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Israel-Albania soccer game moved due to terror threats

Israel-Albania soccer game moved due to terror threats

After four suspects affiliated with ISIS arrested in Albania on a tip from the Mossad, Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issues travel warning concerning the World Cup… Read More ›

Experts: Over 200 US-approved textbooks teach Palestinians to kill Jews

Experts: Over 200 US-approved textbooks teach Palestinians to kill Jews

The violent curriculum can be found in 240 books – ranging from civics to mathematics – in over 400 UNRWA schools in the West Bank,… Read More ›

How key US Senate races are shaping up for Israel

How key US Senate races are shaping up for Israel

A number of important US Senate races are also up for grabs, and they could have a huge impact on the Jewish community in general… Read More ›

Erdan admits government discriminates against Jews on Temple Mount

Erdan admits government discriminates against Jews on Temple Mount

Public security minister says their safety comes first.   The government discriminates against Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount out of concern for their safety,… Read More ›

Trump: Obama ‘worst thing that ever happened to Israel’

Trump: Obama ‘worst thing that ever happened to Israel’

Republican presidential candidate says Iran deal paved a path for Tehran to get a nuclear bomb   Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called President Barack… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism unleashed by Trump followers chills Jewish voters

Anti-Semitism unleashed by Trump followers chills Jewish voters

For many Americans who thought bigotry and prejudice against Jews were ailments of the distant past, the 2016 race has been a bitter wake-up call… Read More ›

Sde Dov control tower nearly causes mid-air collision

Sde Dov control tower nearly causes mid-air collision

According to a report by the Minister of Transportation and the Israeli Air Force, lack of supervision on the part of an administrator nearly led… Read More ›

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

Amos Oz presents prize to Breaking the Silence

At an award ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Breaking the Silence was awarded an alternative cash prize after being denied the Berelson Prize… Read More ›

Regulation in the name of normalcy

Regulation in the name of normalcy

Op-ed: Amona’s residents are not responsible for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The ‘Regulation Bill’ is rational and correct even if it won’t include Amona retroactively. And… Read More ›

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

I don’t think I can live through four years of Trump’s America’

Will a Republican win on Tuesday see mass aliya?   As the 2016 US presidential election campaigns have gotten increasingly grisly, talk of Americans seeking… Read More ›

Israel’s Heron drone completes first successful mission in Mali

Israel’s Heron drone completes first successful mission in Mali

Germany is using the drone as part of its role in UN peacekeeping force.   Germany has successfully carried out its first successful operational mission… Read More ›

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Nissenkorn will not interfere with gov’t decision on public broadcasting

Which of the two Israeli broadcasting entities will go, which will stay or will they merge.   After threatening last week to call a national… Read More ›

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Senior MK says he’ll bring up UNESCO vote with Russians

Avi Dichter leading Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delegation to Moscow to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties   The chairman of the Foreign Affairs… Read More ›

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

Comptroller report sheds light on failures to retrieve Holocaust survivor’s property

The report shows that just 15% of the assets found to have been taken from Holocaust survivors were returned to their owners by the Hashava… Read More ›

French diplomat: We’ll move forward on our peace initiative by year’s end

French diplomat: We’ll move forward on our peace initiative by year’s end

European politicians express concern at their citizens’ lack of interest in the peace process; France’s envoy to the region says his country’s initiative will test… Read More ›

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

Why the Jewish vote is so important to US presidential candidates

50% of the financial donations to the Democratic Party and 25% of those to Republicans come from Jews. Ten US senators are Jewish, as are… Read More ›

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Friends of the IDF gala raises $38 million for soldiers

Hosted by Israeli-American business mogul Haim Saban and his wife, the FIDF gala saw celebrities and well known Jewish philanthropists donate millions to help IDF… Read More ›

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

Birthright participant saves Israeli woman’s life

After putting his bone marrow on a national registry, New Yorker Peter Schottenfeld was called upon to save the life of Israeli Eti Brazilai; two… Read More ›

No gas, no problem at Israel alternative fuel expo

No gas, no problem at Israel alternative fuel expo

From fuel-efficient cars to electric planes, hundreds of companies unveil their energy-saving vehicles at Fuel Choices Summit   What would a world look like without… Read More ›

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Is the Israeli educational system failing haredi students?

Tens of thousands of men, educated in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) system, are not taught English or math past the fourth-grade level.   Like many bright… Read More ›