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COGAT: We have orders to freeze building plans for Area C Beduin

COGAT: We have orders to freeze building plans for Area C Beduin

Right-wing politicians fear such illegal construction is an attempt by the Palestinian Authority to claim sections of Area C for its future state.   The… Read More ›

White House opposes extra funding for Israel missile defense

White House opposes extra funding for Israel missile defense

AIPAC ‘deeply disappointed’ by administration’s objection to Congress’ move to expand funding for Iron Dome, Arrow, Sling   WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday… Read More ›

Protective Edge battalion commander to be censured

Protective Edge battalion commander to be censured

Lt. Col. Neria Yeshurun, who fired on a clinic in Gaza in retaliation for the death of one of his officers who had been killed… Read More ›

Jordan to restrict same-day travel to Israel

Jordan to restrict same-day travel to Israel

Amman recently informed Jordanian travel agents of its intention to bar tourists who land at Queen Alia International Airport from crossing into Israel on the… Read More ›

Rivlin warns of economic downfall

Rivlin warns of economic downfall

The president warned that excluding Haredim and Arabs from the workforce is bearing negative financial effects; he also highlighted the role the civil and public… Read More ›

Israel pitches missiles in Paris

Israel pitches missiles in Paris

Rafael touts Strike missiles, C-Dome at arms show.   Within the ranks of the IDF ground forces, and in armies around the world, Rafael’s Spike… Read More ›

Iran’s Khamenei threatens to ‘set fire’ to nuclear deal if West violates

Iran’s Khamenei threatens to ‘set fire’ to nuclear deal if West violates

Iran can expect a shift in relations with the United States to a more aggressive posture under a Republic president, a reversal of the warming… Read More ›

Analysis: Israeli gun control would have made Orlando massacre harder, but not impossible

Analysis: Israeli gun control would have made Orlando massacre harder, but not impossible

Israelis looking to arm themselves must jump through a number of hoops, including a mental and physical exam, background checks, shooting exams, and must show… Read More ›

Lieberman’s new chief of staff named

Lieberman’s new chief of staff named

Israel’s new Defense Minister chose to appoint the man who served as his chief of staff in the Foreign Ministry. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has… Read More ›

Israel named head of UN body for first time

Israel named head of UN body for first time

An Israeli ambassador to the UN will head a UN committee for the first time since joining the organization in 1949, Dannon was elected after… Read More ›

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

The refusal stems from Israel deep conviction that the investigations are biased and akin to a “kangaroo” court whose negative judgment against Israel is already… Read More ›

Ministers to debate two bills on kashrut today

Ministers to debate two bills on kashrut today

Rachel Azaria’s bill comes hot on the heels of a ruling by the High Court of Justice last week, which ruled that independent authorities cannot… Read More ›

United Nations – France: Israel’s Ban On Palestinians Could Escalate Violence

United Nations – France: Israel’s Ban On Palestinians Could Escalate Violence

  United Nations –  France’s foreign minister warned Friday that Israel’s ban on Palestinians entering its territory following the “abominable” attack on a popular cafe… Read More ›

Israeli show picked up by Fox

Israeli show picked up by Fox

Fox International has reportedly purchased the rights to the Israeli drama ‘A Very Important Person,’ which stars actor Yehuda Levi and is partially based on… Read More ›

Hamas: Abbas to blame for no reconciliation

Hamas: Abbas to blame for no reconciliation

Al-Zahar says Abbas will not agree to a reconciliation agreement that includes elections because he knows he will lose; Fatah spokesperson calls on Al-Zahar to… Read More ›

From cottage cheese to Kahlon

From cottage cheese to Kahlon

Five years after Israel’s 2011 social protests, government policy hasn’t moved an inch, while consumerism and public discourse have managed to become more attuned to… Read More ›

INTELLIGENCE FILE: New broom, old measures

INTELLIGENCE FILE: New broom, old measures

Avigdor Liberman understands that there are no new tools in Israel’s security shed and so far is responding to this week’s terrorist attack in Tel… Read More ›

UN: 2015 was most violent year in West Bank, Israel in the last decade

UN: 2015 was most violent year in West Bank, Israel in the last decade

  Last year saw the highest number of Palestinian and Israeli casualties in the West Bank and Israel since the UN began recording such data… Read More ›

MKs seek to stem spread of graphic footage from terrorist attacks

MKs seek to stem spread of graphic footage from terrorist attacks

The Bayit Yehudi MK initiated the legislation after the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, when relatives of people injured in the attack found out from… Read More ›

Day before Tel Aviv attack, Hamas calls Ramadan ‘month of jihad’

Day before Tel Aviv attack, Hamas calls Ramadan ‘month of jihad’

Article by group’s military wing says that during the month, a fighter ‘dedicates himself to Islam by day, defends Palestine by night’   The military… Read More ›