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Eradicating violence against women requires revolutionary reforms

Eradicating violence against women requires revolutionary reforms

Opinion: As we mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it’s clear the country still has a long way to go in… Read More ›

Israel detects its first case of new, highly mutated COVID-19 strain

Israel detects its first case of new, highly mutated COVID-19 strain

2 other returnees from Malawi also suspected to have contagious B.1.1.529 variant; all 3 were vaccinated; PM calls meeting, urges purchase of PCR kits that… Read More ›

Israeli drug for severe COVID reduces death by 70% – phase 2 trial

Israeli drug for severe COVID reduces death by 70% – phase 2 trial

Bonus BioGroup CEO says company now aiming for emergency use authorization in US, EU and Israel.   An Israeli treatment for severe COVID-19 has been… Read More ›

Bennett’s government must free itself from Netanyahu’s shadow

Bennett’s government must free itself from Netanyahu’s shadow

Opinion: Accomplishments of current administration – from passing state budget to handling of coronavirus – speak well enough for themselves; dwelling on actions taken by… Read More ›

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets sites in western Syria

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets sites in western Syria

The airstrike is the fourth alleged Israeli strike on Syria in the past month.   Four Syrian soldiers were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike… Read More ›

Why I am planning to vaccinate my children against COVID

Why I am planning to vaccinate my children against COVID

Opinion: As Israel launches its pediatric vaccine drive, former Health Ministry DG writes to Ynet that although he understands why some parents may feel hesitant,… Read More ›

Poland, Israel reportedly moving toward thaw in ties after four-month freeze

Poland, Israel reportedly moving toward thaw in ties after four-month freeze

Jerusalem’s chargés d’affaires expected to return to Warsaw, while Israel appears to balk at full restoration of ambassadors following spat over Holocaust restitution legislation  … Read More ›

Millennia-old plant remains shed light on climate change in Israel

Millennia-old plant remains shed light on climate change in Israel

Archaeologists from TAU, Tel Hai College and U. of Montpellier reconstruct how weather evolved over 10,000 years.   Some 20,000 years ago, winters in Israel… Read More ›

Hamas’ political and military wings are two sides of the same coin

Hamas’ political and military wings are two sides of the same coin

Opinion: Hot on heels of UK’s terror designation of Hamas, British envoy to Israel describes in Ynet exclusive how Gaza rulers’ indiscriminate firing of rockets… Read More ›

After Jerusalem killing and 50 terror arrests, Lapid urges Turkey to shut down Hamas

After Jerusalem killing and 50 terror arrests, Lapid urges Turkey to shut down Hamas

Hamas cell reportedly being directed by Istanbul-based leaders; Israel held off on announcing arrests until return of two Israelis accused of spying by Ankara  … Read More ›

Who was the Islamic ‘scholar’ who carried out the Jerusalem attack?

Who was the Islamic ‘scholar’ who carried out the Jerusalem attack?

What is clear is that he was affiliated with Hamas and regularly expressed views similar to those of the Gaza-based group.   Those who knew… Read More ›

Austria’s vaccine mandate changes the rules for the rest of the world

Austria’s vaccine mandate changes the rules for the rest of the world

Opinion: Europe’s brutal COVID-19 morbidity wave is making its leaders take some drastic measures as more countries are expected to follow Vienna’s suit, and don’t… Read More ›

Jerusalem terror attack fatality named as South African immigrant Eli Kay

Jerusalem terror attack fatality named as South African immigrant Eli Kay

26-year-old Western Wall guide and former lone soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian gunman in Old City; 4 hurt, including 2 border cops who… Read More ›

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Stance Taken Against Chaim Walder Is Based On Pictures, Recordings

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Stance Taken Against Chaim Walder Is Based On Pictures, Recordings

  JERUSALEM — Following the announcement that several well-known Rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel took a public stance against Chaim Walder at this time, despite the… Read More ›

Iran claims Israel afraid of conflict with its ‘axis of resistance’

Iran claims Israel afraid of conflict with its ‘axis of resistance’

Iran believes Israel is under a wider threat than in the past, and brags it could unite Gaza and the “northern front” against Israel. It… Read More ›

Israel’s war on crime in Arab sector is far from over

Israel’s war on crime in Arab sector is far from over

Opinion: Tuesday’s murder of a special needs man in Jaljulia, an Arab town in central Israel, is a wake up call for officials who think… Read More ›

Religious affairs minister appears to walk back support for Western Wall compromise

Religious affairs minister appears to walk back support for Western Wall compromise

Labor MK Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi, condemns Matan Kahana for claiming ‘the vast majority’ of Jews in Israel are Orthodox   Religious Affairs Minister… Read More ›

Haredi author Chaim Walder dropped from publisher amid rape allegations

Haredi author Chaim Walder dropped from publisher amid rape allegations

The popular ultra-Orthodox author behind the ‘Kids Speak’ series, accused of raping minors, will take a break from public life.   Israeli ultra-Orthodox author Chaim… Read More ›

Bennett’s great COVID gamble

Bennett’s great COVID gamble

Opinion: As Israel slips out of its fourth infection wave, it seems the government is too eager to open the country’s skies, risking new variants… Read More ›

Shaked: Bringing more countries into Abraham Accords will require US incentives

Shaked: Bringing more countries into Abraham Accords will require US incentives

Interior minister insists no Israeli gestures to Palestinians necessary to broaden normalization deals, says Israel’s policy on settlements is to agree to disagree with Washington… Read More ›