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Palestinian land owner preparing to take settlers to ICC

Palestinian land owner preparing to take settlers to ICC

The 2,000 acres that will be expropriated if the Regulation Bill is approved include the Mitzpe Kramim outpost, which was built on land that Hazem… Read More ›

Fearing UN vote on principles of Palestinian statehood, PM ‘reaching out to Trump’

Fearing UN vote on principles of Palestinian statehood, PM ‘reaching out to Trump’

TV reports: Netanyahu is wary that Kerry will set out parameters for permanent accord, then outgoing Obama administration will seek Security Council approval   Amid… Read More ›

Analysis: Differentiation clause will boost BDS

Analysis: Differentiation clause will boost BDS

These moves could be just the tip of the iceberg.   The anti-settlement resolution that the US allowed to pass through the UN Security Council… Read More ›

Trump won’t be able to change the UNSC resolution

Trump won’t be able to change the UNSC resolution

Opinion: By failing to veto the UN Security Council resolution against the settlements, Obama was sending a message to Israel: Enough is enough, no more… Read More ›

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Outpost bill ‘back on the table’ after UN anti-settlement vote

Controversial legislation, previously delayed until Obama leaves office, could be brought to a Knesset vote in the coming weeks   A controversial initiative to authorize… Read More ›

Israel warned Obama over UN vote, calling on Trump for help

Israel warned Obama over UN vote, calling on Trump for help

The Obama administration intended to let the resolution, spearheaded by Egypt, survive a vote in the chamber.   WASHINGTON – The Israeli government asked President-elect… Read More ›

All alone in the world: The crisis of leaving Haredi life

All alone in the world: The crisis of leaving Haredi life

With no money, no education and no family, young adults who have left religion are becoming cultural immigrants in the secular world. Hillel, an organization… Read More ›

Analysis: The curious (and ongoing) case of Egypt’s anti-settlement UN resolution

Analysis: The curious (and ongoing) case of Egypt’s anti-settlement UN resolution

Cairo surprisingly proposes a text, then withdraws it. Amid the confusion, Jerusalem celebrates temporary relief. But the battle is far from over   The first… Read More ›

The perils of partisanship: J Street’s uphill battle against David Friedman

The perils of partisanship: J Street’s uphill battle against David Friedman

J Street’s alignment with progressive Democrats likely dooms its fight against appointment of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel.   When Donald Trump’s Israel adviser first… Read More ›

High Court asks Amona residents to commit to peaceful evacuation

High Court asks Amona residents to commit to peaceful evacuation

Court sets condition as it deliberates state’s request to postpone the evacuation of the illegal outpost by 45 days so alternative housing can be set… Read More ›

Analysis: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The good, the bad and the unpredictable

Analysis: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The good, the bad and the unpredictable

The move, promised by Trump and urged by Israel, could turn out well – or backfire badly and hurt the burgeoning regional ties with Arab… Read More ›

If it wanted to, Israel could have stopped the massacre in Syria

If it wanted to, Israel could have stopped the massacre in Syria

Op-ed: Israel is the strongest power in the region and could have easily saved the lives of tens of thousands of Syrians and spared the… Read More ›

Israeli envoy urges Trump to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Israeli envoy urges Trump to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Ron Dermer says controversial move, a campaign pledge of president-elect, would be ‘great step forward’ for peace   The Israeli ambassador to the United States… Read More ›

Trump transition official: Friedman as envoy is clear message of change

Trump transition official: Friedman as envoy is clear message of change

Friedman, an Orthodox Jew, is staunchly in favor of moving the embassy to Jerusalem, and building in Judea and Samaria.   US President-elect Donald Trump’s… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s New Food Labeling Law Targets Obesity And Diabetes With Red Warning

Jerusalem – Israel’s New Food Labeling Law Targets Obesity And Diabetes With Red Warning

  Jerusalem – From bans on oversized sodas in New York City, to taxes on sweetened soft drinks in Mexico, to an FDA ban on… Read More ›

Through the looking glass: FSU immigrants fret about ‘survival’ of US Jewry

Through the looking glass: FSU immigrants fret about ‘survival’ of US Jewry

Addressing Russian-speaking Jews, Israeli leaders born behind the Iron Curtain say American Jewry is in more ‘danger’ than Jews in France, Iran, or Ukraine  … Read More ›

Women’s groups, MKs blast Katsav’s early release

Women’s groups, MKs blast Katsav’s early release

“Katsav used his political power to rape and now he used that same political power to win his early release.”   Women’s groups and female… Read More ›

Israeli blogger arrested in Belarus, Azerbaijan seeks extradition

Israeli blogger arrested in Belarus, Azerbaijan seeks extradition

The Israeli blogger was arrested in Belarus after visiting the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where he expressed support for independence; Azerbaijan is now seeking his… Read More ›

Trump aide: Israeli envoy pick not a rejection of two-state solution

Trump aide: Israeli envoy pick not a rejection of two-state solution

Chief of staff Reince Priebus says all nominees for top posts, including David Friedman, will ‘represent president-elect and his foreign policy’   WASHINGTON — Donald… Read More ›

Dershowitz blasts Netanyahu witch-hunts, BDS, and wants a Kotel ‘for all Jews’

Dershowitz blasts Netanyahu witch-hunts, BDS, and wants a Kotel ‘for all Jews’

The emeritus Harvard law school professor speaks to The Jerusalem Post about a number of hot-button issues.   The numerous of quasi-legal scandals raised against… Read More ›