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78% of Israelis support unilateral annexation of Ma’ale Adumim, poll finds

78% of Israelis support unilateral annexation of Ma’ale Adumim, poll finds

Right-wing MKs draft bill to apply sovereignty in West Bank city the day after PM expresses support for Saudi peace plan; Gush Etzion calls to… Read More ›

He found Judaism at 14. Today he’s at the forefront of Poland’s Jewish revival

He found Judaism at 14. Today he’s at the forefront of Poland’s Jewish revival

In the midst of a steady post-Communist Jewish resurgence, Maciej Pawlak now heads the Lauder Morasha Jewish Middle School   WARSAW — On the face… Read More ›

Dispelling rumors, Herzog says ‘no door’ to unity government

Dispelling rumors, Herzog says ‘no door’ to unity government

As Netanyahu battles Bennett, Zionist Union leader denies report his faction could replace Jewish Home in the coalition   Opposition leader Isaac Herzog denied reports… Read More ›

Rape case outrage backfires on PM

Rape case outrage backfires on PM

Prime Minister Netanyahu apologizes for chastising the media’s failiure to give proper attention to a rape by two Palestinian men on a mentally challenged Jewish… Read More ›

‘We are building the Democratic Camp’

‘We are building the Democratic Camp’

2,500 march in Tel Aviv against appointment of Liberman to defense portfolio.   Approximately 2,500 people protested against the appointment of Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) to… Read More ›

Bennett says he won’t blink first in cabinet row with Netanyahu

Bennett says he won’t blink first in cabinet row with Netanyahu

Jewish Home demands reform of security cabinet as condition for supporting Liberman as defense minister; Likud pans move as ‘political suicide’   Jewish Home party… Read More ›

Spot the difference: US slams Liberman, silent on Iran’s America-hating power broker

Spot the difference: US slams Liberman, silent on Iran’s America-hating power broker

Op-Ed: The administration keeps mum as Tehran elevates a ‘Death to America’-spouting radical, but speaks out as peace-promising Liberman joins Israel’s coalition. Go figure  … Read More ›

Abbas wants time cap for any talks with Israel

Abbas wants time cap for any talks with Israel

Speaking in Cairo, the PA president said that upcoming Paris conference must establish time caps on resolutions; he stated that Palestinians will never recognize a… Read More ›

Clalit required to account for money intended for Holocaust survivors

Clalit required to account for money intended for Holocaust survivors

The Knesset Finance Committee, in a special meeting, insisted on receiving details of how much money the HMO received from Germany and how it was… Read More ›

The forgotten casualties: Helping Israeli society mature in the way it deals with war

The forgotten casualties: Helping Israeli society mature in the way it deals with war

“A soldier is not a mythological hero – he is a human being with pains like the rest of us.”   When Israel mourns each… Read More ›

Authorities to drill massive rocket attack this week

Authorities to drill massive rocket attack this week

Current level of readiness in home front is ‘a little better than average,’ emergency organization head says.   The National Emergency Authority will this week… Read More ›

NY Times editor calls out Trump for ignoring supporters’ anti-Semitic tweets

NY Times editor calls out Trump for ignoring supporters’ anti-Semitic tweets

“I found myself staring down a social-media timeline filled with the raw hate and anti-Semitic tropes,” says NY Times editor   JTA – A New… Read More ›

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

Israeli author of study tracing Ashkenazi Jews — and Yiddish — to Turkey uses Yoda to explain linguistic findings   JTA — Science has finally… Read More ›

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

Police searching for a third suspect believed to have taken part in sexual assault in Jaffa earlier this month   Police officers have arrested a… Read More ›

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

Netanyahu protests lack of ‘wall-to-wall’ condemnation of alleged attack by 3 Arabs; Labor’s Yachimovich says he’s exploiting incident to incite hatred   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

Forging links with the Diaspora by talking

New gov’t-Gesher project takes eclectic mix of opinion-makers to meet Jews around the world   NEW YORK – Twenty key figures from Israeli society traveled… Read More ›

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

Donor withholds $1m. from BGU over Breaking the Silence panel

BGU: Unaware of pledge by businessman to donate any sum   A prominent British donor is withholding a $1 million donation from Ben Gurion University… Read More ›

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu on security, believe government won’t pursue peace

Survey finds Margalit gaining in support, Yacimovich leading Labor primary polls.   Less than half as many Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s widening… Read More ›

Interfaith couple complains against US hotel that wouldn’t host wedding

Interfaith couple complains against US hotel that wouldn’t host wedding

Owner of Illinois inn told couple planning non-religious service that he would only allow Christian ceremony   A Wisconsin couple filed a discrimination charge against… Read More ›

UN chief said planning final visit to Israel, Palestinian Authority

UN chief said planning final visit to Israel, Palestinian Authority

Ban reportedly plotting late June tour of region; UN envoy says ‘radically more’ must be done to address Gaza plight   Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban… Read More ›