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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 ›

Health, Environment ministers try to calm Haifa pollution fears

Health, Environment ministers try to calm Haifa pollution fears

Emergency city council meeting held to address disturbing report on birth defects.   The Haifa City Council convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday to address… Read More ›

All eyes on Haifa after damning study results leaked

All eyes on Haifa after damning study results leaked

U. of Haifa: Women exposed to petrochemical pollution have babies with smaller heads.   The Haifa Municipality and the Health Ministry kept their distance on Monday… Read More ›

Where does Bernie Sanders stand on Israel?

Where does Bernie Sanders stand on Israel?

The Jewish presidential hopeful, a former kibbutz volunteer, is against the US ‘pouring so much military aid into Israel,’ vows to be ‘evenhanded’ in dealing… Read More ›

Hamas member fakes illness, enters Israel

Hamas member fakes illness, enters Israel

Two Gazans used fake medical documents to travel to an East Jerusalem hospital. The next day, the ‘patient’ was found perfectly healthy in Umm al-Fahm.… Read More ›

Al-Aqsa mosque manager banned from Temple Mount

Al-Aqsa mosque manager banned from Temple Mount

Jerusalem police decides to keep Najah Bacirat away from the holy site for six months; security forces say Bacirat is a radical, inciting figure. In… Read More ›

Analysis: The West Bank tipping point

Analysis: The West Bank tipping point

It is still too soon to talk about a new, armed phase in Palestinian attacks, but the coming weeks will indicate whether the area is… Read More ›

Palestinian youth arrested with concealed knife while stalking Jewish home in Old City

Palestinian youth arrested with concealed knife while stalking Jewish home in Old City

Arrest near Lion’s Gate, where terrorist stabbed 2 Israelis to death in October.   A 14-year-old Palestinian boy suspected of attempting to carry out a… Read More ›

Bennett to ‘Post’: Kotel now open to all Jews

Bennett to ‘Post’: Kotel now open to all Jews

Education minister slams Levin’s criticism of non-Orthodox strains of Judaism.   Sunday’s cabinet vote to upgrade and legally sanction an egalitarian prayer space at the… Read More ›

Israel Military Industries expanding range of air-to-ground bombs

Israel Military Industries expanding range of air-to-ground bombs

MPR 1000 and 2000 bombs undergoing trials, can pierce through reinforced concrete to target terrorist bunkers.   Israel Military Industries (IMI) is expanding its range of… Read More ›

Infant disorders linked to pollution in Haifa Bay, says new study

Infant disorders linked to pollution in Haifa Bay, says new study

Smaller-than-average heads, low weight, add to earlier cancer findings; government wants more oil refineries, says mayor   New research suggests a link between a high… Read More ›

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

Gaza – Hamas: Collapsed Gaza Tunnel Was Used To ‘Kidnap’ Body Of IDF Soldier Oron Shaul

  Gaza – The tunnel that collapsed east of Gaza City last week is the same one that was used in the alleged kidnap of… Read More ›

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

UN chief ‘alarmed’ at Hamas vow to keep building Gaza tunnels, rockets

Ban says terror group endangering ‘humanitarian and development efforts by international community and Palestinian and Israeli authorities’   United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed… Read More ›

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Hamas hints at deal to exchange soldiers’ bodies for prisoners

Terror group official says tunnel in deadly collapse was same passageway used in capture of Oron Shaul during 2014 war   The Hamas terror group… Read More ›

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

Opposition head calls for IDF to bomb Gaza tunnels

As Israelis near Gaza border report digging sounds, Herzog blasts ‘idle’ government response to apparent Hamas rebuilding of underground attack system   ThIn this Thursday,… Read More ›

OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

OECD report: Israel is corrupt, poor, and happy

Israel ranks low for income, housing market and poverty, says report – yet Israelis express high satisfaction with life and the country places high for… Read More ›

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Terror victims’ relatives to gov’t: Deport terrorists’ families

Relatives of 18 people murdered in terror attacks have written an open letter calling on the government to stiffen the penalty for terrorists’ families and… Read More ›