Israel News

Margalit: Israel is going through one of worst turndowns   The Knesset is scheduled to vote on the 2015-2016 state budget – the government’s first… Read More ›

Arkansas’s Tom Cotton says he supports Israel because of common values, shared security interests.   Even if the US Congress does not muster enough votes… Read More ›

Prosor formally raised Israel’s objection to the proposal in a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and current president of the General Assembly, Sam… Read More ›

After an Israel Teachers Association strike was averted on Monday night, the new school year was set to begin as schedule on Tuesday morning.  … Read More ›

Yuli Edelstein tells global conference cooperation on environmental issues would lay foundations for peace; Iran walks out on speech   Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstain called… Read More ›

Hours after West Bank firefight surrounding terror suspects’ arrest, Israelis living north of Strip are sent racing to shelters   Rocket warning sirens were heard… Read More ›

Culture and sports minister challenges network after report that she hired ad agency without following protocol; recording apparently captures Regev’s attempts to settle on an… Read More ›

IDF force enters West Bank town of Jenin to arrest wanted Islamic Jihad official, sparking violent clashes, wounding 5 Palestinians. An Israeli Yamam operative was… Read More ›

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

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›