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Escalation over Jerusalem is how wars start – analysis

Escalation over Jerusalem is how wars start – analysis

It is important to understand that this timeline is similar to how tensions grew in 2014 and other cycles that led to tensions in Gaza… Read More ›

Biden wants Israel and Palestinians to behave

Biden wants Israel and Palestinians to behave

Opinion: With U.S. embroiled with more pressing domestic and foreign challenges, the White House is seeking to ensure regional stability in the Mideast, exemplified by… Read More ›

Panning Jerusalem riot response, Smotrich says maybe time to ‘replace’ Netanyahu

Panning Jerusalem riot response, Smotrich says maybe time to ‘replace’ Netanyahu

Posting video of beating of Israeli by Palestinian mob, Religious Zionism head expresses perplexion at PM’s call for ‘calm on all sides’; Likud: He should… Read More ›

Terror candidates must not run in Palestinian elections, US tells UNSC

Terror candidates must not run in Palestinian elections, US tells UNSC

“Terrorists who deny Israel’s right to exist are being allowed to participate in the elections,” said UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan.   The United States cautioned… Read More ›

Health Ministry urges Israelis to avoid unnecessary trips abroad amid pandemic

Health Ministry urges Israelis to avoid unnecessary trips abroad amid pandemic

Israelis who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who have recovered from the disease are also recommended not to leave the country to avoid… Read More ›

4 arrested, 1 hurt, in Jewish-Arab clashes in Jerusalem; reporters assaulted

4 arrested, 1 hurt, in Jewish-Arab clashes in Jerusalem; reporters assaulted

TV crews attacked by mobs, shoved to ground and beaten, 15-year-old stabbed by Arab; violence comes amid rising ethnic tensions in capital   Clashes broke… Read More ›

Iran media celebrates ‘explosion’ at ‘sensitive Israel missile factory’

Iran media celebrates ‘explosion’ at ‘sensitive Israel missile factory’

Reports indicate the explosion happened near Ramle at a routine test at the Tomer factory for advanced weapons.   Iranian state media highlighted a “powerful… Read More ›

Netanyahu supporters put leader above country

Netanyahu supporters put leader above country

Opinion: The PM’s followers ambush family of former Likud MK at home, flood social media with most crackpot theories about his opponents, and sit quietly… Read More ›

IDF: Syrian anti-aircraft fire during Israeli airstrike triggered Dimona siren

IDF: Syrian anti-aircraft fire during Israeli airstrike triggered Dimona siren

Military: Missile that landed in Negev wasn’t a deliberate attack on Israel’s reactor; in response, Israeli jets target battery that launched projectile; 4 Syrian troops… Read More ›

Netanyahu is losing his magic touch

Netanyahu is losing his magic touch

Opinion: After Likud’s failure to win control of all-important Knesset Arrangements Committee, which would have provided Netanyahu with power to advance legislation to ensure his… Read More ›

Top Iran official: Power fully restored at Natanz, enrichment renewed

Top Iran official: Power fully restored at Natanz, enrichment renewed

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of country’s atomic agency, claims enrichment at key nuclear site never stopped following blast blamed on Israel   Power has been… Read More ›

Visitors jabbed with Pfizer, Moderna to get green pass – Health Ministry

Visitors jabbed with Pfizer, Moderna to get green pass – Health Ministry

The authorities are studying a solution for tourists who were inoculated with vaccines not used in Israel, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry told the… Read More ›

Is an anti-Netanyahu coalition even viable?

Is an anti-Netanyahu coalition even viable?

Opinion: Religious Zionist party’s refusal to let PM cooperate with Islamist Ra’am paves way for an alternative unity government, but whether such a jigsaw of… Read More ›

After defeat in key vote, Likud whip concedes Netanyahu won’t form government

After defeat in key vote, Likud whip concedes Netanyahu won’t form government

In inaugural session of Arrangements Committee, Miki Zohar says Likud leader will lead right-wing parties into opposition, adjourns panel after losing first vote   Hours… Read More ›

Israel’s Jordanian blind spot

Israel’s Jordanian blind spot

Opinion: While Jerusalem is doing all in its power to sabotage Iran’s efforts in the region, its complacency and hubris regarding the recent upheaval in… Read More ›

In Israel, ‘COVID-19 could return in the winter’

In Israel, ‘COVID-19 could return in the winter’

Seven cases of highly infectious Indian variant detected in Israel   The COVID-19 pandemic could resurface in Israel again as early as this winter, former… Read More ›

This is not how Israel influences the Iran nuclear deal

This is not how Israel influences the Iran nuclear deal

Opinion: Jerusalem’s efforts to sway the U.S. stance on its return to the pact were doomed once Washington came to the conclusion that only way… Read More ›

Israel lifts outdoor mask mandate, fully reopens schools

Israel lifts outdoor mask mandate, fully reopens schools

Face coverings still required indoors; Health Ministry recommends wearing masks at large outdoor gatherings   With most of its population vaccinated against COVID-19, Israel on… Read More ›

Celebrating the independence we are still fighting for

Celebrating the independence we are still fighting for

Opinion: We might have freed ourselves from the pandemic, but we are still slaves to elections and temporary governments; so what do we do with… Read More ›

Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire

Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire

IDF says military aircraft hit sites linked to the Strip’s terrorist rulers, including an armaments production facility and a smuggling tunnel   The Israeli military… Read More ›