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AG: ‘I’m being attacked from all directions by the government’

AG: ‘I’m being attacked from all directions by the government’

Attorney General Mandelblit says he’s being targeted with ‘asymmetrical measures that are not part of the democratic rules of the game,’ criticizing recent controversial bill… Read More ›

2 Netanyahu associates detained for questioning in submarine affair

2 Netanyahu associates detained for questioning in submarine affair

PM expected to provide testimony for the investigation on Sunday; will be interrogated in separate corruption probes against him   Police on Sunday morning detained… Read More ›

Fighting Israel’s Foes in US Courts, Lawyer had Help from Mossad

Fighting Israel’s Foes in US Courts, Lawyer had Help from Mossad

A new book discloses the role of the Mossad in US litigation.   JERUSALEM – An Israeli lawyer has shed light in a new book… Read More ›

AG opposes anti-police recommendations bill

AG opposes anti-police recommendations bill

Mandelblit opposes bill prohibiting police from presenting indictment recommendations, despite the fact police currently only states whether it has found sufficient evidence to justify indictment.… Read More ›

British PM emphatically rejects call to apologize for Balfour Declaration

British PM emphatically rejects call to apologize for Balfour Declaration

In speech underlining pride for UK role in establishment of Israel, Theresa May slams boycott efforts, a ‘new and pernicious form of anti-Semitism’   British… Read More ›

Israel and Syria Exchange Fire Near Homs, Arab Media Claims

Israel and Syria Exchange Fire Near Homs, Arab Media Claims

Arab media reports that Jerusalem attacked in Syria and that Damascus has responded in retaliation.   Israel’s air force attacked a weapons depot situated in… Read More ›

The national master of missed opportunities

The national master of missed opportunities

Op-ed: The Iranians, who studied the way the Israeli security echelon under Netanyahu handled the nuclear crisis at the beginning of the decade, have no… Read More ›

Lebanese media: Israel bombed weapons depot in Syria

Lebanese media: Israel bombed weapons depot in Syria

IDF mum on reports that Israeli aircraft targeted storehouse near Homs; Syrian army said to fire at Israeli jets   Israeli jets destroyed a weapons… Read More ›

Archaegologists Discover Rare Remains of Pregnant Woman in King Solomon’s Mines

Archaegologists Discover Rare Remains of Pregnant Woman in King Solomon’s Mines

The finding marks the first time archaeologists have discovered female remains in the area.   Aconsortium of archeologists and researchers from Tel Aviv University have… Read More ›

Tunnel explosion puts Palestinian reconciliation to the test

Tunnel explosion puts Palestinian reconciliation to the test

Analysis: If the Islamic Jihad—which isn’t committed to the Fatah-Hamas deal in any way—decides to fire rockets at Israel in response to the tunnel bombing,… Read More ›

Military police investigate deadly shooting at Palestinian car

Military police investigate deadly shooting at Palestinian car

Initial probe dismisses terror suspicions in incident near Halamish settlement, in which soldiers killed a man and wounded a woman   The Military Police opened… Read More ›

Why Israel should talk to Iran

Why Israel should talk to Iran

Op-ed: We have a brutal, intelligent enemy looking for any way to take revenge against us for support we gave to the Shah. There’s potential… Read More ›

Netanyahu hails ‘breakthrough technology’ in discovery of Hamas attack tunnel

Netanyahu hails ‘breakthrough technology’ in discovery of Hamas attack tunnel

5 Palestinians killed, 9 wounded in operation; Liberman says tunnel proves Gaza still a ‘kingdom of terror,’ but Israel not seeking escalation of hostilities  … Read More ›

‘Package deal’ with Putin needed against Iranian expansion

‘Package deal’ with Putin needed against Iranian expansion

Op-ed: A comprehensive American-Russian agreement over Syria’s future, banning the presence of foreign forces, is the only way Israel can prevent Iran from realizing its… Read More ›

New York’s power plants now protected, using Israel’s Iron Dome technology

New York’s power plants now protected, using Israel’s Iron Dome technology

After alarming outages in 2012 and 2014, the New York Power Authority turns to the Start-Up Nation for help keeping its systems secure   NEW… Read More ›

Madison, WI – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Bars Israel Boycotters From Doing Business With His State

Madison, WI – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Bars Israel Boycotters From Doing Business With His State

  Madison, WI – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order that prohibits state agencies from entering into contracts with companies that boycott Israel.… Read More ›

Amid Spanish Sparring, Israel Unlikely to Recognize Catalonia

Amid Spanish Sparring, Israel Unlikely to Recognize Catalonia

A lot is at stake for the Jewish state when it is asked to weigh in on another people’s quest for independence.   While Israel… Read More ›

Controversial bill on absorbing settlements into Jerusalem delayed

Controversial bill on absorbing settlements into Jerusalem delayed

Move needs ‘diplomatic preparation,’ official says, indicating Netanyahu wants to discuss gambit with US administration   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to postpone a… Read More ›

‘This is Not a Religious Conflict’

‘This is Not a Religious Conflict’

Jerusalem opposition leader responds to Church’s criticism on land sales.   The Greek Orthodox Church must keep religion out of its criticism to ease the… Read More ›

Tel Aviv turns to tango to prevent immigrants waltzing out of Israel

Tel Aviv turns to tango to prevent immigrants waltzing out of Israel

The white city toasts new arrivals with a month of events, but activists say that won’t be enough to keep them here   Couples twirled… Read More ›