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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 ›

Amnesty International: Palestinian Woman Tortured in PA Prison

Amnesty International: Palestinian Woman Tortured in PA Prison

Jbara, who is a US and Panamanian citizen, was arrested by the PA security forces during a raid on her home in a village north… Read More ›

Edri withdraws candidacy for police commissioner

Edri withdraws candidacy for police commissioner

Moshe ‘Chico’ Edri failed to disclose meeting with Chava Yodfat, who performed his lie-detector test, several days before the test, leading him to opt out… Read More ›

UN to vote on Haley’s last stand: Condemning Hamas

UN to vote on Haley’s last stand: Condemning Hamas

‘We will get a majority no matter what,’ Israeli envoy assures; if it passes, resolution would mark the first time the General Assembly condemned the… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Violence Against Women Is Terrorism

Netanyahu: Violence Against Women Is Terrorism

“If it’s possible to rehabilitate a violent offender, we’ll do it, but first and foremost we must ascertain that these criminals will be punished,” Netanyahu… Read More ›

Israel predicts win for UN resolution condemning Hamas

Israel predicts win for UN resolution condemning Hamas

Ambassador Danny Danon believes US draft resolution condemning the terror organization for launching rockets into Israel will be approved by the General Assembly ‘no matter… Read More ›

Northerners say border operation not disrupting routine, amid fears of reprisal

Northerners say border operation not disrupting routine, amid fears of reprisal

Mayor of northern town of Metulla, at center of operation, says only disruptions are for some farmers, though IDF remains on alert for possible Hezbollah… Read More ›

Ron Klein: PM, Dermer Wrong to Defend Trump on Antisemitism

Ron Klein: PM, Dermer Wrong to Defend Trump on Antisemitism

Ron Klein came to Israel to meet with government leaders and opinion settlers.   Israelis and their politicians must stop adopting Republican claims that Democrats… Read More ›

Is the New Israel Fund anti-Zionist?

Is the New Israel Fund anti-Zionist?

Op-ed: The Fund’s CEO, Mickey Gitzin, has in the past denied the organization is anti-Zionist. However, despite withdrawing its support for some pro-BDS groups, the… Read More ›

US urges Europe to get tough on Tehran over missile tests

US urges Europe to get tough on Tehran over missile tests

Ahead of Netanyahu-Pompeo meet, Trump’s Iran special envoy rejects claim missile program is defensive, says talks on potential measures ‘gaining traction’   ABOARD A US… Read More ›

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Accuses CNN of Consenting to ‘Zionist Lobby’

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Accuses CNN of Consenting to ‘Zionist Lobby’

“We cannot endorse a narrow politics of respectability that shames Palestinians for resisting, for refusing to do nothing in the face of state violence and… Read More ›

Haredi IDF enlistment figures revealed

Haredi IDF enlistment figures revealed

The Knesset Research and Information Center’s (RIC) report reveals that the army invests tens of millions of shekels a year in programs that assist lone… Read More ›