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Coalition crisis over as Netanyahu and Bennett reach compromise

Coalition crisis over as Netanyahu and Bennett reach compromise

A military secretary will begin briefing the security cabinet from Monday as Litzman mediates a solution to avert the mounting crisis. The vote to expand… Read More ›

‘We are building the Democratic Camp’

‘We are building the Democratic Camp’

2,500 march in Tel Aviv against appointment of Liberman to defense portfolio.   Approximately 2,500 people protested against the appointment of Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) to… Read More ›

On Syrian border, new IDF unit will work with Syrian civilians

On Syrian border, new IDF unit will work with Syrian civilians

New liaison unit will help coordinate medical aid, dialogue in war-torn areas where Syrian regime holds no sway   The IDF is establishing a special… Read More ›

Bennett says he won’t blink first in cabinet row with Netanyahu

Bennett says he won’t blink first in cabinet row with Netanyahu

Jewish Home demands reform of security cabinet as condition for supporting Liberman as defense minister; Likud pans move as ‘political suicide’   Jewish Home party… Read More ›

Spot the difference: US slams Liberman, silent on Iran’s America-hating power broker

Spot the difference: US slams Liberman, silent on Iran’s America-hating power broker

Op-Ed: The administration keeps mum as Tehran elevates a ‘Death to America’-spouting radical, but speaks out as peace-promising Liberman joins Israel’s coalition. Go figure  … Read More ›

Abbas wants time cap for any talks with Israel

Abbas wants time cap for any talks with Israel

Speaking in Cairo, the PA president said that upcoming Paris conference must establish time caps on resolutions; he stated that Palestinians will never recognize a… Read More ›

UNIFIL: Watchtowers on the border will be used by Lebanese military only

UNIFIL: Watchtowers on the border will be used by Lebanese military only

Maj. Gen. Luciano Portolano told Ynet that new towers, which were erected in Southern Lebanon in a short amount of time and have caused concern… Read More ›

Clalit required to account for money intended for Holocaust survivors

Clalit required to account for money intended for Holocaust survivors

The Knesset Finance Committee, in a special meeting, insisted on receiving details of how much money the HMO received from Germany and how it was… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: The plot to replace Netanyahu

ANALYSIS: The plot to replace Netanyahu

As the line from Catch-22 goes: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.   If there’s one epithet the punditry repeatedly uses about… Read More ›

The forgotten casualties: Helping Israeli society mature in the way it deals with war

The forgotten casualties: Helping Israeli society mature in the way it deals with war

“A soldier is not a mythological hero – he is a human being with pains like the rest of us.”   When Israel mourns each… Read More ›

Authorities to drill massive rocket attack this week

Authorities to drill massive rocket attack this week

Current level of readiness in home front is ‘a little better than average,’ emergency organization head says.   The National Emergency Authority will this week… Read More ›

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

Police searching for a third suspect believed to have taken part in sexual assault in Jaffa earlier this month   Police officers have arrested a… Read More ›

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

Netanyahu protests lack of ‘wall-to-wall’ condemnation of alleged attack by 3 Arabs; Labor’s Yachimovich says he’s exploiting incident to incite hatred   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Hold us closer, shiny Elton

Hold us closer, shiny Elton

There are no goosebumps like the goosebumps you get when hearing ‘Tiny Dancer’ live in Tel Aviv just a few hours after listening to it… Read More ›

Shin Bet thwarts Hamas smuggling attempt

Shin Bet thwarts Hamas smuggling attempt

Security forces uncovered material en route to the Gaza Strip to aid in the digging of tunnels; metal pipes used to make mortars and water… Read More ›

Patients dying, left seriously disabled as Israeli doctors exhausted from work overload

Patients dying, left seriously disabled as Israeli doctors exhausted from work overload

As surgeons are required to work as many as 36 hours, whistleblowers share their experiences of falling asleep at the operating table, providing incorrect medicaton;… Read More ›

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

New gov’t-Gesher project takes eclectic mix of opinion-makers to meet Jews around the world   NEW YORK – Twenty key figures from Israeli society traveled… Read More ›

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

BGU: Unaware of pledge by businessman to donate any sum   A prominent British donor is withholding a $1 million donation from Ben Gurion University… Read More ›

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Survey finds Margalit gaining in support, Yacimovich leading Labor primary polls.   Less than half as many Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s widening… Read More ›

Most medical marijuana users benefit from treatment, finds Ben-Gurion University study

Most medical marijuana users benefit from treatment, finds Ben-Gurion University study

First research into legal cannabis usage revealed at international health conference in Jerusalem.   The first study on the characteristics of patients with Health Ministry… Read More ›