Israel News

Temple Mount activists: Prayer ban for Jews is discrimination

Temple Mount activists: Prayer ban for Jews is discrimination

Worship by Jews at site cannot be prevented by force, says Yehudah Glick.   Temple  Mount activist groups denounced on Sunday the recent diplomatic efforts… Read More ›

Analysis: Looking to Abdullah, because Abbas won’t douse the flames

Analysis: Looking to Abdullah, because Abbas won’t douse the flames

While it is not certain any one party can douse the tensions, it is certain that Jordan – at least – wants to.   Unlike… Read More ›

Soldier injured in Beersheba attack was shot by police

Soldier injured in Beersheba attack was shot by police

Investigation finds that Daniel Harush, critically wounded in last week’s attack, had hid in a bathroom stall near the terrorist   Daniel Harush, 19, an… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Rivlin: I Will Never Pardon ‘evil’ Rabin Assassin

Jerusalem – Rivlin: I Will Never Pardon ‘evil’ Rabin Assassin

  Jerusalem – President Reuven Rivlin vowed on Sunday at the opening state ceremony for events marking the 20th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s… Read More ›

Guatemala election: Comedian is front-runner

Guatemala election: Comedian is front-runner

    Comedian-turned-politician Jimmy Morales is leading in Guatemala’s presidential vote, according to preliminary election returns. Morales, 46, has won more than 72% of votes… Read More ›

Ahead of Tel Aviv shows, Seinfeld headlines Israeli charity ball in LA

Ahead of Tel Aviv shows, Seinfeld headlines Israeli charity ball in LA

During time of increased conflict in Israel, a record-breaking $12m is raised at American Friends of Magen David Adom event   LOS ANGELES — It… Read More ›

Israel to mark 20th anniversary of Rabin murder

Israel to mark 20th anniversary of Rabin murder

Week-long series of events to start Sunday night at the President’s Residence and the Yitzhak Rabin Center and culminate in main rally at Rabin Square… Read More ›

Israeli moderately wounded in Ariel stabbing attack

Israeli moderately wounded in Ariel stabbing attack

Attacker flees scene as police begin searches; settler in Gush Etzion stabbed after being forced off the road with stone barrage; security forces neutralize female… Read More ›

PM considers canceling residency of 80,000 East Jerusalem Palestinians

PM considers canceling residency of 80,000 East Jerusalem Palestinians

Netanyahu raises possibility in cabinet meeting of canceling residency status of East Jerusalem Palestinians who live on other side of the separation barrier sparking criticism… Read More ›

UN showcases Israeli NGOs bridging social gaps among youth

UN showcases Israeli NGOs bridging social gaps among youth

Teens are working together ‘to achieve a better future’ for Jewish state.   NEW YORK – It was the first time that 17-year-old May Ofir… Read More ›

UN Quartet in Vienna expresses ‘grave concern’ over rising tensions

UN Quartet in Vienna expresses ‘grave concern’ over rising tensions

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Exercise ‘maximum restraint’   NEW YORK – Representatives of the UN Quartet for the Middle East expressed “grave concern” over the tensions… Read More ›

Possible ‘price tag’ attack suspected in East Jerusalem

Possible ‘price tag’ attack suspected in East Jerusalem

Car torched and words ‘administrative revenge’ found scrawled nearby in neighborhood of Umm Tuba   A car was found torched with racist graffiti daubed nearby… Read More ›

Ramallah – For Palestinians, Social Media Is Source Of News And Anger

Ramallah – For Palestinians, Social Media Is Source Of News And Anger

  Ramallah – Four dailies, eight TV stations, and scores of radio stations report on the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Palestinian territories.… Read More ›

Government shelves controversial ‘Jewish state bill’

Government shelves controversial ‘Jewish state bill’

Legislation, which would enshrine Israel’s status as the nation state of the Jewish people, won’t come up for ministerial debate   The Ministerial Committee for… Read More ›

Prominent UK figures call for cultural engagement with Israel instead of boycott

Prominent UK figures call for cultural engagement with Israel instead of boycott

In open letter to liberal UK newspaper, dozens of prominent figures from across the cultural, academic and political spheres in the UK call for cultural… Read More ›

One year later: Israeli wounded in synagogue massacre dies

One year later: Israeli wounded in synagogue massacre dies

Chaim Yechiel Rothman, who was seriously wounded during the Har Nof massacre in November 2014 and had been in hospitalized ever since, died from his… Read More ›

Netanyahu: ‘Muslims pray on the Temple Mount, non-Muslims visit’

Netanyahu: ‘Muslims pray on the Temple Mount, non-Muslims visit’

“Israel has no intention to divide the Temple Mount, and we completely reject any attempt to suggest otherwise,” says Netanyahu   Only Muslims can worship… Read More ›

Yitzhak Rabin: A leader with vision

Yitzhak Rabin: A leader with vision

Shimon Peres reflects on the legacy of Yitzhak Rabin   On July 13, 1992, Yitzhak Rabin presented his government before the 13th Knesset: “Members of… Read More ›

Leading Israeli rabbis warn against Temple Mount visits

Leading Israeli rabbis warn against Temple Mount visits

Jewish visitors risk unwittingly entering site of Holy of Holies and condemning themselves to eternal excommunication, chief rabbi and colleagues say   Dozens of prominent… Read More ›

Most religious Zionists want Arabs out of Israel, study finds

Most religious Zionists want Arabs out of Israel, study finds

Survey finds high levels of anti-Arab sentiment among nationalist religious Jews in Israel, consider minority an existential threat   JTA — During the previous wave… Read More ›