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Analysis: And then Trump tweeted — Why Israel suddenly decided to bar 2 US congresswomen

Analysis: And then Trump tweeted — Why Israel suddenly decided to bar 2 US congresswomen

Israel’s DC envoy initially said Tlaib, Omar were free to visit. But less than 2 hours after US president wrote that letting them in ‘would… Read More ›

Former PM Olmert: Gov’t Views Abbas as the Real Enemy, Not Hamas

Former PM Olmert: Gov’t Views Abbas as the Real Enemy, Not Hamas

The current prime minister “has no courage or determination to do what he promised.”   The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu views the… Read More ›

Israel considers banning visit by U.S. Muslim lawmakers

Israel considers banning visit by U.S. Muslim lawmakers

Bi-partisan leadership in the House of Representatives cautioned the Israeli government against banning the visit on the basis of political believes while President Trump is… Read More ›

Netanyahu sees ambassador to US, Mossad chief as possible successors – report

Netanyahu sees ambassador to US, Mossad chief as possible successors – report

In rare comment on country’s future leadership, Israel’s longest-serving PM said to list just two candidates, neither from Likud   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently… Read More ›

Hamas to ‘Shower’ Israeli Cities with Missiles

Hamas to ‘Shower’ Israeli Cities with Missiles

Group’s leader Yayha Sinwar vows to defeat IDF troops in the event of another war.   Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar vowed to defeat the IDF and… Read More ›

A victim of the anti-vaccination movement

A victim of the anti-vaccination movement

Opinion: Some 4,300 Israelis contracted a long-gone disease this year because of a movement that doesn’t respond to reason; the health ministry can’t simply settle… Read More ›

Iraqi official blames Israel for blast in Iran-backed militia weapons depot

Iraqi official blames Israel for blast in Iran-backed militia weapons depot

Unnamed security source tells Saudi-owned daily that the war that Israel has been waging against Iran In Syria has now spread to Iraq   An… Read More ›

Extremists are calling the shots on the Temple Mount

Extremists are calling the shots on the Temple Mount

Opinion: Israel’s government has yielded sovereignty of one of Judaism’s holiest sites to a fringe group who violate a rabbinical ban on praying there, so… Read More ›

‘Soldier’s killers couldn’t believe we’d got them’

‘Soldier’s killers couldn’t believe we’d got them’

Commander of Yamam, the elite police counter-terrorism unit, has caught the perpetrators of some of the most horrific terrorist crimes, and his latest arrests are… Read More ›

Iran’s navy chief warns any Israeli presence in Gulf could ‘spark war’

Iran’s navy chief warns any Israeli presence in Gulf could ‘spark war’

Remark follows reports Israel taking part in US-led mission to secure Western vessels in Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has seized several tankers   The… Read More ›

Gazan gunman shot after firing at troops in fresh border battle

Gazan gunman shot after firing at troops in fresh border battle

IDF shells Hamas positions in response to infiltration attempt in northern Strip day after four Palestinian killed trying to sneak into Israel   Israeli forces… Read More ›

Terror Victim Killed Days Before 19th Birthday Eulogized as Gentle Soul

Terror Victim Killed Days Before 19th Birthday Eulogized as Gentle Soul

  Days before what would have been his son Dvir’s 19th birthday, Yoav Sorek stood in tears near his child’s body late on Thursday night. It was… Read More ›

Netanyahu is fighting for his personal life, not his political survival

Netanyahu is fighting for his personal life, not his political survival

Opinion: The prime minister should not be dragging down the state institutions responsible for potentially bringing him to justice for his alleged crimes and endangering… Read More ›

AG Intends to Indict Ex-MK Haneen Zoabi for Corruption

AG Intends to Indict Ex-MK Haneen Zoabi for Corruption

Zoabi will get a pre-indictment hearing to try to convince Mandelblit of her innocence before he makes a final decision.   Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit announced… Read More ›

Hamas: Murder of soldier proves intifada still alive in West Bank

Hamas: Murder of soldier proves intifada still alive in West Bank

Terror group says killing was response to talk of annexation, calls attack an Israeli security failure and vows young Palestinians ‘will not end their struggle… Read More ›

IDF raids Palestinian village as troops hunt for student’s killer

IDF raids Palestinian village as troops hunt for student’s killer

Soldiers operating in Beit Fajjar, adjacent to settlement of Migdal Oz, where body of off-duty soldier Dvir Sorek was found; Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Army Says Body Of Soldier Found In West Bank

Jerusalem – Israeli Army Says Body Of Soldier Found In West Bank

Jerusalem – The body of an Israeli soldier was found with stab wounds near a West Bank settlement south of Jerusalem early on Thursday, the… Read More ›

Israeli-Made Drones Shot Down in Libya

Israeli-Made Drones Shot Down in Libya

Made by Aeronautics, the Orbiter-3 UAVs were reportedly gifted to the Government of National Accord by Turkey.   Two Israeli-made Orbiter-3 tactical drones were shot… Read More ›

Lawyer of British teen in Cyprus false rape case quits

Lawyer of British teen in Cyprus false rape case quits

Andreas Pittadjis says request to quit due to ‘serious disagreement’ with client, who has now walked back confession that she invented rape by Israeli teens… Read More ›

Analysis: Lapid’s silence on Litzman highlights division in Blue and White leadership

Analysis: Lapid’s silence on Litzman highlights division in Blue and White leadership

Police call for charges against the ultra-Orthodox politician comes in the midst of internal furor over Yair Lapid’s anti-Haredi campaign   The police recommendations, published Tuesday,… Read More ›