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Analysis: What brought on the dramatic UNESCO upset?

Analysis: What brought on the dramatic UNESCO upset?

Assuming a consensus support, the Palestinians and the Jordanians submitted the softer version of the resolution for a vote.   For a man who just… Read More ›

Fresh murders prompt Arab introspection about gender violence

Fresh murders prompt Arab introspection about gender violence

Brother arrested for death of sister yesterday in Jaffa.   Gender violence is once again triggering introspection and discussion among Arab politicians and opinion makers… Read More ›

Bayit Yehudi to bring bill to stop Amona evacuation to a vote Sunday

Bayit Yehudi to bring bill to stop Amona evacuation to a vote Sunday

Should the bill go to a vote, it could have a chance of passing in the committee, which could embarrass and put pressure on Netanyahu… Read More ›

New public broadcaster says it’s ready to broadcast on January 1

New public broadcaster says it’s ready to broadcast on January 1

Nascent corporation, with four working studios and NIS 140m already spent, challenges PM’s call to delay launch, lawmaker’s bid to abolish it   Top managers… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Court Says Lawmaker Hazan Did Drugs As Casino Manager

Jerusalem – Israel Court Says Lawmaker Hazan Did Drugs As Casino Manager

  Jerusalem –  An Israeli court has ruled that a lawmaker from the ruling Likud party had used hard drugs when he ran a casino… Read More ›

On the banks of the Yarkon River lies a little piece of Moscow

On the banks of the Yarkon River lies a little piece of Moscow

Driven out of Russia by political change and economic crisis, Moscow intellectuals boost commerce and community life in Russian-speaking Israel   TEL AVIV — Late… Read More ›

Award to actor suspected of sexual harassment sparks controversy

Award to actor suspected of sexual harassment sparks controversy

Moshe Ivgy, accused by several women of sexual harassment, won the award for best actor at the Haifa Film festival, causing anger in many people… Read More ›

Police reject judgment that criminal suspects arrested ‘because they were Arabs’

Police reject judgment that criminal suspects arrested ‘because they were Arabs’

After Petah Tikva Magistrates’ Court rules that four Arabs were arrested for criminal acts in the city based on their ethnicity, citing ‘no reasonable’ grounds… Read More ›

Lieberman lambasted on all fronts for Palestinian media interview

Lieberman lambasted on all fronts for Palestinian media interview

Following defense minister’s failure to mention the fate of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Sgt. Oron Shaul during a recent interview with Palestinian media, Lieberman finds… Read More ›

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

The result of the vote in this forum — if there is a roll-call vote — will likely make the previous UNESCO’s Executive Board look… Read More ›

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

60 years later, massacre by border policemen still haunts Kafr Kasim

Leaders say apologizing for 48 people killed is not enough.   With the 60th anniversary of the Kafr Kasim massacre just days away, local leaders opened… Read More ›

Family of soldier whose body is held by Hamas says Liberman’s ‘grown soft’

Family of soldier whose body is held by Hamas says Liberman’s ‘grown soft’

Hadar Goldin’s family criticizes defense minister for failure to mention their son or Oron Shaul in interview with Palestinian paper   The family of IDF… Read More ›

Coalition unlikely to back chairman’s bill seeking to bar Israelis from speaking at UN

Coalition unlikely to back chairman’s bill seeking to bar Israelis from speaking at UN

Government source says David Bitan knows he won’t have the needed support to restrict the freedom of speech of Israeli citizens   That likelihood that… Read More ›

Habima to travel to Kiryat Arba, fans protest

Habima to travel to Kiryat Arba, fans protest

For the first time in its existence, the Israeli national theater will perform in the West Bank settlement; protests over the move have already started… Read More ›

Pilot program in IDF officer’s course places female cadets among groups of men

Pilot program in IDF officer’s course places female cadets among groups of men

Over 90% of IDF roles are open to women, but just 7% of those in combat roles are women. The new program is trying to… Read More ›

‘Premature’ report that Israel will reopen Alexandria consulate sparks anger

‘Premature’ report that Israel will reopen Alexandria consulate sparks anger

Egyptian lawmaker: Cairo should pressure Israel, not reopen consulates.   Unconfirmed reports that Israel will soon reopen its consulate in Alexandria have touched off anger… Read More ›

What could have been if Israel had prepared differently 43 years ago?

What could have been if Israel had prepared differently 43 years ago?

After 43 years, it is interesting to consider what could have been if Israel had prepared differently for one of the country’s most notorious wars.… Read More ›

A strong leader and for the Jews: NYC Bukharan community leans toward Trump

A strong leader and for the Jews: NYC Bukharan community leans toward Trump

Come November, the Bukharan community – comprised of Sephardic Jewish families from the old Soviet Union – is expected to vote for Trump.   FOREST… Read More ›

Liberman to Palestinian media: The next Gaza war will be the last

Liberman to Palestinian media: The next Gaza war will be the last

Liberman also discussed his vision for the future including a two-state solution that would feature an exchange of territory, with Israel keeping large settlement blocs.… Read More ›

Palestinians arrest 4 who visited settler Sukkah

Palestinians arrest 4 who visited settler Sukkah

After being recieved for an interfaith meal at the house of the Mayor of Efrat, four Palestinians have been arrested by the Palestinian Authority; PA… Read More ›