Israel News

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 ›

Explaining a non-existent policy

Explaining a non-existent policy

Op-ed: Something that is often conspicuously absent from the discussions of Israeli PR problems is the country’s clear lack of a consistent and clear policy… Read More ›

Reform may allow physicians to prescribe medical marijuana

Reform may allow physicians to prescribe medical marijuana

At present, only a small number of doctors authorized by the ministry can prescribe it, and the drug is obtainable only from a limited number… Read More ›

Rivlin: ISIS already present in Israel with support growing

Rivlin: ISIS already present in Israel with support growing

According to the Population, Immigration and Borders Authority, there are currently close to a dozen Israeli citizens who are fighting with ISIS, with growing concerns… Read More ›

Swedish opposition lawmakers to call Wallström out over Palestinian incitement

Swedish opposition lawmakers to call Wallström out over Palestinian incitement

MK Lipman: Swedish FM answering difficult questions in a public setting is huge diplomatic success.   Swedish opposition MPs said Tuesday evening that they would… Read More ›

Second Jewish left-wing activist said detained by Israeli police

Second Jewish left-wing activist said detained by Israeli police

Suspect linked to man previously arrested for allegedly informing on Palestinians who sold West Bank land to Jews   Israeli police have detained a Jewish… Read More ›

Israel to announce major land seizure in Jordan Valley

Israel to announce major land seizure in Jordan Valley

Government to declare 370 acres near West Bank settlement south of Jericho as state land in largest appropriation since 2014   The Israeli government will… Read More ›

Egypt revokes citizenship of Jewish woman – because she joined the IDF

Egypt revokes citizenship of Jewish woman – because she joined the IDF

Born as Rouleen Abdullah in Alexandria, Dina Ovadia didn’t even know she was Jewish until the age of 15; she moved to Jerusalem with her… Read More ›

Slovenia’s biggest supermarket chain takes Israeli products off shelves

Slovenia’s biggest supermarket chain takes Israeli products off shelves

Pressure from BDS activists leads to Mercator removing Israeli produce, including pomelos, dates and avocados, from its stores. Mercator, Slovenia’s largest supermarket chain, has removed… Read More ›

Former Mideast peace negotiators slam past failures

Former Mideast peace negotiators slam past failures

Beilin: PM may still withdraw from parts of West Bank; Arens: Negotiation advocates in fantasy land.   Arange of former Israeli, Palestinian, and US peace process… Read More ›

Poll: 43% of French Jews interested in aliya

Poll: 43% of French Jews interested in aliya

More than 7,900 French Jews made aliya in 2015, up 10% from the previous year, when the western European nation became the leading source of… Read More ›

Red Cross: Palestinian paramedics did not refuse to treat Israelis after terror attack

Red Cross: Palestinian paramedics did not refuse to treat Israelis after terror attack

Rabbi Ya’akov Litman, 40, and his son Netanel, 18, were shot to death by Palestinian terrorists outside Otniel south of Hebron on November 13 while… Read More ›

EU softens statement, but lays line between Israel and settlements

EU softens statement, but lays line between Israel and settlements

Jerusalem successfully lobbies for slightly less hostile resolution – which still strongly criticizes West Bank activity – but blasts ‘double standard’   The European Union… Read More ›