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The Mossad needs a tailor

The Mossad needs a tailor

The Israeli Mossad has put out a request for an experienced master tailor to come work for the secretive spy agency; this is not the… Read More ›

Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel

Large dip in number of French immigrants to Israel

Despite fears of terrorism and anti-Semitism in the country, a 42% drop in French Jewish people making aliyah has occurred this year; one major factor… Read More ›

Israeli wines gain international recognition

Israeli wines gain international recognition

Editors from the US magazine Wine Spectator visited Israel to take a taste of wines produced in the holy land, and were surprised by what… Read More ›

The game with Hamas has changed

The game with Hamas has changed

Analysis: Hamas high value targets were hit following the rocket attack on the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Wednesday; hit with heavy, precision munitions,… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: In Israel, careers have ended over far less than Trump’s tape

ANALYSIS: In Israel, careers have ended over far less than Trump’s tape

When it comes to vile comments and violent actions against women, the buck – and the shekel – stops here.   American Republican presidential candidate… Read More ›

US-born Israeli MK to Trump: Enough is enough

US-born Israeli MK to Trump: Enough is enough

“When at every corner you see that the man is a savage, I tried to ignore and believe despite it all. I was wrong!”  … Read More ›

Analysis: Hezbollah’s drug trail

Analysis: Hezbollah’s drug trail

The unholy world combining drug smuggling, intelligence operations and terrorist plots is neither new nor surprising.   The Shin Bet and Israel Poice’s thwarting of… Read More ›

Pink Floyd ‘reunites’ to support Gaza flotilla

Pink Floyd ‘reunites’ to support Gaza flotilla

The three living members of the band posted on Facebook their support for the Zaytouna-Oliva flotilla and decried the Israel Navy’s intervention as ‘illegal.’ Thursday… Read More ›

It’s not the flotilla, it’s Gaza

It’s not the flotilla, it’s Gaza

Op-ed: The women’s boat to Gaza is another unpleasant and inconvenient reminder that we cannot keep talking about tunnels and rockets as if that’s the… Read More ›

On anniversary of Yom Kippur war, Egypt wonders: Is Israel still the enemy?

On anniversary of Yom Kippur war, Egypt wonders: Is Israel still the enemy?

October 6 is a national holiday in Egypt to celebrate what is considered to be the Egyptian army’s victory over Israel in 1973.   Egypt… Read More ›

Analysis: Of harsh US condemnations and domestic Israeli politics

Analysis: Of harsh US condemnations and domestic Israeli politics

It’s the proverbial dogs barking at the moving convoy.   The US has opposed Israel’s settlement policies for so long that when a senior administration… Read More ›

Biden hails Peres, ‘an immigrant who nurtured a nation,’ as a symbol in a ‘cynical’ time

Biden hails Peres, ‘an immigrant who nurtured a nation,’ as a symbol in a ‘cynical’ time

  WASHINGTON – US Vice President Joe Biden hailed Israel’s late founding father, Shimon Peres, as a symbol of optimistic leadership throughout dark times for… Read More ›

US again condemns Israeli settlements in West Bank

US again condemns Israeli settlements in West Bank

In an unusually strong statement, the State Department called plans to construct a ‘significant’ new settlement of up to 300 housing units and establish an… Read More ›

Obama’s message to Netanyahu during Peres’s funeral

Obama’s message to Netanyahu during Peres’s funeral

Analysis: While paying tribute to Shimon Peres, Obama employed his oratorical prowess to communicate to the PM his true feelings toward him by expressing his… Read More ›

Right-wing NGO denies working to evict Palestinians from Silwan

Right-wing NGO denies working to evict Palestinians from Silwan

Ateret Cohanim: There is “no force or coercion used in any circumstance – only free sale, free will and financial payments.”   Ateret Cohanim, a… Read More ›

Coalition chairman: No unity gov’t because Herzog can’t deliver

Coalition chairman: No unity gov’t because Herzog can’t deliver

Labor MK Rosenthal: It would be bad for the party and bad for the country.   A national unity government cannot be brokered with the Zionist… Read More ›

Analysis: Opposition to gas deal in Jordan highlights tensions over peace with Israel

Analysis: Opposition to gas deal in Jordan highlights tensions over peace with Israel

While the Jordanian government has portrayed the deal as good for Jordan economically, it has struck a nerve among the public.   On Sunday night,… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Holocaust Survivor And World’s Oldest Man To Celebrate 113th Birthday With Bar Mitzvah In Israel

Jerusalem – Holocaust Survivor And World’s Oldest Man To Celebrate 113th Birthday With Bar Mitzvah In Israel

Jerusalem – The world’s oldest man, who turned 113th on Thursday, plans to mark his birthday by celebrating his bar mitzvah in the Israeli city… Read More ›

Kaine: IDF chief agrees Iran deal stopped nuclear program

Kaine: IDF chief agrees Iran deal stopped nuclear program

During vice presidential debate, Pence reprimands rival for skipping Netanyahu’s Congress speech, says accord ‘guarantees’ Tehran gets nukes   Virginia senator Tim Kaine on Tuesday… Read More ›

Israeli researchers discover genetic evolutionary signature associated to autism

Israeli researchers discover genetic evolutionary signature associated to autism

A group of genes central to the development of autism have reportedly been found by a team of scientists at Ben-Gurion University; the discovery may… Read More ›