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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 ›

Is the nationality law a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Is the nationality law a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Op-ed: A unilateral nationality law contradicts the vow we made to ourselves and to the world in the Declaration of Independence, which says the state… Read More ›

Israel passes Jewish state law, enshrining ‘national home of the Jewish people’

Israel passes Jewish state law, enshrining ‘national home of the Jewish people’

After hours of furious debate, Knesset narrowly approve quasi-constitutional Basic Law, which critics say discriminates against Arabs and other minority communities   The Knesset overnight… Read More ›

Ayelet Shaked: I May Run for Prime Minister Eventually

Ayelet Shaked: I May Run for Prime Minister Eventually

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked sees herself eventually running for prime minister, she hinted in an interview with The Jerusalem Post at the Knesset on Tuesday.… Read More ›

The new era of Jewish terror

The new era of Jewish terror

Op-ed: There is a growing acceptance and support of extreme right-wing views demonstrated by support for the defendants in the Duma terror trials. The practical… Read More ›

200 displaced Syrians gather at Israeli border fence as Russia bombs civilians

200 displaced Syrians gather at Israeli border fence as Russia bombs civilians

Israeli troops do not directly interfere, but call on Syrian civilians to go back to their camp as regime offensive kills at least 10  … Read More ›

‘A Strong Message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians Debate Aleppo Airstrike

‘A Strong Message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians Debate Aleppo Airstrike

A source close to the Syrian rebels said that Syrians in the north heard missiles fly over their locations on Sunday before explosions near Aleppo’s… Read More ›

Israel to close Kerem Shalom crossing, stopping gas, fuel transfers

Israel to close Kerem Shalom crossing, stopping gas, fuel transfers

Decision announced after Gaza violates ceasefire of weekend violence by firing rocket into southern Israel while incendiary kites and balloons continue to cause fires in… Read More ›

Netanyahu visits arson-ravaged Gaza border, warns of a ‘protracted stuggle’

Netanyahu visits arson-ravaged Gaza border, warns of a ‘protracted stuggle’

Prime minister vows no ceasefire if the Palestinians keep sending incendiary kites and balloons into Israel   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday paid a… Read More ›

Eilat, Israel – With New Airport, Israel’s Eilat Competes For European Tourists

Eilat, Israel – With New Airport, Israel’s Eilat Competes For European Tourists

  Eilat, Israel – Once almost lost to international tourism, the Israeli resort of Eilat hopes a new airport will attract a million foreign visitors… Read More ›