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Elections to be held on March 2 if no coalition formed

Elections to be held on March 2 if no coalition formed

Two days before deadline, Likud and Blue and White agree on prospective date, a Monday, which must still be approved by Knesset   Blue and… Read More ›

IDF attacks Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket barrage on Israel

IDF attacks Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket barrage on Israel

Israeli Air Force jets struck a Hamas terrorist camp, weapons warehouses, offices and security posts.   Several Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip were struck… Read More ›

The winners and losers of a third round of elections

The winners and losers of a third round of elections

Analysis: Netanyahu’s prosecution is on hold, Lapid will once again be up for the position of PM, and Bennett will get to keep his dream… Read More ›

Trump tells Jewish group they’ll vote for him to protect their wealth

Trump tells Jewish group they’ll vote for him to protect their wealth

President also says some Jews are not sufficiently supportive of Israel, accused of anti-Semitism after speech to Israeli American Council   WASHINGTON — US President… Read More ›

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion surprises even his harshest critics

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion surprises even his harshest critics

Municipal Affairs: One year since the new mayor opened the door to his office in Safra Square in downtown Jerusalem, he has begun putting into… Read More ›

Israel conducts missile test defense ministry says

Israel conducts missile test defense ministry says

According to a New York Times report Iran has been building a stockpile of short-range ballistic missiles inside Iraq capable of threatening both Israel and… Read More ›

Liberman: unity, narrow governments off the table

Liberman: unity, narrow governments off the table

Liberman shuts door on government efforts, says Israel is going to unprecedented third elections in a year, blames stubbornness of both big parties Yisrael Beiteinu… Read More ›

As coalition talks founder, Netanyahu says Likud ‘ready for elections’

As coalition talks founder, Netanyahu says Likud ‘ready for elections’

Gantz says obdurate prime minister won’t budge, but both sides claim they still want unity talks, even as Likud lawmaker declares talks over   Prime… Read More ›

Police thwarted ISIS terror attack in Jerusalem – WATCH

Police thwarted ISIS terror attack in Jerusalem – WATCH

The two Israeli-Arabs planned terrorist attacks in Jerusalem on Independence Day The Israeli Police released footage on Wednesday of the arrest of two Arab-Israelis who… Read More ›

Israel’s election commission begins preparations for 3rd national vote

Israel’s election commission begins preparations for 3rd national vote

Analysis: With only a week left to form a new government, Central Elections Committee agrees for the minimum time allowed to hold snap elections to… Read More ›

As coalition talks founder, Netanyahu says Likud ‘ready for elections’

As coalition talks founder, Netanyahu says Likud ‘ready for elections’

Gantz says obdurate prime minister won’t budge, but both sides claim they still want unity talks, even as Likud lawmaker declares talks over   Prime… Read More ›

Palestinians criticize joint Israel-Gaza medical ‘voluntourism’

Palestinians criticize joint Israel-Gaza medical ‘voluntourism’

Despite winning rare joint support from both the Israeli government and Hamas, Palestinians have been critical of the foreign volunteers contributing to tourism in Israel.… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Gantz to meet in another bid to form unity government

Netanyahu, Gantz to meet in another bid to form unity government

With a little over week until Israel is forced to hold a third round elections in a year if no government is formed, Blue and… Read More ›

2 Yisrael Beytenu MKs said pressing Liberman to join right-wing government

2 Yisrael Beytenu MKs said pressing Liberman to join right-wing government

Party leader says hard to decide whether fresh elections or narrow coalition is worse, understands why his lawmakers ‘rebelling’ against Blue and White’s conduct  … Read More ›

Sale Of Bergen-belsen Ledger Of Eyewitness Accounts Of Jewish Deaths Put On Hold

Sale Of Bergen-belsen Ledger Of Eyewitness Accounts Of Jewish Deaths Put On Hold

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — The auction of a rabbinical court ledger that documents eyewitness accounts of the deaths of Jews in Nazi camps has been… Read More ›

Why Gabbay and Olmert, not Gantz or Netanyahu, are to blame for elections

Why Gabbay and Olmert, not Gantz or Netanyahu, are to blame for elections

If there were only ghosts on Gantz’s side, perhaps it would not be too hard to form a government. But there is also a political… Read More ›

Adelsons, Milchan, Ellison, MKs among 333 witnesses in case against Netanyahu

Adelsons, Milchan, Ellison, MKs among 333 witnesses in case against Netanyahu

A-G releases huge list of prosecution witnesses, including who’s who of PM’s associates, rivals, security chiefs, and numerous names not widely known to be linked… Read More ›

Likud, Blue and White in marathon talks at Knesset

Likud, Blue and White in marathon talks at Knesset

Netanyahu to negotiators: “Be flexible and creative”   Members of the official negotiating teams of Likud and Blue and White have been meeting for more… Read More ›

‘Significant progress’ in efforts to reach deal for Gaza calm

‘Significant progress’ in efforts to reach deal for Gaza calm

Citing Palestinian sources, Channel 13 says Hamas leader to hold talks with Egyptian intelligence officials in Cairo on Monday; UN special envoy also due to… Read More ›

Flight from Tel Aviv causes London panic as scrambled jets set off sonic boom

Flight from Tel Aviv causes London panic as scrambled jets set off sonic boom

RAF planes sent to check US-bound retired El Al aircraft after it briefly goes unresponsive over British airspace; bang wakes many residents of capital at… Read More ›