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4,500-year-old burial artifacts chanced upon by electrician on his way to work

4,500-year-old burial artifacts chanced upon by electrician on his way to work

Ahmad Nassar Yassin, a resident of the northern Israel village of Araba, discovers remains of a previously unknown Canaanite-era settlement   A previously unknown center… Read More ›

Israel’s basic principles of democracy must be preserved

Israel’s basic principles of democracy must be preserved

Opinion: These ideals are safe from attack when shared by all branches of government, but when a leader considers his political failure as tantamount to… Read More ›

Op-Ed: The dark motivations behind Netanyahu’s bid to put cameras into polling stations

Op-Ed: The dark motivations behind Netanyahu’s bid to put cameras into polling stations

This is not an issue of left or right, but rather one of electoral integrity and the proper functioning of democracy   This isn’t about… Read More ›

Elul: Reflections And Elections

Elul: Reflections And Elections

  The Boiling Cauldron Just as Jews prepare for the coming judgment on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Israel’s politicians are preparing for their own… Read More ›

PM Expected to Meet Putin Later This Week

PM Expected to Meet Putin Later This Week

Netanyahu last met Putin in April, five days before the previous election, when he thanked the Russian president for assistance in returning the remains of… Read More ›

Violence and lies of police operation in East Jerusalem

Violence and lies of police operation in East Jerusalem

Opinion: It is the officers from the Border Police and Special Patrol Unit who instigate the violence in Issawiyah, going there in the evening and… Read More ›

Knesset legal adviser joins AG in opposing ‘unconstitutional’ Camera Bill

Knesset legal adviser joins AG in opposing ‘unconstitutional’ Camera Bill

Eyal Yinon argues that PM-backed legislation would give Likud party an unfair advantage as it already has over 1,000 cameras that it used to surveil… Read More ›

IDF Strikes Hamas Targets In Response To Armed Drone Attack From Gaza

IDF Strikes Hamas Targets In Response To Armed Drone Attack From Gaza

  Jerusalem – Israeli jets hit a Hamas naval equipment depot and two aerial operations “military centers” on Saturday, after an armed drone entered Israeli… Read More ›

IAF Attacks Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Drone Attack

IAF Attacks Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Drone Attack

The IDF confirmed that the strikes, which lasted close to an hour, hit naval combat equipment belonging to the terror group and two military compounds.… Read More ›

Israel must target the real root of the problem – Iran

Israel must target the real root of the problem – Iran

Opinion: Why should Israelis sit in bomb shelters because of rockets fired by Iranian proxies in Gaza or Lebanon? We should be taking the fight… Read More ›

Salt study unravels ancient mystery around well-preserved Dead Sea Scroll

Salt study unravels ancient mystery around well-preserved Dead Sea Scroll

Researchers say the Temple Scroll, which has survived in better condition than other texts, was modified using previously unknown technology using minerals not local to… Read More ›

Canceling Gantz-Lapid Rotation Won’t Help Center-Left Bloc – Poll

Canceling Gantz-Lapid Rotation Won’t Help Center-Left Bloc – Poll

72% of Israelis support putting cameras in polling stations, survey finds.   If Blue and White canceled the rotation between Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid for the… Read More ›

Who is Israel’s true enemy?

Who is Israel’s true enemy?

Opinion: Following the recent attack in Avivim, Jerusalem must send a clear message to Lebanese authorities that it will not tolerate Hezbollah acquiring precision missiles… Read More ›

Likud’s Sa’ar says PM should not ask potential partners for immunity backing

Likud’s Sa’ar says PM should not ask potential partners for immunity backing

Gideon Sa’ar, who has clashed with Netanyahu, says political considerations should not have a role in determining whether a lawmaker can avoid prosecution   Likud… Read More ›

Rivlin ‘Surprised’ That Netanyahu Refused to Return PM Mandate

Rivlin ‘Surprised’ That Netanyahu Refused to Return PM Mandate

“I was surprised that Netanyahu didn’t return the mandate after not succeeding in forming a coalition,” Rivlin said at a Channel 12 conference on Thursday.… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Johnson meet in London with Iran taking center stage

Netanyahu, Johnson meet in London with Iran taking center stage

PM says he will raise Iranian nuclear ambitions in talks with British counterpart, American defense secretary, calls on world leaders to shun Tehran regime after… Read More ›

Shunning unity, Shaked says right-wing coalition needed so she can reform courts

Shunning unity, Shaked says right-wing coalition needed so she can reform courts

Yamina head tells ToI she wants to return to the Justice Ministry but a unity government would prevent her passing legislation to limit the Supreme… Read More ›

Netanyahu was Close to Attacking Iran in 2012 Despite Obama – NYT

Netanyahu was Close to Attacking Iran in 2012 Despite Obama – NYT

In an interview, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel was close to attacking Iran in 2012 but stopped after he did not have enough… Read More ›

Hundreds of thousands in northern Israel without protection from missiles

Hundreds of thousands in northern Israel without protection from missiles

New report illustrates local residents’ vulnerability in event of attack, while plans to fortify residential buildings and build bomb shelters were put on hold; Liberman… Read More ›

Is Annexation the Antidote?

Is Annexation the Antidote?

The more precarious Netanyahu’s position appears, the more he will court the settlers.   As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s poll numbers drop, watch him turn rightward and… Read More ›