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Iran deal only good for Israel if it comes with credible US military threat – Lapid

Iran deal only good for Israel if it comes with credible US military threat – Lapid

Mossad chief Barnea to fly next week to Washington to present Israeli intelligence on Iran before Congress.   The US will not reach a good… Read More ›

On 125th anniversary of first Zionist Congress, Israel must choose to unite

On 125th anniversary of first Zionist Congress, Israel must choose to unite

Opinion: We need a new Herzl and a new Zionist Congress, not to establish a state or define its identity, but to breathe a new… Read More ›

Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days

Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days

As Lapid and Netanyahu trade barbs over Iran approach, Haaretz cites draft proposal that would see a uranium enrichment freeze, sanctions relief and a prisoner… Read More ›

War Monitor: Israeli Strike Targeted Missile Depot In Syria

War Monitor: Israeli Strike Targeted Missile Depot In Syria

  BEIRUT (AP) — Satellite imagery showed widespread destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria targeted in a recent Israeli airstrike, and the… Read More ›

United sued for delaying Israel flight over fictitious Tel Aviv curfew

United sued for delaying Israel flight over fictitious Tel Aviv curfew

United Airlines initially said its flight to Israel on August 6 was delayed due to a curfew in Tel Aviv, but no such curfew existed.… Read More ›

Russia removes S-300 battery from Masayaf clearing way for Israel strike

Russia removes S-300 battery from Masayaf clearing way for Israel strike

Analysis: removal of Russian air defenses allows strike of strategically important military facility used for precise missile production for Hezbollah and other Shi’ite militias; Russia… Read More ›

Treasury says it could seek back-to-work orders for teachers if talks fail

Treasury says it could seek back-to-work orders for teachers if talks fail

Finance Ministry official Kobi Bar-Nathan vows to do ‘everything in our power’ to avoid a strike on September 1   A senior treasury official said… Read More ›

Israel’s blitz to torpedo Iran nuclear deal began way too late

Israel’s blitz to torpedo Iran nuclear deal began way too late

Opinion: U.S. and Iran wish to revive 2015 agreement at what seems like all cost; for Israel, in order to deal with a stronger Tehran,… Read More ›

Are Israel’s enemies becoming more religiously extreme?

Are Israel’s enemies becoming more religiously extreme?

Opinion: Recent terror attacks committed by Islamic State followers and rise of Palestinian Islamic Jihad prove Israel must adapt to fighting an enemy different than… Read More ›

Artificial sweeteners can harm sugar levels, shouldn’t be assumed safe – Israeli lab

Artificial sweeteners can harm sugar levels, shouldn’t be assumed safe – Israeli lab

In peer-reviewed study, scientists from Weizmann Institute find 4 common sugar substitutes alter gut bacteria, and say 2 of them may actually harm ability to… Read More ›

Déjà-Vu 2006: Nasrallah’s threats again have Israel on alert

Déjà-Vu 2006: Nasrallah’s threats again have Israel on alert

Analysis: Although there is no consensus among Israeli security establishment on whether Hezbollah is actually readying for a war, Israel is taking terror group leader’s… Read More ›

Galon wins Meretz leadership race, returning to head left-wing party after 3 years

Galon wins Meretz leadership race, returning to head left-wing party after 3 years

Stepping out of retirement to run, Zehava Galon easily defeats Yair Golan, while outgoing party chief Nitzan Horowitz slips to unrealistic spot on Knesset list… Read More ›

US denies Iran claim it’s delaying talks, says deal closer than it was 2 weeks ago

US denies Iran claim it’s delaying talks, says deal closer than it was 2 weeks ago

State Department says Washington reviewing Iran’s comments on EU’s ‘final’ draft proposed, as top IRGC official warns Iran capable of striking Israel without nuclear weapons… Read More ›

Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks to Gazan civilians – opinion

Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks to Gazan civilians – opinion

Prime Minister Yair Lapid spoke to the Gazan civilians and proposed an idea to help them, Hamas and the PA commented negatively.   It is… Read More ›

Will recent tensions between Israel and Egypt undermine cooperation?

Will recent tensions between Israel and Egypt undermine cooperation?

Opinion: A row over IDF arresting Islamic Jihad operatives in West Bank, having promised Egyptians not to do so in recent Gaza truce talks, has… Read More ›

High Court rejects appeal to fully release hunger-striking Palestinian

High Court rejects appeal to fully release hunger-striking Palestinian

Terror suspect Khalil Awawdeh, fasting since March, had administrative detention frozen, but not lifted, while in hospital; judges cite ‘solid’ justification for his arrest  … Read More ›

BDE: Rabbi Shalom Cohen, Rosh Yeshiva Of Porat Yosef, Passes Away

BDE: Rabbi Shalom Cohen, Rosh Yeshiva Of Porat Yosef, Passes Away

JERUSALEM — Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the Rosh Yeshiva of Porat Yosef and leader of the Sephardic Torah community in Israel, has passed away at the… Read More ›

Why New York Times still at a loss to explain what prompted Rushdie attack

Why New York Times still at a loss to explain what prompted Rushdie attack

Opinion: Media’s insistence on claiming not to know devout Shi’ite Muslim and Iran admirer’s motives for stabbing the Satanic Verses writer is a point of… Read More ›

Israel and Turkey to restore ambassadors in full renewal of diplomatic ties

Israel and Turkey to restore ambassadors in full renewal of diplomatic ties

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu vows that Ankara is ‘not giving up on the Palestinian cause’; Lapid: Move is ‘an important asset for regional stability’… Read More ›

US says concerned by Israel’s raid on Palestinian NGOs, not convinced by prior intel

US says concerned by Israel’s raid on Palestinian NGOs, not convinced by prior intel

State Department says Israel pledged to provide new information justifying office closures, says ‘high bar’ needed to act against civil society   The US on… Read More ›