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PLO official urges UK’s May to act against minister for secret Israel talks

PLO official urges UK’s May to act against minister for secret Israel talks

Hanan Ashrawi says Priti Patel’s actions are ‘scandalous,’ slams ‘Israeli meddling in other governments’ affairs’   A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday condemned a British… Read More ›

In World First, Israeli Hospital Employs MRI Designed for Infants

In World First, Israeli Hospital Employs MRI Designed for Infants

Shaare Zedek delivers 22,000 infants a year – more than any other hospital in the world.   The world’s first magnetic resonance instrument (MRI) built… Read More ›

Seinfeld to give 2 Israeli performances on Dec. 30

Seinfeld to give 2 Israeli performances on Dec. 30

Hugely successful standup comic behind hit show Seinfeld returns to Israel for only 2 performances in Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena on December 30; Seinfeld… Read More ›

Israeli television executive resigns to fight rape, assault accusations

Israeli television executive resigns to fight rape, assault accusations

Alex Gilady says he is temporarily stepping down as president of Keshet Media to clear his name of ‘unfounded claims’   Alex Gilady, president of… Read More ›

Each nation has its own ‘Nakba’

Each nation has its own ‘Nakba’

Op-ed: The claims of injustice suffered by Palestine’s Arab residents because of the Balfour Declaration should be looked into on the background of the reality… Read More ›

Blasting Hezbollah, Riyadh accuses Lebanon of declaring war on kingdom

Blasting Hezbollah, Riyadh accuses Lebanon of declaring war on kingdom

Gulf affairs minister says Beirut must reign in terror group, while Saudi Arabia’s FM blames Iran-proxy for Yemen missile launch   A Saudi minister on… Read More ›

What Does the Jewish ‘Nation-State’ Bill Mean for Israel

What Does the Jewish ‘Nation-State’ Bill Mean for Israel

If Israel is declared the Nation-State of the Jewish people, will the state be governed by Jewish laws?   The nation-state bill could inadvertently give… Read More ›

Hariri ‘assassination plot’ is just an excuse

Hariri ‘assassination plot’ is just an excuse

Analysis: No one in Beirut believes the Lebanese prime minister resigned to avoid the fate of his slain father. The Saudis likely drafted his resignation… Read More ›

IDF says it has the bodies of 5 terrorists buried in Gaza tunnel demolition

IDF says it has the bodies of 5 terrorists buried in Gaza tunnel demolition

Islamic Jihad says it will not bargain over the bodies which Israel want to exchange for fallen IDF soldiers, terror group warns it has more… Read More ›

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 ›