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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 ›

The two faces of fascism in Israel

The two faces of fascism in Israel

Op-ed: Those who believe in democracy try to convince; those who have lost faith in democracy try to impose. That’s exactly what far right-wing activists… Read More ›

Israel to grant stipends to North African Jews who survived Nazi occupation

Israel to grant stipends to North African Jews who survived Nazi occupation

The government will dole out annual payments of NIS 3,600 to Jews who immigrated to Israel from Morocco, Iraq, and Algeria.   The Finance Ministry… Read More ›

Gold stresses common Israeli-Arab interests in unprecedented interview to Saudi paper

Gold stresses common Israeli-Arab interests in unprecedented interview to Saudi paper

Gold stresses common Israeli-Arab interests in unprecedented interview to Saudi paper   In the Foreign Ministry’s first interview granted to a Saudi news outlet, director-general… Read More ›

Wiesenthal Center: EU settlement labeling worse than Iranian threats

Wiesenthal Center: EU settlement labeling worse than Iranian threats

Leading the list at No. 1 was the hatred that inspired Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife to murder 14 people in a shooting rampage… Read More ›

Russia, Taliban share intelligence in fight against ISIS

Russia, Taliban share intelligence in fight against ISIS

  Washington – With the number of ISIS fighters growing in regional neighbor Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to an old enemy — the… Read More ›

Lapid: Jewish terror enjoys ‘political’ support

Lapid: Jewish terror enjoys ‘political’ support

Opposition MK calls on police and security services to broaden operations against violent extremists   Opposition Knesset member Yair Lapid said Thursday that Jewish terrorism… Read More ›

Groom says ‘didn’t even see’ extremists’ behavior at wedding

Groom says ‘didn’t even see’ extremists’ behavior at wedding

Yakir Ashbal, said to be friends with Duma suspects, insists he was unaware of revelers celebrating with weapons, photo of murdered Palestinian baby   The… Read More ›

How a US-born amputee fought his way back into the Israeli army

How a US-born amputee fought his way back into the Israeli army

Floridian Izzy Ezagui, gravely injured in Gaza in 2008, wasn’t going to let the loss of his left arm stop him from heading back to… Read More ›

Egyptian lecturer heckled at University of Haifa, called a Zionist collaborator

Egyptian lecturer heckled at University of Haifa, called a Zionist collaborator

Dr. Omer Salem, an Egyptian researcher of religions, came to speak in front of psychology students about coexistence. Two Arab students verbally attacked the lecturer:… Read More ›

Council of Europe comes out against Ukrainian ban on Nazi and Communist symbols

Council of Europe comes out against Ukrainian ban on Nazi and Communist symbols

Law is ‘attempt to re-write country’s history,’ and is a ‘violation of freedom of expression,’ according to Holocaust museum, rights groups.   The Council of… Read More ›

Jerusalem bus stops get security upgrade

Jerusalem bus stops get security upgrade

Around 300 stops are receiving steel pillars to prevent cars from ramming into waiting crowds, following vehicular attack last week that wounded 11. The Jerusalem… Read More ›

How Hezbollah may take revenge

How Hezbollah may take revenge

Following the assasination of Samir Kuntar attributed to Israel, the IDF has increased its alert level along the Lebanese border; it is now confronting a… Read More ›

Nasrallah: Israel responsible for Kuntar’s death, we will retaliate

Nasrallah: Israel responsible for Kuntar’s death, we will retaliate

Hezbollah chief delivers televised speech following targeted killing of notorious terrorist; says he knew Kuntar would be targeted because ‘Israel never forgives’. Hezbollah Secretary General… Read More ›

UN: Those who reject Syrian refugees are allies of extremists

UN: Those who reject Syrian refugees are allies of extremists

UN High Commissioner for refugees tells Security Council that those fleeing Syrian civil war can’t be blamed for the terror they are risking their lives… Read More ›

Hamas activity in Turkey an obstacle to Ankara-Jerusalem reconciliation

Hamas activity in Turkey an obstacle to Ankara-Jerusalem reconciliation

Hamas’ Saleh al-Arouri left Turkey months ago after intensive US, Israeli pressure, but on Monday an official in Jerusalem said with regard to the two… Read More ›

Yazidi politician in Iraq: The international community has abandoned my people

Yazidi politician in Iraq: The international community has abandoned my people

What happened to Yazidi people was a genocide, Vian Dakhil says.   ERBIL, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ – “In the beginning, the international community and many… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia will behead a second teen protester

Saudi Arabia will behead a second teen protester

  The distraught parents of a teenager believed to be on the brink of being beheaded by Saudi Arabia have launched a last-ditch appeal to the… Read More ›

One of the San Bernardino killers allegedly planned 2 attacks with the neighbor who supplied him guns

One of the San Bernardino killers allegedly planned 2 attacks with the neighbor who supplied him guns

  A criminal complaint filed by an FBI agent claims that Syed Rizwan Farook and Enrique Marquez planned two attacks designed for mass casualties years… Read More ›