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A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

Then-IDF chief Benny Gantz blandly defends operation against Hamas as ‘the right thing to do,’ but joins chorus concluding it achieved little   Over a… Read More ›

Unique campaign urges early detection of breast cancer among haredi women

Unique campaign urges early detection of breast cancer among haredi women

For the very first time, hundreds of street posters aimed at raising awareness to breast cancer will be distributed in Israeli cities with large ultra-Orthodox… Read More ›

Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Holocaust survivors have not received their quarterly allowance due to a battle between the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets and the… Read More ›

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

The struggle over a pistol, the murder and the children that witnessed it all: About a month ago, the Hamas members who shot Naama and… Read More ›

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Should enlistment quotas after 2020 not be met, then some economic sanctions would apply to yeshivas, but will be determined by the prime minister, defense… Read More ›

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

In a new audio recording, al-Qaida leader says attacks against the US are what is needed to ‘Liberate Palestine.’   Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri released… Read More ›

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel Judo Federation chairman Moshe Ponte claimed he was forced to accept the request made by the organizers due to security concerns.   Israel’s delegation… Read More ›

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

The case is a test of existing US anti-boycott laws.​   WASHINGTON – The US Department of Transportation is preparing legal action against Kuwait Airways… Read More ›

Gaza City – Gaza Family Is First To Return To Rebuilt Home After War

Gaza City – Gaza Family Is First To Return To Rebuilt Home After War

  Gaza City – The al-Zazas have much to celebrate these days, after returning a few weeks ago to their neighborhood in the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Driver says incident, which wounded three Border Police officers, was a hit-and-run rather than vehicular assault   A Palestinian man suspected of deliberately running over… Read More ›

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

In letter to Netanyahu, Jerusalem major says less talk, more action needed as capital hit by recent terror wave   Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on… Read More ›

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

Neither side feels safe walking the streets, and both insist they’re not going anywhere — no matter how bad the violence gets   JTA —… Read More ›

Supreme Court to consider same-sex marriage petition

Supreme Court to consider same-sex marriage petition

Following historic US decision, Israeli LGBT association hopes to win a similar legal battle and bypass the religious establishment. The Israeli GLBT Association submitted a… Read More ›

IDF on Mount Hermon preparing for Iran-backed terrorism

IDF on Mount Hermon preparing for Iran-backed terrorism

Since start of Russian air involvement, more assertive Assad regime has retaken several posts in Syrian Golan.   IDF units on Mount Hermon, which borders Syria,… Read More ›

Regev to call emergency meetings after Israeli flag banned from judo competition in UAE

Regev to call emergency meetings after Israeli flag banned from judo competition in UAE

Israel’s judokas were not allowed to compete in Abu Dhabi with the Israel flag on their judo uniform.   Or Sasson completed the Israeli delegation’s… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian Wielding Knife Shot Dead: Israeli Police

West Bank – Palestinian Wielding Knife Shot Dead: Israeli Police

  West Bank – Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife in the occupied West Bank on… Read More ›

US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns

US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns

Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan responds to US-Israel defense talks with vow to inflict an ‘unforgettable lesson’   Iran’s defense minister warned Saturday that his country… Read More ›

Peace is only way to ensure security for Israel, says Obama at Rabin memorial

Peace is only way to ensure security for Israel, says Obama at Rabin memorial

In pre-recorded speech to Tel Aviv rally, US president pays tribute to PM, says ‘a bullet can take a man’s life, but his dream of… Read More ›

Twenty years on, an unfulfilled plea for peace

Twenty years on, an unfulfilled plea for peace

Participants at memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin say Israeli society has grown more divided, and more extreme, since he was assassinated   TEL AVIV —… Read More ›

2 Israeli judokas win bronze at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam

2 Israeli judokas win bronze at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam

Israeli Judokas Yarden Gerbi and Sagi Muki win bronze in important tournament, bringing them closer to qualifying for Rio 2016 Olympics. Two Israeli athletes medaled… Read More ›