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PM, opposition chief spar over Breaking the Silence, anti-Rivlin comments

PM, opposition chief spar over Breaking the Silence, anti-Rivlin comments

Netanyahu to Herzog: Condemn the NGO; Herzog to Netanyahu: Condemn the ‘terrible and awful incitement’ against president; Lapid condemns them both   A Knesset session… Read More ›

Ex-IDF general takes out ad to support Breaking the Silence

Ex-IDF general takes out ad to support Breaking the Silence

Amiram Levin backs NGO that publishes alleged abuses by soldiers, says army should encourage such groups to speak out   A retired IDF major general… Read More ›

Cheap chain sparks coffee wars in Bnei Brak

Cheap chain sparks coffee wars in Bnei Brak

After Cofix opens seven branches in ultra-Orthodox city offering all products for NIS 5, local store owners fight back with their own price reductions; battle… Read More ›

Study: Climate change to destroy Israel’s economy

Study: Climate change to destroy Israel’s economy

A new study says climate change will cause growth of Israel’s economy to slow until 2055, after which the economy will significantly shrink by the… Read More ›

Activists demonstrate against incitement

Activists demonstrate against incitement

Following inciting rhetoric against President Rivlin, hundreds of left-wing activists take to the streets to fight what they said is a delegitimization of human rights… Read More ›

Hamas leader meets Turkish president amid talk of Jerusalem-Ankara detente

Hamas leader meets Turkish president amid talk of Jerusalem-Ankara detente

“The normalization of relations between Turkey and Israel will not change Ankara’s position towards Hamas,” says senior Hamas official.     Hamas is closely following reports… Read More ›

French PM Valls condemns BDS: ‘Criticism of Israeli policies that turned into anti-Semitism’

French PM Valls condemns BDS: ‘Criticism of Israeli policies that turned into anti-Semitism’

Meyer Habib, French MP representing dual citizens in Israel and other countries, calls on his government to enforce anti-boycott laws.   The French government firmly… Read More ›

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’

‘Israel, Iran have fastest growing defense budgets in Middle East’   Israel and Iran have the fastest growing defense budgets in the Middle East while… Read More ›

Israeli teens take to gridiron to prep for military combat

Israeli teens take to gridiron to prep for military combat

American football is seeing a unlikely hike in interest as team values, strategic thinking gird recruits for elite army unit draft   AP — Under… Read More ›

UN recognizes Yom Kippur as official holiday

UN recognizes Yom Kippur as official holiday

Day of Atonement joins Christmas, Eid al-Fitr and Thanksgiving as Israeli, American efforts bear fruit   The United Nations on Thursday recognized the Day of… Read More ›

Mother of soldier Israel said was killed in Gaza wants him listed as MIA

Mother of soldier Israel said was killed in Gaza wants him listed as MIA

Zehava Shaul says so long as there’s any uncertainty about her son Oron’s fate, she won’t give up hope for his return   The family… Read More ›

Ministry of Defense to sue youths who faked kidnapping

Ministry of Defense to sue youths who faked kidnapping

The state is suing Niv Asraf and Eran Nagaoker, who faked Asraf’s kidnapping in Hebron last April, for NIS 625,000. The incident prompted a massive… Read More ›

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Which Netanyahu should we believe?

Op-ed: Overseas, the prime minister voices his support for all Jewish denominations; in Israel, he appoints a chief rabbi who criticizes the education minister for… Read More ›

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements

One Czech lawmaker says decision “may evoke awkward reminiscence of marking Jewish people during World War II.”   The Czech parliament passed a resolution on… Read More ›

Israel holds ‘substantive’ talks with Quartet delegation that included EU reps

Israel holds ‘substantive’ talks with Quartet delegation that included EU reps

The meeting is especially significant since Israel suspended contact with the EU regarding the peace process last month.   Israeli officials met with a high-level Quartet… Read More ›

Israel ranks as 18th best place in the world to live

Israel ranks as 18th best place in the world to live

The UN’s Human Development index has ranked Israel in 18th place for its list of the best countries in the world to live, putting it… Read More ›

Prime minister, opposition chief clash over incitement

Prime minister, opposition chief clash over incitement

Zionist Union Chairman Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu face off as the opposition chief demands that the PM condemn incitement against President Reuven Rivlin, while… Read More ›

US issues travel warning for Israel

US issues travel warning for Israel

Tourists should know where the nearest bomb shelter is, and the security situation ‘can change day to day’, US State Department tells potential visitors to… Read More ›

Jordan sends 800 asylum seekers back to Sudan

Jordan sends 800 asylum seekers back to Sudan

Minister says migrants, who had filed for asylum, were not refugees, just there for medical treatment   Jordan Wednesday repatriated 800 Sudanese who had sought… Read More ›

Jordanian air force pilots pay ‘working visit’ to Israel

Jordanian air force pilots pay ‘working visit’ to Israel

Amman’s military ties with Israel come under scrutiny after one airman refuses to join delegation, is booted from the service   Jordanian media reports that… Read More ›