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Bayit Yehudi minister accused of delaying funds

Bayit Yehudi minister accused of delaying funds

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel allegedly has refused to transfer NIS 42 million to Israeli communities on the Gaza border because other funds have been withheld… Read More ›

Report: German intelligence spying on Netanyahu’s office

Report: German intelligence spying on Netanyahu’s office

Israeli PM is just one of the BND’s targets, which also include the interior ministers of Austria and Belgium, the British Ministry of Defense and… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Kerry: Israel thoroughly investigating Hebron incident

Netanyahu to Kerry: Israel thoroughly investigating Hebron incident

Abbas says he is ready to meet Netanyahu “at any time.”   Amid an unusual public spat with a senior US senator, Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Israeli defense firm announces Indian deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars

Israeli defense firm announces Indian deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars

Announcement comes at the end of India’s Defexpo 2016 exhibition in Goa.   Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Thursday that it had concluded new… Read More ›

Tel Aviv – Israel Sees Tourism Growth From China, India

Tel Aviv – Israel Sees Tourism Growth From China, India

  Tel Aviv – Israel is looking east to China and India to help drive tourism, as visits to the country have yet to fully… Read More ›

PM tells father of Hebron shooter he ‘understands his distress’

PM tells father of Hebron shooter he ‘understands his distress’

Soldier released to supervised detention as Netanyahu tells family to trust investigation into killing of Palestinian assailant   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday urged… Read More ›

Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic

Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic

PM said to finally submit Ran Baratz to vetting committee, despite history of derogatory statements; calls efforts to stymie appointment ‘absurd’   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Despite everything, Abbas tells Israelis, peace is attainable

Despite everything, Abbas tells Israelis, peace is attainable

In rare TV interview, Palestinian leader says Netanyahu is still a ‘partner’ for talks; PA security forces are preventing knifings; and while there’s incitement in… Read More ›

Herzog: Those who try and harm me will be struck down

Herzog: Those who try and harm me will be struck down

The Knesset Opposition Leader had fierce words for those behind publicizing the police’s investigation of his actions. He claimed his political opponents are to blame.… Read More ›

Deri now under criminal investigation

Deri now under criminal investigation

The preliminary police inquiry into the Interior Minister has been upgraded to a full police investigation, the attorney general announced Thursday; Deri promises full cooperation… Read More ›

UNHRC decision has serious implications

UNHRC decision has serious implications

Op-ed: The UN Human Rights Council approved a decision instructing the compilation of a blacklist of companies operating in the settlements; though it lacks enforcement… Read More ›

Israeli and Egyptian ministers meet for first time in years

Israeli and Egyptian ministers meet for first time in years

Discussion focused on various regional issues, including the possibility of Israel supplying Egypt with natural gas.   National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz… Read More ›

Abbas: We are searching schools, in one 70 children had knives

Abbas: We are searching schools, in one 70 children had knives

Abbas’s administration and Israel coordinate security in the West Bank despite the stalling two years ago of US-sponsored negotiations on Palestinian statehood.   Palestinian Authority… Read More ›

Digital diplomacy in Arab world is an uphill battle

Digital diplomacy in Arab world is an uphill battle

The ministry tries to target and engage with social media “influencers,” who have large followings.   The social media age may have ushered in unprecedented… Read More ›

Specter of nuclear terrorism draws world leaders to Washington for summit

Specter of nuclear terrorism draws world leaders to Washington for summit

Israel sends delegation including Steinitz; Iran, Russia absent   WASHINGTON – Last year, when an active black market for radioactive materials was uncovered in Moldova,… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Condemns U.N. Call For List Of Firms Operating In West Bank

Washington – U.S. Condemns U.N. Call For List Of Firms Operating In West Bank

  Washington – The United States on Wednesday condemned a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that calls for setting up a database of businesses… Read More ›

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

State Department condemns Human Rights Council’s ‘bias’ against Israel in resolution that is ‘far outside their scope of authority’   The US on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Patrick Leahy, 10 other lawmakers questioned military aid to Israel, Egypt given allegations of human rights abuses by their security forces   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

Trump says nuclear Saudi Arabia may be inevitable

GOP front-runner calls for US to consider allowing allies to acquire atomic weapons as defense against rogue states   Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said… Read More ›

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Police examines suspicions against Herzog

Israel Police and Tax Authority are looking into suspicions the Opposition leader violated the Parties Financing Law during last Labor primaries; similar suspicions arose against… Read More ›