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PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away

PM: Abbas move to condemn settlements at UN will push negotiations further away

“The only way to advance peace is by direct negotiations and Abu Mazen is avoiding this,” Netanyahu says.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a… Read More ›

Sanders yet to correct false claim Israel killed ‘over 10,000’ Palestinian innocents

Sanders yet to correct false claim Israel killed ‘over 10,000’ Palestinian innocents

Despite two days of ToI questions, and an ADL plea that he correct his misstatement, Democratic presidential hopeful stays silent   WASHINGTON — Two days… Read More ›

Head of Israeli Democrats defends Sanders: Foreign policy is not his forte

Head of Israeli Democrats defends Sanders: Foreign policy is not his forte

When presidential hopeful suggested Israel killed over 10,000 innocents in last Gaza war, he was referring to the wounded, Hillel Schenker argues   Foreign policy… Read More ›

Who is Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner?

Who is Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner?

The 35-year-old scion of a philanthropic family and successful real estate executive has become a key adviser to the Republican frontrunner’s campaign   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Bayit Yehudi MK calls for maternity ward segregation

Bayit Yehudi MK calls for maternity ward segregation

Jewish and Arab MKs resoundly condemn Bayit Yehudi MK Betzalel Smotrich for racist remarks; Israeli commentator Ben Caspit says Smotrich and his supporters are akin… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry and PLO engage in Twitter battle

Foreign Ministry and PLO engage in Twitter battle

The Israeli Foreign Ministry tweeted at the PLO Negotiation Affairs Department, extending PM Netanyahu’s invitation to meet with President Abbas; PLO-NAD responded, ‘Negotiate what exactly?’… Read More ›

Michael Oren’s peace plan

Michael Oren’s peace plan

Kulanu MK Oren has a plan to lay groundwork for two-state solution, one that he believes will ‘take the air out of BDS.’ However, political… Read More ›

‘Building laws in West Bank equally enforced against Israelis, Palestinians’

‘Building laws in West Bank equally enforced against Israelis, Palestinians’

Coordinator of Israel’s activities in the territories says his office works according to the decisions and policy laid out by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and… Read More ›

Azeri envoy to US explains why world ignores Nagorno-Karabakh, focuses on Israel

Azeri envoy to US explains why world ignores Nagorno-Karabakh, focuses on Israel

“It does appear that the world feels more comfortable ignoring the conflict.”   The world rewards violence and uncivilized behavior and ignores those asserting their rights… Read More ›

New York – New York Politician’s Anti-BDS Law Would Penalize German/Austrian Banks

New York – New York Politician’s Anti-BDS Law Would Penalize German/Austrian Banks

New York – A prominent Democratic New York state assemblyman, who introduced an anti-Boycott Israel bill in the state legislature, urged on Tuesday a group… Read More ›

Family of Hebron attacker shot by soldier threatens to sue state

Family of Hebron attacker shot by soldier threatens to sue state

Relatives of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif to seek compensation for ’emotional distress’ over killing last month   The family of the Palestinian attacker in Hebron who… Read More ›

Electric company reaches deal with Palestinians to halt cuts

Electric company reaches deal with Palestinians to halt cuts

PA to hand over NIS 20 million toward NIS 1.7 billion chit, buying week’s time to negotiate a final settlement   Israel’s state-owned electric company… Read More ›

Rivlin asks Putin to bring back remains of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen

Rivlin asks Putin to bring back remains of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen

In a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, President Reuven Rivlin asked the former to use his influence in Syria to bring back… Read More ›

Ministry of Defense: Istanbul attack directed against Israelis

Ministry of Defense: Istanbul attack directed against Israelis

The Ministry of Defense officially recognizes victims of Istanbul terror attack as victims of hostile enemy activity, and that attack was against Israelis specifically. Victims… Read More ›

Will former president Katsav get early release or remain in jail?

Will former president Katsav get early release or remain in jail?

Parole board is expected to make decision on plea by Israel’s eighth president for early release from 7-year sentence for rape, of which he has… Read More ›

Report: ISIS threat spurs US to weigh pull of troops in Sinai

Report: ISIS threat spurs US to weigh pull of troops in Sinai

According to CNN, the Obama administration is examining the relocation of US and international peacekeeping forces from a base in the volatile northern Sinai to… Read More ›

Police chief: We don’t want to be like the US, with masses of people in prison

Police chief: We don’t want to be like the US, with masses of people in prison

Police chief Alsheich lays out his plan to win back the public’s faith in speech to Israel Bar Association.   National Police Commisioner Roni Alsheich… Read More ›

Are French millionaires really flocking to Israel? There are reasons to be skeptical

Are French millionaires really flocking to Israel? There are reasons to be skeptical

A new report indicates, implausibly, 2,500 extremely wealthy French emigrants headed to Israel in 2015, and that more than 10 of the 31,013 new immigrants… Read More ›

Trump denies scolding Jewish son-in-law over scuttled Israel trip

Trump denies scolding Jewish son-in-law over scuttled Israel trip

GOP front-runner said to reprimand Jared Kushner for proposing visit that was nixed after Netanyahu slammed comments on Muslims   Donald Trump’s campaign denied a… Read More ›

Netanyahu dares Abbas to meet: ‘I’ve cleared my schedule for the week’

Netanyahu dares Abbas to meet: ‘I’ve cleared my schedule for the week’

Following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ declaration to Israeli journalist of his willingness to meet Netanyahu ‘at any time’, the latter states ‘any day he can… Read More ›