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The Haredi locomotive has left the station

The Haredi locomotive has left the station

Op-ed: The entry of Haredim into the government and their taking on ministerial positions is part of a larger process of Haredi integration, which includes… Read More ›

Gaza Strip – Hamas Member Killed After Gaza Tunnel Suffers Malfunction

Gaza Strip – Hamas Member Killed After Gaza Tunnel Suffers Malfunction

  Gaza Strip – A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, was killed on Saturday after an accident occurred in one of the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Aumann Remembers Cousin Oliver Sacks

Jerusalem – Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Aumann Remembers Cousin Oliver Sacks

  Jerusalem – Two weeks ago, in the last essay Oliver Sacks ever published entitled “Sabbath,” he ruminated about his tenuous relationship with Judaism and… Read More ›

Footage shows Israeli soldier aggressively handling boy

Footage shows Israeli soldier aggressively handling boy

  Jerusalem – Images of an armed Israeli soldier trying to arrest an 11-year-old Palestinian boy with a broken arm in the West Bank went viral… Read More ›

Iran blocks Barenboim concert due to Israeli citizenship

Iran blocks Barenboim concert due to Israeli citizenship

Director of Berlin State Opera House denied entrance to Iran despite also holding Argentinean, Palestinian citizenship. Iran has barred famed conductor Daniel Barenboim from entering… Read More ›

Watchdog warns Netanyahu against appointing another minister to cabinet

Watchdog warns Netanyahu against appointing another minister to cabinet

Movement for Quality Government says PM should keep the cabinet at 21 ministers and combine rather than split ministries.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should… Read More ›

Lost Nazi train is merely a sliver of theft ‘beyond imagination,’ says historian

Lost Nazi train is merely a sliver of theft ‘beyond imagination,’ says historian

Gideon Greif: Germans were not only the biggest murderers, but the biggest thieves.   The possible discovery of a Nazi train filled with Holocaust- era… Read More ›

Abbas moving to boot political opponents and tighten grip on power, critics claim

Abbas moving to boot political opponents and tighten grip on power, critics claim

Differences erupt among Palestinian factions ahead of PLO parliament meeting; Abed Rabbo: Session will just be about personal changes.   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s… Read More ›

Israelis rediscovering Turkey’s resorts

Israelis rediscovering Turkey’s resorts

The Turkish resort town of Antalya has experienced a significant rise in the number of Israeli vacationers recently. Comfortable prices, attractive amenities, and lowered concerns… Read More ›

Israel ranked 4th for expats raising families

Israel ranked 4th for expats raising families

Only Austria, Finland and Sweden place higher than Israel in Expat Insider ‘2015 Family Life Index’ based on surveys of expat families. It’s time. You’re… Read More ›

Turkey strikes ISIS for first time as part of US coalition

Turkey strikes ISIS for first time as part of US coalition

Jets hit ISIS targets in Syria Friday under auspices of US-led coalition; ISIS inches closer to strategic town just miles from Turkish border. Turkey announced… Read More ›

Meet the new Humvee, expected to serve in Israel

Meet the new Humvee, expected to serve in Israel

New all-terrain vehicle, partly made by Israeli company Plasan, wins deal to replace Humvee with 55,000 units by 2040. There’s a new bully on the… Read More ›

Israeli Arab woman from North feared heading to Syria to join ISIS

Israeli Arab woman from North feared heading to Syria to join ISIS

According to officials in the northern town which was unnamed, the Israeli citizen in question is a woman in her forties.   An Israeli national… Read More ›

Israel not opposed to Iranian civilian nuclear program, Netanyahu tells Italian PM

Israel not opposed to Iranian civilian nuclear program, Netanyahu tells Italian PM

“We are opposed to a militarized nuclear program in Iran,” Netanyahu said during a trip to Florence.   Israel is not opposed to an Iranian nuclear… Read More ›

‘Iran won’t recognize Zionist usurper regime,’ senior Khamenei aide vows

‘Iran won’t recognize Zionist usurper regime,’ senior Khamenei aide vows

Comment was made by Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.   A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader scoffed… Read More ›

Netanyahu in Milan: Israel’s contributions to world far outweigh efforts to isolate it

Netanyahu in Milan: Israel’s contributions to world far outweigh efforts to isolate it

The prime minister says millions around the world benefit from Israeli advancements.   Israel’s technological and agricultural developments to better the world are much stronger than… Read More ›

Gaza beach corn vendor attempts suicide after Hamas ‘harassment’

Gaza beach corn vendor attempts suicide after Hamas ‘harassment’

Israeli report parallels case of Muhammed Abu Asi to that of Tunisian who sparked Arab Spring, says Gazans are gearing up for protests   Four… Read More ›

500,000 sign petition to end Israel’s Gaza blockade

500,000 sign petition to end Israel’s Gaza blockade

Arab countries that didn’t follow up on reconstruction pledges cited, but Israel mostly blamed for Strip’s condition   More than half a million people have… Read More ›

Palestinians set date for first congress in two decades

Palestinians set date for first congress in two decades

Palestine National Council is set to meet in Ramallah following recent power shifts within the Palestinian political system. Palestinian leaders have set September 15-16 as… Read More ›

IDF warns deserters, initiates new sanctions

IDF warns deserters, initiates new sanctions

Around 3,000 IDF deserters receive text messages warning them of punishment, as army moves to legislate wide-ranging sanctions including refusal to issue driver’s licenses, passports,… Read More ›