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Overhaul talks return to fore as opposition sets ultimatum on judge selection panel

Overhaul talks return to fore as opposition sets ultimatum on judge selection panel

Yesh Atid threatens to walk away from negotiations if its MK isn’t chosen as committee member and if key panel doesn’t convene by end of… Read More ›

CNN’s Amanpour publicly apologizes for saying Dee family was killed in a ‘shootout’

CNN’s Amanpour publicly apologizes for saying Dee family was killed in a ‘shootout’

Pro-Israel news outlet HonestReporting publicized Amanpour’s initial comment on May 11, after it had gone under the radar for a month already. Following more than… Read More ›

Talks underway on direct Israel Saudi flights for Muslim pilgrims

Talks underway on direct Israel Saudi flights for Muslim pilgrims

U.S. officials tell Israelis efforts underway to reach agreements ahead of June when pilgrimage to start with option of Jordanian carriers to be used to… Read More ›

IDF general revokes order barring Israelis from illegal West Bank outpost of Homesh

IDF general revokes order barring Israelis from illegal West Bank outpost of Homesh

Far-right minister Smotrich hails decree paving way to reestablish settlement evacuated in 2005; US Embassy in Israel says Washington ‘deeply troubled’ by move The chief… Read More ›

Israel Police shoot man who aimed M16 rifle at officers

Israel Police shoot man who aimed M16 rifle at officers

Police also launched an investigation early Wednesday morning into a shooting incident in Lod in which a man in his 60s was killed. Israel Police officers… Read More ›

‘Long live Israel!’: Cohen makes historic visit to Sweden as countries turn over new leaf

‘Long live Israel!’: Cohen makes historic visit to Sweden as countries turn over new leaf

In first in 22 years, Israeli FM visits Sweden and meets with Swedish counterpart Billström, whose wife volunteered on a kibbutz in the 90s, and… Read More ›

Israel And Islamic Jihad Agree On Cease-fire To End 5 Days Of Fighting

Israel And Islamic Jihad Agree On Cease-fire To End 5 Days Of Fighting

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group reached a ceasefire deal on Saturday night after five days of violence. “National Security… Read More ›

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a problem for Hamas – analysis

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a problem for Hamas – analysis

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad has become a problem not only for Israel, but for Hamas too. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization may have lost… Read More ›

Top Islamic Jihad terrorists killed as IDF bombs Gaza; south girds for reprisals

Top Islamic Jihad terrorists killed as IDF bombs Gaza; south girds for reprisals

Surprise attack sees Israel target Iran-backed group in Rafah and Gaza City days after flare-up; residents near Gaza told to enter shelters, schools closed Explosions… Read More ›

Cabinet Advances Project For ‘Kosher’ Electricity On Shabbat

Cabinet Advances Project For ‘Kosher’ Electricity On Shabbat

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved government support for a pilot program to build “kosher” electricity storage sites meant to be drawn on… Read More ›

Ex-Israeli PM Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times after child abuse convictions

Ex-Israeli PM Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times after child abuse convictions

According to new documents revealed by WSJ, disgraced financier planned at least three dozen meetings with Barak between 2013 and 2017 and they had appointments… Read More ›

Israel, Gaza terror groups reportedly agree to ceasefire after rockets, IDF response

Israel, Gaza terror groups reportedly agree to ceasefire after rockets, IDF response

Two sides settle on truce, Palestinian sources say, after daylong flare-up sparked by death of Islamic Jihad member in Israeli prison during hunger strike Israel… Read More ›

Israel’s Government To Ask High Court For Conscription Law Extension

Israel’s Government To Ask High Court For Conscription Law Extension

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s government is expected to ask the High Court of Justice for a five-month extension of the court-mandated deadline for passing a… Read More ›

AG, Netanyahu attorneys talk road to plea deal

AG, Netanyahu attorneys talk road to plea deal

PM’s defense team says willing to end proceedings in the corruption trial underway for 3 years, although Baharav-Miara has yet to express an opinion; pending… Read More ›

Religious, settler groups lead charge on Thursday’s pro-overhaul ‘Million March’

Religious, settler groups lead charge on Thursday’s pro-overhaul ‘Million March’

‘The minority has forced its positions onto the majority,’ says organizer and Likud MK Avichay Buaron; buses set to bring tens of thousands to Jerusalem… Read More ›

WATCH: Rockland GOP Congressman Mike Lawler Praises Israel on House Floor in Honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut

WATCH: Rockland GOP Congressman Mike Lawler Praises Israel on House Floor in Honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut

I rose on the House Floor in recognition of Israel’s 75th birthday. Israel our closest ally is a beacon of freedom, liberty and hope- and… Read More ›

Has Netanyahu divorced himself from US Jewry? – analysis

Has Netanyahu divorced himself from US Jewry? – analysis

Netanyahu “just dislikes American Jews,” says former Israeli Consul General to New York Alon Pinkus If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s goal was to sever the already… Read More ›

Govt. officials: Likud minister unlikely to be appointed New York Consul General

Govt. officials: Likud minister unlikely to be appointed New York Consul General

Following widespread criticism, from the U.S. and the American Jewish community, May Golan will not replace take on the diplomatic role instead of Assaf Zamir,… Read More ›

‘Worried for our families’ futures’: Grandmothers in Tel Aviv protest judicial shakeup

‘Worried for our families’ futures’: Grandmothers in Tel Aviv protest judicial shakeup

Unique in the burgeoning Israeli anti-overhaul protest scene, elderly folks in lawn chairs ‘storm’ HaBima Square to protest transferring power from the judiciary to politicians… Read More ›

Frum Father of Jewish Boy Beaten by Arab Thugs Slams Schumer and Nadler (VIDEO)

Frum Father of Jewish Boy Beaten by Arab Thugs Slams Schumer and Nadler (VIDEO)

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A frum Five Towns man whose son was brutally beaten by vicious antisemites, blasted Senator Chuck Schumer and… Read More ›