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Judges nix Netanyahu’s illegal vote on justice minister

Judges nix Netanyahu’s illegal vote on justice minister

High Court freezes appointment of Likudnik and Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis, may be on the verge of appointing Defense Minister and Blue and White… Read More ›

Jerusalem’s Palestinians need a diplomatic solution not a security one

Jerusalem’s Palestinians need a diplomatic solution not a security one

Opinion: Recent riots in capital were caused not by barriers placed at Damascus Gate but by repression at hands of Israeli government; to restore order… Read More ›

US updates Israel on Iran nuclear talks as national security advisers meet in DC

US updates Israel on Iran nuclear talks as national security advisers meet in DC

Mossad chief slated to meet Blinken in Washington as Jerusalem seeks to make case against US reentry into nuclear treaty   The Israeli and American… Read More ›

Israel needlessly limping from one Gaza flareup to the next

Israel needlessly limping from one Gaza flareup to the next

Opinion: While it is in Israel’s interests to ease tensions with the Palestinians and refrain from any unnecessary clashes, recent events in Jerusalem and the… Read More ›

Rocket sirens heard in Sderot as rockets launched into Israel from Gaza

Rocket sirens heard in Sderot as rockets launched into Israel from Gaza

It is possible there were multiple interceptions by the Iron Dome defense system.   Rocket sirens went off in Sderot by the Gaza border in… Read More ›

Wanted: Likudniks with backbone to confront Netanyahu

Wanted: Likudniks with backbone to confront Netanyahu

Opinion: Senior party members stay silent as their leader attacks legal establishment that charged him with corruption, dissolves Knesset to prevent rival forming coalition and… Read More ›

UAE condemns Jewish extremists violence in Jerusalem, calls for restraint

UAE condemns Jewish extremists violence in Jerusalem, calls for restraint

Rare condemnation of Israel since signing of peace deal comes after intense clashes between Palestinians and law enforcement in Jerusalem, as well as a far-right… Read More ›

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 ›