Israel News

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Protestors in Amona: They’ll need to drag us from our homes

Thousands take part in a protest rally against the evacuation of the West Bank outpost of Amona, due to take place in two months; Deputy… Read More ›

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton more reliable for Israel than Trump– and Obama, Lieberman says

Clinton’s consistency on Israel over the course of her lifelong career in public service is at the heart of Lieberman’s pitch to voters.   NEW… Read More ›

Former FM director-general: Since 1973 the US has assured Israel it won’t back changes to UNSC 242.

Former FM director-general: Since 1973 the US has assured Israel it won’t back changes to UNSC 242.

  US support for a United Nations Security Council resolution to replace 242 would conflict with commitments given to Israel by Washington going back to… Read More ›

Danon slams UN for meddling in Israeli politics

Danon slams UN for meddling in Israeli politics

“These attempts to cut us off from our homeland and our heritage will not succeed,” he told the council.   NEW YORK –  UN Ambassador… Read More ›

Israel’s antiquities chief compares UNESCO to Islamic State

Israel’s antiquities chief compares UNESCO to Islamic State

UN cultural body’s resolution on Jerusalem akin to jihadist group’s destruction of Palmyra, says Yisrael Hasson   The director of the Israel Antiquities Authority on… Read More ›

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Trump, Pence to give video addresses at GOP rally in Jerusalem

Duo at top of Republican ticket to appear via satellite at gathering near Temple Mount that will highlight unity of the city   Donald Trump… Read More ›

Thousands of women rally for Israel-Palestinian peace

Thousands of women rally for Israel-Palestinian peace

Organization Women Wage Peace stage rally outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem calling on both Palestinian and Israeli leaders to forge a peace agreement; speakers… Read More ›

Bennett orders hearing of East Jerusalem principal on grounds of incitement

Bennett orders hearing of East Jerusalem principal on grounds of incitement

Education Minister Naftali Bennett orders hearing of a principal in an East Jerusalem high school over her uploading of inciting content to Facebook; Palestinian soccer… Read More ›

Why does Egypt need such expensive weapon systems?

Why does Egypt need such expensive weapon systems?

Analysis: As long as the Egyptian army is growing stronger in order to transform the country into a leading force in the Sunni world and… Read More ›

Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t forsake us at the UN

Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t forsake us at the UN

Palestinian envoy urges Security Council to pass resolution against settlements.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he hopes US President Barack Obama will not… Read More ›

Clinton camp acknowledged difficulty of discussing Israel with ‘Democratic activists’

Clinton camp acknowledged difficulty of discussing Israel with ‘Democratic activists’

The e-mails, which the Clinton campaign has not confirmed as authentic, featured an exchange between one of Clinton’s top foreign policy advisers.   WASHINGTON –… Read More ›

Israeli raid victims fear Turkish court to halt case

Israeli raid victims fear Turkish court to halt case

Activists who were present on the Mavi Marmara flotilla in 2010, express their concern that a Turkish court will dismiss their claims against Israel’ use… Read More ›

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Boy named Daud swallows Star of David, saved by doctors

Six-year-old Daud from Rahat in southern Israel was playing with a small piece of jewelry in his home, and accidentally swallowed it; he was taken… Read More ›

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

“The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.”   The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Nils Muižnieks delivered an urgent call… Read More ›

Analysis: Unprepared but able to improvise

Analysis: Unprepared but able to improvise

The IDF managed to destroy 31 tunnels – not because they followed a pre-arranged, trained doctrine – but because they improvised.   The three Bs… Read More ›

Arab bloc foils Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion on Jerusalem

Arab bloc foils Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion on Jerusalem

Only six nations, including the United States, voted to oppose the resolution.   UNESCO’s executive board is expected on Tuesday to ratify last week’s resolution… Read More ›

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN

Defending his speech to Security Council, Hagai El-Ad says control over West Bank ‘isn’t an internal Israeli issue, but a major international issue’   The… Read More ›

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

US ‘troubled’ by attacks on Israeli rights group B’Tselem

State Department says Washington values watchdog’s information on West Bank, after NGO is blasted in Israel for appearing at UN   A US official on… Read More ›

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Tzipi Hotovely says university’s Minerva Center for Human Rights works with ‘anti-Israel organizations’ such as B’Tselem   Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Monday pulled… Read More ›

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

Altalena memorial to be redesigned and reopened

The new model, which will be unveiled on October 27th in a government ceremony, is set to commemorate the 16 Irgun fighters who were killed… Read More ›