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Syrian State Media: Repeated Rounds of Israeli Rockets Hit Syria

Syrian State Media: Repeated Rounds of Israeli Rockets Hit Syria

Tensions between Israel and Iran have threatened to spill over in Syria, where the Iranian military and allied Shi’ite militia are backing Syrian President Assad… Read More ›

A preemptive strike in Syria

A preemptive strike in Syria

Analysis: Even if Iran had no intention of launching missiles at Israel on Tuesday, the alleged Israeli strike came along and conveyed the following message… Read More ›

Amid Iranian missile barrage, US says Israel has right to defend itself

Amid Iranian missile barrage, US says Israel has right to defend itself

A State Department official says Trump administration stands ‘with Israel in the fight against Iran’s malign activities’   WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Amid Renewed Talk Of War, Israelis Are Keeping Calm And Carrying On

Tel Aviv – Amid Renewed Talk Of War, Israelis Are Keeping Calm And Carrying On

  Tel Aviv – When war broke out on Israel’s northern border in 2006, Avigdor Guy remained calm. He lived in the northern port city… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In nixing nuclear deal, Trump vindicates Netanyahu — for now

ANALYSIS: In nixing nuclear deal, Trump vindicates Netanyahu — for now

US president’s speech had nearly everything PM hoped for, except an explicit threat of military action. Time will tell if Tehran returns to the negotiation… Read More ›

Agriculture Terror in the Gaza Envelope Leaves Farmers ‘Helpless’

Agriculture Terror in the Gaza Envelope Leaves Farmers ‘Helpless’

“I don’t even want to imagine what would happen if a combine harvester operator is trapped there during a fire,” says Ofer Liberman from kibbutz… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel’s enemies are putting themselves in danger

Netanyahu: Israel’s enemies are putting themselves in danger

‘Israel’s establishment didn’t end the desire to attack us, but it gave us the ability to fight back,’ the prime minister says at ceremony celebrating… Read More ›

IDF on high alert in north, fears Iran reprisal may include infiltration attack

IDF on high alert in north, fears Iran reprisal may include infiltration attack

Security officials preparing for missiles strikes by Tehran’s proxies, but also for possible attempts to breach army bases, communities   The Israeli military was in… Read More ›

The Supreme Court Override Bill, A Constitutional Crisis?

The Supreme Court Override Bill, A Constitutional Crisis?

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted on Sunday to give the Knesset the power to override the Supreme Court when it vetoes a law, as… Read More ›

Netanyahu steps up calls to end Iran nuclear deal

Netanyahu steps up calls to end Iran nuclear deal

In bid to shore up opposition to agreement ahead of Trump deadline, Israel sharing intelligence on Tehran’s once ‘robust’ atomic program with world powers  … Read More ›

Rabbi Aaron Panken, Hebrew Union College president, killed in plane crash at 53

Rabbi Aaron Panken, Hebrew Union College president, killed in plane crash at 53

Reform Jewish leader, who has helmed the movement’s flagship seminary since 2014, was a licensed commercial pilot   (JTA) — Rabbi Aaron Panken, the president… Read More ›

Despite PM Netanyahu’s request, Ministerial Legislation Committee to vote on override power bill Sunday

Despite PM Netanyahu’s request, Ministerial Legislation Committee to vote on override power bill Sunday

PM Netanyahu’s request for second postponement on override power bill vote denied by Justice Minister Shaked; Netanyahu will not veto vote, Likud source says; following… Read More ›

Trump to Tell Israel: Withdraw From Four East Jerusalem Neighborhoods

Trump to Tell Israel: Withdraw From Four East Jerusalem Neighborhoods

Move is part of administration’s peace plan expected to be unveiled after embassy relocation.   The Trump administration will ask Israel to withdraw from four… Read More ›

Israelis deserve to know: Is Netanyahu pursuing war with Iran?

Israelis deserve to know: Is Netanyahu pursuing war with Iran?

Op-ed: Sometimes, war is inevitable. Sometimes, in the event of an existential threat, there’s no escape from initiating a war. But one of the lessons… Read More ›

Tunisia bid for 2022 Youth Olympics frozen over ban on Israeli athletes

Tunisia bid for 2022 Youth Olympics frozen over ban on Israeli athletes

IOC head says political boycotts against Games’ values, citing case in which four Israelis were blocked from taekwondo championship last month   Tunisia is being… Read More ›

What did the Mossad Actually Get From Iran?

What did the Mossad Actually Get From Iran?

What was actually presented, and second, how does it matter or not matter?   Everyone has an opinion about the importance or irrelevance of the… Read More ›

Top PA official insists Abbas didn’t deny the Holocaust

Top PA official insists Abbas didn’t deny the Holocaust

Chairman of the Palestinian Executive Committee Saeb Erekat insists Palestinian president never ‘denied massacres that were perpetrated against Jews’, accuses Israel of launching international assault… Read More ›

Yad Vashem blasts Abbas for anti-Semitic bid to blame Jews for their own murder

Yad Vashem blasts Abbas for anti-Semitic bid to blame Jews for their own murder

Palestinian Authority head ‘assaults Holocaust remembrance’ by turning it into ‘into a propaganda tool, blatantly falsifying history’   Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Yad… Read More ›

New York – Birthright Israel Marks 18 Years Of Trips For Young Jews

New York – Birthright Israel Marks 18 Years Of Trips For Young Jews

  New York – Taking a trip with an organization called Birthright Israel has almost become a rite of passage for some young Americans with… Read More ›

White House Adopts Netanyahu’s ‘False Pretences’ Narrative on Iran Deal

White House Adopts Netanyahu’s ‘False Pretences’ Narrative on Iran Deal

“Iran lied at the front end,” said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.   WASHINGTON – Hosting his French and German counterparts at the White House last… Read More ›