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Five Rockets Launched at Israel after Day of Unrest Claims Four Deaths

Five Rockets Launched at Israel after Day of Unrest Claims Four Deaths

IDF says Land Day riots ended “successfully” largely in part due to Hamas control over rioters.   Five rockets were launched towards Israel from Gaza… Read More ›

40 years of peace with Israel – an Egyptian perspective

40 years of peace with Israel – an Egyptian perspective

The anniversary of the US-brokered accord stirs complex emotions in the largest country in the Arab world, where some highlight the economic benefits the agreement… Read More ›

IDF apprehends, sends back 8-year-old Gazans who crossed into Israel with knife

IDF apprehends, sends back 8-year-old Gazans who crossed into Israel with knife

Army says children claimed they wanted to be arrested and imprisoned in Jewish state; incident took place ahead of mass Land Day protests   The… Read More ›

Islamic Jihad: Tomorrow’s Gaza Protests to be Non-violent

Islamic Jihad: Tomorrow’s Gaza Protests to be Non-violent

In addition, agreements have been reached to deescalate tensions between Hamas and Israel, according to Palestinian reports.   The Great March of Return protests to… Read More ›

A little request for peace from southern Israel

A little request for peace from southern Israel

Opinion: I think it’s time for someone to take matters into their own hands and seek a permanent solution for the people in the south,… Read More ›

IDF tank shells Hamas post after cross-border attacks

IDF tank shells Hamas post after cross-border attacks

Around 200 rioters burning tires, throwing explosives toward fence late Friday, ahead of mass protests planned for Saturday   An Israeli tank targeted a Hamas… Read More ›

Comptroller Spokesperson: Gantz Is Not under Criminal Suspicion

Comptroller Spokesperson: Gantz Is Not under Criminal Suspicion

Gantz’s company was paid only NIS 4 million of the NIS 50 million it might have gotten for the full deal, since his company only… Read More ›

At least 7 said killed in airstrike on Iranian weapons depot in Syria

At least 7 said killed in airstrike on Iranian weapons depot in Syria

Syria Observatory for Human Rights says all of the fatatlities were Iran troops or militas linked to Tehran; FM Katz declines to confirm Israeli role… Read More ›

Top minister: ‘As far as Iran knows it’s Israel’ that carried out Syria strike

Top minister: ‘As far as Iran knows it’s Israel’ that carried out Syria strike

Israel Katz adds operation ‘far more challenging militarily’ than Gaza strikes; at least 7 Tehran-linked fighters said killed in the attack near Aleppo   Acting… Read More ›

Ashkenazi: Must Kill Hamas, Not Strike Empty Buildings

Ashkenazi: Must Kill Hamas, Not Strike Empty Buildings

Blue and White candidate Gabi Ashkenazi, ex-IDF chief of staff, also said that the only way to remove the Iranians from Syria is to threaten… Read More ›

Syria seeks urgent Security Council meeting on US declaration on Golan

Syria seeks urgent Security Council meeting on US declaration on Golan

Damascus slams ‘flagrant violation of the relevant Security Council’s resolution by a permanent member-state’; French presidency does not immediately schedule session as diplomats say request… Read More ›

Israeli air raids resume, Gaza rockets fired at Ashkelon as calm disintegrates

Israeli air raids resume, Gaza rockets fired at Ashkelon as calm disintegrates

Hamas sites around Khan Younis bombed; alarms triggered twice in Ashkelon industrial zone; fresh exchange comes day after major flareup as both sides threaten to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Calm Appears To Hold In Gaza Despite Exchange Of Fire

Jerusalem – Calm Appears To Hold In Gaza Despite Exchange Of Fire

  Jerusalem – An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Schools reopened in… Read More ›

Chuck Schumer at AIPAC: A Jew Who Lobbies for Israel Is No Less American

Chuck Schumer at AIPAC: A Jew Who Lobbies for Israel Is No Less American

“You can be, all at once, completely Jewish, completely pro-Israel and completely American,” he said.   “You can be a Jew and care about Israel… Read More ›

Selfie at a distance of 131,000 km

Selfie at a distance of 131,000 km

Space IL, IAI publish pictures and a video clip taken by the Genesis spacecraft, expected to land on the moon April 11. Israel is visible… Read More ›

Fearing further Gaza rockets, Tel Aviv, Netanya, other cities open bomb shelters

Fearing further Gaza rockets, Tel Aviv, Netanya, other cities open bomb shelters

Rishon Lezion, Petah Tikva, Beersheba, Ashdod, Kiryat Gat also make fortified areas accessible to public, as Israeli forces begin retaliatory strikes on Hamas targets  … Read More ›

Analysis: Trump is having the best week of his presidency and it’s only Monday

Analysis: Trump is having the best week of his presidency and it’s only Monday

  President Trump and his 2016 campaign were cleared of any collusion with the Russian government in special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report, Attorney General… Read More ›

Hamas Inmates Stab Two Israeli Guards

Hamas Inmates Stab Two Israeli Guards

Two Hamas inmates stabbed two Israeli guards in Keziot prison.   Two Israeli prison guards were stabbed by Hamas inmates on Sunday evening at Keziot… Read More ›

In Trumpland, there is no such thing as a free lunch – not even for Netanyahu

In Trumpland, there is no such thing as a free lunch – not even for Netanyahu

Analysis: While the US president has handed the Israeli prime minister Jerusalem and the Golan and walked away from the Iran deal, the day is… Read More ›

As 2020 Dems call to rejoin Iran deal, Dermer says that’s ‘totally unacceptable’

As 2020 Dems call to rejoin Iran deal, Dermer says that’s ‘totally unacceptable’

Israeli envoy to the US tells AIPAC that re-entering the JCPOA means giving ‘hundreds of billions of dollars to people who are committed to Israel’s… Read More ›