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In rare formal visit, Israeli official attends anti-Iran conference in Bahrain

In rare formal visit, Israeli official attends anti-Iran conference in Bahrain

Presence of Foreign Ministry official at meeting in Manama on maritime, civil aviation security marks latest sign of warming ties between Israel and some Arab… Read More ›

Hundreds of Israelis Protest Naama Issachar’s Arrest in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of Israelis Protest Naama Issachar’s Arrest in Tel Aviv

Issachar was arrested in April with 9.5 grams of cannabis in her checked luggage in Russia and was sentenced to a whopping seven and a… Read More ›

In latest sign of thaw, Israel sending official to anti-Iran summit in Bahrain

In latest sign of thaw, Israel sending official to anti-Iran summit in Bahrain

Foreign Ministry’s regional security and counter-terrorism head to make rare formal trip to Arab state for Monday meet on maritime and civil aviation security  … Read More ›

Meir Shamgar, Former President Of Israel’s Supreme Court, Dies At 94

Meir Shamgar, Former President Of Israel’s Supreme Court, Dies At 94

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Meir Shamgar, a former president of the Israeli Supreme Court who started his legal studies by correspondence in an Eritrean prison,… Read More ›

U.S. Peace Team to Visit Israel by End of Month

U.S. Peace Team to Visit Israel by End of Month

From Jerusalem, the team will continue to Riyadh to participate in an economic conference.   WASHINGTON – The US peace team is expected to visit Israel and… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s failed gamble on the world stage

Netanyahu’s failed gamble on the world stage

Opinion: The PM has made political capital of his friendships with world leaders, primarily Trump and Putin; but the American president is increasingly isolationist and… Read More ›

Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in bid to reassure Israel on Syria pullout

Pompeo to meet Netanyahu in bid to reassure Israel on Syria pullout

US Secretary of State will arrive in Israel on Friday after talks in Ankara aimed at achieving ceasefire in Turkish invasion of northern Syria; discussions… Read More ›

In Midst Of Syria Upheaval, Erdoğan Agrees To Meet With Pence, Pompeo

In Midst Of Syria Upheaval, Erdoğan Agrees To Meet With Pence, Pompeo

  TURKEY (JNS) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that he will meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary… Read More ›

Turkey Using Israeli-Upgraded Tanks in Anti-Kurd Offensive in Syria

Turkey Using Israeli-Upgraded Tanks in Anti-Kurd Offensive in Syria

Between 2003-2010 around 170 M60-A1 tanks were upgraded by IMI at a cost of $687 million.   Turkey is using M60-A1 tanks upgraded by Israel during… Read More ›

Teen dies of injuries from lightning strike near Ashkelon

Teen dies of injuries from lightning strike near Ashkelon

14-year-old Asher Hazut from Be’er Sheva was critically injured when the lightning hit him and four other family members as they took a Sukkot trip… Read More ›

Iran blames alleged tanker attack on Israel, US and Saudis

Iran blames alleged tanker attack on Israel, US and Saudis

Senior MP says Tehran will present UN with ‘abundant documents’ showing ‘certain governments’ were behind last week’s explosions on ship in Red Sea   A… Read More ›

‘After Netanyahu – it’s my turn’

‘After Netanyahu – it’s my turn’

Former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat sees himself as the heir apparent to the prime minister and as the next head of the Likud party; the… Read More ›

Report: Rivlin Unlikely To Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate To Form Coalition

Report: Rivlin Unlikely To Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate To Form Coalition

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is not expected to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an extension to form a majority government and… Read More ›

Mother of jailed Israeli allowed to visit her in Russian prison

Mother of jailed Israeli allowed to visit her in Russian prison

Yafa Issachar said she intermittently optimistic that an appeal to the court will be answered and her daughter will be released, after being held for… Read More ›

Trio win Nobel Prize in economics for work on poverty

Trio win Nobel Prize in economics for work on poverty

Michael Kremer, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo receive award ‘for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’; Duflo becomes second ever female winner   STOCKHOLM… Read More ›

Turkish Backed Jihadists Murder Prisoners and Female Politician in Syria

Turkish Backed Jihadists Murder Prisoners and Female Politician in Syria

Turkey has used the Syrian Arab fighters as a way to avoid casualties, unleashing them to attack and murder Kurds after US President Donald Trump… Read More ›

Rivlin asks Putin to grant clemency to Israeli jailed on drug charges

Rivlin asks Putin to grant clemency to Israeli jailed on drug charges

In a letter addressed to the Russian leader, Rivlin asks for Putin’s ‘personal intervention’ to grant Naama Issachar – jailed for 7.5 years after 9… Read More ›

Tiberias Mayor Orders Garbage Collection In Chareidi Neighborhood On Shabbos

Tiberias Mayor Orders Garbage Collection In Chareidi Neighborhood On Shabbos

  TIBERIAS  — Militantly anti-religious Tiberias mayor Ron Kobi continues his provocations against the Chareidi community despite the fact that, after failing six times to… Read More ›

Palestinians split by walkback on tax revenue collected by Israel

Palestinians split by walkback on tax revenue collected by Israel

Cash-strapped PA reverses refusal to accept monies collected on its behalf over deducation of stipends for terrorists and their families, earning condemnation from those who… Read More ›

The IDF’s Secret Weapon Against Iran

The IDF’s Secret Weapon Against Iran

Thousands of conscripts and career officers from across Israel’s security agencies spend weeks at the Military Intelligence language school learning Arabic or Farsi   Israel’s military has… Read More ›