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UN says Gaza employee diverted rubble on PA instructions

UN says Gaza employee diverted rubble on PA instructions

Waheed Borsh, 38, is charged by Israel with transfering 300 tons of rubble to help build a Hamas naval facility   The United Nations on… Read More ›

Jewish disunity: Public figures nationwide discuss its dangers

Jewish disunity: Public figures nationwide discuss its dangers

Author Brandes: Jews here becoming more religiously tolerant.   A host of public figures including academics, authors, journalists, politicians and social activists held meetings across… Read More ›

Is One Republic returning to Israel?

Is One Republic returning to Israel?

Musical sensation One Republic may be on their way back to Israel sometime in 2017; the group, whose hits include ‘Apologize’ and ‘Counting Stars’ last… Read More ›

Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza have fun in the sun

Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza have fun in the sun

As the dog days of the summer come into full swing, families in the West Bank and Gaza are looking for things to do with… Read More ›

Nasrallah: ‘the Israeli home front will be hit’

Nasrallah: ‘the Israeli home front will be hit’

In a speech marking ten years since the end of the Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claims that his group had a ‘divine… Read More ›

Pollard loses challenge to US parole conditions

Pollard loses challenge to US parole conditions

Eliot Lauer, a lawyer for Pollard, said he was disappointed with the ruling and said his attorneys were studying it.   NEW YORK, – Jonathan… Read More ›

New York – Trump Is Unreliable For Israel, GOP National Security Officials Say

New York – Trump Is Unreliable For Israel, GOP National Security Officials Say

  New York – Donald Trump would be an unreliable and potentially dangerous ally of Israel as president of the United States, a group of… Read More ›

US ‘troubled’ by demolitions of EU-funded Palestinian homes

US ‘troubled’ by demolitions of EU-funded Palestinian homes

State Department says ‘provocative’ razing of West Bank structures ‘part of an ongoing process of land seizures’ and ‘denial of Palestinian development’ The US State… Read More ›

France fumes over razing of Paris-funded Palestinian buildings

France fumes over razing of Paris-funded Palestinian buildings

Government says Israel’s demolitions of European projects in West Bank ‘a violation of international law’   France on Thursday condemned Israel over last week’s demolition… Read More ›

Like Regev said: No more racial segregation!

Like Regev said: No more racial segregation!

Op-ed: The culture and sport minister has come out to strongly condemn the Lebanese Olympic team’s refusal to share a bus with Israelis; good on… Read More ›

Irgun traitors officially exonerated

Irgun traitors officially exonerated

Despite officially joining the IDF and obtaining senior roles in the Israeli government, five of the Irgun heads who were arrested for treason in 1948… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF in race against time to modernize armored vehicles

Analysis: IDF in race against time to modernize armored vehicles

Innovations like Trophy mean that tanks, APCs don’t just fire; they also gather real-time intelligence on the enemy.   A quiet revolution is taking place… Read More ›

Turkish FM says parliament to approve deal with Israel next week

Turkish FM says parliament to approve deal with Israel next week

“Israel has met our terms, paving the way to normalize ties,” he said. “Therefore, we must do this as soon as possible.”   The Turkish… Read More ›

Togo proposes hosting Israeli-African summit in its capital next year

Togo proposes hosting Israeli-African summit in its capital next year

The announced plans come just two weeks after President Gnassingbe’s brother-in-law, Marcel Alain de Souza, was in Israel and invited Netanyahu to a summit in… Read More ›

US Jewish delegations to Israel to be offered daytrips to Palestinian territories

US Jewish delegations to Israel to be offered daytrips to Palestinian territories

The “Go and see” trips will be offered to synagogue congregations and other Jewish groups as part of their Israel trip itineraries.   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Finance Ministry suggests postponing new PM residence, cutting costs on new plane

Finance Ministry suggests postponing new PM residence, cutting costs on new plane

The new residence is expected to cost about NIS 650 million, with the plane costing about NIS 400 million. The PMO opposes the Finance Ministry… Read More ›

‘The Jewish community in Ethiopia is in mortal danger’

‘The Jewish community in Ethiopia is in mortal danger’

Due to the worsening security situation in Ethiopia, the approximately 9,000 Falash Mura in transit camps there are waiting for the Israeli government to implement… Read More ›

On yeshivas and universities

On yeshivas and universities

Op-ed: Interior Minister Aryeh Deri’s new move, equalizing the status of yeshiva and college students when it comes to municipal jobs, is another step that… Read More ›

Palestinian east Jerusalem residents, leaders denounce police expansion initiative

Palestinian east Jerusalem residents, leaders denounce police expansion initiative

Margalit: If the government would invest the same amount of money in education and social welfare, the results would be 10 times better than the… Read More ›

National hospital strike: doctors, Treasury clash over long hours, budgets

National hospital strike: doctors, Treasury clash over long hours, budgets

The IMA’s proposed 24-hour warning strike on Thursday would put the public general, psychiatric, geriatric and rehabilitation hospitals around the country on a much-reduced Shabbat… Read More ›