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IDF Attacks Terror Targets Following Rocket Barrage from Gaza Strip

IDF Attacks Terror Targets Following Rocket Barrage from Gaza Strip

The Sderot Municipality spokesperson confirmed in a statement that there was damage to the building but there were no injuries as all individuals in the… Read More ›

Hamas or Islamic Jihad: Who’s responsible for Gaza rocket fire?

Hamas or Islamic Jihad: Who’s responsible for Gaza rocket fire?

Analysis: One political analyst, who’s very close to Hamas, wrote on his Twitter account the terror group was not behind the rocket fire; hours later,… Read More ›

Analysis: Hamas may want calm, but some in Islamic Jihad have different plans

Analysis: Hamas may want calm, but some in Islamic Jihad have different plans

Despite relatively tame border protests, Friday’s rocket fire suggests Iran-backed terror group’s Baha Abu al-Ata has his own agenda and is willing to set area… Read More ›

After Baghdadi, a Look at Effectiveness of Israel’s Assassination Policy

After Baghdadi, a Look at Effectiveness of Israel’s Assassination Policy

Is Israel’s policy still relevant? And should the Jewish state step up its own targeted campaign against the heads of organizations that threaten its existence?… Read More ›

‘Everything is on the table’: Breaking down Elizabeth Warren’s Israel policy

‘Everything is on the table’: Breaking down Elizabeth Warren’s Israel policy

The Democratic presidential hopeful has been clear about her desire to leverage aid to pressure Israel, but short on the specifics of how such a… Read More ›

Biden: Using Aid To Israel As Policy Leverage Is Outrageous

Biden: Using Aid To Israel As Policy Leverage Is Outrageous

  WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden Biden told a Wall Street Journal reporter on Thursday that he strongly opposes calls by other Democratic presidential candidates… Read More ›

Third Election Looking Likely with Coalition Talks at a Deadlock

Third Election Looking Likely with Coalition Talks at a Deadlock

Events of the last week have pushed Blue and White away from the Likud.   A unity government looked highly unlikely as of Wednesday night,… Read More ›

Jordan and Israel – a cold and cyclical relationship

Jordan and Israel – a cold and cyclical relationship

Prof. Hillel Frisch, field researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, contends that while the Jordanian government uses anti-Israel rhetoric to appease segments of… Read More ›

Loyalty to the leader may cost the right its third bid for power in less than one year

Loyalty to the leader may cost the right its third bid for power in less than one year

Loyalty to leadership is commendable but to what extent? A third election cycle may cost the right its chance to retake the leadership and leave… Read More ›

Jordan recalls ambassador in Israel to protest detention of two of its citizens

Jordan recalls ambassador in Israel to protest detention of two of its citizens

FM Ayman Safadi calls arrests of Jordanian nationals ‘inhumane’; Amman says it has arrested an Israeli citizen who ‘illegally’ crossed into the Hashemite Kingdom  … Read More ›

Turkey Is “a Regional Hub for Terrorism,” Israeli Envoy Tells UNSC

Turkey Is “a Regional Hub for Terrorism,” Israeli Envoy Tells UNSC

The Israeli envoy condemned Turkey’s military incursion into northeast Syria and its attacks on the Kurds and charges that Turkey’s actions have strengthened ISIS.  … Read More ›

We cannot count on anyone but ourselves

We cannot count on anyone but ourselves

Opinion: Today Israel is a superpower in security and a powerhouse in economics and has excellent foreign relations with the world’s superpowers, but we must… Read More ›

Democratic hopeful Sanders urges giving chunk of US military aid to Gaza instead

Democratic hopeful Sanders urges giving chunk of US military aid to Gaza instead

At J Street confab, 2020 candidate comes out forcefully for cutting $3.8 billion security package as a means to push Jerusalem toward peace talks; calls… Read More ›

Israeli Yeshiva Student Passes Away After Falling 100 Feet Off Cliff

Israeli Yeshiva Student Passes Away After Falling 100 Feet Off Cliff

  RAMOT — In a adventure gone wrong, a 20-year-old Yeshiva student passed away after falling around 100 feet off a cliff on Monday. Yerachmiel… Read More ›

The slow death of a promising peace

The slow death of a promising peace

Opinion: The peace agreement signed between Israel and Jordan in 1994, was supposed to be a ‘warm and true’ peace, but looking at it today,… Read More ›

Likud, Blue And White Negotiators Meet For Coalition Talks

Likud, Blue And White Negotiators Meet For Coalition Talks

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Negotiators from the Likud and Blue and White parties met on Sunday for the first time since Blue and White leader… Read More ›

In Israel, being liberal does not mean what you think it means

In Israel, being liberal does not mean what you think it means

Opinion: Avigdor Liberman has called for a liberal unity government, which is curious given his party’s policies when it comes to the country’s Arabs population… Read More ›

Suspect sets Border Police tent ablaze at flashpoint outpost near Yitzhar, flees

Suspect sets Border Police tent ablaze at flashpoint outpost near Yitzhar, flees

No officers injured in attack on makeshift post enforcing closed military zone order; security forces view incident as ‘escalation’ in settler violence   A suspect… Read More ›

Gantz must pick Netanyahu over Odeh

Gantz must pick Netanyahu over Odeh

Opinion: Tasked with forming the next government, the Blue and White leader must break one of the party’s campaign pledges to prevent a third round… Read More ›

Snoop Dogg Will Promote An Israeli Cannabis Tech Startup

Snoop Dogg Will Promote An Israeli Cannabis Tech Startup

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Snoop Dogg, an outspoken advocate of marijuana use, is the new brand representative for an Israeli cannabis tech startup. Seedo, based… Read More ›