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After denial, Australia reverses recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital

After denial, Australia reverses recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital

FM Penny Wong says Australian embassy to remain in Tel Aviv, walks back 2018 decision by previous government to offer formal recognition after first denying… Read More ›

Israel is fifth-most educated country in the world, report says

Israel is fifth-most educated country in the world, report says

Education search platform Erudera’s report says countries with highest percentage of post-secondary education graduates share common characteristics, including relatively high GDP per capita and lower… Read More ›

Top security chiefs meet, said to discuss armed Palestinian group ‘Lion’s Den’

Top security chiefs meet, said to discuss armed Palestinian group ‘Lion’s Den’

The organization has claimed responsibility for numerous recent shooting attacks against Israeli forces and civilians in the northern West Bank   Israel’s political and security… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Obama had ‘not just bad policy, but malice’ towards Israel

Netanyahu: Obama had ‘not just bad policy, but malice’ towards Israel

The first time Netanyahu met Obama was in 2007 when the former was opposition leader and the latter was a freshman senator.   The Obama… Read More ›

Israel’s political swamp must be drained, lest we drown in it

Israel’s political swamp must be drained, lest we drown in it

Opinion: Our country’s current political system might have worked for us in the past 75 years, but recent, and seemingly never-ending, political turmoil serves as… Read More ›

At mourning tent for gunmen in Jenin, Palestinian PM speaks of ‘martyrs and victims’

At mourning tent for gunmen in Jenin, Palestinian PM speaks of ‘martyrs and victims’

Standing next to armed men and father of a terrorist who carried out a deadly attack in Tel Aviv, Mohammed Shtayyeh describes Jenin refugee camp… Read More ›

Israel’s handling of West Bank is fundamentally erroneous

Israel’s handling of West Bank is fundamentally erroneous

Opinion: The waves of clashes and attacks in the Palestinian territories have been coming and going for years, and no matter how much time passes,… Read More ›

Lebanon’s president announces official approval of maritime border deal with Israel

Lebanon’s president announces official approval of maritime border deal with Israel

In televised address, Michel Aoun stresses that agreement includes ‘no normalization’ and ‘responds to Lebanese demands and maintains all our rights’   Lebanese President Michel… Read More ›

Palestinians heed militia’s call for general strike

Palestinians heed militia’s call for general strike

Clashes erupt near the closed-off Shuafat checkpoint as Palestinians throw stones and policemen respond with tear gas and rubber bullets.   Palestinians on Wednesday observed… Read More ›

Lapid says maritime border deal reduces risk of war with Hezbollah

Lapid says maritime border deal reduces risk of war with Hezbollah

PM, Defense Minister slam opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu for criticizing deal they say he has yet to see; U.S. assurances to Israel still in negotiations… Read More ›

Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Two cops injured; car with Jewish family forced to flee after stoned; footage shows hail of fireworks and police car surrounded by flames as fighting… Read More ›

Hezbollah to back border deal with Israel if approved by Lebanese government

Hezbollah to back border deal with Israel if approved by Lebanese government

Lebanese terror group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah says he will ‘neither threaten or make promises’ to Israel, while cautiously showing his support for the final draft… Read More ›

Police on high alert as thousands expected at Western Wall for priestly blessing

Police on high alert as thousands expected at Western Wall for priestly blessing

Tensions running high in Jerusalem, West Bank, following a series of deadly attacks on troops; massive manhunts ongoing for two shooters still at large  … Read More ›

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a hit commercial both for the Haredi community as well as the secular community in Israel.  A… Read More ›

Lebanon satisfied with final draft of Israel maritime border deal, says top Lebanese negotiator

Lebanon satisfied with final draft of Israel maritime border deal, says top Lebanese negotiator

The deal will resolve a territorial dispute in the eastern tip of the Mediterranean sea in an area where Lebanon aims to explore for natural… Read More ›

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

Opinion: Sukkot, on the one hand, is a festival celebrating our people’s wandering the desert while living in flimsy booths; on the other hand, it… Read More ›

Russia in retort to Lapid: Israel stood silent in face of Kyiv’s ‘terrorism’

Russia in retort to Lapid: Israel stood silent in face of Kyiv’s ‘terrorism’

After Israeli leader blasts barrage on civilian targets, Moscow wonders why Jerusalem never spoke out against Ukraine’s ‘murderous’ attacks   Russia on Monday night fired… Read More ›

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration will enhance penalties for compliance with the decades-old Arab League boycott of Israel, at a moment when some… Read More ›

Lebanon says will get final draft of Israel maritime border proposal within hours

Lebanon says will get final draft of Israel maritime border proposal within hours

Lebanese president Aoun says Beirut will study the final text and take ‘the suitable decision’; Biden administration continues pressure campaign on Lebanon to waive new… Read More ›

With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal

With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal

David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as… Read More ›