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Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

Jerusalem – Israel Soars At World Baseball Classic, And A Nation Shrugs

  Jerusalem –  Israel is the big surprise of the World Baseball Classic, upsetting three teams, generating buzz and offering a mascot like no other… Read More ›

Rivlin asks Egyptian president to show Israeli prisoner clemency

Rivlin asks Egyptian president to show Israeli prisoner clemency

The Israeli president contacts Al-Sisi and asks him to use his presidential powers to lighten the sentence of an Israeli serving a life sentence. President… Read More ›

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

200 observant IDF officers rooting for Rabbi Levinstein

IDF officers who studied under Rabbi Levinstein in a pre-military modern Orthodox academy sign a petition backing their Rabbi, against the integration of women in… Read More ›

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

Amidst another wave of bomb threats, 141 community center heads send AG a letter asking for more action in combating anti-Semitism   WASHINGTON — Amidst… Read More ›

Opposition MKS Blame Trump and Israel in Debate on US Antisemititsm

Opposition MKS Blame Trump and Israel in Debate on US Antisemititsm

MK Dov Henin: “I don’t remember a US administration ever speaking in this way. It’s a dangerous phenomenon of right-wing nostalgia for fascism.”   A… Read More ›

Annexation or not, the Israeli Right must come to its senses

Annexation or not, the Israeli Right must come to its senses

Op-ed: Israel’s right-wing government is losing its way at a time when it should be providing clear answers. We have all the conditions to say… Read More ›

US envoy at UN makes bid for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks

US envoy at UN makes bid for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks

Nikki Haley meets Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour, urges ‘direct negotiations rather than looking to the UN’   UNITED NATIONS – US Ambassador Nikki Haley on… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

Tel Aviv – Israeli Chefs Take Hamantaschen To A Whole New Level

  Tel Aviv – Cheesecake, amaretto or goat cheese and onion jam? Those are just some of the new hamantaschen options this year at Roladin,… Read More ›

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

MK Odeh: ‘Peace is Impossible Without Israeli-Arab Input’

Speaking to members of the Foreign Press Association on Monday, MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash) heeded that peace will not be achieved if Israel’s Arab sector… Read More ›

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Zionism’s anti-Zionist protector

Op-ed: When the president of the Zionist state and a Palestinian MK share a similar view on annexation and a binational state, there must be… Read More ›

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Netanyahu pauses 4-hour police grilling to speak to Trump

Investigators question PM for 4th time on corruption allegations in two separate cases; police chief indicates probes almost complete   Police investigators questioned Prime Minister… Read More ›

Liberman: Israeli Annexaton of West Bank Will Cause ‘Immediate Crisis’ With Us

Liberman: Israeli Annexaton of West Bank Will Cause ‘Immediate Crisis’ With Us

Defense minister reiterates his opposition to annexing the West Bank and stresses that the coalition must also do so to prevent diplomatic strife with the… Read More ›

Military prosecution mulling appealing Azaria’s lenient sentence

Military prosecution mulling appealing Azaria’s lenient sentence

Military Advocate General Sharon Afek to meet with prosecution team to discuss whether to appeal the 18-month sentence after Azaria himself decided to appeal his… Read More ›

Netanyahu: 80% of security threats against Israel emanate from Iran

Netanyahu: 80% of security threats against Israel emanate from Iran

At event commemorating 25th anniversary of Buenos Aires embassy bombing, PM says Israel constantly thwarts attacks on Israeli missions abroad   Iran is the source… Read More ›

What you need to know for the train interruptions

What you need to know for the train interruptions

Tel Aviv HaShalom Station will be shut down from Sunday night, interrupting all through trains; free shuttles and increased bus service will compensate. The country… Read More ›

No leader at the end of the tunnel

No leader at the end of the tunnel

Op-ed: The overall impression from the state comptroller’s report on Operation Protective Edge is that Netanyahu isn’t functioning as a leader: He isn’t outlining a… Read More ›

Political nuance lost on NY audience at sneak preview of Israeli hip hop film

Political nuance lost on NY audience at sneak preview of Israeli hip hop film

In ‘Junction 48’, now opening in the US, director Udi Aloni crafts a strong, if sometimes cloying, drama about a struggling Arab rapper in the… Read More ›

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

Rocket Lands in Open Area Near Ashkelon Coast, No Injuries

There were no initial reports or injuries or damage.   A rocket exploded in an open area near the southern Ashkelon coastline Wednesday evening. There… Read More ›

Charlie Azaria vows to carry on fight against Elor’s conviction

Charlie Azaria vows to carry on fight against Elor’s conviction

Charlie Azaria and his son’s last defense lawyer, Yoram Sheftel, both attack the IDF Military Advocate General and vow to carry on the fight with… Read More ›

Taylor Force Act Would Cut Funding for PA Terrorists’ Stipends

Taylor Force Act Would Cut Funding for PA Terrorists’ Stipends

The bill is named after former US Army officer Taylor Force, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Jaffa; AIPAC tells ‘Post’ it will… Read More ›