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Israeli scientists say they found flower that can hear approaching bees

Israeli scientists say they found flower that can hear approaching bees

Using petals as ears, the evening primrose sweetens its nectar in minutes when it hears sounds at the frequency of bees’ wing-beats   Israeli scientists… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Man Permitted To Marry Second Wife After First Wife Absconds With Child

Tel Aviv – Man Permitted To Marry Second Wife After First Wife Absconds With Child

  Tel Aviv – The Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court gave permission to a man to marry a second wife after his first wife absconded with… Read More ›

Danon: Palestinians won’t Try to Gain Full Membership in UN This Month

Danon: Palestinians won’t Try to Gain Full Membership in UN This Month

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said last week he planned to submit a request to the Security Council for full UN membership in January.… Read More ›

Netanyahu is playing with fire

Netanyahu is playing with fire

Opinion: The prime minister is waging a reckless and dangerous campaign against the justice system because he knows the AG will eventually decide to indict… Read More ›

Parting Shot: The Walls Have Been Closing Around Netanyahu

Parting Shot: The Walls Have Been Closing Around Netanyahu

Meanwhile, Netanyahu was garnering impressive B-roll video in Brasilia for the upcoming Likud campaign ads – attending the inauguration of new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.… Read More ›

Analysis: Amona’s Third Fall Opens Door for West Bank Settlement Approvals

Analysis: Amona’s Third Fall Opens Door for West Bank Settlement Approvals

When Amona fell in 2017, Netanyahu rode the wave of anger by authorizing a completely new settlement, the first in more than 20 years.  … Read More ›

‘Comedy in the Middle East is an antidote to extremism’

‘Comedy in the Middle East is an antidote to extremism’

Stand-up comedians in the region weigh in on the role of humor amid Netflix controversy over censorship in Saudi Arabia. Comedians in the Middle East… Read More ›

Egyptian president confirms Israel helping fight Sinai jihadists

Egyptian president confirms Israel helping fight Sinai jihadists

Sissi says cooperation closer than ever in CBS interview Cairo has subsequently attempted to quash   Egypt’s president has confirmed that Israel is helping Egyptian… Read More ›

Brasilia – Brazil Wants To Move Its Israel Embassy, But No Date Yet: Presidential Aide

Brasilia – Brazil Wants To Move Its Israel Embassy, But No Date Yet: Presidential Aide

  Brasilia – The national security adviser to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the leader wants to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel… Read More ›

Trump: Iran can do whatever it wants in Syria

Trump: Iran can do whatever it wants in Syria

A day after Netanyahu and Pompeo discussed ‘how to intensify even further Israel’s intelligence and operations cooperation in Syria,’ U.S. president appears to change course… Read More ›

Court Nixes Jewish Teen’s Confession in Arson of Dormition Abbey

Court Nixes Jewish Teen’s Confession in Arson of Dormition Abbey

The Lod District Court nixed the confession earlier Tuesday of the Jewish minor accused of involvement in the arson the Dormition Abbey in February 2016.… Read More ›

Wanted: A new party for Israel’s Arabs

Wanted: A new party for Israel’s Arabs

Opinion: The Joint List has little left to offer voters, and anyone wise enough to provide an alternative would be welcomed by the sane voices… Read More ›

Netanyahu in Brazil pushes Honduras on Jerusalem embassy move

Netanyahu in Brazil pushes Honduras on Jerusalem embassy move

Prime minister holds three-way talks with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and US top diplomat Mike Pompeo to discuss opening embassies in Israeli capital and… Read More ›

IDF Intel Chief: We May Not Find All Attack Tunnels

IDF Intel Chief: We May Not Find All Attack Tunnels

‘We’ve thwarted Hezbollah invasion ambitions’   Operation Northern Shield may not uncover all of Hezbollah’s tunnels, but should end its aspirations to invade Israel, said IDF… Read More ›

Netanyahu: will not resign during possible indictment hearing

Netanyahu: will not resign during possible indictment hearing

Prime minister told journalists in Rio De Janeiro ‘hearing doesn’t end until my side is heard;’ He faces three graft cases and denies any wrongdoing.… Read More ›

69 years after joining, Israel formally leaves UNESCO

69 years after joining, Israel formally leaves UNESCO

UN cultural agency’s efforts to convince Washington and Jerusalem fail; ‘we aren’t going to be a member of an organization that deliberately acts against us,’… Read More ›

Israel Plans New West Bank Settler Housing Project by Bethlehem, Dubbed E2

Israel Plans New West Bank Settler Housing Project by Bethlehem, Dubbed E2

Residents called for housing project approval following the murder of American-Israeli Ari Fuld.   Israel intends to draft plans for new construction – possibly as… Read More ›

Are you looking for a new Likud?

Are you looking for a new Likud?

Analysis: What prompted Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked to launch a new party that appeals to the secular and religious right? What do they know… Read More ›

A Look Back at Jerusalem’s Top Stories of 2018

A Look Back at Jerusalem’s Top Stories of 2018

As the year draws to a close, we review the stories that dominated the Holy City’s headlines.   1. Jerusalem elections This year was consumed with… Read More ›

Will the New U.S. Defense Secretary Be Good for Israel?

Will the New U.S. Defense Secretary Be Good for Israel?

Former Boeing executive Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to assume role January 1st.   In just four days Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will take… Read More ›