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Israel, the US and Iran: An unstoppable train bound for a crash

Israel, the US and Iran: An unstoppable train bound for a crash

The biggest story of 2015: The completion of a nuclear deal between the world powers and Iran and its effects on the US-Israel alliance.  … Read More ›

15-year-old Arab girl indicted on two counts of attempted murder

15-year-old Arab girl indicted on two counts of attempted murder

According to the indictment, earlier this month the unidentified teenager confessed to attempting to stab two Jews in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter so she… Read More ›

2015 was Israel’s third hottest year on record

2015 was Israel’s third hottest year on record

Galilee broke records with scorching August temperatures, while Merom Golan saw greatest freeze in 60 years   The Israeli Meteorological Service (IMS) said 2015 was… Read More ›

A-G ‘authorized torture’ of Jewish terror suspects — report

A-G ‘authorized torture’ of Jewish terror suspects — report

Sources tell Haaretz detainees in Duma killings were subjected to severe techniques after probe hit dead end; PM was only notified after the fact  … Read More ›

Making aliyah to join the IDF

Making aliyah to join the IDF

Around 70 young people from across the world made aliyah to Israel in the last few days in order to join the IDF as lone… Read More ›

Israel kicks off New Year’s 2016

Israel kicks off New Year’s 2016

Throughout Israel partygoers celebrat the new year; pictures of celebrations throughout the world; more subdued atmosphere in Europe due to security concerns. Thousands of partygoers… Read More ›

Israeli aid group to assist Missouri flood victims

Israeli aid group to assist Missouri flood victims

Israel-based humanitarian aid organization IsraAID says it will send a team to assist victims of extreme flooding in the United States.   Israel-based humanitarian aid… Read More ›

Terror victim’s son: ‘We will not let our enemies break us’

Terror victim’s son: ‘We will not let our enemies break us’

Earlier, Netanyahu offered his condolences and said: “To all those who would uproot us from the Tomb of the Patriarchs – we have been there… Read More ›

Released suspect in Duma case claims Shin Bet tortured him

Released suspect in Duma case claims Shin Bet tortured him

‘I felt I was about to die,’ says teen; 2 suspects in fatal firebombing to be indicted soon; TV shows blurred footage of prime suspect… Read More ›

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti-Iran deal lobbying — report

US spied on Netanyahu’s anti-Iran deal lobbying — report

Despite promising to curb eavesdropping on foreign leaders, White House had NSA listen in on conversations between Israeli leaders and US lawmakers, according to Wall… Read More ›

Israel: We don’t spy on US, and expect US not to spy on us

Israel: We don’t spy on US, and expect US not to spy on us

If claims Washington listened in on Netanyahu are true, Jerusalem must lodge a formal protest, minister says; Michael Oren: ‘It’s not very nice, but we… Read More ›

Congress intel committee to probe US spying on Israel

Congress intel committee to probe US spying on Israel

Rep. Devin Nunes summons security chiefs to brief lawmakers after revelations that their conversations were caught up in sweep   WASHINGTON — The chairman of… Read More ›

97-year-old is oldest person to make aliyah this year

97-year-old is oldest person to make aliyah this year

Melba Landa made aliyah from Moscow after devoting her life to fighting for Soviet Jewry and for human rights in the USSR and modern Russia.… Read More ›

The Left must not adopt the Right’s Holocaust discourse

The Left must not adopt the Right’s Holocaust discourse

Op-ed: In Netanyahu’s nightmarish world, the Jewish people are always the victims fighting for their lives, and their rivals are Nazis. But not every threat… Read More ›

Fatah officials slam PA for preventing Palestinians from clashing with IDF

Fatah officials slam PA for preventing Palestinians from clashing with IDF

“We have the right to remain in a state of friction with the Israeli enemy so that we could live on this land with dignity,”… Read More ›

Shrugs in Israel to report that US eavesdropped on Netanyahu

Shrugs in Israel to report that US eavesdropped on Netanyahu

WSJ report also concluded Boehner, not Dermer, initiated PM’s controversial address to Congress.   Jerusalem responded largely  with a yawn to a Wall Street Journal… Read More ›

Elbit upgrading IAF’s ‘next generation’ of Hermes 900 drones

Elbit upgrading IAF’s ‘next generation’ of Hermes 900 drones

The Hermes 900 upgrades will help the IDF quickly monitor disappearing guerrilla-terrorist targets.   The Israel Air Force’s fleet of Hermes 900 drones are undergoing… Read More ›

Groom, three others arrested over ‘hate wedding’ video

Groom, three others arrested over ‘hate wedding’ video

Yakir Ashbel has said he was unaware guests at his marriage were celebrating murders of Palestinian family   Israel Police on Tuesday arrested the groom… Read More ›

Holot full for first time

Holot full for first time

The Israel Prison Service has announced that the detention facility in the south of Israel now holds 3,360 asylum seekers, with the possibility of delaying… Read More ›

Aryeh Deri to return to Interior Minister position

Aryeh Deri to return to Interior Minister position

Deri was forced to resign from the ministry in 1993 due to an indictment for corruption, of which he was eventually convicted. He is now… Read More ›