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Gaza City – Gaza Fisherman Who Collided With Israeli Ship Declared Dead

Gaza City – Gaza Fisherman Who Collided With Israeli Ship Declared Dead

  Gaza City – The family of a Palestinian fisherman who disappeared after colliding with an Israeli navy ship off the Gaza coast has declared… Read More ›

Police question Netanyahu again in ongoing graft probe

Police question Netanyahu again in ongoing graft probe

Likud MKs have closed ranks around the prime minister, pronouncing his innocence.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned by police on Thursday for the… Read More ›

US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

Passed with vote of 342-80, House Resolution 11 calls Security Council’s anti-settlements measure a ‘one-sided’ obstacle to peace   WASHINGTON — The US House of… Read More ›

Comment: Israel and the Trump administration

Comment: Israel and the Trump administration

Trump’s attitude toward Israel still remains an issue of considerable conjecture.   In just two weeks, a new US administration will enter the White House.… Read More ›

Azaria pardon options seem unlikely

Azaria pardon options seem unlikely

Analysis: whether through a presidential pardon or a military one, having a parole board cut his prison time cut short or a surprisingly lenient sentence,… Read More ›

World Jewish students to Knesset: Stop saying no future for Jews in Europe

World Jewish students to Knesset: Stop saying no future for Jews in Europe

“They talk about peace, we talk about the war against BDS.”   European students from the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) called on Israeli officials… Read More ›

Report ignored by state could grant Darfur refugees legal status in Israel

Report ignored by state could grant Darfur refugees legal status in Israel

A legal opinion issued two years ago stating that any former Darfur resident from a non-Arab tribe is automatically entitled to political asylum in Israel… Read More ›

Jewish groups speak out against Paris peace conference following UN vote

Jewish groups speak out against Paris peace conference following UN vote

Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the conference proposal.   NEW YORK – In the aftermath of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, American Jewish… Read More ›

Annex, Bibi, annex

Annex, Bibi, annex

Op-ed: If Netanyahu and Bennett really want to continue the occupation and are unwilling to give up a single inch of land, they should go… Read More ›

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

AG formally confirms Netanyahu is under investigation, details cases already closed

Avichai Mandelblit says there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to justify criminal probe over suspicion the PM received ‘improper benefits from businessmen’   Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit… Read More ›

‘Community’ project seeks to open Israeli eyes to Diaspora

‘Community’ project seeks to open Israeli eyes to Diaspora

Journalists, opinion makers meet students, leaders in Los Angeles.   A group of  Israeli journalistts and public opinion makers have had their eyes opened to… Read More ›

Security Cabinet decides not to release bodies of Hamas terrorists

Security Cabinet decides not to release bodies of Hamas terrorists

The decision comes following Hamas’s release of a mock video ‘celebrating’ fallen IDF soldier Oron Shaul’s death, whose body is reportedly kept by Hamas as… Read More ›

Analysis: Is there a case?

Analysis: Is there a case?

Is Netanyahu really in trouble, if there is a criminal investigation?   Is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about to be interrogated under caution as part… Read More ›

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Police yet to set date to question Netanyahu

Investigators have been trying to schedule questioning with the Prime Minister’s Office, to no avail. Despite that, police say Netanyahu will likely be questioned this… Read More ›

In strong attack on Israel, German foreign minister says settlements jeopardize peace

In strong attack on Israel, German foreign minister says settlements jeopardize peace

In a statement issued to Germany’s largest circulation daily, Bild, after the UN resolution, the Foreign Ministry claimed that “a democratic Israel is only achievable… Read More ›

Who’s afraid of the right-wing US ambassador?

Who’s afraid of the right-wing US ambassador?

Op-ed: This is the first time Israel can deal with fundamental questions about its future and vision without any pressure from Washington. This is the… Read More ›

Divide Washington, says Miri Regev

Divide Washington, says Miri Regev

Ministers from the Likud party were quick to sound their criticism of John Kerry’s speech regarding Israel’s role in the conflict.   Likud ministers competed… Read More ›

Abbas: Willing to resume peace talks if Israel freezes settlements

Abbas: Willing to resume peace talks if Israel freezes settlements

The Palestinian president says he will resume peace talks ‘the minute the Israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities, including in and around Occupied… Read More ›

White House: Obama will veto any other UN resolution critical of Israel

White House: Obama will veto any other UN resolution critical of Israel

Administration has made ‘clear over and over’ it will not allow further UN action, Ben Rhodes says, as Netanyahu tells administration to stop playing games… Read More ›

Washington – Analysis: Kerry Leaves Stage Locked Into Failed Assumptions

Washington – Analysis: Kerry Leaves Stage Locked Into Failed Assumptions

  Washington – Long. That is likely how many will remember US Secretary of State John Kerry’s more than hour-long speech on the Middle East… Read More ›