Israel News

Washington Post: Iran-held reporter in ‘immediate danger’

Washington Post: Iran-held reporter in ‘immediate danger’

To mark Jason Rezaian’s 500 days of detention, Iran’s UN mission to receive petition of half million signatures calling for his release   NEW YORK… Read More ›

Iran: UN report resolves all questions on our nuclear research

Iran: UN report resolves all questions on our nuclear research

Israel silent on IAEA finding that Iran worked on nukes until at least 2003; Iranian diplomat says its program always had peaceful goals   Iran… Read More ›

UN: Iran worked on developing nuclear weapons

UN: Iran worked on developing nuclear weapons

Netanyahu urges IAEA to deepen its investigation; US says report meets conditions of nuclear deal   VIENNA (AP) — Iran did work related to developing… Read More ›

Israel: IAEA report proves Iran nuke program had military dimension

Israel: IAEA report proves Iran nuke program had military dimension

Energy Minister Steinitz says UN watchdog’s findings on Tehran’s quest for the bomb raise ‘significant suspicions’   A newly released report by the UN’s atomic… Read More ›

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

Complaints lead Ethics Committee to suspend Hazan from Knesset meetings for a month; AG expected to order his indictment on separate matter of finances. What… Read More ›

IDF’s five-year plan to focus on strategic supplies

IDF’s five-year plan to focus on strategic supplies

Israel’s military is learning the lesson from Gaza conflicts which left its stocks depleted. IDF chief Eisenkot has instructed that a larger portion of the… Read More ›

Organized crime hurts economy, inflates housing prices – Justice minister

Organized crime hurts economy, inflates housing prices – Justice minister

One of the main ways organized crime affects housing and construction prices is through the use of “security companies” that extort exorbitant fees from contractors.… Read More ›

European Commission appoints German official to combat anti-Semitism

European Commission appoints German official to combat anti-Semitism

Alongside von Schnurbein, a German national who had previously coordinated relations with religious organizations, the commission also appointed an official to combat anti-Muslim hatred.  … Read More ›

Israel has lowest C-section rate in OECD

Israel has lowest C-section rate in OECD

Women’s health ‘discriminated against,’ says report.   The childbirth rate of Israeli women is the highest among the 34 OECD countries, while its rate of… Read More ›

Ending longstanding taboo, IDF pushes for HIV carriers to enlist

Ending longstanding taboo, IDF pushes for HIV carriers to enlist

Army medical officer says move, made possible with advances in medicine, will affect few but send important message   In light of recent medical developments,… Read More ›

Abbas muzzles Hamas’ al-Aqsa TV

Abbas muzzles Hamas’ al-Aqsa TV

Palestinian security services instruct communications companies to stop servicing Hamas’ al- Aqsa TV; in past month, Israel closed two Hebron radio stations. The Palestinian security… Read More ›

Hezbollah: Israel exploded spying device in Lebanon

Hezbollah: Israel exploded spying device in Lebanon

The terrorist organization’s news station, Al-Manar, claims that two demolition devices were exploded in order to destroy an Israeli listening device in the Marge Ayoun… Read More ›

Horrific new details emerge in 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

Horrific new details emerge in 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

More than 40 years after the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Games in Munich, a new documentary film and a New York… Read More ›

Attorney: Lift gag order on ‘breakthrough’ in suspected Jewish terrorism case

Attorney: Lift gag order on ‘breakthrough’ in suspected Jewish terrorism case

“It’s a shame the public can’t know what’s going on.”   A private attorney is pushng to make public details about an apparently dramatic development… Read More ›

Analysis: Not the darling of the ball, but also not the ugly duckling

Analysis: Not the darling of the ball, but also not the ugly duckling

More and more countries want to deal with Israel, even if they disagree with certain aspects of the current government’s policies.   Nearly 150 leaders… Read More ›

Exiled Iranian poet in Israel: This is the best place on Earth

Exiled Iranian poet in Israel: This is the best place on Earth

Payam Feili, sporting a Star of David neck tattoo, arrives in Tel Aviv to launch Hebrew translation of his book, play adaptation   The exiled… Read More ›

Israel, Jordan unveil $800m joint plan for ‘Red-Dead’ canal

Israel, Jordan unveil $800m joint plan for ‘Red-Dead’ canal

As well as rejuvenating the rapidly diminishing Dead Sea, the canal will bring drinking water to both countries   Israel and Jordan are moving ahead… Read More ›

Israel devastating the Palestinian environment, Abbas tells climate summit

Israel devastating the Palestinian environment, Abbas tells climate summit

‘Our trees are being uprooted, our agriculture is being destroyed,’ PA president says in Paris, even as he appeals for fresh peace talks   Palestinian… Read More ›

Ayman Odeh to make diplomatic visit to US

Ayman Odeh to make diplomatic visit to US

Joint List chairperson invited to unprecedented diplomatic visit, which will include meetings at the White House and Congress. “The issues that matter to Israel’s Arab… Read More ›

Netanyahu and Abbas shake hands for first time in five years

Netanyahu and Abbas shake hands for first time in five years

The Israeli PM and Palestinian President met face-to-face for the first time since 2010, at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Prime… Read More ›