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UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN official blames Israeli settlement activity for Duma deaths

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman says violence against both Israelis and Palestinians is aided by lax law enforcement in the West Bank.  … Read More ›

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Israel to P5+1: Iran, Islamic Jihad behind rocket attack against our northern towns

Iran consistently threatens to annihilate the Jewish state, even though world powers insist the nuclear deal will make Israel safer.   Israel accused Iran and… Read More ›

Analysis: It’s the principle – not just the man

Analysis: It’s the principle – not just the man

“The Arab community is overwhelmingly supportive of Allan because we are overwhelmingly supportive of the Palestinian cause,” MK Yousef Jabareen (Hadash) told The Jerusalem Post.… Read More ›

J Street U elects Muslim student as president

J Street U elects Muslim student as president

Maryland senior Amna Farooqi, of Pakistani descent, named new leader of national student board   The campus arm of left-wing pro-Israel group J Street elected… Read More ›

Jerusalem – AP Interview: Huckabee Vows To Shake Up Mideast Policies

Jerusalem – AP Interview: Huckabee Vows To Shake Up Mideast Policies

  Jerusalem – Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on Wednesday vowed to abandon key American policies in the Mideast if he is elected next year,… Read More ›

Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment

Scientists find how obesity gene works, a clue to treatment

Genetics specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says new experiments reveal a mechanism previously unsuspected   Scientists have finally figured out how the key… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry workers: We’ll delay Danon’s departure

Foreign Ministry workers: We’ll delay Danon’s departure

The Foreign Ministry Worker’s Union, which is in a labor dispute with the government, announces it will delay issuing diplomatic passports for PM’s recent appointments.… Read More ›

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

Battles over Shabbat in Jerusalem intensify: Convenience stores to be fined

The Jerusalem mayor’s office has decided to start issuing fines to convenience stores open on weekends, causing controversy; some suspect the decision is meant to… Read More ›

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

IDF soldier wounded in terror attack near Jerusalem

Soldier wounded by explosive device, soon after another attack near J’lem in which anonymous individuals threw stones at vehicle, lightly wounding 22-month-old and her father.… Read More ›

Moving the needle on settlements debate?

Moving the needle on settlements debate?

With the possibility that the anti-settlement Orthodoxy promulgated by the Obama administration be challenged, the other side of the issue may get a wider hearing… Read More ›

Yom Kippur to once again coincide with Muslim holiday

Yom Kippur to once again coincide with Muslim holiday

Arab business owners appeal to open on Eid al-Adha, a significant day of revenue for shop-keepers and small businesses, which falls on the same day… Read More ›

Israel – 200 New Immigrants From North America Touch Down At Ben Gurion; 59 ‘Lone Wolf’ IDF Soldiers Among Group

Israel – 200 New Immigrants From North America Touch Down At Ben Gurion; 59 ‘Lone Wolf’ IDF Soldiers Among Group

  Israel – On Tuesday, over 200 new immigrants from North America touched down at Ben Gurion Airport aboard a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, including… Read More ›

US may pull out Sinai force that helps keep Israel-Egypt peace

US may pull out Sinai force that helps keep Israel-Egypt peace

Increased terrorist activity has led administration to consider ways to protect troops, including bolstering weaponry, withdrawing altogether   WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is… Read More ›

Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under new deal

Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under new deal

The new museum to open in Washington DC in 2017 seeks to tell the Biblical story based on archaeological material; to that end, it will… Read More ›

British tourist under attack for expressing love for Israel

British tourist under attack for expressing love for Israel

Emma Carter from London came under attack from friends on Facebook after posting about her love for Israel and its people, leading her to close… Read More ›

Five Israelis lightly hurt from stone throwing in East Jerusalem

Five Israelis lightly hurt from stone throwing in East Jerusalem

Four Jews and one Arab wounded from stones being pelted at a bus and two private cars in At-Tur; security forces searching for perpetrators. A… Read More ›

France laying groundwork to recognize ‘Palestine’

France laying groundwork to recognize ‘Palestine’

French foreign minister Fabius meets his counterpart in Paris.   Indications the French do not intend to bring a Middle East peace resolution to the… Read More ›

Labor leader says he would welcome Ashkenazi in party

Labor leader says he would welcome Ashkenazi in party

Call follows similar invitation from Yesh Atid head Lapid   Former IDF chief of staff Lt.- Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi should enter politics with Labor,… Read More ›

Palestinian female prisoner launches hunger strike

Palestinian female prisoner launches hunger strike

Attorney Shireen Issawi, held without trial for suspected involvement in terror, strikes in support of Mohammed Allaan   Palestinian detainee Shireen Issawi, held by Israel… Read More ›

New military advocate general prepared for ICC fight

New military advocate general prepared for ICC fight

With threat of international lawsuits growing, defense minister names Col. Sharon Afek IDF’s top attorney   Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon appointed Col. Sharon Afek to… Read More ›