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10 years after Second Lebanon War, for a bereaved mother the pain is only worse

10 years after Second Lebanon War, for a bereaved mother the pain is only worse

Despite anguish, Miki Goldwasser, mother of captured and killed reserve soldier Ehud, says the war was a great victory.   A family can live day-to-day… Read More ›

PM heading to Rome to oppose French initiative

PM heading to Rome to oppose French initiative

Netanyahu expected to discuss his thoughts on the French peace initiaitive, to meet with John Kerry and Federica Mogherini and with UN Secretary General Ban… Read More ›

Rwanda looks to Israel as model of how to persevere after genocide

Rwanda looks to Israel as model of how to persevere after genocide

“Israel’s achievements are really spectacular, we want to learn how they achieved this.”   As a country where genocide was committed just over two decades… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Were Israel’s Yemenite Children Kidnapped? Question Once Again Shakes Israel

Jerusalem – Were Israel’s Yemenite Children Kidnapped? Question Once Again Shakes Israel

  Jerusalem – A painful chapter in Israel’s history – the mysterious disappearance, or abduction, of hundreds of Yemenite children shortly after the country’s founding… Read More ›

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

New Israeli application determines taste of watermelons

The application was developed in Haifa’s Technion University by three students frustrated by disappointment of a bitter watermelon: ‘We have tested it on 30 watermelons… Read More ›

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Slicing the salami of settlement costs

Op-ed: West Bank settlements continually receive budget items, monetary diversions, and transfers of funds; their pupils receive more money than other Israelis, and their hand… Read More ›

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

Democratic platform drafters align on Israeli-Palestinian stance

“Israelis today live in fear of acts of terror that can turn peaceful marketplaces and neighborhoods into scenes of violence and horror,” Reps. Keith Ellison… Read More ›

Analysis: The first missions, Intelligence and covert operations

Analysis: The first missions, Intelligence and covert operations

As soon as they become active within the IAF, the planes will begin taking over jobs currently carried out by F-15s and F-16s – flights… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Actress Helen Mirren Rejects Efforts To Boycot

Jerusalem – Actress Helen Mirren Rejects Efforts To Boycot

  Jerusalem – Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren said Wednesday she was a “believer” in Israel and rejected efforts to boycott it. Mirren showered Israeli artists… Read More ›

Pro-settlement NGO urges Brexit over EU’s West Bank policies

Pro-settlement NGO urges Brexit over EU’s West Bank policies

Regavim’s parody video features Hamas operatives advising Britons who ‘hate Isra-Hell and the Jews’ to vote ‘stay’ An Israeli pro-settlement group is campaigning for Britain… Read More ›

Two toddlers die after father forgets them in car

Two toddlers die after father forgets them in car

A father forgets his two children in a car in the town of Al-Sayyid, in the Negev region; the father is a teacher at a… Read More ›

Erdan allegedly on police document of potential crimes

Erdan allegedly on police document of potential crimes

The minister of public security is reportedly on the police document from 2014 that collected information on possible crimes committed by elected officials; the information… Read More ›

Will Dahlan be Gaza’s next ruler?

Will Dahlan be Gaza’s next ruler?

Op-ed: Mohammed Dahlan, the Fatah leader with a base of support in Gaza, is supported by the pro-Western bloc in the Middle East; Israel also… Read More ›

Israel worried Quartet report could be basis of significant UN Security Council resolution

Israel worried Quartet report could be basis of significant UN Security Council resolution

The Americans are interested in a “balanced” report that places responsibility for the diplomatic logjam on both sides, the sources said.   Israel is concerned… Read More ›

In sign of improving ties, Israeli MK and Turkish official to appear publicly

In sign of improving ties, Israeli MK and Turkish official to appear publicly

Zionist Union lawmaker: It has been a long time since an MK appeared officially in Turkey   In a sign of of improving government ties,… Read More ›

Abbas: Israel must end its regional hegemony if its serious about peace

Abbas: Israel must end its regional hegemony if its serious about peace

The PA President spoke during a joint press conference he held with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini within hours after landing in… Read More ›

Israeli sixth graders accidentally given porn DVD instead of graduation video

Israeli sixth graders accidentally given porn DVD instead of graduation video

The DVD was given to students at a Haifa elementary school in honor of national “Hug day.”   In a strange turn of events, a DVD… Read More ›

Israel’s first transgender army officer celebrates at DC embassy

Israel’s first transgender army officer celebrates at DC embassy

In nod to Orlando massacre, Lieutenant Shachar proclaims the ‘whole world’ has a right ‘to be free and to be whoever we want to be’… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Violinist Perlman: Trump Gesture About Disabled Reporter ‘Terrible’

Jerusalem – Violinist Perlman: Trump Gesture About Disabled Reporter ‘Terrible’

  Jerusalem – Violinist Itzhak Perlman, a longtime advocate for the disabled, is still upset over Donald Trump’s derisive behavior toward a disabled reporter last… Read More ›

Defense Minister Liberman heads to US

Defense Minister Liberman heads to US

Visit seen as effort to ease Washington’s concerns over hard-liner’s appointment; he’ll also attend F-35 ceremony   Israel’s new Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman set off… Read More ›