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While Brazil rejects Israeli envoy, it inaugurates Palestinian embassy

While Brazil rejects Israeli envoy, it inaugurates Palestinian embassy

The inauguration of the embassy comes as Brazil and Israel tussle over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nominee to fill the vacant Israeli envoy position.  … Read More ›

On the streets of Haifa, anger and fear mar a sunny exterior

On the streets of Haifa, anger and fear mar a sunny exterior

“I’m afraid to wake up in the morning and find out that I have cancer,” said Etti Ben-Adiva, who works at a cafe along the… Read More ›

Israel helping coalition battle Islamic State, general says

Israel helping coalition battle Islamic State, general says

Nitzan Alon says Jewish state is essentially part of the international group fighting terror group   A top Israeli general said Wednesday that the Islamic… Read More ›

Army surrounds killers’ West Bank town after Jerusalem attack

Army surrounds killers’ West Bank town after Jerusalem attack

IDF raids seek possible accomplices of 3 terrorists who killed Border Police officer Hadar Cohen outside Old City   The IDF surrounded the northern West… Read More ›

Hamas official brags, then denies, tunnels reach into Israel

Hamas official brags, then denies, tunnels reach into Israel

Mahmoud al-Zahar issues conflicting statements about the purpose of tunnels built under Gaza Strip   Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said Wednesday that the Islamist… Read More ›

Hamas said to suffer fresh tunnel collapse in Gaza Strip

Hamas said to suffer fresh tunnel collapse in Gaza Strip

Top IDF general won’t say whether Israel involved in series of cave-ins; Hamas leader claimed earlier that tunnels now extend into Israel   A tunnel… Read More ›

Police officer indicted for leaking personal information to Lehava

Police officer indicted for leaking personal information to Lehava

A Border Police officer is indicted after allegedly transferring personal details of a Jewish woman he found traveling in a car with two Arabs and… Read More ›

Bank of Israel: Country faces large 2017 budget hole

Bank of Israel: Country faces large 2017 budget hole

The government is set to go take on a bigger deficit in 2017, as political agreements influence its spending. The country’s budget deficit is expected… Read More ›

Opposing the silencers

Opposing the silencers

Op-ed: The wall of separation that differentiated the sane, Zionist left from the zany anti-Israel camp has fallen down. That leads some leftists, such as… Read More ›

Amid Israel protest, CBS amends ‘biased and dishonest’ terror attack headline

Amid Israel protest, CBS amends ‘biased and dishonest’ terror attack headline

Foreign Ministry spokesman says headline is example of “unparalleled chutzpa.”   The Foreign Ministry moved swiftly on Wednesday to change what it termed a “horrible headline”… Read More ›

Analysis: Searching for signs of organized terrorism in Jerusalem

Analysis: Searching for signs of organized terrorism in Jerusalem

Security forces will check whether someone sent the three armed terrorists or whether they organized themselves   The Border Police officers who stopped three armed Palestinian… Read More ›

Justices rule PM can appear in court to defend gas deal

Justices rule PM can appear in court to defend gas deal

Zionist Union, Meretz fail to prevent Netanyahu’s unprecedented testimony.   An expanded five-panel justice panel ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can appear… Read More ›

Most Israelis have no faith in government or press – survey

Most Israelis have no faith in government or press – survey

Edelman’s latest global poll includes Israel for the first time.   The majority of Israelis have no trust in either the government or the media… Read More ›

Haniyeh: Hamas ‘heroes’ tirelessly digging Gaza tunnels

Haniyeh: Hamas ‘heroes’ tirelessly digging Gaza tunnels

At funeral for 7 excavators killed in tunnel collapse, terror group’s former PM brags that tunnels, rockets being readied for ‘liberation of the land’  … Read More ›

Be more aggressive in Strip, ex-Gaza general urges

Be more aggressive in Strip, ex-Gaza general urges

Retired major general Yom-Tov Samia says army should have maintained presence along Philadelphi Corridor   The general who commanded the Israeli military along the Gaza… Read More ›

Hamas calls for Palestinian elections 10 years on

Hamas calls for Palestinian elections 10 years on

Hemmed in by Egypt and Israel, Gaza terror group says it seeks reconciliation with rival Fatah   GAZA CITY — Islamist movement Hamas on Tuesday… Read More ›

Olim in Israel without Hebrew

Olim in Israel without Hebrew

Olim have to avoid several pitfalls regarding learning Hebrew: the lack of learning resources available to more widely-spoken languages, the high level of English spoken… Read More ›

Israel and Hamas both in a race against time

Israel and Hamas both in a race against time

Analysis: An injection of US cash into Israel’s anti-tunnel technology will speed up its development. But the increased activity on the Israeli side is liable… Read More ›

Welcome to the state of walls and barricades

Welcome to the state of walls and barricades

Op-ed: Netanyahu is a sober leader who believes there’s no solution to the conflict unless an app is found that could make the Palestinians disappear.… Read More ›

Next US president could cancel Iran deal – Hoenlein

Next US president could cancel Iran deal – Hoenlein

Hoenlein said it was not right to frame the deal as a defeat for the pro-Israel community in the US, since the debate was not… Read More ›