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The Tel Aviv gang rape that wasn’t

The Tel Aviv gang rape that wasn’t

A tragic story, but not a disgrace for police.   Imagine you are a police investigator in Tel Aviv and you get the call. A… Read More ›

Elkin plays down Israel’s ability to influence who succeeds PA president

Elkin plays down Israel’s ability to influence who succeeds PA president

The Netanyahu government would not allow PA elections in east Jerusalem and the Palestinians would not go forward with a vote without them.   At… Read More ›

Trump said planning Israel trip before July GOP convention

Trump said planning Israel trip before July GOP convention

Four sources tell New York Magazine presumptive Republican nominee weighing visit; Jewish son-in-law, Sheldon Adelson said making arrangements   Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump is… Read More ›

Kahlon appeals to Herzog: Regional peace efforts ‘more substantial’ than reported

Kahlon appeals to Herzog: Regional peace efforts ‘more substantial’ than reported

Finance minister urges Zionist Union ‘not to miss historic window of opportunity,’ is rebufffed   There is a substantive effort underway to launch a regional… Read More ›

PM: Paris peace parley will ‘radicalize’ Palestinian demands

PM: Paris peace parley will ‘radicalize’ Palestinian demands

Two days before conference to which Israel and PA are not invited, Netanyahu says ‘direct negotiations’ are ‘only path to peace’   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Diaspora leaders warn of ‘major rift’ if Western Wall plan collapses

Diaspora leaders warn of ‘major rift’ if Western Wall plan collapses

As ultra-Orthodox parties stymie implementation of pluralistic prayer pavilion, Diaspora Jewish heads hold crisis talks at PMO, look to Netanyahu to prove his leadership  … Read More ›

Attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison

Alaa Ziad, who carried out a ramming and stabbing attack last November, will also have to pay victims hundreds of thousands of Shekels in compensaton;… Read More ›

Parents rebel against exorbitant summer camp prices

Parents rebel against exorbitant summer camp prices

Local protests, angry social network groups protest the high fees; several MKs to submit bills to set up price controls; MK Dudu Amsalem: ‘the state… Read More ›

Titanic legal battle – meet prosecution, defense in Hebron shooter trial

Titanic legal battle – meet prosecution, defense in Hebron shooter trial

In many ways it symbolizes a much broader struggle over Israeli identity as the country decides how to confront the ongoing Third Intifada.   The… Read More ›

Israel talking to US in efforts to impact Paris summit

Israel talking to US in efforts to impact Paris summit

Netanyahu again blasts meeting, says path to peace runs through direct talks, not international parleys.   Israel’s efforts at affecting the results of Friday’s scheduled… Read More ›

NGO transparency bill to apply to 27 foreign-gov’t-funded groups

NGO transparency bill to apply to 27 foreign-gov’t-funded groups

All organizations aligned with Left; Bill to ban Super PACs advances.   Legislation requiring greater transparency for organizations getting most of their budgets from foreign… Read More ›

Why a small word change is a big deal for Reform women rabbis

Why a small word change is a big deal for Reform women rabbis

44 years after the movement ordained its 1st female rabbi, ordination certificates to now offer same designation for men and women   JTA — Since… Read More ›

Top Palestinian official: Israeli peace overtures just a PR campaign

Top Palestinian official: Israeli peace overtures just a PR campaign

Casting jaundiced eye on Netanyahu support for Arab peace plan, Erekat says PA accustomed to ‘contradictions between words and actions’   Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb… Read More ›

Jewish Home vows no Palestinian state while it’s in government

Jewish Home vows no Palestinian state while it’s in government

As Netanyahu, Liberman voice support for Arab Peace Initiative, Shaked and Bennett say Palestine won’t happen on their watch   The Jewish Home party on… Read More ›

Abbas: I’ll judge Liberman by his ‘stance on peace,’ not his politics

Abbas: I’ll judge Liberman by his ‘stance on peace,’ not his politics

PA president says he doesn’t reject Israelis based on their ‘national affiliation,’ notes that right-wing leaders have made peace   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Herzog calls on Kahlon to make a historic decision and leave the government

Herzog calls on Kahlon to make a historic decision and leave the government

The leader of the opposition says the fate of government and Israel rests in the hands of Kahlon, urging to seize his ‘moment of truth’;… Read More ›

Israeli startups raise $324mn

Israeli startups raise $324mn

A successful week for Israeli startups was lead by Gett, to which Volkswagen made a $300mn investment; Other startups that rounded up cash were Votiron… Read More ›

Protest against government offices leaving Jerusalem

Protest against government offices leaving Jerusalem

Activists for the advancement of Jerusalem block exits from capital in protest of governmental offices relocating elsewhere; ‘This goes against everything the prime minister has… Read More ›

Senior party leader to ‘Post’: Clinton will ensure Democratic party platform supports Israel

Senior party leader to ‘Post’: Clinton will ensure Democratic party platform supports Israel

Fight might erupt at convention over language regarding Israel and Palestinians.   WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton will ensure that the Democratic Party Platform slated to… Read More ›

Shared entrance to Western Wall brings haredi, progressive clash

Shared entrance to Western Wall brings haredi, progressive clash

According to the plan, the pluralist prayer area would be accessible from inside the main Western Wall complex.   Just four months ago the plan… Read More ›