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Kerry: ‘No mood for concessions’ in Israel, West Bank

Kerry: ‘No mood for concessions’ in Israel, West Bank

US secretary of state lays out goals for Israel visit to ‘calm things down a bit,’ but warns that neither Israelis or Palestinians want to… Read More ›

‘They’ve taken Ziv from me’

‘They’ve taken Ziv from me’

18-year-old soldier Ziv Mizrahi, killed in stabbing attack, becomes second victim of terror in family after Alon Mizrahi was killed in 2003 suicide bombing. Private… Read More ›

IAF jets strike in Gaza

IAF jets strike in Gaza

Israeli strikes target Hamas affiliated positions in the central Gaza Strip in retaliation for morning rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council.   Local reports in… Read More ›

Netanyahu fumes at Bennett’s ‘I put a bullet between his eyes’ comment

Netanyahu fumes at Bennett’s ‘I put a bullet between his eyes’ comment

Bayit Yehudi chief said that he had managed to get Netanyahu to back down from previous public statements indicating that he would consider “unilateral measures.”… Read More ›

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Terror, wherever it occurs, highlights imperative for Middle East peace, Jacob Zuma tells local Jews; Israel’s ambassador calls remark ‘unfair’ and a misunderstanding of Islamic… Read More ›

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Image posted to Twitter depicts ‘child killer’ Gershon Mesika with a target and blood splatter over his face   Hours after a former local politician… Read More ›

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

Jewish groups criticize tardy statements on Thursday attack that killed three, including teenager from Sharon, Massachusetts The Obama administration condemned in the “strongest possible terms”… Read More ›

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

In Boston, more than 1,500 mourners attend funeral of 18-year-old yeshiva student murdered by Palestinian terrorist on Thursday   SHARON, Massachusetts — Amid sobs of… Read More ›

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Ultra-Orthodox sensitivities win another culture battle in Jerusalem as Cinema City branch owners reject petition to keep theater open on Shabbat. Jerusalem’s religious-cultural wars took… Read More ›

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

Hadar Buchris, a 21-year-old from Safed who was murdered in a terror attack at Gush Etzion junction, memorialized by students from midrasha she attended in… Read More ›

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

Overwhelming number of Israeli Arabs – 82% – agree that Islamic State is an extremist terrorist organization and that they, as Arabs, feel ashamed of… Read More ›

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

While no official figures have been published delineating the drop in crime, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says thousands of officers on the ground.   One… Read More ›

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Ezra Schwartz, killed in a terror attack on Thursday, flown to Boston for his funeral; ‘He had a wonderful life,’ father says   Several hundred… Read More ›

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

  Washington – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the region to try to stop… Read More ›

Troops foil stabbing attack at Cave of the Patriarchs

Troops foil stabbing attack at Cave of the Patriarchs

Palestinian woman walking towards checkpoint ignored security forces’ instructions to stop and was arrested; search of her possession uncovered large kitchen knife she allegedly planned… Read More ›

De Klerk, Rabin: Real leaders

De Klerk, Rabin: Real leaders

Op-ed: True leadership requires that politics be put aside for a greater good; Netanyahu knows it, but isn’t prepared to make personal sacrafices. What motivated… Read More ›

US academic association votes to boycott Israel

US academic association votes to boycott Israel

American Anthropological Association passes resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions in landslide vote; Pro BDS groups praise ‘historic result.’ A major American Academic association, the… Read More ›

More Israelis prefer Gantz than Netanyahu as PM, poll finds

More Israelis prefer Gantz than Netanyahu as PM, poll finds

Margin significantly decreases if Gantz were to run as head of center-left party.   If former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz ran for prime… Read More ›

UK’s Labor Party boycotts security firm with business ties to Israel

UK’s Labor Party boycotts security firm with business ties to Israel

The company has come under fire in recent years due to what pro-Palestinian activists say is its role in facilitating Israel’s control over the Palestinian… Read More ›

Terrorism victim’s wife: ‘What was will never be again’

Terrorism victim’s wife: ‘What was will never be again’

Beloved educator and father of four, Yaakov Don, laid to rest in Kfar Etzion.   Yaakov Don, 49, died on his way to do one… Read More ›