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AIPAC confab to seek bipartisan spirit in deeply polarized capital

AIPAC confab to seek bipartisan spirit in deeply polarized capital

On agenda for March 26-28 pro-Israel lobby conference: Iran, boycott efforts, foreign assistance, but no mention of two states   WASHINGTON (JTA) – Maintaining Iran… Read More ›

Israel should develop economic ties with China, but with open eyes

Israel should develop economic ties with China, but with open eyes

Op-ed: In his visit to Beijing this week, Prime Minister Netanyahu must use all his diplomatic skills to maneuver between three different and conflicting interests—the… Read More ›

Assad: Russia has ‘important role’ in preventing Israel-Syria clash

Assad: Russia has ‘important role’ in preventing Israel-Syria clash

Syrian dictator defends decision to fire anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli planes, says protecting country’s borders ‘our duty’   Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Monday… Read More ›

Jerusalem – All You Need To Know About The Israeli Coalition Crisis

Jerusalem – All You Need To Know About The Israeli Coalition Crisis

  Jerusalem – What is the difference between the existing Israel Broadcasting Authority and the new public broadcasting corporation? The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), Israel’s… Read More ›

Jerusalem Denise Report of Russia’s Second Summoning of Israel Envoy

Jerusalem Denise Report of Russia’s Second Summoning of Israel Envoy

Ambassador Gary Koren was asked to speak to Russian officials in regard to Israel’s alleged air strike in Syria near the city of Palmyra earlier… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief warns: Current calm in violence is deceiving

Shin Bet chief warns: Current calm in violence is deceiving

Director Nadav Argaman says terror cells, particularly organized ones belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are working constantly to carry out terror attacks and will… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief: For Hamas, Passover is prime time for terror

Shin Bet chief: For Hamas, Passover is prime time for terror

Nadav Argaman warns lull in security incidents during 2016 is ‘deceptive,’ as terror groups still seek to carry out attacks   The head of the… Read More ›

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

  In a dramatic widening of an academic antisemitism scandal at the Max Planck Institute for the promotion of lectures delivered by a pro-Hezbollah instructor,… Read More ›

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Op-ed: A refusal to serve in the territories is perceived as a refusal to accept the majority’s political decision. It is no different, however, from… Read More ›

As early election talk swells, PM digs in against new broadcaster

As early election talk swells, PM digs in against new broadcaster

Leaving to China, Netanyahu says coalition agreed Likud has final say on communications issues, putting fate of public broadcaster in his hands, not finance minister’s… Read More ›

Bennett’s display of hypocrisy

Bennett’s display of hypocrisy

Op-ed: If academic freedom of speech does not give lecturers the right to discriminate against a certain group of students, why should an educator in… Read More ›

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

Mayor Barkat calls Jerusalem Marathon a ‘spiritual sporting event’

The city’s seventh international marathon, which begins Friday morning, has 30,000 runners, with more than 3,500 hailing from 65 countries   As Jerusalem gears up… Read More ›

Analysis: Saudis Eye Closer Times with Trump

Analysis: Saudis Eye Closer Times with Trump

The meeting between Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and Trump was billed by the Saudis as a turning point in relations.   New… Read More ›

Women in combat roles: Yes, you can

Women in combat roles: Yes, you can

Op-ed: It’s true that not every girl is fit to be a fighter, but neither is every boy. Almost every woman soldier who has completed… Read More ›

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

“BDS has an antisemitic agenda and leads a campaign of demonization, delegitimization and double standards against Israel.”   Hotel Kaiserwasser and Hotel Regina have pulled… Read More ›

13 suspects arrested in IAI corruption investigation

13 suspects arrested in IAI corruption investigation

Investigation centers on companies providing bribes and kickbacks to Israel Aerospace Industries officials in exchange for contracts; suspects include executives, board members, managers, a former… Read More ›

Court remands elderly man who burned nurse to death

Court remands elderly man who burned nurse to death

Holocaust survivor Asher Faraj to remain behind bars pending a psychiatric evaluation; family members say he’s mentally ill   An elderly Holocaust survivor who burned… Read More ›

Analysis: Palestinian Issue Puts Jordanian-Israeli Peace on Ice

Analysis: Palestinian Issue Puts Jordanian-Israeli Peace on Ice

Government ties, though kept at low volume, are close.   A banner of Ahmad Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier convicted of killing seven Israeli schoolgirls twenty years… Read More ›

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Miki Zohar has a dream for an annexation

Op-ed: While there is no reason to hold MK Miki Zohar’s suggestion regarding the possible annexation of the West Bank and its residents in high… Read More ›

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

Jerusalem – A Look At Some Israeli High-tech Successes

  Jerusalem – Intel announced Monday it will spend more than $15 billion to acquire Mobileye, an Israeli company that develops technology that essentially gives… Read More ›