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Begin: Settler building on private Palestinian land ‘unjust’

Begin: Settler building on private Palestinian land ‘unjust’

“It’s not just and it’s not right,” Bennie Begin says in response to efforts regarding new legislation allowing building on Palestinian land.   The Regulations… Read More ›

Australian MP: It’s beyond the pale if Hamas used our money to build tunnels

Australian MP: It’s beyond the pale if Hamas used our money to build tunnels

“Hamas is a terror group and should not get tax funds,” says Australian MP.   “If Australian money was spent on building [Hamas attack] tunnels,… Read More ›

Police suspect Balad smuggled millions into Israel

Police suspect Balad smuggled millions into Israel

Following investigations by police into Balad campaign finances after receiving information from the State Comptroller, investigators allege that millions of shekels were smuggled into Israel… Read More ›

Jewish, Arab views clash a year into terrorist wave

Jewish, Arab views clash a year into terrorist wave

“I have not had any problems, but my cousins and friends are not treated as well,” Arab resident said. “Young people in my neighborhood are… Read More ›

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany

A leading BDS figure and teacher from Lower Saxony may find himself in hot water due to rules in Germany barring educators from commenting on… Read More ›

Video shows Palestinian give soldiers papers, then lunge with knife

Video shows Palestinian give soldiers papers, then lunge with knife

Footage of Saturday morning’s stabbing in Hebron reveals dramatic moments of attack that left a soldier wounded and his assailant killed   A newly released… Read More ›

Top official slams politicians’ criticism of US aid deal

Top official slams politicians’ criticism of US aid deal

National security adviser Yaakov Nagel, who led Israel’s negotiating team, lashes Netanyahu critics as ‘detached from reality’   Israel’s national security adviser, who led the… Read More ›

US official: It’s possible Iran deal animus affected military aid agreement

US official: It’s possible Iran deal animus affected military aid agreement

Unprecedented 10-year aid package leads to domestic political infighting as opposition charges Netanyahu could have gotten more   A senior American official acknowledged on Saturday… Read More ›

IDF officer moderately hurt in stabbing attack in Efrat

IDF officer moderately hurt in stabbing attack in Efrat

Palestinian assailant shot by troops, condition unclear, in what appears to be the sixth such attack in two days   A Palestinian man stabbed an… Read More ›

Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Higher education budget plan to grow by NIS 6 billion

Education Minister Naftali Bennett has presented a six-year plan to improve higher education in Israel and bring all sectors of Israeli society, including the ultra-Orthodox,… Read More ›

Algerian mapgate

Algerian mapgate

A map of the Middle East in an Algerian geography textbook that labels Israel by that name rather than with “Palestine” has evoked a public… Read More ›

Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Jerusalem terrorist

Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemns killing of Jerusalem terrorist

A day after Sayid Amro was killed while trying to stab border police officers in Jerusalem, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, the Muslim Brotherhood and the… Read More ›

Analysis: Are the Palestinians reviving the wave of terror?

Analysis: Are the Palestinians reviving the wave of terror?

The attacks over the weekend carry the characteristics of the current terrorism wave: “lone wolves,” young terrorists and weapons that can be found anywhere, such… Read More ›

Analysis: Mortar shells over the Golan Heights, accident or border threat?

Analysis: Mortar shells over the Golan Heights, accident or border threat?

Regardless of who was behind the shells intercepted yesterday, official Israeli policy is to hold the Assad regime responsible for its territory and enforce its… Read More ›

Beersheba stuns Inter Milan in San Siro

Beersheba stuns Inter Milan in San Siro

After a goalless first half, Miguel Vitor scored the opener for Beersheba following a well-worked free-kick move in the 54th minute.   The remarkable rise… Read More ›

World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges

World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges

Unemployment at 42% in Hamas-ruled Gaza, 18% in West Bank; agency urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade   The World Bank said on Thursday that… Read More ›

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Anti-gay MK bashfully admits he, too, harbors fantasies that dare not speak their name

Addressing once more his position that same-sex urges must be controlled, MK Bezalel Smotrich (Bayit Yehudi) confessed that he has sexual fantasies of his own,… Read More ›

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

UN Sec. Gen. admonishes PM over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark, calls settlements roadblock to peace

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced his apprehension regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas saying that he would not… Read More ›

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

Defense expert: Azaria did not kill Palestinian attacker

The defense has asked the court to ignore Azaria’s initial statements about the incident, which hurt his case, claiming he was in shock.   Abdel… Read More ›

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

OECD report: Israel’s gender pay gap is higher than average

Israel also lags behind on student spending.   Israel spends less per student and maintains higher gender pay gaps than other developed countries, according to… Read More ›