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Could a panicked Gantz and Bibi unwittingly take Israel back to the polls?

Could a panicked Gantz and Bibi unwittingly take Israel back to the polls?

Warring armies have learned the hard way through history that merely deploying troops was seen as an act of belligerency that led to unwanted war.… Read More ›

Israel’s COVID vaccine ethical challenges

Israel’s COVID vaccine ethical challenges

Opinion: The public must have all the pertinent information about the immunization since the combination of big money, political interests and crisis is a slippery… Read More ›

Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer

Fully free, Pollard to head ‘home’ to Israel when wife’s health allows — lawyer

Esther Pollard undergoing chemotherapy for aggressive cancer, attorney says, adding his client was not told ahead of time that his parole would be terminated Friday… Read More ›

Anti-Netanyahu activist leader arrested on week 22 of nationwide protests

Anti-Netanyahu activist leader arrested on week 22 of nationwide protests

The Crime Minister movement responded in a statement, saying “Business as usual in the Jerusalem police who continue to abuse protesters and hunt down protest… Read More ›

Biden, the Mideast and future U.S challenges

Biden, the Mideast and future U.S challenges

Opinion: Many significant changes in the region will demand attention of new president; perhaps most important is Iran, and new administration will have to decide… Read More ›

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire at Ashkelon

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fire at Ashkelon

IDF says predawn raids hit terror group’s training facility, rocket manufacturing sites, underground infrastructure   Israeli jets and helicopters carried out airstrikes in the Gaza… Read More ›

Fearing false positives, hospitals scrap Sofia COVID-19 testing kits

Fearing false positives, hospitals scrap Sofia COVID-19 testing kits

“This goes against the most basic of medicals tenets – do no harm,” said one of the hospital directors.   Clalit hospitals will stop using… Read More ›

Israel and the West must change their dated outlook on Lebanon

Israel and the West must change their dated outlook on Lebanon

Analysis: The social and financial crisis gripping the Levantine nation and a new administration in Washington is the perfect time to push for a diplomatic… Read More ›

Top health officials warn of possible 3rd lockdown if morbidity rises further

Top health officials warn of possible 3rd lockdown if morbidity rises further

Director-general of Health Ministry says return of restrictions likely if infection rate climbs, as malls threaten to reopen despite prohibition   Deputy Health Minister Yoav… Read More ›

Timeline of Trump’s major pro-Israel decisions

Timeline of Trump’s major pro-Israel decisions

In-depth: Pompeo’s upcoming visit to the Israeli-run Psagot winery in the West Bank on Thursday would be another dramatic break by the Trump administration with… Read More ›

US coronavirus deaths pass 250,000 as hospitals overwhelmed with cases

US coronavirus deaths pass 250,000 as hospitals overwhelmed with cases

Amid surge, number of hospitalized has doubled in past month, many hospitals converting chapels, cafeterias into patient treatment areas, warning patients will be turned away… Read More ›

Erdan shows UNSC map of Hezbollah activity, demands immediate action

Erdan shows UNSC map of Hezbollah activity, demands immediate action

Gilad Erdan’s letter indicated that not only was Hezbollah never disarmed, but that the terrorist organization “uses human shields to protect its arsenal of more… Read More ›

Let’s not celebrate end of pandemic just yet

Let’s not celebrate end of pandemic just yet

Opinion: Vaccines will not be available to the entire population in the near future despite the prime minister’s exultant announcement and the reopening of schools… Read More ›

IDF launches airstrikes against Iranian Quds Force in Syria

IDF launches airstrikes against Iranian Quds Force in Syria

Israeli military claims credit for attack immediately, says it’s in response to explosives placed on border; Syrian media says strike is near Damascus, 3 soldiers… Read More ›

Israel demands Amanpour apologize for comparing Kristallnacht and Trump

Israel demands Amanpour apologize for comparing Kristallnacht and Trump

On November 13 CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour compared Kristallnacht to President Trump’s term.   CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour’s comparison of US President Donald Trump to… Read More ›

Jewish MKs must support Arab colleagues’ outreach

Jewish MKs must support Arab colleagues’ outreach

Opinion: Joint List MK Mansour Abbas’ efforts at cooperation with government reflect a deeper debate about the path of Arab politics, which seems to be… Read More ›

PA: Pompeo’s visit to a settlement is a provocation

PA: Pompeo’s visit to a settlement is a provocation

Several Palestinian factions denounced Pompeo’s planned visit to Psagot. Hamas called it a “new American aggression against the Palestinians and Arabs.”   US Secretary of… Read More ›

Israel needs hope, not fear in pandemic era

Israel needs hope, not fear in pandemic era

Opinion: Israelis have been allowed to wallow in existential dread and have given in to despair, but countries where optimism reigned have beaten their outbreaks;… Read More ›

Deputy AG likens Netanyahu’s attacks on judiciary to Protocols of Elders of Zion

Deputy AG likens Netanyahu’s attacks on judiciary to Protocols of Elders of Zion

Dina Zilber launches scathing broadside against ‘fake leader,’ says PM’s constant claims the cases against him are a witchhunt echo notorious anti-Semitic conspiracy   Deputy… Read More ›

Third Benjamin Netanyahu trial hearing today

Third Benjamin Netanyahu trial hearing today

The trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged public corruptions continues.   The Jerusalem District Court will hold its third hearing today as part… Read More ›