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Ministers advance bill to legalize outposts, over Netanyahu’s objections

Ministers advance bill to legalize outposts, over Netanyahu’s objections

Ramping up coalition tensions, government backs measure to recognize Amona and stave off bulldozers, despite Israel’s top legal authority ruling legislation indefensible   Ministers on… Read More ›

PA says it will go to UN over Amona, mosque-muffling bills

PA says it will go to UN over Amona, mosque-muffling bills

After controversial measures clear ministerial hurdles, Abbas’s spokesperson says international community will be asked to halt legislation, warns of ‘catastrophe’   The Palestinian Authority said… Read More ›

Raging against Amona bill, Herzog calls outpost saga ‘virus’

Raging against Amona bill, Herzog calls outpost saga ‘virus’

Opposition leader denounces legislation that would legalize West Bank outposts as legitimizing theft, though its unclear who exactly he uses derogatory term for   Opposition… Read More ›

Captured fallen soldier’s family petitions High Court over inaction by government

Captured fallen soldier’s family petitions High Court over inaction by government

Family of Sgt. Oron Shaul, who was killed in battle in Gaza and taken by Hamas, asks court to order the prime minister to convene… Read More ›

Abbas: Bill to limit muezzin noise in Jerusalem will ‘drag area to disaster’

Abbas: Bill to limit muezzin noise in Jerusalem will ‘drag area to disaster’

Palestinian president says he’ll turn to the international community to fight against bill, which was approved by ministerial committee; the legislation ‘will not change the… Read More ›

Muslim Americans hope for the best under Trump presidency

Muslim Americans hope for the best under Trump presidency

“If we see antisemitism, it will be our obligation as the city of New York to stand against it,” said New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio.… Read More ›

New York – Popular Jewish Travel Blog Named #1 By USA Today Poll

New York – Popular Jewish Travel Blog Named #1 By USA Today Poll

  New York – Just one week after he made headlines by spending over a million frequent flyer mile to earn the right to throw… Read More ›

Netanyahu denies incitement before Rabin killing

Netanyahu denies incitement before Rabin killing

Posting to his Facebook page, the prime minister rejects accusations that he was involved in the incitement campaign that preceded the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak… Read More ›

Albanian Muslim spiritual leader welcomes Israelis

Albanian Muslim spiritual leader welcomes Israelis

After ISIS threatened to attack a World Cup qualifying match between Israel and Albania, the highest ranking Albanian Muslim religious leader welcomes Israeli athletes to… Read More ›

Russian Jews: Putin did not interfere in US vote

Russian Jews: Putin did not interfere in US vote

“I doubt that the government in any way helped Donald Trump,” says professor.   ZELONA GORK – Despite widespread speculation in the US that Russian… Read More ›

Leonard Cohen, soul-stirring musician, dies at 82

Leonard Cohen, soul-stirring musician, dies at 82

Jewish singer-songwriter and poet, best known for ballad ‘Hallelujah,’ dies month after releasing last album; ‘We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific… Read More ›

Lone soldiers battling for their homes

Lone soldiers battling for their homes

A 25-year-old lone soldier from an ultra-Orthodox background struggles to make ends meet after his IDF service; MK Itzik Shmuli: ‘Israel removes in one stroke… Read More ›

Will Migron be evacuated once again?

Will Migron be evacuated once again?

Four years have passed since the West Bank settlement was relocated to a nearby hill, and its residents still live in caravans despite a government… Read More ›

Trump victory could give new hope to Jonathan Pollard

Trump victory could give new hope to Jonathan Pollard

Lawyers appealing decision on ‘arbitrary’ parole conditions.   Figure close to Jonathan Pollard have spoken with advisers to US President-elect Donald Trump about allowing the… Read More ›

Head of Jewish Republican Coalition calls out ADL for anti-Trump bias

Head of Jewish Republican Coalition calls out ADL for anti-Trump bias

Matt Brooks says anti-hate organization ‘put their thumb on the scale’ in criticizing anti-Semitism related to Trump campaign   WASHINGTON — Republican Jewish Coalition Executive… Read More ›

American Jews voted 70%-25% in favor of Clinton over Trump, poll shows

American Jews voted 70%-25% in favor of Clinton over Trump, poll shows

But Republicans say president-elect got second-highest total vote among Jews in past 30 years, outpaced only by Romney   WASHINGTON – Jewish voters overwhelmingly voted… Read More ›

Could Bernie Sanders have beaten Donald Trump?

Could Bernie Sanders have beaten Donald Trump?

The 74-year-old Jewish socialist from Vermont aimed to appeal to the one key group that delivered the election: white, working-class voters   JTA — At… Read More ›

BDS in Israel is a dangerous phenomenon, says Im Tirtzu

BDS in Israel is a dangerous phenomenon, says Im Tirtzu

Peleg said that at the beginning of the century there was an increase in the number of foreign-funded organizations operating in Israel.   The Boycott,… Read More ›

DC synagogue and cultural institution watches the election together

DC synagogue and cultural institution watches the election together

There had been talk in the lead up that the state has a chance to turn blue, but no one could confidently predict an outcome… Read More ›

Experts: Over 200 US-approved textbooks teach Palestinians to kill Jews

Experts: Over 200 US-approved textbooks teach Palestinians to kill Jews

The violent curriculum can be found in 240 books – ranging from civics to mathematics – in over 400 UNRWA schools in the West Bank,… Read More ›