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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 ›

The drums of war can be heard

The drums of war can be heard

Op-ed: War is likely to break out here next summer, or even before then – and if you think its doubtful, or trust in the… Read More ›

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Israeli envoy Danon: ‘I live with anti-Semitism 24/7 at the United Nations’

Quarter of Israelis scared of a new Holocaust, end of Israel, says new poll.   “At the UN I live with anti-Semitism twenty four-seven,” Israeli… Read More ›

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

Followers of fugitive Rabbi Berland issue death threat against South Africa’s chief rabbi

  The followers of an Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges reportedly made… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

Netanyahu to Hamas: Israel will strike with ‘greater force’ than 2014 war if attacked from tunnels

PM warns Palestinian terror group against reestablishing network of underground passageways.   Israel will respond more forcefully than it did during 2014’s Operation protective Edge… Read More ›

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Hebron Jewish families to try to move into disputed buildings today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to update the government on Sunday in regard to the legalization of the homes.   Some 20 Jewish families… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

Jerusalem – Israel’s Liberal Artists Decry Attempts To Limit Expression

  Jerusalem – Israel’s cultural class is increasingly alarmed by what many see as a tightening noose on freedom of expression, as a hard-line government… Read More ›

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

While acknowledging 80% of West Bank settlers went there in search of affordable housing, filmmaker Shimon Dotan insists it is the violent fringe that leads… Read More ›

High-tech ‘incubator’ nurtures Gaza start-ups with industry’s help

High-tech ‘incubator’ nurtures Gaza start-ups with industry’s help

Gaza may be physically cut off from the world under a blockade imposed by Egypt and Israel, but that hasn’t quashed the enthusiasm of young… Read More ›

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli minister interviewed for Saudi website

Israeli Minister Ze’ev Elkin talks with Saudi Arabian news website Elaph about the shared threat from Iran. When asked whether there would be negotiations between… Read More ›

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

Israeli stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem

A 17-year-old was stabbed in the back and lightly wounded next to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Security forces are searching for the two attackers, who… Read More ›

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

German paper uses Nazi language to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism

Some German Jews have canceled their SZ subscriptions over the years because of its alleged contemporary anti-Semitism.   BERLIN – An article in the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung… Read More ›

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

Israel not surprised by US/UK spying but says changes needed

In Israel, it’s a given that foreign intelligence agencies active in the Middle East monitor Israeli military activities.   Israel’s defense establishment will probably not… Read More ›

Defense Ministry unveils first Namer APC with Trophy anti-missile system

Defense Ministry unveils first Namer APC with Trophy anti-missile system

Rafael-produced system will enable troop transporter to move across battlefields rife with anti-tank and RPG threats.   The Defense Ministry unveiled on Thursday the first… Read More ›

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

Coca Cola to open Gaza factory ‘within weeks’

$20 million manufacturing plant will provide more than 1,000 jobs to unemployment-ridden Strip   Coca Cola is to open a factory in the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

5 Palestinians jailed for 15 years for stoning that led to toddler’s death

5 Palestinians jailed for 15 years for stoning that led to toddler’s death

Military court strikes plea bargain with stone-throwers, which stipulates they will compensate family of four-year-old Adele Bitton   Five Palestinian youths were sentenced to 15… Read More ›

MK’s car pelted with rocks after visiting family of terror victim

MK’s car pelted with rocks after visiting family of terror victim

Yesh Atid’s Haim Yellin was on his way back from paying a condolence visit to family of Shlomit Krigman, stabbed to death earlier this week,… Read More ›

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

Netanyahu associate at meeting with Iranian FM

French Jewish MP attended parliamentary meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif during the latter’s latest visit to France. They discussed the Holocaust, Israel, Iran’s infamous cartoon… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish heart

Obama’s Jewish heart

Op-ed: Even those who see Obama as hostile to Israel have to admit he went all the way in his expressions of affection during a… Read More ›