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Macron: Iran withdrawing from the nuclear deal with new centrifuge operation

Macron: Iran withdrawing from the nuclear deal with new centrifuge operation

French president urges easing sanctions while pressuring Iranians to negotiate a return; Russia calls on Tehran to uphold commitments to 2015 deal, blames US for… Read More ›

Hamas Threatens to Shower Israel with Rockets for 6 Months

Hamas Threatens to Shower Israel with Rockets for 6 Months

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Monday threatened that his group would fire rockets at Israel for six months continuously if the blockade on the Gaza… Read More ›

In chilling detail, ex-envoy to US Oren warns of Israel-Iran ‘conflagration’

In chilling detail, ex-envoy to US Oren warns of Israel-Iran ‘conflagration’

A minor miscalculation by Jerusalem could lead to devastating war, with rockets raining down on Jewish state and overwhelming its defenses, former ambassador writes in… Read More ›

1 Year Out: A divided nation lurches toward 2020 US election

1 Year Out: A divided nation lurches toward 2020 US election

The next 12 months will see Democrats pick a challenger to Trump for a fight that’s likely to widen the ideological, generational and demographic divides… Read More ›

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 ›