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Lieberman to consider lifting some some restrictions on Gaza

Lieberman to consider lifting some some restrictions on Gaza

Defense minister set to discuss with IDF officials whether to open Kerem Shalom crossing and enlarge Gaza fishing perimeter as mortars and incendiary balloons cease… Read More ›

Manila – Philippine President To Visit Israel, Meet Netanyahu

Manila – Philippine President To Visit Israel, Meet Netanyahu

  Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted an invitation to visit Israel next month in a sign of improving ties, which hit a… Read More ›

Shooting themselves in the flag

Shooting themselves in the flag

Op-ed: Despite the Palestinian flags and the pro-Palestinian slogans being shouted at the Tel Aviv rally against the Nation State Law, we must listen to… Read More ›

UN Officials Visit Gaza in Pursuit of Long-term Truce

UN Officials Visit Gaza in Pursuit of Long-term Truce

Hamas, Israel differ on whether ‘calm-for-calm’ deal reached in South   Four senior UN officials briefly visited the Gaza Strip Saturday as part of continued… Read More ›

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law’s encouraging of ‘Jewish settlement’ allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

  Jerusalem –  For years, Simone Zimmerman has protested Israel’s actions from the left. She’s led activist groups, organized protests and gone on camera. But… Read More ›

Israeli Minister Regev Calls to Assassinate Hamas Leaders

Israeli Minister Regev Calls to Assassinate Hamas Leaders

Regev spoke with mayors of towns in the South, and commended them for their strength.   Israel should assassinate Hamas leaders, Culture and Sport Minister… Read More ›

Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas

Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas

Truce mediated by Egypt goes into effect at 10:45pm on Thursday evening, after 24 hours of hostilities, with nearly 200 rockets fired from Gaza at… Read More ›

Innovative Knee Surgery Implant Invented in Israel Used for the First Time

Innovative Knee Surgery Implant Invented in Israel Used for the First Time

The company ran through a few different prototypes before inventing the successful implant.   At the beginning of August, Hadassah University Medical Center on Jerusalem’s… Read More ›

Outgoing Colombia president recognizes Palestinian state

Outgoing Colombia president recognizes Palestinian state

Colombia’s new government is reviewing a decision made by former President Juan Manuel Santos to recognize Palestine as a ‘free, independent and sovereign state’ just… Read More ›

Hamas delegation heads back to Cairo with response to proposed deal with Israel

Hamas delegation heads back to Cairo with response to proposed deal with Israel

Leaders will present Egypt with terror group’s ‘vision’ for truce, Ismail Haniyeh says; Israeli cabinet to discuss proposal on Thursday   Hamas leaders meeting in… Read More ›

Kjan Al-Ahmar Rejects Relocation Plan to Jericho Site

Kjan Al-Ahmar Rejects Relocation Plan to Jericho Site

The families “reject the plan of the State of Israel and wish to continue living in Al Khan al-Ahmar,” their attorney Tawfiq Jabareen said on… Read More ›

Top Middle East intel official says Mossad behind killing of Syrian rocket chief

Top Middle East intel official says Mossad behind killing of Syrian rocket chief

New York Times quotes senior figure from intelligence agency in the region; Israeli cabinet minister refuses to comment on report but says it’s a ‘good… Read More ›

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

They were detained by border control officials for four hours and questioned regarding their work for advocacy organizations for Palestinian rights and regarding their political… Read More ›

Gaza ceasefire plan: Much ado about nothing

Gaza ceasefire plan: Much ado about nothing

Analysis: The Goldin and Shaul families could’ve been spared the exchange of blows with the PM’s close circle if they only knew UN envoy Mladenov,… Read More ›

Walking a tightrope: Negotiating a ceasefire deal with Hamas

Walking a tightrope: Negotiating a ceasefire deal with Hamas

Op-ed: PM cancels his trip to Colombia while a delegation of senior Hamas figures arrives in Gaza. For the first time under Netanyahu’s leadership, Israel… Read More ›

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Jewish Federations of North America and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews latest groups urging Israel to address Druze concerns of discrimination   The Jewish… Read More ›

Abbas Stirs Up Hornets’ Nest By Firing PA Minister

Abbas Stirs Up Hornets’ Nest By Firing PA Minister

The dismissal of Qaraqe, who held the rank of minister, drew sharp criticism from Palestinians across the political spectrum.   In a surprise move, Palestinian… Read More ›

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Amid growing backlash over nation-state law, Avi Gabbay and Tzipi Livni slam Netanyahu for excluding from it a specific provision of equal rights for minorities… Read More ›

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

  New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse… Read More ›