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Former Mossad chief calls for end to Iran deal criticism

Former Mossad chief calls for end to Iran deal criticism

Meir Dagan says it’s time to leave behind the very public clash with Washington over its agreement with Tehran   Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan… Read More ›

Israeli goes missing in Yemen, family fears he was taken by ISIS

Israeli goes missing in Yemen, family fears he was taken by ISIS

64-year-old goes back to birth country to bring his brother to Israel, but contact with him is lost after he joins three Saudis in Jordan… Read More ›

New immigrant couple killed in gas leak incident

New immigrant couple killed in gas leak incident

Man and woman in their 30’s killed as a result of a gas leak in their Jerusalem apartment, police are investigating all angles. Two new… Read More ›

Deri orders partial closure of Israeli pavilion at int’l exhibition

Deri orders partial closure of Israeli pavilion at int’l exhibition

The Startup Nation’s pavilion at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam will be closed for three of the five days because of Shabbat and Rosh HaShana.… Read More ›

Austrian president engulfed in criticism over visit with Iran’s Khamenei

Austrian president engulfed in criticism over visit with Iran’s Khamenei

Stop the Bomb, an organization that was founded in Austria in 2007 and that opposes the Iranian government, sharply criticized Fisher.   Austrian President Heinz… Read More ›

Herzog compares Netanyahu, Ceausescu regimes

Herzog compares Netanyahu, Ceausescu regimes

Opposition leader says Israeli citizens can take example from PM in how to distort the law.   In a speech critical of Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Analysis: How Dangerous is ISIS to Israel?

Analysis: How Dangerous is ISIS to Israel?

It is misplaced to view ISIS as posing an independent serious strategic challenge.   ISIS, a radical Islamist group, has killed thousands of people since… Read More ›

Syrian Druse stand between ISIS and Israeli border, Druse sheikh warns

Syrian Druse stand between ISIS and Israeli border, Druse sheikh warns

The Druse in Sweida are preparing for war and will fight if they have to, Israeli Druse spiritual leader Sheikh Maufak Tarif told the ‘Post’.… Read More ›

New York – Sheldon Silver Runs Chief Of Staff As Proxy In Continued Attempt To Wield Power Over State Judiciary

New York – Sheldon Silver Runs Chief Of Staff As Proxy In Continued Attempt To Wield Power Over State Judiciary

  New York – Following an unsuccessful bid to get himself on the ballot for a delegate’s seat at this week’s upcoming judicial convention, former… Read More ›

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel

France backs labeling settlement goods, but not boycotting Israel   French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that while Paris backs EU plans to… Read More ›

Abbas to declare end of Oslo peace process – report

Abbas to declare end of Oslo peace process – report

PA president to tell UN General Assembly this month that failure to establish Palestinian state voids past agreements   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may… Read More ›

Master NY mixologist toasts ‘l’chaim’ with popular hipster spirit

Master NY mixologist toasts ‘l’chaim’ with popular hipster spirit

‘Mister’ Allen Katz was inspired by his father’s old-fashioned Friday night cocktails for his retro bottled Rock&Rye   When spirits expert Allen Katz was growing… Read More ›

Israel selling wafers to Iranians, tea to Chinese

Israel selling wafers to Iranians, tea to Chinese

A growing number of Israeli food companies are exporting abroad, turning Israel into a culinary power around the world thanks to its products’ innovation, variety… Read More ›

Heroic captain who tackled Munich terrorists passes away

Heroic captain who tackled Munich terrorists passes away

Uriel Cohen, a former El Al captain, dies at 90, 45 years after tackling terrorists trying to kill Israeli passengers at a Munich airport. Former… Read More ›

Professor on front line of anti-BDS war

Professor on front line of anti-BDS war

International law expert Eugene Kontorovich left a prestigious position in the US to move to Israel and battle European efforts to boycott Israeli businesses. The… Read More ›

Don’t lecture Israel about aiding needy Syrians, defiant Netanyahu says

Don’t lecture Israel about aiding needy Syrians, defiant Netanyahu says

“I don’t accept the argument that Israel hasn’t shown empathy for the suffering of people around us,” Netanyahu said.     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Palestinian woman severely burned in West Bank arson attack dies in Israeli hospital

Palestinian woman severely burned in West Bank arson attack dies in Israeli hospital

News of Riham Dawabshe’s death broke over 24 hours after her condition had significantly deteriorated, according to hospital officials at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.… Read More ›

Report: Palestinians set to nullify Oslo Accords

Report: Palestinians set to nullify Oslo Accords

The move may effectively cede day-to-day control of West Bank towns to the Israeli military.   The Palestinian Authority is planning to declare the Oslo… Read More ›

The Galveston movement: when Jews left Russia and landed in Texas

The Galveston movement: when Jews left Russia and landed in Texas

Amid American anti-immigrant sentiment in the early 1900s, Jewish organizations recruited Eastern European Jews and transported them to an unexpected destination.   When you grow… Read More ›

Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel soccer clash

Promised Land awaits for Wales in Israel soccer clash

Welsh last reached a major tournament in 1958 by beating Israel, now seek the same glory once again in Sunday game   CARDIFF, United Kingdom… Read More ›