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Biden: Israeli threats of annexation choke off hope of peace

Biden: Israeli threats of annexation choke off hope of peace

Biden vowed that if elected, he would support the Taylor Force Act while restoring funding to security cooperation with Israel.   Former vice president and… Read More ›

Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, U.S.

Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, U.S.

Palestinian president says decision also extends to security cooperation with Israel; announcement believed to be in response to Jerusalem’s declared plans to declare sovereignty over… Read More ›

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Iran leader accuses UAE of ‘treachery’ after first direct flight to Israel

Etihad Airways flies 16 tons of aid for Palestinians via Tel Aviv, but Khamenei says Gulf states ‘betray Palestine by supporting Israel;’ calls for armed… Read More ›

Mask requirements temporarily lifted in public spaces due to heat wave

Mask requirements temporarily lifted in public spaces due to heat wave

“The effectiveness of the masks in preventing infection among the kids themselves is unclear and there is no evidence for it yet in the scientific… Read More ›

Police arrest woman suspected of desecrating grave of fallen IDF soldier

Police arrest woman suspected of desecrating grave of fallen IDF soldier

Police apprehend 41-year-old woman from Rishon Lezion, who reportedly suffers from mental problems; the woman’s mental health worsened after surviving a deadly terror attack 18… Read More ›

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in Herzliya home

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in Herzliya home

There are reportedly no signs of violence. Wei’s death comes a week after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Israel in an apparent attempt… Read More ›

Likud members are marionettes on strings for Netanyahu

Likud members are marionettes on strings for Netanyahu

Opinion: Now that the fifth Netanyahu government is up and running, those left empty-handed by his political chicanery have – despite their supposed undying loyalty… Read More ›

Outgoing health minister says office’s former director ‘exaggerated’ virus fears

Outgoing health minister says office’s former director ‘exaggerated’ virus fears

Yaakov Litzman, who came under heavy criticism for his handling of crisis, says Netanyahu acceded to Moshe Bar Siman-Tov’s ‘overblown’ assessment of pandemic danger  … Read More ›

Senior MKs scramble to meet Netanyahu hoping for ministerial posts

Senior MKs scramble to meet Netanyahu hoping for ministerial posts

Likud rebels held up swearing in Thursday, Netanyahu seeking to placate Dichter, Hanegbi, Saar   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with Likud… Read More ›

Religious Zionists must wise up about Netanyahu

Religious Zionists must wise up about Netanyahu

Opinion: The prime minister’s insistence on keeping Naftali Bennett confined to the sidelines while he favors the ultra-Orthodox politicians, who care only for their own… Read More ›

What Netanyahu does in the next few months will seal his legacy

What Netanyahu does in the next few months will seal his legacy

Political Affairs: What the PM decides to do in Judea and Samaria will determine how he will be remembered.   It has taken 507 days,… Read More ›

Israel offers peek at new normal for air travel during pandemic

Israel offers peek at new normal for air travel during pandemic

Airport Authority’s plan set to create ‘virus-free area’ through use of disinfection stands, thermal imaging at the entrance to the airport, social distancing and allowed… Read More ›

EU ministers set to review possible responses to Israeli annexation in West Bank

EU ministers set to review possible responses to Israeli annexation in West Bank

Top diplomats to convene Friday, with Jerusalem’s plan to apply sovereignty to settlements, Jordan Valley ‘the most important item on the agenda’   European Union… Read More ›

Haniyeh: Hamas can kidnap more Israeli soldiers

Haniyeh: Hamas can kidnap more Israeli soldiers

“Hamas will not be quiet about prisoners sitting in Israeli prisons; some of them for over 40 years already.”   Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh threatened… Read More ›

Israel should look to EU before West Bank annexation

Israel should look to EU before West Bank annexation

Opinion: Jerusalem is accustomed to viewing Europe as weakened entity and to dismissing its protests, but this could be mistake if Israel decides to take… Read More ›

Could this Israeli COVID-19 drug ‘completely prevent’ lung damage?

Could this Israeli COVID-19 drug ‘completely prevent’ lung damage?

Bonus BioGroup has completed a preliminary study of a new drug to treat acute and life-threatening respiratory distress in COVID-19 patients.   Bonus BioGroup has… Read More ›

Hundreds attend funeral of slain IDF soldier

Hundreds attend funeral of slain IDF soldier

Father of Amit Ben Yigal mourns loss of only son, saying ‘I don’t have anything else’; Defense Minister Bennett vows troops will ‘find the terrorist’… Read More ›

Florida Synagogue Sanctions Members For Participating In COVID-19 Minyan

Florida Synagogue Sanctions Members For Participating In COVID-19 Minyan

DEERFIELD BEACH  — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drag on, some communities are demonstrating that they will not stand for any violations of social… Read More ›

Watch: Massive crowds gather in Mea Shearim for Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

Watch: Massive crowds gather in Mea Shearim for Lag Ba’Omer bonfires

In Bnei Brak, hundreds of residents gathered around a fire lit in the middle of Damesek Eliezer Street street. Police arrived on the scene, quickly… Read More ›

West Bank annexation will be the end of Israeli-Jordanian peace

West Bank annexation will be the end of Israeli-Jordanian peace

Opinion: By annexing parts of the West Bank, Israel would put the Hashemite Kingdom at risk of an influx of Palestinians and it should protest… Read More ›