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Israelis arriving from Italy move freely at airport, take public transport

Israelis arriving from Italy move freely at airport, take public transport

Many Israeli nationals returning from abroad, who were ordered to self-quarantine upon arrival, say they’re amazed there was no one at Ben Gurion Airport to… Read More ›

Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts along border

Israeli helicopters said to attack Syrian army posts along border

Three Syrian troops injured in missile strikes, Syrian state news says, hours after reporting on deadly drone attack in same area   Israeli aircraft attacked… Read More ›

Israel Taxi App Sued For Alleged Discrimination Against Arab Drivers

Israel Taxi App Sued For Alleged Discrimination Against Arab Drivers

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli taxi service app is being sued by human rights lawyers in Jerusalem over its feature that allows riders to… Read More ›

Naftali Bennett signs order to seize funds transferred from Iran to Hamas

Naftali Bennett signs order to seize funds transferred from Iran to Hamas

Israel’s Defense Minister Naftali Bennett signed an order Thursday to seize some $4 million in funds transferred from Iran to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.… Read More ›

The willful ignorance of lawmakers

The willful ignorance of lawmakers

Opinion: A Likud MK recently suggested that factory workers who have lost their jobs can earn thousands of shekels a month washing dishes in Tel… Read More ›

Israeli returning from Italy has coronavirus; visitors from there to be barred

Israeli returning from Italy has coronavirus; visitors from there to be barred

As first case in Israel outside of quarantine confirmed, interior minister says he will add Italy to list of countries from which travel is blocked… Read More ›

First Israeli recovered from coronavirus, returns home from Japan

First Israeli recovered from coronavirus, returns home from Japan

“I met my family members at the airport and we cried tears of joy.”   Rachel Biton, the Israeli who recovered from the coronavirus in… Read More ›

Netanyahu still ‘King Bibi’ on Israel’s margins

Netanyahu still ‘King Bibi’ on Israel’s margins

Even after two inconclusive elections and despite ongoing legal tribulations, the veteran leader remains the champion of the lower middle classes At Ramla market, on… Read More ›

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 ›