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Pompeo thanks Netanyahu for support after Iraq embassy attack

Pompeo thanks Netanyahu for support after Iraq embassy attack

Foreign Minister Katz urges international community to fight ‘murderous’ Iran after pro-Tehran protesters storm Green Zone   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke late… Read More ›

Israel rings in 2020, new year, new decade

Israel rings in 2020, new year, new decade

Revelers came out to celebrate the end of 2019 and the second decade of the 21st century visiting many pubs and clubs in Tel Aviv… Read More ›

Iran at war could be good for Israel

Iran at war could be good for Israel

Analysis: Should Tehran decide to retaliate for the U.S. attack on its militias in Iraq, it would be playing into the hands of those in… Read More ›

IAF chief: US strike on Iran-backed Iraqi militia is a ‘potential turning point’

IAF chief: US strike on Iran-backed Iraqi militia is a ‘potential turning point’

Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin lauds IDF’s aerial supremacy in the face of Syrian S-300 anti-aircraft batteries, which he says allows Israel to fight Iranian entrenchment… Read More ›

IAF Commander Norkin: US airstrikes in Iraq a potential game changer

IAF Commander Norkin: US airstrikes in Iraq a potential game changer

Thousands of paramilitary members march on US Embassy in Baghdad following deadly strikes.   The strikes against an Iranian proxy group in Iraq are a… Read More ›

High Court debates whether indicted Netanyahu can form government

High Court debates whether indicted Netanyahu can form government

Hayut says three-justice panel must first decide whether the court should even debate the issue, echoing instruction from AG; hearing comes after petition by 67… Read More ›

New year will bring Israel advantage over Iran

New year will bring Israel advantage over Iran

Analysis: The Islamic Republic has completed its role in Syria, ensuring that Assad’s regime survived the civil war, but despite their vital participation in keeping… Read More ›

Those Holiday Season Gifts: Psak From Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein

Those Holiday Season Gifts: Psak From Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com It is a not uncommon experience for people that have family members in the hospital.  Nice well-meaning people give… Read More ›

Photos show rockets used against the US were also shipped to Hezbollah

Photos show rockets used against the US were also shipped to Hezbollah

Rockets used against US forces in Iraq were same type Israel found in 2009 being shipped to Hezbollah   In 2009 Israel intercepted a shipment… Read More ›

The world’s blatant hypocrisy

The world’s blatant hypocrisy

Opinion: Although ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bendousa cannot deny her services for one of Africa’s deadliest dictators, the international community has shown its duplicity by… Read More ›

Netanyahu calls Putin, requests release of Naama Issachar

Netanyahu calls Putin, requests release of Naama Issachar

Netanyahu also said he and Putin discussed Iran and Syria with Putin, and the two wished each other happy holidays.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

IDF chief’s promo for Israel’s next major war

IDF chief’s promo for Israel’s next major war

Analysis: Aviv Kochavi Wednesday’s speech contained indirect warnings aimed not only at the Israeli public, but also at Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas; it was an… Read More ›

Netanyahu wins Likud leadership race by landslide, defeating Sa’ar 72%-27%

Netanyahu wins Likud leadership race by landslide, defeating Sa’ar 72%-27%

Conceding loss, Sa’ar says primary was vital for Likud’s democratic character, backs Netanyahu ahead of March 2 elections   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trounced his… Read More ›

IDF preparing for confrontation with Iran – Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi

IDF preparing for confrontation with Iran – Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi

Lt.-Gen. Kochavi acknowledges in public for the first time that Israel has struck Iranian targets in Iraq.   The IDF is preparing for a limited… Read More ›

Netanyahu again rushed offstage at event as Gaza rocket fired at Ashkelon

Netanyahu again rushed offstage at event as Gaza rocket fired at Ashkelon

Iron Dome intercepts incoming projectile, in case similar to attack in September in which terrorists launched missile during premier’s speech in the south   Palestinian… Read More ›

Bennett signs order preventing Israeli terrorists receiving ‘pay-for-slay’ money

Bennett signs order preventing Israeli terrorists receiving ‘pay-for-slay’ money

“This is another step in the campaign against terrorists, we are working so that Jewish blood will no longer be financially lucrative,” the Defense Minister… Read More ›

Chief of Staff: Military will not tolerate deviation from expected moral standard

Chief of Staff: Military will not tolerate deviation from expected moral standard

Kochavi identified Iran as the immediate enemy facing Israel and told of continued efforts to remove Iranian weaponry from Syria and prevent the threat of… Read More ›

High Court rejects newspaper claim of biased panel against PM: ‘Irresponsible’

High Court rejects newspaper claim of biased panel against PM: ‘Irresponsible’

Pro-Netanyahu daily cites legal official saying the judges set to hear petition against allowing lawmaker facing charges to form government are prejudiced   The High… Read More ›

Netanyahu and a court coalition quandary

Netanyahu and a court coalition quandary

Analysis: The High Court has received a petition seeking to ban an indicted prime minister from forming a government, but with a third national election… Read More ›

Columbia University Accused Of Anti-semitic Discrimination In First Case Since Trump Executive Order

Columbia University Accused Of Anti-semitic Discrimination In First Case Since Trump Executive Order

  NEW YORK (JTA) – A federal complaint has been filed against Columbia University accusing the school of anti-Semitic discrimination. It is the first case… Read More ›