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Bill to dissolve Knesset, call snap election approved in its first reading

Bill to dissolve Knesset, call snap election approved in its first reading

Motion passes 64 to 44 as lawmakers move one step closer to new national vote, mere weeks after previous one   The Knesset plenum on… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Settler Suspended From IDF After Caught On Camera Setting Palestinian Field Alight

Jerusalem – Israeli Settler Suspended From IDF After Caught On Camera Setting Palestinian Field Alight

Jerusalem – An Israeli settler caught on camera by an Israeli human rights organization setting fire to a Palestinian-owned field in the northern West Bank… Read More ›

Trump voiced support for Netanyahu to continue ‘alliance’ amid the Israeli political crisis

Trump voiced support for Netanyahu to continue ‘alliance’ amid the Israeli political crisis

  President Donald Trump offered public support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the country’s political chaos. Trump tweeted in support of Netanyahu’s efforts… Read More ›

Fire that Destroyed Shlomo Carlebach Moshav is Suspected Arson

Fire that Destroyed Shlomo Carlebach Moshav is Suspected Arson

  A fire that started in the Ben Shemen forest in central Israel which burned down the Mevo Modi’in community founded by the late Rabbi… Read More ›

Annexation, corruption and the new coalition

Annexation, corruption and the new coalition

Opinion: While everyone is talking about the immunity law, the annexation of the West Bank is making its way into coalition agreements, despite the objection… Read More ›

Washington – Politico Magazine Accused Of Anti-Semitism Over Bernie Sanders Illustration

Washington – Politico Magazine Accused Of Anti-Semitism Over Bernie Sanders Illustration

Washington – The cover story in this week’s Politico magazine, about how Jewish presidential candidate Bernie Sanders came to be a millionaire, shows him standing… Read More ›

Palestinian Authorities Thwarted an ISIS Terror Attack in Israel – Report

Palestinian Authorities Thwarted an ISIS Terror Attack in Israel – Report

Alaa Bashir is a 23-years-old Palestinian woman from a village near Kalkilya, who joined ISIS through “Telegram” and was planning to execute a terror attack… Read More ›

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest proposed Netanyahu immunity bills

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest proposed Netanyahu immunity bills

Opposition leaders, including Benny Gantz, Avi Gabbay and Ayman Odeh, joined a massive crowd that gathered in Tel Aviv, demanding protection of Israel’s democratic identity… Read More ›

Israel braces for fresh fire flare-up as temperatures set to skyrocket

Israel braces for fresh fire flare-up as temperatures set to skyrocket

Help from four countries expected to arrive as officials warn brush fire outbreak could worsen with scorching heat and wind, day after dozens of homes… Read More ›

Peace Plan: What About the Other Half?

Peace Plan: What About the Other Half?

“The roadmap that I’m looking for is trying to get the lives of everyday Palestinians improved, and hopefully a government that Israel can do business… Read More ›

Young new musical director looks to make his mark at Israel Philharmonic

Young new musical director looks to make his mark at Israel Philharmonic

Shani Lahav, 30-year-old protege of predecessor Zubin Mehta, sees it is as an honor to replace his maestro mentor at the helm of Israel’s national… Read More ›

Israel braces for fresh fire flare-up as temperatures set to skyrocket

Israel braces for fresh fire flare-up as temperatures set to skyrocket

Help from four countries expected to arrive as officials warn brush fire outbreak could worsen with scorching heat and wind, day after dozens of homes… Read More ›

Fires engulf brushlands as Israel swelters in heatwave

Fires engulf brushlands as Israel swelters in heatwave

Dozens of firefighting teams battle several large-scale conflagrations as scorching temperatures reach 48 degrees celsius in some parts of southern Israel; authorities warn the public… Read More ›

Kulanu MK backs bid to rein in courts, is open to serving under an indicted PM

Kulanu MK backs bid to rein in courts, is open to serving under an indicted PM

In about-face, Roy Folkman says he’s ‘unequivocally’ in favor of advancing bill that would limit High Court of Justice’s powers   A Kulanu lawmaker on… Read More ›

Iran Concerned Over Trump’s ‘Anti-Palestinian Plot’

Iran Concerned Over Trump’s ‘Anti-Palestinian Plot’

Tasnim termed the Bahrain event a form of “Arab betrayal” and that the US was trying to get Riyadh to use “petrodollars” to “sell Palestine.”… Read More ›

No honor for sex offender at religious festival

No honor for sex offender at religious festival

Opinion: Despite his conviction for appalling acts, Rabbi Eliezer Berland is not barred from the state-funded Lag B’Omer festivities on Mt. Meron, in fact this… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing postponed until October

Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing postponed until October

Attorney general refuses PM’s request for a full-year delay, says public interest is for a speedy resolution   Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Wednesday agreed… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s dangerous balancing act

Netanyahu’s dangerous balancing act

Opinion: Extremists from the religious parties are telling us that they represent the will of the people, but that’s utter nonsense as they object to… Read More ›

Part of ‘Deal of Century’ to be Released on June 25 in Bahrain

Part of ‘Deal of Century’ to be Released on June 25 in Bahrain

It is not clear when the political part of the plan would be released.   WASHINGTON – The economic part of the US peace plan… Read More ›

Blessed be the fruit: Israel’s women may pay price of anti-court laws

Blessed be the fruit: Israel’s women may pay price of anti-court laws

Opinion: Women today take things like voting and owning property for granted, but our fragile achievements could be jeopardized if the body that gave us… Read More ›