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Israel and Saudi Arabia: A complicated affair

Israel and Saudi Arabia: A complicated affair

The Gulf kingdom may have ceded the chance to host an international chess competition rather than hand out visas for Israelis, but the two countries… Read More ›

Iran Expert: Deterring Iran in Syria Key, but Still Far from Direct Attack

Iran Expert: Deterring Iran in Syria Key, but Still Far from Direct Attack

INSS Arms Control Director Emily Landau said that clandestine and cyber operations in the Islamic Republic itself were other ways to try to alter Iranian… Read More ›

Stopping the wave of terror attacks, before the tsunami hits

Stopping the wave of terror attacks, before the tsunami hits

Op-ed: Israeli security forces must take several immediate steps to halt the deadly wave of terrorism in the West Bank, including speeding up questioning of… Read More ›

Hamas, Fatah Praise Deadly Shooting Attack in West Bank

Hamas, Fatah Praise Deadly Shooting Attack in West Bank

“Israel’s leaders must understand that they are not able to protect their soldiers.”   Hamas praised the shooting attack that killed two Israelis and injured two… Read More ›

Israeli forces kill Barkan terrorist in Nablus

Israeli forces kill Barkan terrorist in Nablus

Two months after murdering Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hagbi in a shooting attack in the Barkan industrial area, Ashraf Na’alwa was shot dead by… Read More ›

Congress Passes Bill Targeting Use of Human Shields by Israel’s Enemies

Congress Passes Bill Targeting Use of Human Shields by Israel’s Enemies

The legislation, titled the Sanctioning of the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act, now goes to the president’s desk for his signature.   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Criticism of Israel’s support of far-right leaders is hypocritical

Criticism of Israel’s support of far-right leaders is hypocritical

Op-ed: As Italian Deputy Minister Salvini arrives for a visit in Israel, many critics once again say that the country is pandering to the far-right… Read More ›

IDF uncovers third attack tunnel dug from Lebanon into Israel

IDF uncovers third attack tunnel dug from Lebanon into Israel

As with previous ones, army puts explosives in passage to ensure it can’t be used; UN peacekeepers confirm existence of first two tunnels   The… Read More ›

It’s time to divorce the Palestinians

It’s time to divorce the Palestinians

Op-ed: Annexing the West Bank constitutes an existential threat to the Zionist enterprise. It is essential to begin a civil separation process from the Palestinians,… Read More ›

Abbas urges international action against Israel over daytime raid in Ramallah

Abbas urges international action against Israel over daytime raid in Ramallah

PA president threatens ‘important and fateful decisions’ after soldiers seize security camera footage in heart of Ramallah, possibly connected to manhunt for Ofra attacker  … Read More ›

Brasilia – Arab League Tells Brazil’s Bolsonaro Israel Embassy Move Could Harm Ties

Brasilia – Arab League Tells Brazil’s Bolsonaro Israel Embassy Move Could Harm Ties

  Brasilia – The Arab League has warned Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro in a letter that moving Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem could… Read More ›

End Game Near for Trump, Netanyahu Probes

End Game Near for Trump, Netanyahu Probes

At early stages, it seemed that only Netanyahu and Trump’s top aides were in trouble.   After about two years of criminal probes, both US… Read More ›

The optics of Qatar’s cash infusion to Gaza

The optics of Qatar’s cash infusion to Gaza

Op-ed: the distribution of Qatari money to Gaza civil servants illustrates how far Israel is willing to go in order to ensure some quiet on… Read More ›

Hamas praises ‘heroic’ West Bank shooting attack

Hamas praises ‘heroic’ West Bank shooting attack

Hamas spokesman Abdelatif al-Qanou says drive-by shooting that critically injures a pregnant Israeli woman and wounds 6 others affirms the ‘legitimacy’ of Palestinian resistance  … Read More ›

Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef First Halachic Authority Translated To Amharic

Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef First Halachic Authority Translated To Amharic

  Jerusalem – Yalkut Yosef, the halachic work based on the rulings of former Sephardic Chief Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Shas political movement… Read More ›

Advancing Science One Gust at a Time: Israel’s Largest Wind Tunnel

Advancing Science One Gust at a Time: Israel’s Largest Wind Tunnel

New facility serves as a platform for conducting a variety of environmental experiments, without ever leaving the laboratory.   It can affect planes in flight… Read More ›

Hezbollah has tunnels in Syria and Yemen too

Hezbollah has tunnels in Syria and Yemen too

Analysis: Hezbollah assists Houthis in their war with the Saudis and hides Iranian weapons underground in the Bekaa Valley. Now that Assad has regained control… Read More ›

Bush and Shamir: The Last Cold Warriors

Bush and Shamir: The Last Cold Warriors

Now, as a perplexed America mourns its 41st president, six years after Israel buried its sixth prime minister, this odd couple appears to have actually… Read More ›

Moshe Edri made every possible mistake

Moshe Edri made every possible mistake

Op-ed: Once Edri failed to disclose his meeting with the polygraph expert, his behavior turned from bewildering to criminal. It’s unfair to judge him by… Read More ›

One year on, Trump cheered for embassy move at White House Hanukkah party

One year on, Trump cheered for embassy move at White House Hanukkah party

Andrew Pollack, father of Parkland shooting victim Meadow Pollack, calls US president ‘greatest friend Jewish people have ever had’ as candle lit in daughter’s memory… Read More ›