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Foreign minister condemns Sanders’s ‘shocking’ comment on US embassy

Foreign minister condemns Sanders’s ‘shocking’ comment on US embassy

After Democratic front-runner says he’ll weigh moving mission from Jerusalem, Israel Katz says ‘people who very much support Israel will not tend to support him’… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Plan To Build 3,500 Housing Units In E-1 Is Moving Forward

Netanyahu: Plan To Build 3,500 Housing Units In E-1 Is Moving Forward

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday his intent to push ahead with a plan to build 3,500 homes for… Read More ›

Gaza is Netanyahu’s 11-year recurring nightmare – analysis

Gaza is Netanyahu’s 11-year recurring nightmare – analysis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 11 years ago: “We will topple Hamas’s terror regime and we will restore security to the residents of Ashkelon, Ashdod… Read More ›

Israel’s Gaza delusion

Israel’s Gaza delusion

Analysis: Jerusalem is trying desperately to broker some kind of long-term agreement with Hamas, but the terror group is making minimal concessions and all the… Read More ›

IDF chief warns Gaza clash may not be over, could spiral into greater conflict

IDF chief warns Gaza clash may not be over, could spiral into greater conflict

Amid reports of ceasefire in Strip, Kohavi says ‘unclear if the incident is at its peak or its end,’ states that situation is fragile  … Read More ›

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Announces Gaza Ceasefire, IDF Warns Of Escalation

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Announces Gaza Ceasefire, IDF Warns Of Escalation

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Monday evening after two days of heavy fighting between… Read More ›

MK Suleiman: Israel steals body, yet says IDF world’s most moral army

MK Suleiman: Israel steals body, yet says IDF world’s most moral army

The Communist MK slammed Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, calling him “minister of death and brutality.”   Hadash MK Aida Touma-Suleiman slammed Defense Minister Naftali Bennett… Read More ›

Now coronavirus is here, it’s up to us to slow its spread

Now coronavirus is here, it’s up to us to slow its spread

Analysis: Proper precautions may mitigate the danger and limit the numbers of potential victims, unfortunately they could be any one of us The events of… Read More ›

Terror groups slam Israel after IDF bulldozer collects body from Gaza border

Terror groups slam Israel after IDF bulldozer collects body from Gaza border

Bennett backs IDF, calls left-wing critics ‘bleeding hearts,’ after Hamas accuses Israel of ‘heinous crime’; army accuses Islamic Jihad of placing bomb next to border… Read More ›

Israel Strikes Gaza, Syria After Palestinian Rockets Attacks

Israel Strikes Gaza, Syria After Palestinian Rockets Attacks

  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel military said early Monday that it struck Palestinian militants targets in Gaza and Syria in response to rockets fired… Read More ›

Wanted: A smart way to starve terrorist funding

Wanted: A smart way to starve terrorist funding

Opinion: The law to deduct stipends paid to terrorists from the tax revenue transferred to the PA has not had any impact on their allowances,… Read More ›

Hundreds of Israelis contact coronavirus hotline as fears of epidemic rise

Hundreds of Israelis contact coronavirus hotline as fears of epidemic rise

Specially trained paramedics being dispatched to people’s homes to take samples amid escalating worries of outbreak following visit by tourists found to have virus  … Read More ›

Husband of Israeli on ‘coronavirus cruise’: Authorities were too slow

Husband of Israeli on ‘coronavirus cruise’: Authorities were too slow

Fourth Israeli tests positive, transferred to Japanese hospital   Nicole Ben David, 51, a mother of four, went on a cruise in the Far East… Read More ›

Iranian smoke and Palestinian mirrors

Iranian smoke and Palestinian mirrors

Opinion: Bennett and Netanyahu’s election propaganda oversells Israel’s might and splendor while underestimating its enemies, but this is the exact same kind of ominous hubris… Read More ›

Israelis on their way home after over 2 weeks quarantined on virus-hit ship

Israelis on their way home after over 2 weeks quarantined on virus-hit ship

Passengers greeted on dock by delegation from embassy in Tokyo, will be whisked straight to plane; 11 Israelis to be isolated for 2 weeks under… Read More ›

Many Accused Jewish Pedophiles In US Flee To Israel, CBS Report Finds

Many Accused Jewish Pedophiles In US Flee To Israel, CBS Report Finds

  NEW YORK (JTA) – Many Americans accused of sexually abusing children flee to Israel to escape justice — and bringing them back can be… Read More ›

Thailand unhappy with Israel’s entry ban over virus concerns

Thailand unhappy with Israel’s entry ban over virus concerns

Country’s ambassador i­n Tel Aviv asks Israeli government to rethink its policy of refusing entry to anyone arriving from 4 East Asian countries, saying the… Read More ›

PM says he’s lifted freeze to build Givat Hamatos neighborhood in East Jerusalem

PM says he’s lifted freeze to build Givat Hamatos neighborhood in East Jerusalem

11 days before election, Netanyahu announces approval for 3,000 homes for Jews in project that would cut off Palestinian areas in capital from West Bank… Read More ›

9,000 new Israeli homes planned for east Jerusalem

9,000 new Israeli homes planned for east Jerusalem

Most of the land involved in the plan is considered government property and as such would not be taken from private owners.   The Housing… Read More ›

Israel’s cold spell continues with thunderstorms and hail

Israel’s cold spell continues with thunderstorms and hail

As another cold front sweeps through the region, meteorologists warn of flooding due to heavy showers across all parts of the country; snowfall expected on… Read More ›