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Gazan economic crisis could lead to new security deterioration, MI chief warns

Gazan economic crisis could lead to new security deterioration, MI chief warns

Gaza’s unemployment rate stands at more than 40 percent, and there are no economic growth engines to speak of in the Hamas-ruled Strip.   The… Read More ›

State finds Israeli killer of Palestinian teen fit for sentencing

State finds Israeli killer of Palestinian teen fit for sentencing

Psychiatric report rejects defense claim that Yosef Ben David was not responsible for his actions on night of Muhammed Abu Khdeir’s murder   The State… Read More ›

Israel reportedly preparing plan to boost Palestinian economy

Israel reportedly preparing plan to boost Palestinian economy

Finance officials from both sides propose new cooperation in medicine, tech and construction, among other areas   Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has met several times… Read More ›

Army intelligence warns Fatah militants may join terror wave

Army intelligence warns Fatah militants may join terror wave

In briefing last month, security cabinet reportedly heard that without peace talks, violence could spiral further   Military Intelligence officials warned last month that with… Read More ›

Arab journalists visit Israel for the first time

Arab journalists visit Israel for the first time

Foreign Ministry hosts delegation of four Arab journalists who live in Europe as part of a new initiative to reach out to the Arabic-speaking world.… Read More ›

Psychiatrist: Main suspect in Abu Khdeir murder fit to stand trial

Psychiatrist: Main suspect in Abu Khdeir murder fit to stand trial

Court-appointed psychiatrist says Yosef Haim Ben-David is only pretending to be insane; psychiatric opinion could lead to conviction, after judges already determined he is guilty.… Read More ›

IDF chief orders soldiers to carry weapons while off duty

IDF chief orders soldiers to carry weapons while off duty

In wake of murder of soldier who was stabbed to death while on break and unarmed, Eisenkot changes procedures requiring soldiers to leave their weapons… Read More ›

Report: Military Intelligence chief says without peace process, terror wave will grow

Report: Military Intelligence chief says without peace process, terror wave will grow

The security establishment has been dealing with terrorism that doesn’t appear to have an end or a clear definition, Channel 10 cites intel assessment as… Read More ›

Visiting GOP congressman from Florida: Israel has done its utmost to promote peace

Visiting GOP congressman from Florida: Israel has done its utmost to promote peace

“Having a partner and ally in the Middle East who will stand strong for our values is critical and important.”   Israel has done all… Read More ›

Clash over Arabs moving into Jewish towns reflects deeper conflict

Clash over Arabs moving into Jewish towns reflects deeper conflict

High Court decision delays case over preventing Arabs from purchasing homes in Jewish Afula.   The High Court on Sunday did not reach a decision… Read More ›

In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Amman meeting, PA leader Abbas tells top US diplomat Washington should intervene in Israeli-Palestinian deadlock   US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian… Read More ›

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Houston Chabad rabbi helps Jewish prisoner on death row put on tefillin and perform a Bar Mitzvah; the rabbi says, ‘When he saw that I… Read More ›

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel sent notices to ramshackle 12 Bedouin properties; affected bedouin says ‘The Israeli occupation seeks to displace us from our territory’ Israel’s Civil Administration, the… Read More ›

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Following altercation at friend’s house, Israeli champion sailor is ran over by a car; suspect says he lost control of car. Maor Ben Harush, who… Read More ›

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government representatives said it is too early to tell if there is correlation between pollution and health problems in Haifa – everyone else criticized them… Read More ›

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

  Chances are good that if members of the Saudi royal family are eating Turkish dried fruit or wearing Bulgarian shoes, some of those products… Read More ›

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

Comments come during Israeli offensive against “biased media.”   Israel’s increasingly hostile condemnations of the foreign press are beginning to verge on incitement, Associated Press… Read More ›

Egypt – Arab Social Media Abuzz Over Sisi’s Reported Praise Of Netanyahu To American Jewish Leaders

Egypt – Arab Social Media Abuzz Over Sisi’s Reported Praise Of Netanyahu To American Jewish Leaders

  Egypt – What exactly did Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi say to a group of American Jewish leaders about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? That… Read More ›

Treblinka revolt’s last survivor passes away at 93

Treblinka revolt’s last survivor passes away at 93

Samuel Willenburg, one of 67 to escape the Treblinka extermination camp in 1943, passed away Saturday evening beside his beloved daughter and wife Samuell Willenburg,… Read More ›

Education Ministry presents new ‘culture basket’ for next school year

Education Ministry presents new ‘culture basket’ for next school year

Budget increase to fund 6,000 cultural performances for 8,000 students, with less advantaged towns getting priority; following controversy over play this year, a new external… Read More ›