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PM: Proposal for Lebanon maritime border deal preserves Israel’s security interests

PM: Proposal for Lebanon maritime border deal preserves Israel’s security interests

Lapid confirms Jerusalem has received text of agreement; says allowing Lebanon to develop gas field will field will ‘weaken dependence on Iran, restrain Hezbollah’  … Read More ›

WATCH: 93-Year-Old Petah Tikva Pianist Reenacts Shir HaMaalos As Heard From Yossele Rosenblatt

WATCH: 93-Year-Old Petah Tikva Pianist Reenacts Shir HaMaalos As Heard From Yossele Rosenblatt

JERUSALEM — Yosefa Fish, a 93-year-old pianist residing in Petah Tikva, is remarkably sprightly for her age. Fish has not forgotten an event which left… Read More ›

Can the Arab Peace Initiative challenge the Abraham Accords?

Can the Arab Peace Initiative challenge the Abraham Accords?

Opinion: Following a decline in Arab public support for U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords in 2022, Saudi Arabia’s peace plan could become the favored solution to end… Read More ›

Gunmen target taxi, bus in West Bank suspected terror attack; 1 lightly injured

Gunmen target taxi, bus in West Bank suspected terror attack; 1 lightly injured

Shots fired at Israeli vehicles on road between Palestinian town of Bayt Furik, settlement of Elon Moreh; security forces search for suspects; armed faction claims… Read More ›

Israel slips into catch-22 situation with West Bank anti-terror raids

Israel slips into catch-22 situation with West Bank anti-terror raids

Analysis: While counterterrorism ops necessary for Israel’s security, mounting Palestinian body count only perpetuates vicious cycle of violence as Palestinian youths demand vengeance for their… Read More ›

Top Abbas aide to meet with senior Biden officials in Washington next week

Top Abbas aide to meet with senior Biden officials in Washington next week

PA minister aiming to meet with White House national security adviser, CIA officials as Ramallah seeks to push US to play more active role in… Read More ›

Bennett’s short term as premier unmasks real Israeli political divide

Bennett’s short term as premier unmasks real Israeli political divide

Opinion: After leading a coalition made up of parties from all sectors of Israeli society, including the religious right-wing, November polls prove to be about… Read More ›

Rise of far-right party shows racism deep-rooted in Israel

Rise of far-right party shows racism deep-rooted in Israel

Opinion: Many of us are taken aback when we come upon blunt racism, but it’s likely because we simply prefer it in the form of… Read More ›

Israel Elections: Benjamin Netanyahu looks to return as prime minister

Israel Elections: Benjamin Netanyahu looks to return as prime minister

No. 5 on The Jerusalem Post’s Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   The year… Read More ›

Lapid: not building coalitions before elections but will not sit with Netanyahu

Lapid: not building coalitions before elections but will not sit with Netanyahu

Prime minister sits for Ynet interview on eve of Jewish New Year to talk about his political future and his vision for the country and… Read More ›

Lapid receiving hypocritical backlash for proposing the two-state solution

Lapid receiving hypocritical backlash for proposing the two-state solution

The Likud and other politicians are attacking the prime minister for doing exactly what he should – acting in accordance with the national interest; Lapid… Read More ›

Biden lauds ‘courageous’ Lapid call for two-states as US groups push for peace talks

Biden lauds ‘courageous’ Lapid call for two-states as US groups push for peace talks

US president says he ‘could not agree more’ after prime minister backs Palestinian statehood at UN General Assembly, but others note absence of actual movement… Read More ›

Israel wants two-state solution to Palestinian conflict, Lapid to tell UN

Israel wants two-state solution to Palestinian conflict, Lapid to tell UN

In his address, Lapid will explain that “separating from the Palestinians has to be part of the nation’s vision.”   UNITED NATIONS – Israel remains… Read More ›

West Bank violence is prelude to uprising against PA, expert says

West Bank violence is prelude to uprising against PA, expert says

Analysis: Irate locals accuse Palestinian Authority of cooperating with Israel after arrest of two men, one of them Hamas operative, that spurred deadly clashes, killing… Read More ›

Lapid to back two-state solution in UN address; is slammed by rivals and some allies

Lapid to back two-state solution in UN address; is slammed by rivals and some allies

Prime minister slated to offer ‘hope and vision through strength’; right-wing ministers criticize intended remarks, while lawmakers from left support move and urge talks with… Read More ›

Israel successfully tests Gabriel 5 anti-ship missile

Israel successfully tests Gabriel 5 anti-ship missile

Military says missile system ‘will strengthen Navy’s operational and defensive capabilities in maritime space’; new sea-skimming missiles capable of detecting and destroying a wide range… Read More ›

Israel Police chief calls for ‘shutting down’ social media during civil unrest

Israel Police chief calls for ‘shutting down’ social media during civil unrest

‘This is already war’: Commissioner says online platforms drove citizens out onto the streets during the May 2021 Arab-Jewish riots   Israel Police commissioner Kobi… Read More ›

84-Year-Old Holon Woman Brutally Murdered By Palestinian Terrorist Who Was Later Found Hanged

84-Year-Old Holon Woman Brutally Murdered By Palestinian Terrorist Who Was Later Found Hanged

JERUSALEM — On Tuesday evening an elderly woman was brutally attacked and murdered on a Holon street. Police investigating the incident concluded that the attack… Read More ›

Turkey’s Erdogan tells Jewish leaders he plans to visit Israel

Turkey’s Erdogan tells Jewish leaders he plans to visit Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Jewish leaders that he planned to visit Israel and that antisemitism is “a crime against humanity.”   Turkish President… Read More ›

Trump’s offer of West Bank to Jordan is out-of-the-box thinking Israel needs

Trump’s offer of West Bank to Jordan is out-of-the-box thinking Israel needs

Opinion: Ex-U.S. president’s controversial proposal is the type of political innovation that could one day take Israel out of the endless, bloody loop of fighting… Read More ›