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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 ›

Israel leading Europe in childhood obesity

Israel leading Europe in childhood obesity

The World Health Organization’s upcoming report on worldwide obesity has terrible data on Israel, which is only second to the USA for childhood obesity. An… Read More ›

The IDF’s active defense brings security to Hebron region

The IDF’s active defense brings security to Hebron region

The 401st has been protecting a large area of the West Bank around Hebron for the last four months.   The 401st Tank bridge controls… Read More ›

A Fatal Legacy: Clearing land mines scattered along Israel’s borders

A Fatal Legacy: Clearing land mines scattered along Israel’s borders

Approximately 92 million sq.m. of Israeli territory is laden with mine fields, laid out during the country’s various battles in the Golan Heights, Arava Valley,… Read More ›

Bank of Ireland shuts down anti-Israel BDS accounts

Bank of Ireland shuts down anti-Israel BDS accounts

The termination of the pro-BDS group’s accounts took place in Ireland and Northern Ireland in late September according to the Irish news outlet RTÉ.  … Read More ›

Low-income families cannot afford healthy food

Low-income families cannot afford healthy food

A new study by the Taub Center finds that not only is healthy food too expensve for low income families, but that the fact they… Read More ›

Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 2 – Benjamin Netanyahu

Jerusalem Post 50 Most Influential Jews: Number 2 – Benjamin Netanyahu

If Netanyahu finishes his current term that began last year – in fact, if he stays in office until July 5, 2019 – he will… Read More ›

Rush to rename roads for Peres

Rush to rename roads for Peres

From Dimona’s mayor to the transport minister, officials throughout Israel are considering renaming roads and sites after the recently deceased statesman Shimon Peres, including the… Read More ›

Public deeply unhappy with Israel’s religious policies, study shows

Public deeply unhappy with Israel’s religious policies, study shows

Ultra-Orthodox grip on government over issues of religious freedom and equality rankles a clear majority of Israelis   JERUSALEM (JTA) — The haredi Orthodox parties… Read More ›

Jordan defends Israel natural gas deal

Jordan defends Israel natural gas deal

Minister tells local TV that deal wouldn’t make Hashemite kingdom dependent on Jewish state, but would cut $600 million from energy bill   Jordan on… Read More ›

MKs snatch VIP seats, Netanyahu’s son given precedence at Peres funeral

MKs snatch VIP seats, Netanyahu’s son given precedence at Peres funeral

Shimon Peres’s funeral relegated the IDF chief of staff and the Israel Police commissioner to a less prestigious position in a row behind the prime… Read More ›

Disabled IDF veterans compete in Berlin Marathon

Disabled IDF veterans compete in Berlin Marathon

Eight runners and 13 handcyclists, former IDF soldiers and Border Police officers, formed a delegation to Germany to take part in the Berlin Marathon; ‘It’s… Read More ›

Hundreds would die, missiles would rain everywhere in all-out war, IDF predicts

Hundreds would die, missiles would rain everywhere in all-out war, IDF predicts

Ahead of nation-wide exercise, Home Front Command says 230,000 rockets are aimed at Israel, though only a few would cause carnage should conflict break out… Read More ›

All-night prayers for forgiveness keeping up the locals

All-night prayers for forgiveness keeping up the locals

Selichot tours through the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City before the High Holy Days are interfering with the residents’ sleep. All-night prayers for forgiveness,… Read More ›

Still no peace between Peres and Rabin

Still no peace between Peres and Rabin

On one side, a decorated IDF chief of staff; on the other, an experienced politician; from day one to that fateful moment when three shots… Read More ›

Comment: The funeral of Shimon Peres as a snapshot of Jewish history

Comment: The funeral of Shimon Peres as a snapshot of Jewish history

Before moving to Israel, Peres’s grandfather Rabbi Zvi Meltzer hugged him and said, “My child, be a Jew.”   In August 1942, Shimon Peres’s grandfather… Read More ›