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Israel strikes in Syria after mortar shell hits Golan

Israel strikes in Syria after mortar shell hits Golan

Military targets Assad’s artillery in response to impact in Jewish state’s territory, hours after Syrian ceasefire comes into effect   The IDF struck targets in… Read More ›

GPS application Waze leads two female soldiers into Palestinian village

GPS application Waze leads two female soldiers into Palestinian village

The two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded after residents of village hurled rocks at them; soldiers forbidden from depending on Waze, which has directed IDF… Read More ›

Israeli Paralympian Doron Shaziri wins bronze in shooting

Israeli Paralympian Doron Shaziri wins bronze in shooting

The accomplished sharpshooter, who has won seven Paralympic medals in the past, is the second Israeli athlete to medal in the Rio 2016 Games so… Read More ›

The Israeli return to Africa

The Israeli return to Africa

Analysis: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent visit to Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda was the highlight of diplomatic activity aimed at curbing Iranian influence on the… Read More ›

Israeli charged in New York over alleged kidnapping plot

Israeli charged in New York over alleged kidnapping plot

The kidnapping was intended to have the man issue a “get,” a document that would grant his wife a religious divorce, prosecutors said.   NEW… Read More ›

Israeli High Court may intervene to carry out stalled Western Wall deal

Israeli High Court may intervene to carry out stalled Western Wall deal

Israeli Justices reprimand state for failure to implement plan for egalitarian prayer section at holy site.   Supreme Court President Miriam Naor, along with two… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s office denies report of imminent meeting with Erdogan

Netanyahu’s office denies report of imminent meeting with Erdogan

After the accord between Turkey and Israel was signed to return to full normalization, there is no news of a meeting between both countries leaders.… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Father Of Fallen Captive IDF Soldier Pens Last Letter Before Passing Away’

Jerusalem – Father Of Fallen Captive IDF Soldier Pens Last Letter Before Passing Away’

  Jerusalem – Herzl Shaul the father of Oron Shaul, one of the fallen soldiers from Operation Protectice Edge whose remains are held in the… Read More ›

Protestors call for Israeli captive’s return from Hamas

Protestors call for Israeli captive’s return from Hamas

The family of Avraham ‘Abera’ Mengistu gathered before the PMO in Jerusalem with supporters to protest government inaction in returning the man to Israel, who… Read More ›

Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins bronze in Rio 2016 Paralympics

Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins bronze in Rio 2016 Paralympics

Samuel finished third in the finals of the women’s 1,000-meter race with a time of 5:17.46 minutes, giving the Israeli delegation its first medal of… Read More ›

Another headache

Another headache

Op-ed: A new initiative aims to have the question of the Palestinian territories’ fate answered via a referendum in Israel. While some on the left… Read More ›

New safety-tested US generic baby formula coming to Israeli market

New safety-tested US generic baby formula coming to Israeli market

Shufersal, Israel’s largest retail chain, to distribute Perrigo’s Kosher formula across country.   Walking into Perrigo Company’s Nutritionals laboratory in Burlington, Vermont is no simple… Read More ›

IAF hits back harder at Syrian regime when fire strays into Israeli territory

IAF hits back harder at Syrian regime when fire strays into Israeli territory

Now, as in 2013, Israel has stayed out of the fight, except to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to thousands of south Syria residents.  … Read More ›

Report: Iran’s president to visit Germany this month

Report: Iran’s president to visit Germany this month

The slated visit, which has been shrouded in silence by the Merkel administration, may strain the so-called “special relationship” between Israel and Germany.   BERLIN… Read More ›

Israel – Final Bodies Recovered From Tel Aviv Construction Collapse

Israel – Final Bodies Recovered From Tel Aviv Construction Collapse

  Tel Aviv – The Israeli military says it has recovered the final three bodies buried beneath the rubble of a construction site collapse in… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Role In South Sudan Under Scrutiny Amid Violence

Jerusalem – Israel’s Role In South Sudan Under Scrutiny Amid Violence

  Jerusalem –  Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that conflict and raising questions about Prime Minister… Read More ›

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

More than a decade after his father split Likud to form Kadima, late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s younger son Gilad is preparing to follow in… Read More ›

The enemy of the people

The enemy of the people

Analysis: A recent poll projected victory for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud. Lapid’s appeals to the center seem to be… Read More ›

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

‘Metro’ interviews the doctor who helped make it happen.   Last month, a 60-year-old woman gave birth at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot. It wasn’t… Read More ›

Clinton tells Israel TV ‘ISIS prays to Allah for Trump victory’

Clinton tells Israel TV ‘ISIS prays to Allah for Trump victory’

Clinton said that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s positions on Israel vary from day to day, and for that reason Israelis should be extremely wary… Read More ›