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IDF permits soldiers to demonstrate

IDF permits soldiers to demonstrate

The army has amended its order related to soldiers and junior officers’ participating in public demonstrations ahead of the capital’s Pride parade; so long as… Read More ›

Analysis: Bringing down Bibi?

Analysis: Bringing down Bibi?

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert was just as confident when the first allegations against him came out.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his share… Read More ›

Bill to legalize settler homes unconstitutional, but Amona residents refuse to leave

Bill to legalize settler homes unconstitutional, but Amona residents refuse to leave

The High Court of Justice has ordered the homes razed by the end of December because they were built without permits on private Palestinian property.… Read More ›

Israel’s ‘contribution’ to the Turkish coup

Israel’s ‘contribution’ to the Turkish coup

Tanks used during Friday’s attempted coup in Turkey were equipped with Israeli components which were sold to the Turkish government at the beginning of the… Read More ›

Suicide attacks and kidnappings foiled; Shin Bet chief’s first situation report

Suicide attacks and kidnappings foiled; Shin Bet chief’s first situation report

Discussing why more and more women are carrying out terror attacks, the rocky political situation in the Gaza Strip, and multi-lateral cooperation to stop deadly… Read More ›

IDF Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow: A dream cut short

IDF Sgt. Shlomo Rindenow: A dream cut short

Sgt. Rindenow’s older brother Jeff Tower said Shlomo was the fifth sibling in his family to travel to Israel and volunteer for an IDF combat… Read More ›

Top Paris rabbi: Aliya not born out of fear

Top Paris rabbi: Aliya not born out of fear

Community leaders skeptical that Nice attack will lead to wave of immigration   The motivation to make aliya is not born out of fear of… Read More ›

A tale of two mountains: Mount Zion and the Temple Mount

A tale of two mountains: Mount Zion and the Temple Mount

Despite the existence of significant religious sites for Judaism, Islam and Christianity on both Mount Zion and the Temple Mount, only one seems to periodically… Read More ›

Failed coup could spark anti-Semitism, Turkish ex-MP warns

Failed coup could spark anti-Semitism, Turkish ex-MP warns

Analysis : As with 2013 Gezi Park protests, attempted putsch unlikely to derail rapprochement between Ankara and Jerusalem, but could slow it down significantly  … Read More ›

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Senior rabbi condemns IDF for accommodating LGBT ‘perverts’

Religious-Zionist Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of a distinguished IDF preparatory yeshiva, accused, via homophobic rhetoric, the army of seeking to silence one ‘worldview’ and promote… Read More ›

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

One of coup’s leaders former military attaché to Israel

Gen. Akın Öztürk, a former commander of the Turkish Air Force, was one of the two named orchestrators of the attempted military coup d’état; they… Read More ›

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Israeli hero under online fire for testimony

Lt. Col. David Shapira is the hero who stopped the terrorist in the 2008 Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack; he also commanded Sgt. Elor Azaria when… Read More ›

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

ADL, Israel Policy Forum knock GOP for leaving ‘two states’ out of platform

Bipartisan support at risk, NGO heads say   NEW YORK – The recent talk surrounding Israel policies in the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties… Read More ›

Politics: Political interference in Jerusalem?

Politics: Political interference in Jerusalem?

With the revelations this week that a non-profit funded by the State Department campaigned against Likud in the 2015 elections, Israel shares space on the… Read More ›

Right wing politicians scrambling to save the Amona outpost

Right wing politicians scrambling to save the Amona outpost

Amona was first built in 1995, on the edge of the Ofra settlement. It is home to some 40 families and is located in the… Read More ›

Israel to EU: Voting to recognize Temple Mount as solely Muslim site akin to ignoring Jesus

Israel to EU: Voting to recognize Temple Mount as solely Muslim site akin to ignoring Jesus

“There is no Christianity without Judaism and there is no Jesus without a Jewish Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.”   Israel warned the European Union on… Read More ›

Female fighters who enlisted despite the odds

Female fighters who enlisted despite the odds

They could have received an exemption from military service, each for her own reason, but instead decided to fight for their right to serve their… Read More ›

Likely Trump VP ‘cherishes Israel,’ met Netanyahu, passed anti-boycott laws

Likely Trump VP ‘cherishes Israel,’ met Netanyahu, passed anti-boycott laws

Indiana Governor Mike Pence was among the first to sign legislation against BDS; led a trade delegation to the Jewish state and hosted one  … Read More ›

Trump praises Republican platform as most pro-Israel ever

Trump praises Republican platform as most pro-Israel ever

As GOP removes two-state solution from document, candidate wonders aloud if Obama ‘trying to destroy Israel’   WASHINGTON — Donald Trump praised the Republican Party… Read More ›

More than 2,000 protest Be’er Sheva Pride parade interference

More than 2,000 protest Be’er Sheva Pride parade interference

Incensed with the Supreme Court’s decision to permit the police to divert the Pride parade fromt the main road, organizers cancelled the parade and protest… Read More ›