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First 2 Israelis get off coronavirus ship, others to remain until Thursday

First 2 Israelis get off coronavirus ship, others to remain until Thursday

Edna and Henry Ben Shabbat are among the first to leave Diamond Princess, say they’re feeling well but will be worried for remaining 10 Israelis… Read More ›

Israeli elections should be more than about war and peace

Israeli elections should be more than about war and peace

Opinion: The lines between left and right on security and diplomacy have long since blurred, and the voters must think about issues such as the… Read More ›

Israel bans foreigners coming from East Asian countries over virus fears

Israel bans foreigners coming from East Asian countries over virus fears

Directive applies to travelers from Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore; Foreign Ministry frets over diplomatic fallout from stringent measures to prevent outbreak   As… Read More ›

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes’ YouTube Channel Is Banned For Hate Speech

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes’ YouTube Channel Is Banned For Hate Speech

  CHICAGO (JTA) — The You Tube channel of white nationalist Nick Fuentes has been banned for hate speech. Fuentes leads the Groyper Army, a… Read More ›

Gaza-area mayors to Benjamin Netanyahu: Fight Hamas terrorism

Gaza-area mayors to Benjamin Netanyahu: Fight Hamas terrorism

“The reality in which our residents live is not moral and cannot continue,” said the mayors.   The government must do more to fight terrorism… Read More ›

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 ›