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Israel should be ashamed of its treatment of welfare sector workers

Israel should be ashamed of its treatment of welfare sector workers

Opinion: Teachers, caretakers and social workers are all crucial professions, not to mention building blocks of a thriving society; it’s insulting to have them bear… Read More ›

Jordan: Court support for Jewish prayer at Temple Mount breaches international law

Jordan: Court support for Jewish prayer at Temple Mount breaches international law

Amman warns ruling in favor of teens who recited ‘Shema Yisrael’ is also ‘a gross violation of international decisions’; Hams warns decision ‘plays with fire’… Read More ›

Iran Claims To Uncover Israeli Spy Ring Amid IRGC Assassination

Iran Claims To Uncover Israeli Spy Ring Amid IRGC Assassination

TEHRAN (AP) – Iranian state-run media says the Revolutionary Guard’s security forces have uncovered and arrested members of an Israeli intelligence network operating in the… Read More ›

Busy with external threats, Israel abandoned home front

Busy with external threats, Israel abandoned home front

Opinion: The public has been left at the mercy of domestic terrorists and criminals, and now, the government must build a new security blueprint to… Read More ›

Health officials predict more monkeypox cases, but no widespread outbreak

Health officials predict more monkeypox cases, but no widespread outbreak

Disease control committee director downplays fears of an epidemic after 1st case found in Israel; Health Ministry tells people coming from abroad with symptoms to… Read More ›

Israeli tennis player’s French Open game suspected of being fixed – report

Israeli tennis player’s French Open game suspected of being fixed – report

There was a disproportionally high amount of betting during Dudi Sela’s defeat in a Roland-Garros qualifying match.   A French Open tennis qualifying match involving… Read More ›

We Druze are an inalienable part of Israeli society

We Druze are an inalienable part of Israeli society

Opinion: There were never any doubts about me being Israeli, that is how I was brought up and so were most members of the Druze… Read More ›

In first comments, rebel Meretz MK ambiguous on support for new elections

In first comments, rebel Meretz MK ambiguous on support for new elections

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi says ‘there’s no way back’ after resignation, but suggests she could support government ‘from the outside’ if it shifts policies   Meretz… Read More ›

Lag Ba’omer: Celebrations resume at Meron, one year after deadly tragedy – watch

Lag Ba’omer: Celebrations resume at Meron, one year after deadly tragedy – watch

One year after the disaster at Meron killed 45 people, police have set up new protocols for this year’s celebrations.   The celebrations at Mount… Read More ›

13 months in jail for man who tweeted about wanting to kill Netanyahu and his son

13 months in jail for man who tweeted about wanting to kill Netanyahu and his son

People ‘hiding behind a keyboard’ should ‘expect a harsh punishment and jail time,’ prosecution says of Asher Ben David   A Beersheba resident was jailed… Read More ›

Police on high alert ahead of Meron Lag Ba’omer celebration

Police on high alert ahead of Meron Lag Ba’omer celebration

16,000 will be allowed on mountain at a time, only people with tickets to be let in.   Tens of thousands of people are expected… Read More ›

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center serves as model for coexistence

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center serves as model for coexistence

Despite the turbulent and often violent reality outside its walls, on Ramat Gan hospital’s premises workers and patients alike look beyond the religious and political… Read More ›

Report: In 1st, US refuelers to take part in major Israeli drill for strike on Iran

Report: In 1st, US refuelers to take part in major Israeli drill for strike on Iran

Collaboration involving Israeli fighter jets and American refuelers seen as message to Iran regarding potential for US assistance in an actual Israeli attack   The… Read More ›

Family of deceased patient attacks staff, destroys hospital property

Family of deceased patient attacks staff, destroys hospital property

The patient passed away at the Hadassah-University Medical Center in Mount Scopus from an overdose.   A man in his 20s was arrested at the… Read More ›

Israel must stop apologizing for a killing it did not commit

Israel must stop apologizing for a killing it did not commit

Opinion: Journalists covering war zones know they are putting themselves in harm’s way, just like Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh did; regardless of who fired… Read More ›

In first, Russian military said to fire S-300 missiles at Israeli jets over Syria

In first, Russian military said to fire S-300 missiles at Israeli jets over Syria

TV says incident came as IAF fighters departed area after alleged strike last week and they were not in danger; move could signal a significant… Read More ›

Hamas calls for mass Nakba Day ascent to Temple Mount

Hamas calls for mass Nakba Day ascent to Temple Mount

Sunday marks both Nakba Day and Pesach Sheni (Second Passover), and both Hamas and Jewish Temple Mount activist organizations called for people to visit, setting… Read More ›

After 3.5 years, IDF releases name of officer killed in botched Gaza operation

After 3.5 years, IDF releases name of officer killed in botched Gaza operation

Lt. Col. Mahmoud Khir al-Din, identified previously only as ‘Mem,’ was struck by comrade’s bullet during November 2018 intel-gathering action that went south in Khan… Read More ›

TRAGIC: Heroic Israeli Commando Killed in Operation, Survived by Wife and Six Kids

TRAGIC: Heroic Israeli Commando Killed in Operation, Survived by Wife and Six Kids

WEST BANK — Noam Raz, a heroic member of an elite Israeli force, was tragically killed in an anti-terror operation near Jenin on Friday. The… Read More ›

Abbas threatens to turn to ICC over Al Jazeera reporter’s killing

Abbas threatens to turn to ICC over Al Jazeera reporter’s killing

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas said he will go to the International Criminal Court to “punish the criminals” for her death.   The Palestinian Authority… Read More ›