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Iran Announces New Weapons and Cyber Army, Ships Arms to Hezbollah

Iran Announces New Weapons and Cyber Army, Ships Arms to Hezbollah

While the US was focusing on the missile test, Tehran was watching a warship launch in Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf.   The US accused… Read More ›

Netanyahu and nobody but him

Netanyahu and nobody but him

Op-ed: The ministers in the government are not independent entities with their free will and responsibilities. They extras on a show where there is only… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship

ANALYSIS: How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship

The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since have… Read More ›

Analysis: Floating the Fall Guy: When Will Netanyahu Call Elections?

Analysis: Floating the Fall Guy: When Will Netanyahu Call Elections?

Netanyahu does not have a deputy or a vice prime minister. Perhaps the closest he has to that is the minister who was sent by… Read More ›

US says seized weapons show that Iran is a regional threat

US says seized weapons show that Iran is a regional threat

Washington accuses Tehran of violating arms export ban to Yemen and Afghanistan, says it is ‘relentless’ in its efforts to arm proxies   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Trump’s statements on Israel will boomerang

Trump’s statements on Israel will boomerang

Analysis: ‘Blaming’ US Mideast policies on Israel’s security’ needs won’t end well; Gulf states actually need Israel more than Israel needs them; Stability of the… Read More ›

Ireland advances bill criminalizing sale of goods made in settlements

Ireland advances bill criminalizing sale of goods made in settlements

Legislation still has numerous hurdles to overcome before it becomes law, and Israeli officials are confident the government will ultimately block it   The upper… Read More ›

Senior IDF Officer: No Coffee for Tel Aviv in the Next War

Senior IDF Officer: No Coffee for Tel Aviv in the Next War

The head of the IDF’s Homefront Command warns that Israel’s next war will be “more challenging and complex.”   Residents of Tel Aviv will not… Read More ›

The anti-Semitic propaganda worked on Airbnb

The anti-Semitic propaganda worked on Airbnb

Op-ed: CNN’s poll proves that the anti-Semitic campaign is alive and well, especially when we consider Airbnb’s decision to remove Jewish settlement listings from its… Read More ›

US envoy tells PA to free US citizen arrested for selling Old City home to Jews

US envoy tells PA to free US citizen arrested for selling Old City home to Jews

David Friedman says Issam Akel’s 2-month detention over Jerusalem property deal is ‘antithetical’ to US values and ‘peaceful coexistence’   US Ambassador to Israel David… Read More ›

European Rabbinic Leaders Reject Orthodox, Non-state Conversions in Israel

European Rabbinic Leaders Reject Orthodox, Non-state Conversions in Israel

Conference of European Rabbis makes move in agreement with Chief Rabbinate   The Chief Rabbinate and the Conference of European Rabbis have agreed that rabbis… Read More ›

Netanyahu teaches his detractors a lesson in diplomacy

Netanyahu teaches his detractors a lesson in diplomacy

Op-ed: Chad’s president’s visit indicates a positive improvement in Israel’s diplomatic standing, thanks to PM Netanyahu’s extraordinary statesman skills. But the lack of any viable… Read More ›

12-year-old girl found dead in Tel Aviv, police said to suspect mother’s partner

12-year-old girl found dead in Tel Aviv, police said to suspect mother’s partner

Police launch criminal investigation into the death of a teenage girl for second time in a day, hours after body of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub was… Read More ›

Report: Israel Seeking Diplomatic Ties with Bahrain

Report: Israel Seeking Diplomatic Ties with Bahrain

Following a visit by Chad’s President Idriss Déby to Israel on Sunday, government sources have confirmed that Israel is seeking diplomatic ties with Bahrain as… Read More ›

The challenges the new IDF chief and his deputy will have to face

The challenges the new IDF chief and his deputy will have to face

Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi will have to reshape the IDF’s ‘war between wars’ campaign, bringing a different attitude to resolving the problems and dilemmas that… Read More ›

After breaking the ice with Chad, Israel reportedly eyeing ties with Sudan

After breaking the ice with Chad, Israel reportedly eyeing ties with Sudan

Top official tells Israeli TV that efforts to extend diplomacy to central African Muslim states, including Niger and Mali, driven in part by air travel… Read More ›

UN Likely to Publish Settlement Black List Prior to March Session

UN Likely to Publish Settlement Black List Prior to March Session

Beverly Hills City Council condemns Airbnb settlement boycott.   The United Nations is likely to publish its settlement black list prior to it 40th session… Read More ›

Israeli teen opens his very own photo exhibition

Israeli teen opens his very own photo exhibition

A sophomore from Jerusalem spends his mornings waiting for gazelles in the valleys around the city before going to school; Erez Amir, the youngest nature… Read More ›

Top European rabbi urges Israel to end engagement with far-right parties

Top European rabbi urges Israel to end engagement with far-right parties

Pinchas Goldschmidt tells MKs that cozying up to populist groups, if even they espouse pro-Israel views, endangers local Jewish communities   A leading European rabbi… Read More ›

Class Action Suit Filed in Jerusalem Court Against Airbnb

Class Action Suit Filed in Jerusalem Court Against Airbnb

The court petition stated that the discrimination in this case was “particularly grave and outrageous” because Airbnb has pulled listings from only one disputed territory,… Read More ›