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Bringing back Israelis on board coronavirus-hit ship is danger to public safety

Bringing back Israelis on board coronavirus-hit ship is danger to public safety

Analysis: As time goes by, more and more passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise liner test positive for the deadly virus, including 3 out of… Read More ›

Third Israeli contracts coronavirus on cruise ship off Japan

Third Israeli contracts coronavirus on cruise ship off Japan

Health Ministry working to extract remaining Israelis from Diamond Princess; Jerusalem chief rabbi to enter self-quarantine after Singapore visit, as Israel toughens rules   A… Read More ›

IDF stops Hamas ‘honeypots’ from trapping soldiers

IDF stops Hamas ‘honeypots’ from trapping soldiers

As part of “Operation Rebound,” the IDF has foiled the third such Hamas network foiled in three years.   The IDF has foiled a third… Read More ›

Gantz: No Arabs, no Netanyahu in my future cabinet

Gantz: No Arabs, no Netanyahu in my future cabinet

In wide-ranging interview to Ynet just days before elections, Blue & White chairman praises Trump peace plan as ‘good starting point’, predicts Likud will not… Read More ›

In first, Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship

In first, Israelis test positive for coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship

Japan tells Health Ministry 3 Israelis on Diamond Princess are among new cases; Foreign Ministry says 2 of them taken off ship for treatment; Litzman:… Read More ›

Ayelet Shaked: ‘It is our obligation to apply sovereignty’

Ayelet Shaked: ‘It is our obligation to apply sovereignty’

“The plan obviates the need for Israel to uproot communities, and it does so while avoiding any act that anyone could consider to be apartheid.”… Read More ›

Wanted: Real discourse between Arabs and Jews

Wanted: Real discourse between Arabs and Jews

Opinion: Netanyahu’s hateful campaign against Arab MKs, radical statements by Joint List lawmakers and Gantz’s decision to bar Arabs from a future government have brought… Read More ›

Next White House may reject peace plan, to Palestinians’ detriment — co-author

Next White House may reject peace plan, to Palestinians’ detriment — co-author

Jason Greenblatt warns that if traditional positions on conflict are readopted, ‘Israel will likely continue to thrive and the Palestinians will continue to suffer’  … Read More ›

Israeli water tech company pilots clean water project in Gaza Strip

Israeli water tech company pilots clean water project in Gaza Strip

The Coordination and Liaison Administration said the program is part of a policy that seeks to prevent any further deterioration of the humanitarian crisis in… Read More ›

Israel might reach deal with Hamas much sooner than you think

Israel might reach deal with Hamas much sooner than you think

Opinion: Despite the warmongering statements by Netanyahu and Bennett, both are prepared to give the terror group that rules Gaza as many concessions as they… Read More ›

Next White House may reject peace plan, to Palestinians’ detriment — co-author

Next White House may reject peace plan, to Palestinians’ detriment — co-author

Jason Greenblatt warns that if traditional positions on conflict are readopted: ‘Israel will likely continue to thrive and the Palestinians will continue to suffer’  … Read More ›

UN publishes blacklist of companies with ties to Israeli settlements

UN publishes blacklist of companies with ties to Israeli settlements

Companies were not given any notice that the list was coming out today.   The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday issued a report… Read More ›

RAFEL’s new UAV laser defense system

RAFEL’s new UAV laser defense system

Drones present unique challenges that set them apart from traditional airborne threats because of their ability to evade detection and use GPS to pinpoint their… Read More ›

Israel reprimands Belgium again for inviting terror-related NGO to UNSC

Israel reprimands Belgium again for inviting terror-related NGO to UNSC

The Foreign Ministry also criticized the Belgian government’s “negligence” in handling the Carnival in Aalst, during which antisemitic floats were displayed in a parade.  … Read More ›

Relatives of Israelis on ‘coronavirus ship’: Let our family come home

Relatives of Israelis on ‘coronavirus ship’: Let our family come home

‘We are not prepared to take part in this experiment,’ say 152 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the quarantined Israelis in joint open letter; Israel… Read More ›

Gaza groups said to call halt to incendiary balloon attacks on Israel

Gaza groups said to call halt to incendiary balloon attacks on Israel

Report comes a day after Egyptian security delegation visited Strip, where it reportedly conveyed an Israeli threat of military action to Hamas   Factions in… Read More ›

No daylight between Trump, Netanyahu – but will the sun set on annexation?

No daylight between Trump, Netanyahu – but will the sun set on annexation?

Likud voters in Judea and Samaria are a relatively small yet influential group, and Netanyahu is left doing damage control and repeating over and over… Read More ›

Israeli Arabs are Israeli, not Palestinian

Israeli Arabs are Israeli, not Palestinian

Opinion: Raising the Palestinian flag in protest of the Trump peace plan was an act of solidarity, not identity; no one could remain indifferent as… Read More ›

Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues

Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues

Faisal al-Qassem’s Arabic tweet garners critical responses, but huge majority responding to poll on his Twitter feed then seem to agree; IDF spokesmen and Netanyahu… Read More ›

Israel begins mapping out West Bank land for annexation after election

Israel begins mapping out West Bank land for annexation after election

Netanyahu: “We’ve been waiting since 1967, and people are making a big deal over a few weeks.”   Israel has begun preparing a precise map… Read More ›