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After stabbing attacks, army ordered to rethink settlement security

After stabbing attacks, army ordered to rethink settlement security

Netanyahu directs army to prepare widespread program to protect West Bank communities following three attacks in eight days   After a third terror attack inside… Read More ›

US envoy to UN condemns recent West Bank terror

US envoy to UN condemns recent West Bank terror

Samantha Power says while US ‘strongly opposes settlement activity,’ it ‘can never in itself be an excuse for violence’   US Ambassador to the UN… Read More ›

Furious Netanyahu slams Ban Ki-moon for ‘stoking’ Palestinian terrorism

Furious Netanyahu slams Ban Ki-moon for ‘stoking’ Palestinian terrorism

UN chief: It’s ‘human nature to react to occupation’; PM: There’s no justification for terror, the Palestinians want to destroy Israel   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Europe not doing enough to fight anti-Semitism

Netanyahu: Europe not doing enough to fight anti-Semitism

Holocaust survivor Martha Weiss to represent Israel at UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, while US President Obama will attend ceremony at Israeli Embassy. Prime… Read More ›

IDF preparing for possible war on northern, Gaza borders

IDF preparing for possible war on northern, Gaza borders

Israel isn’t expected to start a war of choice in the near future, but the IDF believes incidents on the borders with Syria, Lebanon and… Read More ›

With Hezbollah to the left, Syria to the right, and snow all over, IDF takes no chances

With Hezbollah to the left, Syria to the right, and snow all over, IDF takes no chances

The most significant threat facing Israel today sits just a few meters from the soldiers of the Armored Brigade’s 605th engineering battalion.   In one… Read More ›

Milwaukee man charged with terror plot had planned attack on Israelis

Milwaukee man charged with terror plot had planned attack on Israelis

The officials said Hamzeh had been under investigation since September and had first considered an attack on Israelis in the West Bank but decided instead… Read More ›

Report: Eight Hamas militants killed after heavy rains cause terror tunnel to collapse

Report: Eight Hamas militants killed after heavy rains cause terror tunnel to collapse

It is estimated that since the end of Operation Protective Edge last summer, Hamas has dug dozens of tunnels of varying lengths.   At least… Read More ›

Analysis: With emergence of a new Iran, Israel needs new allies

Analysis: With emergence of a new Iran, Israel needs new allies

Israel’s problem was and remains the asymmetry between us and Iran. We don’t have a border with Iran, but Iran has more than one border… Read More ›

Police, municipality dig in as snow starts in Jerusalem

Police, municipality dig in as snow starts in Jerusalem

Route 443 open for now but capital preparing for gridlock as forecasters predict heavy snowfall overnight   The Jerusalem municipality and the city’s emergency services… Read More ›

Fearing return to jail, freed spy Pollard aborts first speech in 30 years

Fearing return to jail, freed spy Pollard aborts first speech in 30 years

Address to US Jewish leaders on ‘draconian’ parole conditions nixed after word leaks to media and lawyers warn of possible repercussions   Recently released Israeli… Read More ›

Goocha: Seafood delight in Tel Aviv’s financial district

Goocha: Seafood delight in Tel Aviv’s financial district

Review: The third branch of the popular Goocha seafood chain in downtown Tel Aviv offers a falafel-shaped version of crab cakes, a rarity dish in… Read More ›

Canada to send ‘tough message’ on violence to ally Israel

Canada to send ‘tough message’ on violence to ally Israel

Remarks by new Liberal government in Ottawa come after expressing concern about Israeli-Palestinian violence, Israeli settlements and unilateral Palestinian moves.     OTTAWA – Canada’s… Read More ›

Clinton: “Very deep connection” to Israel

Clinton: “Very deep connection” to Israel

Speaking to Jewish Federation of Greater des Moines, Clinton drums up support before the Iowa primary.   Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton voiced her strong… Read More ›

Paris remembers Rabin with glittering ceremony marking two decades since assassination

Paris remembers Rabin with glittering ceremony marking two decades since assassination

Guests included French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog.   PARIS – Security was especially tight around… Read More ›

Netanyahu fails to quell all coalition rebellion threats over Hebron homes

Netanyahu fails to quell all coalition rebellion threats over Hebron homes

At the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu promised to update ministers on the progress toward authorization of the two Hebron homes.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Teen stabber had ‘urge’ to act, says relative

Teen stabber had ‘urge’ to act, says relative

Roqaya Abu-Eid, 13, who tried to stab guard was influenced by other deaths, funerals; father says there was no need to kill her   A… Read More ›

Israeli jets bomb targets in Gaza after rocket hits south

Israeli jets bomb targets in Gaza after rocket hits south

No injuries or damage reported in retaliatory strikes after rocket hits open area near border with Palestinian enclave   Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Report: 61% rise in London anti-Semitism; most French Jews considering emigrating

Report: 61% rise in London anti-Semitism; most French Jews considering emigrating

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett presented the government with a report of anti-Semitic statistics in Europe. According to figures, over 40% of EU citizens… Read More ›

Shimon Peres taken to hospital

Shimon Peres taken to hospital

The former Israeli president complains of feeling pressure in his chest, but remains conscious. An ambulance was summoned to the home of former Israeli President… Read More ›