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An Eilat renewal?

An Eilat renewal?

The numbers of foreign tourists flying into Eilat have dropped significantly in the past two decades. Will a new airport be enough to bring the… Read More ›

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

After Netanyahu offered a seminar for all UN personnel in Israel on the Jewish people’s historical connection with the land, their leader replied with a… Read More ›

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

Son of Hamas leader was made famous by 2014 documentary.   Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as “The Green Prince” after the award-winning documentary made about his… Read More ›

Defense sources assess: Calm is returning to Gaza border

Defense sources assess: Calm is returning to Gaza border

IAF strikes two Hamas targets early on Saturday after rocket attack on Eshkol; Cross-border mortar fire ends over the weekend; Former Shin-Bet chief: Israel needs… Read More ›

Erdan: ‘We have a broad government program to fight boycotts’

Erdan: ‘We have a broad government program to fight boycotts’

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan has good news: The anti-Israel efforts are mostly failing.   • By LAHAV HARKOV Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan is… Read More ›

Netanyahu brought about Iran nuke deal, says ex-Mossad head in last interview

Netanyahu brought about Iran nuke deal, says ex-Mossad head in last interview

In final media sit-down before his death, Meir Dagan slams PM, accuses him of making an enemy of Israel’s closest ally   The man who… Read More ›

Sympathy for Palestinians over Israel up sharply among younger Americans

Sympathy for Palestinians over Israel up sharply among younger Americans

Pew study finds threefold rise in past decade of millennials who say they’re more sympathetic to Palestinians than Israel   NEW YORK (JTA) – Democrats… Read More ›

Obama: US stands with Jews who face hatred around the world

Obama: US stands with Jews who face hatred around the world

President says world has duty to to counter ‘rising tide of bigotry and hatred that threaten the values we hold dear’   US President Barack… Read More ›

Supreme Court urges return of Palestinian terrorists’ bodies

Supreme Court urges return of Palestinian terrorists’ bodies

In an non-binding recommendation, Israel’s highest court advised the government to return the bodies of Palestinians killed carrying out terrorist attacks to their families before… Read More ›

Hadar Goldin’s father calls on government to withhold humanitarian aid to Gaza

Hadar Goldin’s father calls on government to withhold humanitarian aid to Gaza

Simcha Goldin appeals to government to make release of his son’s body condition of receiving humarian deliveries, ‘We cannot allow soldiers to be left behind… Read More ›

Blustering towards an escalation?

Blustering towards an escalation?

Analysis: Hamas’s political and military wings are finally appreciating Israel’s prowess at tunnel-detection; they must decide if they want to to risk everything or de-escalate.… Read More ›

Donald Trump disavows anti-Jewish rhetoric from ex-KKK leader David Duke

Donald Trump disavows anti-Jewish rhetoric from ex-KKK leader David Duke

‘The New York Times’ reported Thursday that the real estate magnate “totally disavows” the former Ku Klux Klan leader’s remarks.   Donald Trump “totally” disavowed… Read More ›

German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account

German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account

The city of Stuttgart owns nearly 20% of the BW bank, which provides an account to an NGO that promotes a boycott of the Jewish… Read More ›

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

IDF shells Hamas military posts in Gaza after sixth incident of the day

This is the sixth time in 2 days that Palestinians in the Strip open fire at Israeli troops searching for tunnels near border; none hurt… Read More ›

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

President Rivlin to survivors at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony: We have not done enough

The opening ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day is underway at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem; President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Analysis: Hamas under pressure as Israel makes progress on tunnels

Hamas’s military wing, faced with the prospect of losing its trump card, is escalating the situation.   For the first time since the August 2014… Read More ›

IDF general in bombshell speech: Israel today shows signs of 1930s Germany

IDF general in bombshell speech: Israel today shows signs of 1930s Germany

‘It’s scary to see horrifying developments that took place in Europe begin to unfold here,’ Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan said during a Holocaust Remembrance speech.  … Read More ›

Hamas says truce reached with Israel to end fighting along Gaza border

Hamas says truce reached with Israel to end fighting along Gaza border

The Palestinian Islamist group claimed that Egypt mediated a truce with Israel after 24 hours of escalation and tit-for-tat attacks, Arab press reports said.  … Read More ›

Zoabi rejects police plan for Arab sector

Zoabi rejects police plan for Arab sector

“More stations not needed when cops tolerate Arab-on-Arab crime.”   Joint List MK Haneen Zoabi on Tuesday slammed the Israel Police plan to open more police… Read More ›

As Gaza border heats up, explosion hits near IDF soldiers

As Gaza border heats up, explosion hits near IDF soldiers

Combat engineers return fire in third cross-border incident in 24 hours; earlier, patrol attacker with mortar shell   IDF combat engineers operating on the border… Read More ›