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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 ›

With unity outline an apparent dud, elections loom ever closer

With unity outline an apparent dud, elections loom ever closer

Analysis: Liberman’s latest outline for a government comprising his Yisrael Beytenu and Likud and Blue and White has not brought the sides closer together, and… Read More ›

Netanyahu condemns Turkish invasion of Syrian Kurdistan, offers aid

Netanyahu condemns Turkish invasion of Syrian Kurdistan, offers aid

Prime minister warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ of minority in northern Syria, does not mention decision by US president that paved way for offensive   Prime… Read More ›

What Israeli Politicians Would Say If They Apologized

What Israeli Politicians Would Say If They Apologized

It is said that on Yom Kippur, God forgives sins between man and God but, sins between man and man need to be forgiven by… Read More ›

Gideon Saar challenges lengthy Netanyahu Likud rule

Gideon Saar challenges lengthy Netanyahu Likud rule

Former PM aide and senior cabinet minister appears to be one of the few members of the ruling faction that no longer blindly follows Israel’s… Read More ›

Tens Of Thousands Of Jews Pray At The Kotel On Eve Of Yom Kippur

Tens Of Thousands Of Jews Pray At The Kotel On Eve Of Yom Kippur

  JERUSALEM (JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the final selichot, or penitential prayers, before… Read More ›

Opinion: Yom Kippur 5780: An Opportunity to Choose Life

Opinion: Yom Kippur 5780: An Opportunity to Choose Life

“The basic question is this: Given human nature, are any of us really capable of change?…   Sue Grafton opens her detective novel, R is… Read More ›

Who should and who shouldn’t fast on Yom Kippur?

Who should and who shouldn’t fast on Yom Kippur?

Ahead of the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar many are unaware whether fasting is healthy for them; how should we take our medication;… Read More ›

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur

Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur

Airports, public transport cease operations, radio and television broadcasts go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on… Read More ›

PA Accepts Israeli Money Despite Anti-‘Pay-for-Slay’ Law

PA Accepts Israeli Money Despite Anti-‘Pay-for-Slay’ Law

Israel’s anti-“Pay-for-Slay” law says the state must deduct the amount of money that the PA pays terrorists and families of what they call “martyrs” from… Read More ›

Is Israel facing the biggest conflict since Yom Kippur War?

Is Israel facing the biggest conflict since Yom Kippur War?

Opinion: Israel’s next war will be the inevitable fight against Iran and its regional proxies, with thousands of rockets bombarding us from Gaza, Iran, Iraq,… Read More ›

Israel’s right-wing is repeating mistakes of defeated left

Israel’s right-wing is repeating mistakes of defeated left

Opinion: By representing the entire right-wing, Netanyahu is hampering coalition building with Blue and White and is dragging the country to the extremes; this is… Read More ›

Sa’ar confirms he will take on Netanyahu once Likud calls contest

Sa’ar confirms he will take on Netanyahu once Likud calls contest

Lawmaker says there’s no need for a meeting to prove prime minister’s control of the party in the meantime, after leadership primary scratched   Likud… Read More ›

Rivlin: Israel Is in Crisis, Needs Government Now

Rivlin: Israel Is in Crisis, Needs Government Now

22nd Knesset sworn in amid political uncertainty.   Israeli democracy is in a state of emergency, and a government must be formed as soon as possible, President… Read More ›

Israel Police must protect Arab citizens too

Israel Police must protect Arab citizens too

Opinion: Israel’s largest minority has lost faith in almost every aspect of their lives as widespread use of illegal guns makes every disagreement potentially deadly;… Read More ›

What it’s like growing up as a hidden Jew in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

What it’s like growing up as a hidden Jew in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

Ceen Gabbai survived 2003 invasion, received asylum in US; in home country, family had to move 5 times due to anti-Semitism, but her Muslim friends… Read More ›