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Emergency services across Israel prepare for storm to hit

Emergency services across Israel prepare for storm to hit

Jerusalem pruning tree branches to prevent power outages; snow forecast from the North to the Negev.   Emergency services and municipal crews were preparing across… Read More ›

3-day storm to hit Israel starting Sunday night

3-day storm to hit Israel starting Sunday night

Three days of rain, wind gusts of 80 kph, and snow in the north and central regions are expected; Magen David Adom, the Electric Corporation… Read More ›

Merkel calls for ‘intensive action’ against anti-Semitism

Merkel calls for ‘intensive action’ against anti-Semitism

In her weekly video podcast the German Chancellor said that particular vigilance is necessary regarding ‘young people who come from countries where hatred of Israel… Read More ›

Terrorist killed by own bomb during attempted attack on security forces

Terrorist killed by own bomb during attempted attack on security forces

The terrorist approached the military outpost holding a bomb in his hand which, according to reports, exploded prematurely.   A Palestinian terrorist was killed by… Read More ›

Hebron settlers’ purchase of buildings likely illegal, Ya’alon aides say

Hebron settlers’ purchase of buildings likely illegal, Ya’alon aides say

In a surprise move, 20 Jewish families took possession of two abandoned adjacent buildings in Hebron, saying they had purchased the stone structures from the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Holocaust Survivor, 112, Likely Oldest Man In The World

Jerusalem – Israeli Holocaust Survivor, 112, Likely Oldest Man In The World

  Jerusalem – The oldest man in the world is most likely an Israeli Holocaust survivor aged 112. A grandson of Yisrael Kristal was contacted… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Nespresso Sues Israeli Coffee Company Over Clooney Lookalike

Jerusalem – Nespresso Sues Israeli Coffee Company Over Clooney Lookalike

Jerusalem – A George Clooney doppelganger is brewing up tensions between two coffee companies in Israel. Nespresso is suing the Israeli Espresso Club for using… Read More ›

Israel ‘enables’ PA economy to curb radicals, Netanyahu says

Israel ‘enables’ PA economy to curb radicals, Netanyahu says

US-Israel alliance is ‘rock-solid’ despite differences on Iran, PM says in Switzerland; adds Islamic State ‘can be defeated’   Israel is working to prevent Palestinian… Read More ›

Treat Israel like moderate Arab states do, PM tells EU’s Mogherini

Treat Israel like moderate Arab states do, PM tells EU’s Mogherini

Netanyahu slams European ‘double standards’; says more Swedes joined IS than Arab Israelis   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday told the European Union’s foreign… Read More ›

Fraud and Breach of Trust Law to be amended

Fraud and Breach of Trust Law to be amended

The law, which led to the convictions of multiple public figures, has been criticized for years, with complaints accusing it of being too vague. After… Read More ›

Abbas: I agreed to meet Netanyahu, he didn’t respond

Abbas: I agreed to meet Netanyahu, he didn’t respond

Speaking to Israeli reporters, the Palestinian president claimed that his office in Ramallah communicated with the PM’s office several times, sans American mediation, even trying… Read More ›

‘I’m breaking the silence because I’m Zionist, Israeli and a patriot’

‘I’m breaking the silence because I’m Zionist, Israeli and a patriot’

He is the ‘star’ of the aggressive Im Tirzu campaign against Breaking the Silence, but has so far preferred to keep quiet. Now, Avner Gvaryahu… Read More ›

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Jerusalemites pitch in to help find diamond ring accidentally thrown in trash

Dozens of Jerusalemites answered the requests of a woman who lost her engagement ring to help her search through a vast pile of garbage.  … Read More ›

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

‘I begged her to keep breathing and not to stop’

Renana Meir recalls terrorist attack in Otniel that killed her mother.   As Dafna Meir, 38, lay on the floor of her home with a knife… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

Palestinian Authority hard-liners blast security cooperation with Israel

PA security commander unveils that PA security forces have prevented some 200 terrorist attacks against Israel since October 2015.   Palestinian factions on Wednesday strongly… Read More ›

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

US condemns Israel’s Jordan Valley land expropriation

Government declares 370 acres near West Bank settlement south of Jericho as state land, in largest such appropriation since 2014   Washington on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott

US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott

Association of American Universities re-releases statement calling academic boycotts of Israel a violation of academic freedom   WASHINGTON — After members of the American Anthropological… Read More ›

New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry

New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry

Israel’s greatest modern poet is revealed in all his diversity, sensuality and universality   Yehuda Amichai arrived in the land of Israel, as he noted… Read More ›

‘Hezbollah is getting the most sophisticated Russian weapons’

‘Hezbollah is getting the most sophisticated Russian weapons’

Advanced weapons are going from Russia to Syria and then into Hezbollah’s hands, according to an IDF reserve officer. These deliveries likely include Onyx missiles,… Read More ›

Goodbye Iran, hello Israel? Sudan changes its approach

Goodbye Iran, hello Israel? Sudan changes its approach

While Jerusalem and Khartoum are a long way from normalized relations, the last few months have seen Sudan edge closer to the moderate Sunni camp… Read More ›