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Israel Military Industries expanding range of air-to-ground bombs

Israel Military Industries expanding range of air-to-ground bombs

MPR 1000 and 2000 bombs undergoing trials, can pierce through reinforced concrete to target terrorist bunkers.   Israel Military Industries (IMI) is expanding its range of… Read More ›

Infant disorders linked to pollution in Haifa Bay, says new study

Infant disorders linked to pollution in Haifa Bay, says new study

Smaller-than-average heads, low weight, add to earlier cancer findings; government wants more oil refineries, says mayor   New research suggests a link between a high… Read More ›

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

  Gaza – The tunnel that collapsed east of Gaza City last week is the same one that was used in the alleged kidnap of… Read More ›

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

Ban says terror group endangering ‘humanitarian and development efforts by international community and Palestinian and Israeli authorities’   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed… Read More ›

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Terror group official says tunnel in deadly collapse was same passageway used in capture of Oron Shaul during 2014 war   The Hamas terror group… Read More ›

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

As Israelis near Gaza border report digging sounds, Herzog blasts ‘idle’ government response to apparent Hamas rebuilding of underground attack system   ThIn this Thursday,… Read More ›

OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

Israel ranks low for income, housing market and poverty, says report – yet Israelis express high satisfaction with life and the country places high for… Read More ›

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Relatives of 18 people murdered in terror attacks have written an open letter calling on the government to stiffen the penalty for terrorists’ families and… Read More ›

The drums of war can be heard

The drums of war can be heard

Op-ed: War is likely to break out here next summer, or even before then – and if you think its doubtful, or trust in the… Read More ›

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Quarter of Israelis scared of a new Holocaust, end of Israel, says new poll.   “At the UN I live with anti-Semitism twenty four-seven,” Israeli… Read More ›

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

  The followers of an Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges reportedly made… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

PM warns Palestinian terror group against reestablishing network of underground passageways.   Israel will respond more forcefully than it did during 2014’s Operation protective Edge… Read More ›

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to update the government on Sunday in regard to the legalization of the homes.   Some 20 Jewish families… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

  Jerusalem – Israel’s cultural class is increasingly alarmed by what many see as a tightening noose on freedom of expression, as a hard-line government… Read More ›

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

While acknowledging 80% of West Bank settlers went there in search of affordable housing, filmmaker Shimon Dotan insists it is the violent fringe that leads… Read More ›

High-tech ‘incubator’ nurtures Gaza start-ups with industry’s help

High-tech ‘incubator’ nurtures Gaza start-ups with industry’s help

Gaza may be physically cut off from the world under a blockade imposed by Egypt and Israel, but that hasn’t quashed the enthusiasm of young… Read More ›

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin talks with Saudi Arabian news website Elaph about the shared threat from Iran. When asked whether there would be negotiations between… Read More ›

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

A 17-year-old was stabbed in the back and lightly wounded next to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Security forces are searching for the two attackers, who… Read More ›

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

Some German Jews have canceled their SZ subscriptions over the years because of its alleged contemporary anti-Semitism.   BERLIN – An article in the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung… Read More ›

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

In Israel, it’s a given that foreign intelligence agencies active in the Middle East monitor Israeli military activities.   Israel’s defense establishment will probably not… Read More ›