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Wounded IDF officer asked: ‘When am I going back to Gaza?’

Wounded IDF officer asked: ‘When am I going back to Gaza?’

21-year-old officer from Dimona who was hurt by Palestinian sniper fire on Wednesday evening did not want to be evacuated, his parents say, because he… Read More ›

Elkin Puts Anglo Candidate Second on His List

Elkin Puts Anglo Candidate Second on His List

  Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze’ev Elkin has chosen an Anglo as his running-mate in the October 30 race for Jerusalem mayor: Former deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.… Read More ›

Netanyahu tells IDF’s newest recruits the fight with Hamas is a ‘test of will’

Netanyahu tells IDF’s newest recruits the fight with Hamas is a ‘test of will’

‘The burden of defending the country’s borders, and the country, falls on you,’ prime minister says while meeting enlistees at Bakum induction base   Speaking… Read More ›

400-Pound Fallen Western Wall Stone Cleared From Egalitarian Prayer Area

400-Pound Fallen Western Wall Stone Cleared From Egalitarian Prayer Area

The foundation will be responsible for examining and preserving the stone until a decision is made regarding its future.   The stone that fell out of… Read More ›

Druze IDF officers protest against Nationality Law

Druze IDF officers protest against Nationality Law

After the Nationality Law passes in Knesset, 100 Druze reservists lament the country doesn’t treat them as equals; say law that declares only Jews have… Read More ›

Netanyahu cheers Jewish state law as a ‘pivotal moment’ in Zionist history

Netanyahu cheers Jewish state law as a ‘pivotal moment’ in Zionist history

Opposition lawmakers blast contentious legislation passed overnight, say it is designed to divide Israeli society   Reactions to the Knesset’s passage overnight Wednesday of the… Read More ›

Egypt Again Invites Hamas, Fatah for ‘Reconciliation’ Talks

Egypt Again Invites Hamas, Fatah for ‘Reconciliation’ Talks

The Egyptian proposal requires the PA government to incorporate some 20,000 civil servants employed by Hamas after its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in… Read More ›

The Right against Israel

The Right against Israel

Op-ed: International condemnation for the Nationality Law didn’t come just from Israel’s haters, but also from some of its biggest supporters among Diaspora Jewry. It… Read More ›

Palestinians say newly passed Jewish state law ‘legalizes apartheid’

Palestinians say newly passed Jewish state law ‘legalizes apartheid’

PA and Hamas officials claim ‘dangerous and racist legislation’ violates international law, will sanction discrimination against Arabs   Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat panned a… Read More ›

Analysis – Surrogacy and Equality: The Acute Emotional Pain of Childless Families

Analysis – Surrogacy and Equality: The Acute Emotional Pain of Childless Families

Israel is more than child-friendly, it is child-obsessed.   On Sunday, demonstrations organized by the LGBT community were held at sites around the country protesting… Read More ›

Op-ed: No ‘religionization’ but a national memory

Op-ed: No ‘religionization’ but a national memory

There is no religious coercion in Israel, the Tisha B’Av mourning is part our identity as Israeli Jews. This is a warning call. We, the… Read More ›

Turkey accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ over ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Turkey accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ over ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Istanbul says law is racist and ‘disregards the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel’ as EU also calls for rights of minorities to be respected… Read More ›

Senior U.S. Officials Place Full Blame on Hamas for Gaza Escalation

Senior U.S. Officials Place Full Blame on Hamas for Gaza Escalation

With fire kites and rocket firings, Hamas is “pushing Israel to engage in increasingly significant acts of self-defense,” the group added.   NEW YORK —… Read More ›

Hamas evened the score and rushed to ask for a truce

Hamas evened the score and rushed to ask for a truce

Analysis: Hamas considers the death of an IDF soldier an achievement, giving up on massive rocket fire, leading to the collapse of the ‘fire met… Read More ›

ADL raises alarm over Israeli democracy after nation-state bill

ADL raises alarm over Israeli democracy after nation-state bill

Watchdog joins other US Jewish groups in concern over Jewish state’s treatment of minorities, but backs law’s determination of state symbols   The Anti-Defamation League… Read More ›

Gaz – Israel, Hamas Agree To Restore Calm In Gaza Strip: Hamas

Gaz – Israel, Hamas Agree To Restore Calm In Gaza Strip: Hamas

  Gaza – Israel and Hamas have agreed to restore calm in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the… Read More ›

US Jewish Grous Furious at Jewish Nation-State Law

US Jewish Grous Furious at Jewish Nation-State Law

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded in passing the controversial Jewish Nation-State law Thursday and immediately received a cold shower in criticism from American Jewish organizations, the… Read More ›

The winner of the Trump-Putin summit is Israel

The winner of the Trump-Putin summit is Israel

Op-ed: At their meeting in Helsinki this week, Trump and Putin presented a united front. Both agreed to uphold the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement… Read More ›

AG orders release of Conservative rabbi nabbed for holding unsanctioned weddings

AG orders release of Conservative rabbi nabbed for holding unsanctioned weddings

Protesting ‘I’m not a criminal,’ Haifa’s Dov Haiyun was brought in pre-dawn by cops; opposition denounces Orthodox grip on marriage, lost religious freedom for Jews… Read More ›

Is Israel Heading to Another War with Gaza… Over Kites and Balloons?

Is Israel Heading to Another War with Gaza… Over Kites and Balloons?

The flames have wreaked havoc on a once-beautiful landscape.   After 100 days of flaming kites and explosive balloons burning the South, many are wondering… Read More ›