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Netanyahu reinstates Gallant, blames last coalition for cross-border attacks, terror

Netanyahu reinstates Gallant, blames last coalition for cross-border attacks, terror

PM says IDF reservists’ threats to refuse service in protest at overhaul emboldens enemies, shrugs off bad polls; Bennett and Lapid assail him: ‘Stop whining,… Read More ›

Israeli Police Clear Muslim Rioters From Al Aqsa Mosque

Israeli Police Clear Muslim Rioters From Al Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli police arrested more than 350 Muslim rioters on Wednesday who had barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. The rioters, who had… Read More ›

Air force downs unidentified aircraft in north amid escalating tensions with Iran

Air force downs unidentified aircraft in north amid escalating tensions with Iran

Combat helicopters and jets take out intruding vehicle believed to have crossed Syrian border, IDF says, after series of airstrikes attributed to Israel in Syria… Read More ›

Terrorist Neutralized Near Temple Mount After Snatching Weapon From Policeman, Firing At Others

Terrorist Neutralized Near Temple Mount After Snatching Weapon From Policeman, Firing At Others

JERUSALEM — An Israeli Arab terrorist snatched a weapon from a policeman late on Friday night and opened fire at other policemen near the Shalshelet… Read More ›

Biden: Israel can’t continue this way, Netanyahu won’t be invited to White House

Biden: Israel can’t continue this way, Netanyahu won’t be invited to White House

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden that Israel is an independent country and doesn’t answer to outside pressure. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t… Read More ›

Netanyahu walks himself into a prison he created

Netanyahu walks himself into a prison he created

Opinion: Last winter’s election results were so rosy for Netanyahu, it blinded him to the truth, and on a wave of adoration, he attempted to… Read More ›

Photos-Video: Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister, Sparking Mass Protests

Photos-Video: Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister, Sparking Mass Protests

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country on Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of… Read More ›

The judicial coup isn’t coming from where you think it does

The judicial coup isn’t coming from where you think it does

Opinion – Despite the fact we’re conditioned to believe that the right is adamant about canceling democracy, the actual coup is coming from the left,… Read More ›

Evidence shows entrances to underground tunnels for missile production attacked in Syria

Evidence shows entrances to underground tunnels for missile production attacked in Syria

A recent intelligence report by ImageSat International (ISI) based on satellite images revealed details about an attack in Syria attributed to Israel in early March.… Read More ›

The Israeli people are (almost) the happiest in the world – but for how much longer?

The Israeli people are (almost) the happiest in the world – but for how much longer?

Opinion: Having achieved so much in the first 75 years of our existence that has led us to become one of the top five happiest… Read More ›

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over ‘racist’ Smotrich speech, ‘Greater Israel’ map

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over ‘racist’ Smotrich speech, ‘Greater Israel’ map

Israel says it respects Amman’s territorial integrity after Smotrich address in which he called Palestinians an ‘invention’ while standing behind map of Israel that includes… Read More ›

Majority of Israelis support Herzog’s judicial reform outline, survey finds

Majority of Israelis support Herzog’s judicial reform outline, survey finds

42% of respondents said they support Herzog’s proposal while 34% said they oppose it. 24% of respondents said they have no opinion on the issue.… Read More ›

Protesters block roads in day of ‘escalating resistance’ as PM nixes Herzog proposal

Protesters block roads in day of ‘escalating resistance’ as PM nixes Herzog proposal

5 arrested for painting red line on street leading to Supreme Court in Jerusalem; reservists protest in Haifa and Bnei Brak; ‘disruptions’ planned in 150… Read More ›

Ombudsman rips into Israel’s bungled indigenous COVID vaccine

Ombudsman rips into Israel’s bungled indigenous COVID vaccine

State comptroller accuses Institute for Biological Research of providing inaccurate information regarding the progress and expenses of vaccine development and withholding true figures State Comptroller… Read More ›

Analysis: Why most right-wing gov’t in Israeli history attended a political summit with the PA

Analysis: Why most right-wing gov’t in Israeli history attended a political summit with the PA

New hard-right leadership agreed to a meeting in Aqaba that previous centrist coalition refused to contemplate, with PM’s desire to keep tensions in check winning… Read More ›

IDF Enters Jenin, Shechem: 4 Palestinian Terrorists Reported Dead, Including Murderer Of Hallel And Yagel HyD

IDF Enters Jenin, Shechem: 4 Palestinian Terrorists Reported Dead, Including Murderer Of Hallel And Yagel HyD

  JERUSALEM — Fierce fighting broke out in the Jenin refugee camp on Tuesday as IDF special forces surrounded a house where terror suspects were… Read More ›

El Al finds alternative crew after pilots refuse to fly Netanyahu to Italy

El Al finds alternative crew after pilots refuse to fly Netanyahu to Italy

El Al pilots and flight attendants refused to take up a tender to man the prime minister’s scheduled flight to Rome later this week.  … Read More ›

Some 250,000 at rallies across Israel against judicial overhaul

Some 250,000 at rallies across Israel against judicial overhaul

Weekly rallies follow the most violent episode of the current wave of protest yet, as some 160,000 Israelis turned out in Tel Aviv, and thousands… Read More ›

Smotrich’s DC visit still on amid uproar, but US officials not planning to meet him

Smotrich’s DC visit still on amid uproar, but US officials not planning to meet him

Israel Bonds not rescinding invite after minister calls for ‘wiping out’ Palestinian town, but White House says Smotrich’s visit won’t include meetings with gov’t officials… Read More ›

Elan Ganeles identified as US citizen murdered in terror attack near Jericho

Elan Ganeles identified as US citizen murdered in terror attack near Jericho

The IDF confirmed that two interconnected terror attacks were carried out near the Beit HaAravah Junction late Monday.   A US-Israeli dual national was killed… Read More ›