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Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I’m sorry I couldn’t help you

Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I’m sorry I couldn’t help you

The mother of six who always told people that life was as “good as honey” was killed on Sunday evening, as she stood just inside… Read More ›

El Salvador denies claims it is moving embassy to Ramallah

El Salvador denies claims it is moving embassy to Ramallah

Rumor spreads as Foreign Ministry plans to ax its mission to Central American nation to free up funds   El Salvador’s ambassador to Israel emphatically… Read More ›

Hebron-area settlements nix Palestinian workers following attack

Hebron-area settlements nix Palestinian workers following attack

Jewish residents take to the streets, block off West Bank highway; local leader bemoans ‘more orphans in family of terror victims’   Palestinian workers will… Read More ›

Netanyahu vows killer of Otniel mother will be caught

Netanyahu vows killer of Otniel mother will be caught

Politicians from across spectrum express horror over killing of Dafna Meir in front of her children in her West Bank home   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Mega receives stay of proceedings, workers plan strike

Mega receives stay of proceedings, workers plan strike

The Lod District Court will hold a hearing on the debt-ridden chain on Monday. Meanwhile, Mega’s workers are planning a Monday strike Employees of Israel’s… Read More ›

Living in a dream world: Obama’s Hollywood vision of the Mideast

Living in a dream world: Obama’s Hollywood vision of the Mideast

Analysis: The Americans may think the lifting of sanctions will lead to a utopian vision, but what’s in store for Israel right now is increased… Read More ›

Woman murdered at West Bank home, manhunt after terrorist

Woman murdered at West Bank home, manhunt after terrorist

Terrorist murders Dafna Meir outside her house south of Hebron and flees; one of Meir’s six children witnessed murder; security forces searching area for knife-wielding… Read More ›

‘Jewish terrorists more harmful to world Jewry than Arab counterparts’

‘Jewish terrorists more harmful to world Jewry than Arab counterparts’

‘I’m worried about the Jewish people all over the world,’ says former Shin Bet head about surge of Jewish extremism.   Jewish terrorists in Israel pose… Read More ›

Egged drivers cancel Monday’s proposed strike

Egged drivers cancel Monday’s proposed strike

Drivers’ representatives and Transport Ministry officials worked into the night to secure deal.   Following marathon negotiations between the Histadrut, transport worker’s union and representatives… Read More ›

High Court rejects final appeal to stop demolition of Umm-al-Hiran Beduin village

High Court rejects final appeal to stop demolition of Umm-al-Hiran Beduin village

High Court rejects final appeal to stop demolition of Umm-al-Hiran Beduin village   Supreme Court President Miriam Naor late Sunday rejected a final try by… Read More ›

Palestinians, Israelis block Route 60 to protest ‘occupation’

Palestinians, Israelis block Route 60 to protest ‘occupation’

A rally and speeches near the checkpoint marked the culmination of what was an impassioned and peaceful march.   Amid a cacophony of car horns,… Read More ›

Kerry declares US, Mideast allies ‘safer’ with Iran deal

Kerry declares US, Mideast allies ‘safer’ with Iran deal

In Israel, Netanyahu, Erdan warn implementation endangers region and fails to curb Tehran’s nuclear program   The responses to the Saturday announcement in Vienna of… Read More ›

Minister: PA collapse imminent, result will be ‘anarchy’

Minister: PA collapse imminent, result will be ‘anarchy’

Ze’ev Elkin, a member of the security cabinet, warns Israel is not preparing for the ‘war of all against all’ that will follow   In… Read More ›

Republicans, AIPAC bemoan lifting of Iranian sanctions

Republicans, AIPAC bemoan lifting of Iranian sanctions

As Obama signs executive order putting Iran deal into effect, Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton offers praise, but warns ‘we can’t take our eye off… Read More ›

Holocaust survivors missing out on funds because of legal dispute

Holocaust survivors missing out on funds because of legal dispute

The company that is supposed to look after Holocaust survivors in Israel is locked in a legal dispute, meaning that survivors are denied funds from… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry employees announce Bennett boycott

Foreign Ministry employees announce Bennett boycott

In response to an interview in which Education Minister Naftali Bennett seemed to cast aspersions on the loyalty of Israeli diplomats, Foreign Ministry employees decide… Read More ›

EU: Agreements with Israel only apply within 1967 borders

EU: Agreements with Israel only apply within 1967 borders

Israel is battling an EU proposal that will be tabled next week in a meeting of European foreign ministers, which calls for all European Union… Read More ›

Middle Israel: A Middle Eastern Finland

Middle Israel: A Middle Eastern Finland

With conflicts rapidly multiplying around it, Israel is steadily adopting a mind-set of neutrality.   There was a time when Switzerland epitomized the idyll Israel… Read More ›

Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

At press conference with foreign media, PM rips double standards applied to Israel, calls for ‘reset’ in ties with EU.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

  Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister says he remains firmly behind his candidate to be the new ambassador to Brazil — despite Brazil’s apparent objections… Read More ›