‘The terrorist was going crazy, wouldn’t stop trying to stab us’

‘The terrorist was going crazy, wouldn’t stop trying to stab us’

Benayahu Arazi recounts how he tackled the knife-wielding attacker who stabbed 4 people near Hadera on Sunday   One of the Israelis who rushed a… Read More ›

Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested site

Jewish, Muslim groups raise temperature at contested site

Some organizations have played a key role in inflaming tensions, stepping up activities at Temple Mount   JERUSALEM (AP) — Jewish and Muslim grassroots groups,… Read More ›

New Delhi – India Pres. Ahead Of Israel Trip: ‘Palestine Belongs To Arabs Like England Belongs To English’

New Delhi – India Pres. Ahead Of Israel Trip: ‘Palestine Belongs To Arabs Like England Belongs To English’

  New Delhi – Even as the current wave of terror rages on, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to travel from Jordan to the… Read More ›

New York – Possible Death Threat Made Against Yeshiva Students In Midtown Bottle Attack

New York – Possible Death Threat Made Against Yeshiva Students In Midtown Bottle Attack

  New York, NY – Two yeshiva students may have been targeted in a bottle throwing incident that took place last week in Manhattan and… Read More ›

Policeman lightly injured as Palestinian driver sets off car bomb

Policeman lightly injured as Palestinian driver sets off car bomb

Bomber pulled up by traffic officer after driving ‘suspiciously’ near West Bank checkpoint; police say she carried a gas pipe and was heading to Jerusalem.… Read More ›

Number of Jews worldwide still lower than before Holocaust

Number of Jews worldwide still lower than before Holocaust

In 1939 there were 16.6 million Jews living around the world; today there are only 14.31 million. Where do they live and how many have… Read More ›

Iran tests new precision-guided ballistic missile

Iran tests new precision-guided ballistic missile

First such Iranian missile in range of Israel emphasizes accuracy, broadening potential target list. Iran has successfully tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile, its defense… Read More ›

‘Anoint your knives with poison’ : What incitement looks like on social media

‘Anoint your knives with poison’ : What incitement looks like on social media

Facebook posts call on people to ‘set the area on fire’ and ‘anoint the knives with a poisonous substance’; Hundreds of masked people demonstrate in… Read More ›

Soldier in critical condition after attack near Hadera

Soldier in critical condition after attack near Hadera

Terrorist from Umm al-Fahm uses car to attack Israelis at a bus stop then stabs four; four wounded aged 15, 19, and 20 and 45… Read More ›

Government to make massive push to promote Ethiopian integration

Government to make massive push to promote Ethiopian integration

Many of the changes will be overseen by a committee whose members will be at least half Ethiopian.   The ministerial committee to promote the… Read More ›

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

City’s residents to hear heavy air traffic and explosions during military exercise Sunday   Two sirens were set to sound in Haifa Sunday — at… Read More ›

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Shin Bet number-two seen as outsider appointment meant to shake up top ranks of ailing force   The cabinet is slated to vote Sunday on… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

  Jerusalem – A woman detonated an explosive and lightly injured a police officer at the A-Zaim checkpoint on the road between Ma’aleh Adumim and… Read More ›

Abbas trying to quell violence — Israeli security officials

Abbas trying to quell violence — Israeli security officials

Source says Israel, PA must tackle ‘lone wolf’ attacks; Islamic Jihad, Hamas call to escalate ‘Jerusalem intifada’   Israeli security officials reportedly said they have… Read More ›

Kerry: Status quo at Temple Mount must be upheld ‘in word and deed’

Kerry: Status quo at Temple Mount must be upheld ‘in word and deed’

In separate phone calls, PM says he told secretary he expects PA to stop incitement; Abbas accuses settlers of ‘provoking’ Palestinians   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Netanyahu seeks solutions for PA ‘incitement’ of terror

Netanyahu seeks solutions for PA ‘incitement’ of terror

As thousands more cops, troops deployed to tamp down attacks, Abbas’s Fatah showers praise on terrorists   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to raise the… Read More ›

Hundreds of Border Police reservists called up

Hundreds of Border Police reservists called up

Security forces to be reinforced by 13 companies starting Sunday, as terror attacks and riots rock Israel; police monitoring social media for agitators. Israeli Police… Read More ›

The cycle of violence: Hope won’t help

The cycle of violence: Hope won’t help

Op-ed: The claims that giving Palestinians hope will bring an end to violence are delusional, writes Ben-Dror Yemini. Every time peace has been on the… Read More ›