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With implied threat to local Jews, Erdogan raps Netanyahu as child-killer tyrant

With implied threat to local Jews, Erdogan raps Netanyahu as child-killer tyrant

As war of words escalates, Turkish president warns ‘we have not oppressed any of the Jews in this country,’ and cautions, ‘Don’t provoke us’  … Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Says Hezbollah Suspect In U.S. Troop Deaths Now Active On Golan

Jerusalem – Israel Says Hezbollah Suspect In U.S. Troop Deaths Now Active On Golan

  Jerusalem – Israel on Wednesday accused a suspected Lebanese Hezbollah operative who was previously held in Iraq over the killing of five U.S. military… Read More ›

One of two Israeli victims in Ethiopia plane crash identified

One of two Israeli victims in Ethiopia plane crash identified

Avraham Matzliah, a 49 year-old father of two from Maale Edomim, is one of the two Israeli citizens who died at the Ethiopian Airlines jet… Read More ›

82% of Israelis Say Israeli-Egypt Peace Deal Essential for Security-poll

82% of Israelis Say Israeli-Egypt Peace Deal Essential for Security-poll

An internet poll it conducted among 400 Jewish Israelis and 100 Arab Israelis found that 82% of the respondents held that the peace treaty was… Read More ›

Bitola, Macedonia – 2 Last Remaining Jews Of Bitola, Macedonia Attend Holocaust Commemoration

Bitola, Macedonia – 2 Last Remaining Jews Of Bitola, Macedonia Attend Holocaust Commemoration

  Bitola, Macedonia – About 200 people gathered in this Balkan nation’s second city for a Holocaust commemoration that became one of its largest Jewish… Read More ›

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets after mortar launched from Gaza

Israeli jets strike Hamas targets after mortar launched from Gaza

IDF says aircraft hit naval vessels belonging to terror group and military site in northern Strip, day after mortar and suspected balloon-borne bomb launched at… Read More ›

Islamic Jihad is the real threat from Gaza

Islamic Jihad is the real threat from Gaza

While Israel is busy negotiating ways to calm tensions in the coastal enclave, it would do well to pay attention to the organization that does… Read More ›

US Jews divided by House resolution condemning anti-Semitism, bigotry

US Jews divided by House resolution condemning anti-Semitism, bigotry

While some Jewish groups and leaders applaud the measure, others lambaste it for not mentioning Ilhan Omar by name or being watered down by inclusion… Read More ›

Alleged Murderer of Ori Ansbacher Indicted for Murder

Alleged Murderer of Ori Ansbacher Indicted for Murder

A police declaration filed on Sunday with the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court against Arafat Irfaiya of Hebron on suspicion of the murder had already indicated that… Read More ›

Police back bribery charges for Likud MK

Police back bribery charges for Likud MK

Suspicions against former party chairman David Bitan pertain to his stint as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion, include allegedly accepting large sums of money in… Read More ›

Friedman: Why Can’t Antisemitism Be Rejected in Halls of Congress?

Friedman: Why Can’t Antisemitism Be Rejected in Halls of Congress?

In a tweet on Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said, “when bigotry of any kind rears its ugly head, it must be and… Read More ›

Right-wing ally of Netanyahu proposes bill to save him from prosecution

Right-wing ally of Netanyahu proposes bill to save him from prosecution

Claiming ‘deep state conspiracy,’ MK Bezalel Smotrich wants to make it easier for lawmakers to protect each other from criminal charges   Days after Israel’s… Read More ›

Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel

Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel

Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.   Algeria’s government released blogger Marzoug Touati on Monday who had launched a hunger strike… Read More ›

Israel’s ‘Beresheet’ spacecraft faces hurdles ahead of historic moon landing

Israel’s ‘Beresheet’ spacecraft faces hurdles ahead of historic moon landing

Industry experts say crucial challenges remain before planned landing of Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft in April; the probe already ran into technical difficulties when its computer… Read More ›

Israel ranked 8th most powerful country in the world

Israel ranked 8th most powerful country in the world

Jewish state moves up to 29th on the best countries list, up one place from last year, but scores woefully low when rated as a… Read More ›

A relationship in need of Reform

A relationship in need of Reform

Slowly but surely, Israel’s relationship with liberal American Jewry is deteriorating; now, the Foreign Ministry has accused the Reform Movement of neglecting Israel at an… Read More ›

Lapid criticized for joke that Blue and White female candidates ‘undisciplined’

Lapid criticized for joke that Blue and White female candidates ‘undisciplined’

Only nine of alliance’s top 30 candidates are women; Lapid apologizes for poor joke, says relatively few women in list due to hasty party merger… Read More ›

Iran, Hezbollah Command Forces Located along Golan Border – Report

Iran, Hezbollah Command Forces Located along Golan Border – Report

The 112th brigade, together with the 90th brigade, captured the entire length of the Golan border with Israel and are being used as the eyes… Read More ›

Israel’s Doctor Feelbad

Israel’s Doctor Feelbad

Neither a professor nor an expert, Dr. George Feldman performed breast enlargement on A. on a massage table in his Tel Aviv apartment, with no… Read More ›

For first time in poll, Gantz pulls slightly ahead of Netanyahu as pick for PM

For first time in poll, Gantz pulls slightly ahead of Netanyahu as pick for PM

Gantz takes narrow lead over PM in statistical parity; on allegation of sexual misconduct from the 1970s, denied by Gantz, more respondents believe him than… Read More ›