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Israeli wins bronze in Judo in Rio

Israeli wins bronze in Judo in Rio

The first Israeli medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games goes to judoka Yarden Gerbi; Prime Minister, President, Sports Minister express their congratulations. Israeli judoka… Read More ›

A letter to the prime minister from a defender

A letter to the prime minister from a defender

Op-ed: As somebody who frequently defends Benjamin Netanyahu when he is unfairly criticized, Ben-Dror Yemini is in a position to write to the beleaguered PM… Read More ›

Hospital doctors give green light to Thursday strike

Hospital doctors give green light to Thursday strike

Due to the lack of enough doctors on the job, Dr. Leonid Eidelman said the burden of long hours is worse than ever, especially on… Read More ›

Analysis: What happened to all Netanyahu’s men?

Analysis: What happened to all Netanyahu’s men?

More and more of his friends have been hired to junior-level positions in the Prime Minister’s Office.   It should come as no surprise that… Read More ›

PA security forces fire shots in air due to Area C landfill squabble

PA security forces fire shots in air due to Area C landfill squabble

The project has upset both Palestinians and settlers, who have joined together to stop construction.   In an unsual turn of events, Palestinian Authority security… Read More ›

A J Street man on the ticket

A J Street man on the ticket

The rise of Tim Kaine, long aligned with J Street’s worldview, is a significant milestone for the young lobby of a two-state solution.​   NEW… Read More ›

Raising Christian money for Jewish causes, star rabbi earns praise and scorn

Raising Christian money for Jewish causes, star rabbi earns praise and scorn

Yechiel Eckstein has been a great hit with Evangelicals, but acceptance in Orthodox circles has been a far bumpier road   PARIS (JTA) — The… Read More ›

New WAZE feature to prevent children being forgotten in cars

New WAZE feature to prevent children being forgotten in cars

The GPS app has installed a new feature reminding drivers prior to arrival at destination of presence of children in the back of a vehicle;… Read More ›

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki narrowly misses bronze medal

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki narrowly misses bronze medal

After beating a Slovenian, a German and an American, Muki was forced to fight for bronze after being defeated by Azerbaijan’s Rustam Orujov and finally… Read More ›

Inventing an ‘evil state’

Inventing an ‘evil state’

Op-ed: B’Tselem’s recent report about Operation Protective Edge not only charges Israel incorrectly with disregarding civilian life, it almost completely ignores Hamas’ culpability in the… Read More ›

‘Turkey-Israel rapprochement did not affect Israeli- Russian relations’

‘Turkey-Israel rapprochement did not affect Israeli- Russian relations’

He added that Turkish relations with Russia also are key because of energy cooperation. Last month, Russia and Turkey revived plans for the TurkStream natural… Read More ›

Togo’s president sees Syrian rebels battle Assad forces

Togo’s president sees Syrian rebels battle Assad forces

Togo is one of the countries Jerusalem is relying on to help build stronger ties with western Africa, according to one Israeli diplomatic official.  … Read More ›

Analysis: Why does iVote Israel still exist?

Analysis: Why does iVote Israel still exist?

According to iVoteIsrael statistics, 85 percent of absentee voters in Israel cast ballots for Republican candidate Mitt Romney and 14% for Obama in 2012.  … Read More ›

Army conducts overnight arms raid in Hebron

Army conducts overnight arms raid in Hebron

Security source: ‘Our goal is to disrupt the movement of shooting cells’; IDF stepping up activity in area.   Terrorist shooting cells continue to harbor… Read More ›

Not just anti-Semitism: New boss seeks to broaden ADL’s reach

Not just anti-Semitism: New boss seeks to broaden ADL’s reach

Between Black Lives Matter, Trump, and the migrant crisis, Foxman replacement Jonathan Greenblatt sees potential to connect with millennials while doing good   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Trump seeks to rebound from meltdown with economy speech

Trump seeks to rebound from meltdown with economy speech

Republican critics say presidential nominee on course to lose in battleground states of Ohio and Arizona because of immigration policy   WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald… Read More ›

The communications minister and his janissaries

The communications minister and his janissaries

Op-ed: The debate over the new public broadcasting corporation is merely a distraction: While his ministers flock around and peck at the media trying to… Read More ›

Two immigrants in late 20s camp outside Kirya in hopes to enlist

Two immigrants in late 20s camp outside Kirya in hopes to enlist

Navon Kaplan from Texas and Felipe Rodriguez from Australia both claim that they have not been able to join the IDF because of their age;… Read More ›

Common-law spouses of Israelis can now naturalize without renouncing previous citizenship

Common-law spouses of Israelis can now naturalize without renouncing previous citizenship

A Thai citizen in a common-law marriage with an Israeli and who has resided here for the past eight years had to petition the High… Read More ›

Palestinian denies funneling charity money to Hamas

Palestinian denies funneling charity money to Hamas

Halabi confessed to siphoning off some $7.2 million a year, about 60 percent of World Vision’s Gaza funding, to pay Hamas fighters, buy arms, pay… Read More ›