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Israeli students win silver and bronze at computer science Olympiad

Israeli students win silver and bronze at computer science Olympiad

High school students from Israel have won silver and bronze in a computer science Olympiad held in Kazan, Russia; competing against teams from 81 other… Read More ›

IDF continues pounding Hamas targets into night

IDF continues pounding Hamas targets into night

As tensions mount in wake of rocket fired from Gaza into Israel, IDF continued a combined artillery and air assault on Hamas targets into the… Read More ›

Jerusalem to name envoy to Turkey in coming days

Jerusalem to name envoy to Turkey in coming days

The announcement of Turkey’s new ambassador to Israel is expected at around the same time. The two nations have not had ambassadors in each other’s… Read More ›

Israeli Arab Paralympian takes pride representing Jewish state in Rio

Israeli Arab Paralympian takes pride representing Jewish state in Rio

Goalball team captain uses sound to locate and score goals.   Elham Mhamid doesn’t take her responsibility lightly. Neither does she take her handicap too… Read More ›

Jerusalem: Netanyahu, Abbas don’t need aides to ‘prepare’ meeting between them

Jerusalem: Netanyahu, Abbas don’t need aides to ‘prepare’ meeting between them

Jerusalem: Netanyahu, Abbas don’t need aides to ‘prepare’ meeting between them   Preparatory talks paving te way for a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Police arrest 6 more in probe of freed Palestinian convict

Police arrest 6 more in probe of freed Palestinian convict

East Jerusalem residents to be questioned in connection with Sufyan Abdu, taken in last week for ‘incitement’ 3 days after completing 14-year sentence   Police… Read More ›

With detente agreed, Turkey’s deputy PM eyes Israel trip

With detente agreed, Turkey’s deputy PM eyes Israel trip

Jerusalem welcomes deal, calling for swift implementation of reconciliation’s terms, including mutual return of ambassadors   Hours after Turkey’s parliament ratified a reconciliation deal reached… Read More ›

Certain staff at Israeli delegations to strike Monday in wage dispute

Certain staff at Israeli delegations to strike Monday in wage dispute

‘Local Israeli employees’ will strike on Monday at 12 Israeli missions abroad after 2 ½ years of unresolved negotiation; the striking employees claim that the… Read More ›

Mandarin quintuples in popularity as school subject

Mandarin quintuples in popularity as school subject

From 600 in 2012 to 3,200 come the fall, the number of Israeli pupils who are choosing to learn China’s official language are on the… Read More ›

Hamas set to take majority of West Bank cities in local elections

Hamas set to take majority of West Bank cities in local elections

As part of its efforts to take over the Palestinian Authority, Hamas unexpectedly decided to run in the West Bank municipal elections; this led Israel… Read More ›

‘Explosives found at Lebanon border were part of Hezbollah terror plot’

‘Explosives found at Lebanon border were part of Hezbollah terror plot’

Authorities originally believed that the explosives found in Metullah last month belonged to local criminals.   A bag full of explosives located in a wooded… Read More ›

Gaza rocket explodes in southern Israel’s Sderot; none injured

Gaza rocket explodes in southern Israel’s Sderot; none injured

IAF strikes terrorist infrastructure targets in Gaza following the rocket attack in Sderot.   A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in the southern… Read More ›

Nablus’s Kingmaker

Nablus’s Kingmaker

In Nablus municipal elections, Fatah makes moves to support the list of Adly Yaish, who Hamas backed in 2005 municipal elections.   In 2005, Hamas… Read More ›

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

In fundraising letter, Trump slammed for hiring conservative site’s former CEO   WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign described Breitbart News as anti-Semitic in attacking Donald… Read More ›

Senior police official criticizes new recording law

Senior police official criticizes new recording law

Criticizing the new ‘Recording Law’ that PM Netanyahu is pushing forward, senior police official says, ‘The law could harm the practice of reporting complaints to… Read More ›

Surprise, surprisky

Surprise, surprisky

Op-ed: With Russia deploying its planes in Iran, Israel must ask itself how greater Russian influence in the Middle East could affect its own security.… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

“As time passes, it becomes more and more obvious that the Palestinians learned from Israel that the return of the bodies causes the country to… Read More ›

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

“After reviewing intelligence, undercover police units searched the area and arrested the suspect who carried out the attack and lives in A-Tur.”   Less than… Read More ›

Young Israelis in no hurry to get married, new data shows

Young Israelis in no hurry to get married, new data shows

According to Central Bureau of statistics, percentage of single men and women aged 25-29 on the rise   Israeli men and women in their mid-… Read More ›

Barak slams PM for bungling US ties, ‘directing discourse of hatred’

Barak slams PM for bungling US ties, ‘directing discourse of hatred’

Former defense minister says Israel would have received more in military aid, if not for Netanyahu’s attempts to meddle in American affairs   Former prime… Read More ›