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US Muslim leaders urge Hamas to release remains of Israeli soldiers

US Muslim leaders urge Hamas to release remains of Israeli soldiers

Shaul and Goldin were killed during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. WASHINGTON – A slate of 10 US Muslim leaders, including both… Read More ›

Trump adviser: Israel can annex West Bank and remain Jewish

Trump adviser: Israel can annex West Bank and remain Jewish

David Friedman claims Israel would remain 65% Jewish even if it assimilated Palestinians in Judea and Samaria; official numbers tell a different story   Republican… Read More ›

Kerry: US, Israel can make progress on two-state solution in coming months

Kerry: US, Israel can make progress on two-state solution in coming months

Secretary of state, Netanyahu meet in New York, hail US-Israel ties, newly signed $38 billion military aid deal   US Secretary of State John Kerry… Read More ›

Trump campaign asked for closed-door Netanyahu meeting

Trump campaign asked for closed-door Netanyahu meeting

GOP staffers reportedly reached out first, but PM’s office, eager to avoid appearance of favoring either side, then called Clinton’s staff   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Only 30% of Israelis think police treats everyone equally

Only 30% of Israelis think police treats everyone equally

A Central Bureau of Statistics survey shows that public trust in the law enforcement establishment is low, with just 39% of Israelis holding a positive… Read More ›

TV presenter attacked in Mea Shearim

TV presenter attacked in Mea Shearim

Hila Korach came to film a segment in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood and was attacked by youths. Korach claims she and her crew were surrounded,… Read More ›

Alternative wedding revolution underway in Israel

Alternative wedding revolution underway in Israel

A real drama is taking place under the Chief Rabbinate’s radar, as a secret movement of private halachic marriages is coming out of the shadows… Read More ›

Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t help Palestinians unilaterally establish a state

Netanyahu: I hope Obama won’t help Palestinians unilaterally establish a state

Speaking with Channel 2 from New York City, Netanyahu was asked arguably the most pressing question facing his rule as prime minister.   Prime Minister… Read More ›

First Israeli New York assemblywoman will continue to fight boycotts and antisemitism

First Israeli New York assemblywoman will continue to fight boycotts and antisemitism

Rozic proudly keeps an Israeli flag at her desk in the assembly, but her connection is not just symbolic.   NEW YORK – When NY… Read More ›

Netanyahu to ask Clinton, Trump not to back imposing a diplomatic solution on Israel

Netanyahu to ask Clinton, Trump not to back imposing a diplomatic solution on Israel

Netanyahu has taken great pains to remain outside of this campaign, especially following his experience during the last campaign, when the widely accepted perception was… Read More ›

Netanyahu explains Russia’s interest in cooperating with Israel

Netanyahu explains Russia’s interest in cooperating with Israel

“I think Russia has variegated interests. The first interest is to make sure militant Islam does not penetrate and destabilize Russia.”   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

PA official: Netanyahu’s invitation to address Knesset ‘bluff’

PA official: Netanyahu’s invitation to address Knesset ‘bluff’

In apparent rejection of overtures, Palestinian source says PM’s address was ‘predictable’ and aimed at Israelis   A Palestinian Authority official late Thursday dismissed an… Read More ›

Israeli spy satellite working after rocky launch

Israeli spy satellite working after rocky launch

Following initial difficulties, Israel’s latest homemade satellite, Ofek 11, is operational, and taking photographs; head of the Israel Aircraft Industries space division: ‘you should smile… Read More ›

Palestinian President Abbas calls to return to 1947 Partition lines

Palestinian President Abbas calls to return to 1947 Partition lines

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Abbas asserted that Israel should return land conquered in the 1948 War of Independence, and called on the UK… Read More ›

The battle for Susya

The battle for Susya

The Land of Israel Caucus is mounting a campaign to convince the gov’t to uphold High Court’s decision to demolish the illegally-built Palestinian village; Palestinians… Read More ›

Abbas vows to submit UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements

Abbas vows to submit UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements

PA president in UNGA speech says will seek UN motion against “the terror of the settlers against the Palestinian people.”   The Palestinian leadership intends to… Read More ›

Netanyahu meets with African leaders on sidelines of UNGA, talks Israeli innovations

Netanyahu meets with African leaders on sidelines of UNGA, talks Israeli innovations

Earlier this summer, the Prime Minister went on a historical visit to Africa, the first by a sitting Israeli Prime minister in 29 years.  … Read More ›

Arab-Israelis and elite IDF unit partner to promote new start-ups

Arab-Israelis and elite IDF unit partner to promote new start-ups

Arab-Israelis are also often geographically isolated from the center of Israel’s startup culture – Tel Aviv – and lack the essential contacts most Jewish- Israelis… Read More ›

Roman Catholic leader in Israel laments plight of Mideast Christians

Roman Catholic leader in Israel laments plight of Mideast Christians

“We must counter fundamentalism.”   The most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Israel, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has urged inter-religious dialogue in the region to counter… Read More ›

3D tech proves Hebrew Bible ‘unchanged for 2000 years’

3D tech proves Hebrew Bible ‘unchanged for 2000 years’

Digital analysis of X ray scan allows researchers to ‘read’ ancient, charred Ein Gedi scroll too fragile to unwrap   JERUSALEM (AP) — The charred… Read More ›