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Israeli Afrifah stuns to win 200m at world juniors

Israeli Afrifah stuns to win 200m at world juniors

After trailing favorite Letsile Tebogo for most of the race, a late surge sees Blessing Afrifah claim title by six-thousandths of a second in a… Read More ›

Analysis: Tisha B’Av at Western Wall to test how serious Lapid is about religious pluralism

Analysis: Tisha B’Av at Western Wall to test how serious Lapid is about religious pluralism

After zealots overran egalitarian prayers, PM stressed non-Orthodox Jews’ right to worship at site, but that will only be proven if cops quash such interruptions… Read More ›

Senior Islamic Jihad official: We will bomb the center of Israel

Senior Islamic Jihad official: We will bomb the center of Israel

The official denied that Hamas is trying to prevent the Palestinian Islamic Jihad from attacking Israel.   Israel’s military is bracing for an attack near… Read More ›

Security curbs along Gaza border to stay put as Egypt tries to calm tensions

Security curbs along Gaza border to stay put as Egypt tries to calm tensions

Israel also appeals to Qatar in an effort to convey messages to Islamic Jihad, which have threatened retaliation following the arrest of terror group’s West… Read More ›

Senior Biden official: ‘We’ve lost nothing by keeping door open to deal with Iran’

Senior Biden official: ‘We’ve lost nothing by keeping door open to deal with Iran’

Top official speaking to ToI defends refusal to walk away from talks, even as Iran continues to expand its nuclear program; notes US has intensified… Read More ›

On ‘Journey Through History,’ Auburn Players Visit Yad Vashem In Jerusalem

On ‘Journey Through History,’ Auburn Players Visit Yad Vashem In Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JNS) – As part of a trip to Israel to play basketball, the Auburn Tigers, a Division 1 NCAA college basketball team from Alabama,… Read More ›

Roads along Gaza border to remain closed as IDF fears Islamic Jihad attack

Roads along Gaza border to remain closed as IDF fears Islamic Jihad attack

Gantz warns any threat on Israeli civilians will be met with ‘forceful response’ as tensions run high following arrest of senior Islamic Jihad operative in… Read More ›

Ex-prison guard alleges sexual assault by security inmate said to have raped soldier

Ex-prison guard alleges sexual assault by security inmate said to have raped soldier

New claims from another guard at Gilboa Prison add to growing scandal over accusations that female wardens were ‘pimped’ to Palestinian prisoners   Another former… Read More ›

Gaza workers with Israeli paychecks may be best weapon against terrorism

Gaza workers with Israeli paychecks may be best weapon against terrorism

Opinion: Government’s new policy, which seeks to differentiate between terrorists and civilian population in Gaza, relies on assumption that workers who have seen life with… Read More ›

Official appointment of president’s first female military aide

Official appointment of president’s first female military aide

Rosen-Greenberg, 40, has served in the IDF for 22 years in a number of important roles. Prior to her current appointment served as Chief Intelligence… Read More ›

Israel’s settlement expansion only harms its Jewish identity

Israel’s settlement expansion only harms its Jewish identity

Opinion: Settlers in the West Bank celebrated the Supreme Court decision not to evacuate the Mitzpe Kramim outpost, built on private Palestinian land; they don’t… Read More ›

In new book, Kushner claims envoy Friedman went rogue to okay West Bank annexation

In new book, Kushner claims envoy Friedman went rogue to okay West Bank annexation

Top Trump aide says ‘my knuckles turned white’ as Netanyahu used peace plan rollout to promise sovereignty in settlements and Jordan Valley, did so thanks… Read More ›

No More Cash Deals in Israel (if it’s over 6000 Shekels)

No More Cash Deals in Israel (if it’s over 6000 Shekels)

It is called “mezuman” in Hebrew and it is about to become illegal.  On August 1st, a new law is about to take effect which… Read More ›

Judge rules woman to be placed in shelter against her will amid ex-husband’s threats

Judge rules woman to be placed in shelter against her will amid ex-husband’s threats

Issuing order to Lod mother of four, court notes children also in danger; anti-violence lobby group says women can’t be forced into shelters, detention is… Read More ›

Have Israel’s police helped stem the tide of Arab sector crime?

Have Israel’s police helped stem the tide of Arab sector crime?

What effect has Operation Safe Route, which started eight months ago and the joint efforts of nine governmental offices, had on violence in Arab communities?… Read More ›

Israeli cat shelter owner who was left penniless after cancer diagnosis

Israeli cat shelter owner who was left penniless after cancer diagnosis

Rivi Meir was born into one of Israel’s richest families, but chose to spend all of her wealth helping millions of stray cats; now, after… Read More ›

Analysis: Straddling the Netanyahu question, Zionist Spirit could be kingmaker, if it survives

Analysis: Straddling the Netanyahu question, Zionist Spirit could be kingmaker, if it survives

After faction leaders Shaked and Hendel unify to raise both of their political fortunes, their unity government appeal might put them in position to crown… Read More ›

Israel playing Russian roulette over Jewish Agency

Israel playing Russian roulette over Jewish Agency

Opinion: Government should have focused on maintaining national interests instead of flexing its muscles at Kremlin; if an aggressive stance in wake of agency’s closure… Read More ›

Russia row: Israel’s persistence over Jewish Agency may cost it dearly

Russia row: Israel’s persistence over Jewish Agency may cost it dearly

Opinion: Maintaining good relations with Moscow is in Israel’s national interests, especially in wake of our activity in Syria; prioritizing the Jewish Agency over stable… Read More ›

Netanyahu blames PM for Russia ‘crisis’; Lapid: You haven’t bothered to get updates

Netanyahu blames PM for Russia ‘crisis’; Lapid: You haven’t bothered to get updates

Likud chief claims government’s ‘blabbing’ about Moscow ‘endangering national security’; PMO says Netanyahu should come to security briefings instead of holding press conferences   Likud… Read More ›