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IDF strikes Syria, killing 3, after rockets fired at Golan Heights

IDF strikes Syria, killing 3, after rockets fired at Golan Heights

Airstrikes target Syrian military positions, including anti-aircraft battery, after 2 rockets fired on Saturday; PM: Israel will not tolerate fire into its territory   Israel… Read More ›

Netanyahu shows off Trump’s map of Israel with Golan Heights

Netanyahu shows off Trump’s map of Israel with Golan Heights

With a prospect of an unprecedented second election campaign in the same year looming, the prime minister attempts to play down the political turmoil by… Read More ›

Two hurt, one seriously, in stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

Two hurt, one seriously, in stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

Suspected terrorist shot by police officers after severely wounding man near Damascus Gate, injuring a second near the Hurva Synagogue   At least two people… Read More ›

Israel Goes Back to Elections as Netanyahu Fails to Form Coalition

Israel Goes Back to Elections as Netanyahu Fails to Form Coalition

Exactly one month after the 21st Knesset were sworn in, a majority of the Knesset voted late Wednesday to disperse themselves and initiate an unprecedented… Read More ›

Israelis must decide: Zionism or annexation

Israelis must decide: Zionism or annexation

Israel is in need of a leader who will deal with the questions over its eastern border, come up with a strategy to ensure Jewish… Read More ›

Analysis: Infuriating but not finishing Netanyahu, Liberman drags Israel back to the polls

Analysis: Infuriating but not finishing Netanyahu, Liberman drags Israel back to the polls

The prime minister has long asserted that his enemies are pursuing a vendetta against him. Turns out he was looking in the wrong direction  … Read More ›

U.S. Court Fails to Halt Florida Cabinet’s Jerusalem Meeting at U.S. Embassy

U.S. Court Fails to Halt Florida Cabinet’s Jerusalem Meeting at U.S. Embassy

The Wednesday afternoon meeting will mark the first time a US state cabinet has held a formal governmental meeting at the US embassy in Jerusalem.… Read More ›

Lapid hints at possible Blue and White split

Lapid hints at possible Blue and White split

Analysis: The latest coalition crisis appears to have claimed another victim as Benny Gantz’s position as the party’s leader could be under threat with the… Read More ›

As Knesset debates its dissolution, here’s how coalition crisis might play out

As Knesset debates its dissolution, here’s how coalition crisis might play out

Either Netanyahu will muster a coalition at the eleventh hour, or we’ll have new elections, or neither of the above. The next few frenzied hours… Read More ›

Netanyahu: We Have 48 Hours to Avoid Elections

Netanyahu: We Have 48 Hours to Avoid Elections

Knesset advances bill to disperse itself.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Monday night to do everything possible to build a new governing coalition… Read More ›

IDF attacks Syrian missile launcher

IDF attacks Syrian missile launcher

IDF responded to the launching of an anti-aircraft missile toward an IAF jet flying over northern Israel; Syrian soldier dead: Netanyahu: Our policy is clear,… Read More ›

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 ›