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IDF Soldier Hit by Live Fire During Training Incident

IDF Soldier Hit by Live Fire During Training Incident

The soldier was hit by a bullet during the training exercise, which took place on a military base in central Israel.   An IDF soldier… Read More ›

It’s still not too late for Labor

It’s still not too late for Labor

The once-dominant party, while currently flailing, has a host of experienced and capable people who could do what is necessary to reverse its fortunes, and… Read More ›

Israel and Iran both set to join Russia-led free trade zone

Israel and Iran both set to join Russia-led free trade zone

After two rounds of negotiations, Jerusalem close to agreement with Eurasian Economic Union; separately, Tehran also set to sign deal ‘in the near future’  … Read More ›

Ori Ansbacher’s Killer Confesses: The Murder Was an Act of Terror

Ori Ansbacher’s Killer Confesses: The Murder Was an Act of Terror

Arafat Irfaiya, 29, recreated the scene and murder for the investigators, after confessing, yet his motive is still unknown.   Security officials say that Arafat… Read More ›

Gantz was wrong on the Gaza war

Gantz was wrong on the Gaza war

Opinion: The former chief of staff should have been honest about the military’s shortcomings during the 2014 conflict, in particular the failure to identify the… Read More ›

In 2017, Ori Ansbacher’s alleged killer told Shin Bet he wanted to be a ‘martyr’

In 2017, Ori Ansbacher’s alleged killer told Shin Bet he wanted to be a ‘martyr’

After Palestinian suspect was arrested two years ago attempting to enter Temple Mount with a knife, he told investigators he was trying to get sent… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Hezbollah Leader Appears On Israeli Recycling Ad

Tel Aviv – Hezbollah Leader Appears On Israeli Recycling Ad

  Tel Aviv – Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has invaded the Israeli city of Tel Aviv — as the face of an eye-catching, satirical new… Read More ›

Palestinian Suspect in Tekoa Woman’s Murder Arrested Outside Ramallah

Palestinian Suspect in Tekoa Woman’s Murder Arrested Outside Ramallah

Right-wing activists tried to block the road at Jerusalem’s northwestern entrance on Saturday night, chanting, “The nation demands revenge.”   The Shin Bet (Israel Security… Read More ›

The Ethiopian babies who disappeared without a trace

The Ethiopian babies who disappeared without a trace

The stories are the same: healthy infants were born to new Ethiopian migrants in Israel in the 1980s but were suddenly declared dead, with families… Read More ›

Analysis: The Middle East’s Tectonic Shifts

Analysis: The Middle East’s Tectonic Shifts

The region is now at a crossroads no less important than during the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago.   There… Read More ›

Likud doesn’t need Netanyahu to survive

Likud doesn’t need Netanyahu to survive

Opinion: The results of the party’s primaries show that no man is bigger than the ideology, and that dedication to the cause will keep the… Read More ›

Body of 19-year-old woman found on outskirts of Jerusalem in apparent murder

Body of 19-year-old woman found on outskirts of Jerusalem in apparent murder

Victim found naked and with ‘signs of violence’ on her body; court imposes gag order on details of crime   The body of a 19-year-old… Read More ›

Hapoel Beersheba Soccer Club Owner to Join Bennett and Shaked’s New Right

Hapoel Beersheba Soccer Club Owner to Join Bennett and Shaked’s New Right

Because of Alona Barkat’s high-profile, Israeli-media speculates she will have a high spot on the candidate list for the Knesset in the upcoming elections on… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Abbas is happy with Gantz comments

Netanyahu: Abbas is happy with Gantz comments

Prime Minister Netanyahu says former IDF chief Gantz ‘said he will carry out a second disengagement in Judea and Samaria’ in Yedioth interview, ‘and Mahmoud… Read More ›

United Nations – Diplomats: US Objects To UN Move On Israeli Action In Hebron

United Nations – Diplomats: US Objects To UN Move On Israeli Action In Hebron

  United Nations – Kuwait and Indonesia urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to call for protection of Palestinians following Israel’s decision to suspend… Read More ›

Amnesty Recruiting National Service Volunteers – Activists Upset

Amnesty Recruiting National Service Volunteers – Activists Upset

Amnesty International Israel will “definitely be removed from the list” of organizations eligible to recruit national service (sherut leumi) personnel, one expert said.   Amnesty… Read More ›

Edelstein, Katz go head-to-head for first spot on Likud list

Edelstein, Katz go head-to-head for first spot on Likud list

Former minister Gideon Sa’ar, who has been in a public political feud with Prime Minister Netanyahu, is close third in Likud primary race; Erdan, Regev… Read More ›

Merger between Gantz and Lapid said to face considerable headwinds

Merger between Gantz and Lapid said to face considerable headwinds

TV report says Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid at odds over who’ll head alliance, makeup of electoral list; ex-IDF chief Ashkenazi publicly backs tie-up  … Read More ›

U.S. Jewish Leader Asks Israeli Politicians to Look Abroad

U.S. Jewish Leader Asks Israeli Politicians to Look Abroad

“When Netanyahu comes to America ahead of the election, of course he has to meet with the president,” Malcolm Hoenlein said. “You just have to… Read More ›

The generals got it right

The generals got it right

Opinion: The IDF is in fact battle ready but the politicians’ fixation on the public’s irrational fear of casualties and potential abductions in a ground… Read More ›