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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 ›

Echoes of Ford’s pardon of Nixon appear in appeal to Rivlin – analysis

Echoes of Ford’s pardon of Nixon appear in appeal to Rivlin – analysis

More than four decades later, and in a small country oceans away, that same reasoning echoed loudly in the letter the four rabbis sent Rivlin… Read More ›

Netanyahu should be careful what he wishes for

Netanyahu should be careful what he wishes for

Opinion: The PM and his supporters claim collusion by law enforcement authorities in a bid to oust him, but their demand to investigate the investigators… Read More ›

In Ramallah, hundreds of Israelis join Palestinians to ‘unify forces’ for peace

In Ramallah, hundreds of Israelis join Palestinians to ‘unify forces’ for peace

Fatah official Jibril Rajoub says presence of Israelis at solidarity event proves there is a partner for peace; activists boo Neutrei Karta rabbi slating ‘Zionist… Read More ›

Rivlin Praises UK Chief Rabbi’s ‘Clear Voice’ On Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn

Rivlin Praises UK Chief Rabbi’s ‘Clear Voice’ On Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on Wednesday and expressed support for his recent article strongly criticizing… Read More ›

Shift on settlements creates space for political resolution, Mike Pompeo says

Shift on settlements creates space for political resolution, Mike Pompeo says

The U.S. Secretary of State also spoke about the protests in Iran and said that the administration is taking “the opposite” approach compared to the… Read More ›

IDF policy on Gaza could give rise to a more powerful enemy

IDF policy on Gaza could give rise to a more powerful enemy

Opinion: Even though we’ve experienced relative peace, that doesn’t mean Hamas suddenly decided to change its policies regarding Israel, it could be nothing more than… Read More ›

IDF reportedly razes homes of suspects in killing of Dvir Sorek

IDF reportedly razes homes of suspects in killing of Dvir Sorek

Palestinian media reports structures demolished in Beit Kahil, near Hebron, month after suspects indicted on terror charges in August murder of student and off-duty soldier… Read More ›

Lapid on rally: People who bullied journalists did as Netanyahu asked

Lapid on rally: People who bullied journalists did as Netanyahu asked

Blue and White’s No.2 wrote on his Twitter that demonstrators “were only doing what they were asked to do, what Bibi asked of them.”  … Read More ›

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza after rockets fired at south

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza after rockets fired at south

  Army says terror group’s underground facilities among targets of two waves of attacks; Iron Dome defense system shoots down 1 of 2 projectiles fired… Read More ›

Bennett threatens response to all rocket fire, whether they hit or not

Bennett threatens response to all rocket fire, whether they hit or not

Defense minister issues warning after rocket attack leads to overnight wave of IDF strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza; terror group says strikes won’t change… Read More ›

Israeli Stamps Show The First Torah Scroll Flown In Space

Israeli Stamps Show The First Torah Scroll Flown In Space

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new set of Israeli stamps shows the first Torah that was flown in space. The commemorative stamps also feature Jeffrey Hoffman,… Read More ›

Bennett: New Right will run independently in next election

Bennett: New Right will run independently in next election

In a convention for The New Right party, Defense Minister Naftali Bennet said that despite the merger with Likud for the current Knesset, in a… Read More ›