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Guatemala president tells AIPAC he’ll move embassy to Jerusalem in May

Guatemala president tells AIPAC he’ll move embassy to Jerusalem in May

President Morales promises 18,000 pro-Israel advocates he’ll relocate his embassy to holy city two days after the US does, for Israel’s 70th birthday   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Trump, Treason and the Israeli and American Legal Systems

Trump, Treason and the Israeli and American Legal Systems

Visiting American Bar Association head Hilarie Bass sits down with the ‘Post’.   American Bar Association president Hilarie Bass, in an interview with The Jerusalem Post,… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Goodwill in coalition can prevent early elections

Netanyahu: Goodwill in coalition can prevent early elections

Facing pressure from his ultra-Orthodox flank, which has made its support for 2019 state budget dependent on legislation to enable Haredi yeshiva students to avoid… Read More ›

Will Israel’s clash with Poland affect Holocaust commemoration trips?

Will Israel’s clash with Poland affect Holocaust commemoration trips?

As some call for a boycott of tours of Nazi sites to protest Warsaw’s complicity law, others argue Auschwitz visits more important than ever  … Read More ›

Analysis: Why Today’s Netanyahu Interrogation is Most Important of His Life

Analysis: Why Today’s Netanyahu Interrogation is Most Important of His Life

With one of his former top aides, Shlomo Filber, directly accusing him of criminality, the prime minister’s back is finally against the wall.   It… Read More ›

Report on new Iranian base: A message to world powers

Report on new Iranian base: A message to world powers

Analysis: Whoever provided Fox News with the satellite images published Tuesday night seeks to encourage US President Trump to quit the nuclear agreement and restore… Read More ›

US peace plan: Palestinian state with east J’lem as capital, limited sovereignty

US peace plan: Palestinian state with east J’lem as capital, limited sovereignty

Asharq Al-Awsat reports on a developing US Mideast peace plan that recognizes east Jerusalem as Palestinian capital, no right of return, limited demilitarized sovereignty, billions… Read More ›

Analysis: Comparing America to Israel on gun laws is dishonest – and revealing

Analysis: Comparing America to Israel on gun laws is dishonest – and revealing

US conservatives like to point out that both societies are well-armed, but the similarity ends there: Israelis trust their state, and don’t fear each other… Read More ›

Guatemala City – Haley Thanks Guatemala For Help On Venezuela, Israel Embassy

Guatemala City – Haley Thanks Guatemala For Help On Venezuela, Israel Embassy

  Guatemala City – Washington’s U.N. ambassador thanked Guatemala on Wednesday for its support in confronting Venezuela over concerns about democracy and human rights in… Read More ›

Israeli Efforts to ‘Leverage’ Kushner Weakness Contributed to Clearance Downgrade

Israeli Efforts to ‘Leverage’ Kushner Weakness Contributed to Clearance Downgrade

Kushner is leading the Trump administration’s efforts to broker peace between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as trade negotiations with Mexico.   WASHINGTON — Jared… Read More ›

Just another dangerous chapter in the ongoing Syrian tragedy

Just another dangerous chapter in the ongoing Syrian tragedy

Analysis: Instead of seeing the conflict on our northern border die down, we are witnessing an escalation with the potential of expanding into a direct… Read More ›

Court Extends Remand of Hefetz, Elovitch Over Case 4000

Court Extends Remand of Hefetz, Elovitch Over Case 4000

During the court discussion on Monday, one of the ISA attorneys said Elovitch is suspected of receiving about NIS 1 billion in bribes.   A… Read More ›

Trump and Netanyahu: You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

Trump and Netanyahu: You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

Analysis: Looking more and more like conjoined twins, the American president and the Israeli prime minister will try to make the most of their meeting… Read More ›

Government Okays Bill That Advances West Bank Annexation

Government Okays Bill That Advances West Bank Annexation

The goal of court reform is elimination of the Green Line, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said.   In the newest push toward de facto annexation… Read More ›

Texts show judge, attorney secretly coordinated in Case 4000

Texts show judge, attorney secretly coordinated in Case 4000

Attorney representing the state in Case 4000 made his stance clear to the judge overseeing the case on the remand of suspects detained in the… Read More ›

Poland ‘Caving to Israeli Pressure’, Freezes Holocaust Law

Poland ‘Caving to Israeli Pressure’, Freezes Holocaust Law

A Polish delegation is expected to arrive in Israel in the coming days.   A Polish team is expected to arrive in Jerusalem in the… Read More ›

Demonstrators call for Netanyahu to resign, back police chief

Demonstrators call for Netanyahu to resign, back police chief

In the wake of several new allegations of corruption against the prime minister, more than 1,500 demonstrators gather for the 66th week in a row… Read More ›

Over 20,000 protest in Tel Aviv against plan to deport asylum seekers

Over 20,000 protest in Tel Aviv against plan to deport asylum seekers

Two men detained for questioning ahead of demonstration over Facebook posts calling for a violent counter-rally   More than 20,000 African asylum seekers and Israelis… Read More ›

Analysis: Why is Netanyahu Still Doing Well in the Polls?

Analysis: Why is Netanyahu Still Doing Well in the Polls?

There are several reasons.   Plenty of people mocked the survey by pollster Avi Degani that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on his Facebook page,… Read More ›

Two new justices selected for Supreme Court

Two new justices selected for Supreme Court

Prof. Alex Stein and District Court Judge Ofer Grosskopf confirmed by Judicial Selection Committee for 2 open Supreme Court positions; Grosskopf is considered an expert… Read More ›