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Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Bank Of Israel Says Rates To Stay Lower For Longer

Tel Aviv – Israel’s central bank said interest rates were likely to stay at record lows for longer than expected, given a weaker economic outlook… Read More ›

Rabin killer’s brother held over Facebook post wishing president ill

Rabin killer’s brother held over Facebook post wishing president ill

Hagai Amir says Reuven Rivlin and ‘Zionist state’ will soon ‘depart from this world’; is questioned for incitement   The brother and primary accomplice to… Read More ›

Beitar Jerusalem fans chant name of Rabin’s killer

Beitar Jerusalem fans chant name of Rabin’s killer

Israel Football Association mulls disciplinary action against soccer club for latest display by extreme right-wingers   Israel Football Association officials are considering taking disciplinary action… Read More ›

The disgrace of Jewish extremism

The disgrace of Jewish extremism

Op-ed: We all know we must fight Islamic fundamentalism, but when it comes to fundamentalism in our own home, which is threatening our life as… Read More ›

Rabbi calls on public to return to Western Wall

Rabbi calls on public to return to Western Wall

Following dramatic drop in number of visitors since start of recent wave of terror, Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch urges Jewish worshippers to resume their… Read More ›

Former MK and minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to be indicted

Former MK and minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to be indicted

Attorney General Weinstein announced the indictment Tuesday, following a hearing. Ben Eliezer is accused of charges that include bribery, tax evasion, and fraud. Former MK… Read More ›

Haredi extremists picket Temple Mount activist

Haredi extremists picket Temple Mount activist

Both current chief rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau have restated the longstanding position of the chief rabbinate banning Jewish visitation to the site.  … Read More ›

Terrorist attempts to stab soldier in Hebron

Terrorist attempts to stab soldier in Hebron

The terror attack is the second of the day.   Soldiers late Tuesday night killed a Palestinian assailant who pulled a knife on them at… Read More ›

World Jewish Congress slams Palestinian ‘culture of hate’

World Jewish Congress slams Palestinian ‘culture of hate’

“The series of attacks against Jews in Israel is the direct result of incitement by radical elements who call upon Palestinian youth to murder Jews,”… Read More ›

Remembering Rabin through art

Remembering Rabin through art

A new exhibit hosts posters related to the late Prime Minister and his assassination, hoping to put a new twist in the nation’s thoughts regarding… Read More ›

Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Israel hopes to coordinate Temple Mount camera installation ‘as soon as possible’

Ban: I hope security steps can demonstrate restraint, respect for sanctity of area, Wakf yet to decide on camera proposal   Israel is interested in… Read More ›

20,000 Israelis sue Facebook for ignoring Palestinian incitement

20,000 Israelis sue Facebook for ignoring Palestinian incitement

Class-action suit filed in Brooklyn requires social network to immediately remove all posts ‘containing incitement to murder Jews’   NEW YORK — A class-action lawsuit… Read More ›

At Rabin memorial, Netanyahu blames PA for failed peace efforts

At Rabin memorial, Netanyahu blames PA for failed peace efforts

PM says there’s no peace because Palestinians refuse to recognize Jewish state; Herzog pans him for 10 years of failure   Addressing the Knesset during… Read More ›

Clinton: I really loved Rabin, and he would have made peace

Clinton: I really loved Rabin, and he would have made peace

In interview aired 20 years after assassination of PM, former president recalls how Arafat said Rabin’s word was better than any contract   Had he… Read More ›

Peace education programs thrive amid violence

Peace education programs thrive amid violence

Peres Center for Peace reports increase in demand for joint Jewish and Arab educational programs amid concerns that recent wave of terror may lead to… Read More ›

US warns Netanyahu against unilateral steps in East Jerusalem

US warns Netanyahu against unilateral steps in East Jerusalem

After PM raises possibility of revoking benefits from Palestinians living on other side of separation wall, Washington says such a movie would ‘be of concern.’… Read More ›

Who was the real Rabin and what is left of Oslo

Who was the real Rabin and what is left of Oslo

Op-ed: No one knows what would have happened had Israel’s prime minister survived his assassination attempt, but 20 years of failure indicate that a peace… Read More ›

Study: 20 years later, Rabin assassination conspiracy theories have risen dramatically online

Study: 20 years later, Rabin assassination conspiracy theories have risen dramatically online

Some say Shin Bet, Shimon Peres responsible for assassination, others believe that former prime minister is still alive.   Support for conspiracy theories around the… Read More ›

Grand mufti: There was never a Jewish Temple on Temple Mount

Grand mufti: There was never a Jewish Temple on Temple Mount

Palestinian Media Watch says Hussein’s‘revision of history’ is nothing new   Strong criticism was leveled on Monday at Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti… Read More ›

Iranian general: Israel’s collapse may come in less than a quarter of a century

Iranian general: Israel’s collapse may come in less than a quarter of a century

Foreign minister says nuclear agreement to be implemented only on supreme leader’s terms   The commander of Iran’s ground forces vowed that their long-range missiles… Read More ›