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Israel losing public opinion support in US

Israel losing public opinion support in US

Op-ed: The American public’s growing support for anti-Israel sanctions over the ongoing expansion of settlements is setting off alarm bells, but the Israeli government couldn’t… Read More ›

With fog delay, F-35 ceremony turns farcical — but it could’ve been worse

With fog delay, F-35 ceremony turns farcical — but it could’ve been worse

Event for Israel’s new fighter jet starts 6 hours late with greatly depleted audience; though unlike a botched 1976 ceremony for the F-15, it probably… Read More ›

Netanyahu, Israel’s one and only

Netanyahu, Israel’s one and only

Op-ed: The system of checks and balances, which stabilized the prime minister, has collapsed. Only two restraining systems remain: The IDF General Staff and the… Read More ›

Iran: If war imposed on us, Israel, Gulf states will be destroyed

Iran: If war imposed on us, Israel, Gulf states will be destroyed

Iranian defense minister says Mideast worried about conflict risks with Trump, amid president-elect’s vow to dismantle ‘disastrous’ nuclear deal   The election of Donald Trump… Read More ›

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Do chemical weapons in Syria threaten Israel?

Among the most horrifying aspects of the five-year-old Syrian civil war was Assad’s use of chemical weapons, including the massive August 2013 sarin gas attack… Read More ›

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

Medical inequalities noted between the Center and the Periphery

A new Ministry of Health report shows immense differences in the quality of medical care between the periphery regions of Israel and the Center; minister… Read More ›

Coalition chair ‘can’t understand fuss’ over his comments on Arabs

Coalition chair ‘can’t understand fuss’ over his comments on Arabs

Blasted for saying he would prefer Arab Israelis did not vote, David Bitan says no party wants its opponents going to polls   Coalition chairman… Read More ›

Settlements bill to be pushed off until Trump inauguration

Settlements bill to be pushed off until Trump inauguration

Sources close to Netanyahu say that PM ‘won’t let the bill become law.’   The controversial legislation meant to retroactively legalize close to 4,000 settlement… Read More ›

Declassified documents indicate Israel and South Africa conducted nuclear test in 1979

Declassified documents indicate Israel and South Africa conducted nuclear test in 1979

37 years after a mysterious double flash was detected in the South Atlantic Ocean, newly declassified American documents suggest that Israel cooperated with the Apartheid… Read More ›

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Orthodox band’s family men defy stereotypes to rock out

Combining hip-hop talent with a love of Torah, Ramat Beit Shemesh band Shtar shows things in Israel aren’t as black and white as its members’… Read More ›

Netanyahu accepts Paris invite to meet Abbas, if France drops conference

Netanyahu accepts Paris invite to meet Abbas, if France drops conference

Hollande invited PM, Abbas for tête-à-tête day after planned Paris parley.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accepted French President François Hollande’s invitation to… Read More ›

Israel’s responsible adult

Israel’s responsible adult

Op-ed: The muezzin’s call for prayer is a nuisance that has to be taken care of, but this matter can be handled through an understanding… Read More ›

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to… Read More ›

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

Palestinians urge security council session over bill to legalize outposts

“You can’t legalize a crime,”says Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.   Palestinian leaders reacted angrily Tuesday to the Knesset’s passage on… Read More ›

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim boycott speech of slain girl’s father

Haredim refuse to attend a speech given by Uri Banki, father of Shira Banki, who was murdered by Yishai Schlissel at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

ANALYSIS: In opposing Obama, Netanyahu played a risky hand — and won

Six weeks before Inauguration Day, doomsday predictions about shattered relations and the outgoing president’s wrath striking Israel at the Security Council appear to have been… Read More ›

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

Bennett: Netanyahu must tell Trump what Israel wants as settlement in region

There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid.   Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Police interview IDF officials on submarine affair

Ongoing police investigation into role in submarine scandal of David Shomron, PM’s attorney, reveals that IDF officers were involved; police gather officers’ testimony. Police collected… Read More ›

Analysis: Fatah election fails to bring new group of leaders

Analysis: Fatah election fails to bring new group of leaders

On the ground in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Abbas is likely to intensify his crack down on Dahlan loyalists, Abu Sada predicts.  … Read More ›

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

Leaflets distributed calling on IDF to disobey Amona orders

As the evacuation of Amona approaches, youngsters distribute leaflets calling on soldiers and policemen to refrain from carrying out orders; two arrested for incitement to… Read More ›