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Putin to Meet Netanyahu Five Days Before Trump

Putin to Meet Netanyahu Five Days Before Trump

PM calls on European leaders to stop appeasing Iran, especially after Iranian-backed bombing plot in Paris.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Moscow… Read More ›

Tax exemptions bill for PM approved in first reading

Tax exemptions bill for PM approved in first reading

Knesset moves to grant PM tax exemptions for work-related expenses incurred in his private residence; bill’s author, MK Miki Zohar, asks the MKs to ‘put… Read More ›

UN calls emergency meet as 300,000 Syrians flee regime offensive in south

UN calls emergency meet as 300,000 Syrians flee regime offensive in south

Kuwait, Sweden request Security Council session after Jordan, Israel refuse to take in some 300,000 who have been displaced by Russian-backed bombings   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Israel NGO Delivering Aid Operated Undercover in Syria

Israel NGO Delivering Aid Operated Undercover in Syria

“I said my name is Gal, and I came from Israel. I am an Israeli and a Jew, and I care for you.”   The… Read More ›

Ex-UN envoys urge US to restore Palestinian refugee funds

Ex-UN envoys urge US to restore Palestinian refugee funds

Seven former American ambassadors, from both Republican and Democratic administrations, write letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying UNRWA funds cuts have national security… Read More ›

Controversial military enlistment bill passes first reading in Knesset

Controversial military enlistment bill passes first reading in Knesset

Chief opposition whip tweets the bill’s passing is a ‘dubious historical event’ after opposition faction Yesh Atid votes alongside coalition   Legislation addressing ultra-Orthodox military… Read More ›

PA Condemns Light Festival as ‘Judaizing’ Jerusalem

PA Condemns Light Festival as ‘Judaizing’ Jerusalem

“The truth requires that the festival be called the Festival of Dimness and not the Festival of Light.”   The Palestinian Authority has condemned the… Read More ›

The enlightened racism

The enlightened racism

Op-ed: Last week, in Kibbutz Beit HaEmek—a Meretz stronghold—a vote was held in order to decide whether three asylum seeker families should be allowed to… Read More ›

Antisemitism Rears Its Ugly Head in South Africa

Antisemitism Rears Its Ugly Head in South Africa

But over last week or so, at least six incidents of antisemitism took place in South Africa in just two days.   It’s no secret… Read More ›

Principles vs. interests in Israel-Poland relations

Principles vs. interests in Israel-Poland relations

Op-ed: To get the Poles to remove the criminal element from their controversial Holocaust law, Netanyahu had to pay a price, signing off on a… Read More ›

United Nations – Israeli ‘Save A Child’s Heart’ Doctors Honored At UN

United Nations – Israeli ‘Save A Child’s Heart’ Doctors Honored At UN

  United Nations –  A group of Israeli doctors have bypassed the region’s politics to save thousands of Palestinian children and those from 57 other… Read More ›

PM: Iranians Feeling in Their Pockets the Results of Fanaticism

PM: Iranians Feeling in Their Pockets the Results of Fanaticism

“Many in Iran understand that the regime of the ayatollahs is wasting enormous resources on military subversion abroad, instead of investing in the needs of… Read More ›

Israeli deterrence against Hamas has ended

Israeli deterrence against Hamas has ended

Analysis: The strong deterrence achieved by the IDF following Operation Protective Edge lasted three years and 10 months. In the past two months, Hamas has… Read More ›

Amid fierce fighting, Israel fears flood of Syrian refugees converging on border

Amid fierce fighting, Israel fears flood of Syrian refugees converging on border

As Assad’s army bombards south and displaces more than 50,000, Israel reportedly vows nobody will be allowed in — but prepares to supply humanitarian aid… Read More ›

Israeli Envoy: We Should Delay UNESCO Exit

Israeli Envoy: We Should Delay UNESCO Exit

‘As long as the politics and the obsessive pursuit of Israel remains in the past, Israel has an interest in engaging positively with other nations… Read More ›

Israel shooting itself in the foot with bill barring filming of soldiers

Israel shooting itself in the foot with bill barring filming of soldiers

Op-ed: Banning filming won’t prevent filming. Photos and videos can be taken from every window in Hebron and sent to news desks around the world.… Read More ›

First artistic depiction of sex, found near Bethlehem, to join UK LGBTQ exhibit

First artistic depiction of sex, found near Bethlehem, to join UK LGBTQ exhibit

11,000-year-old Natufian stone sculpture, which shows an entwined androgynous couple caught in the act, was discovered in the Judean Desert in the 1930s   The… Read More ›

Ex-CIA Agent: Trump Leaving Iran Deal Enabled Broader Pressure Campaign

Ex-CIA Agent: Trump Leaving Iran Deal Enabled Broader Pressure Campaign

Retaliating with rockets on Iran could get their attention   With large-scale protests erupting in Iran again this week, ex-CIA and defense official Mary Beth… Read More ›

Israel Defense Prize awarded to tunnel discovery project

Israel Defense Prize awarded to tunnel discovery project

Defense Minister Lieberman dubs technological developments that allow the IDF to locate Gaza’s terror tunnels ‘almost science fiction’; prestigious award given to three projects that… Read More ›

Israel praises UN condemnation of terrorists’ use of human shields

Israel praises UN condemnation of terrorists’ use of human shields

Envoy Danny Danon calls update to counter-terrorism strategy an ‘important step in our activities to change the rules of the game at the UN’  … Read More ›