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Israelis, Palestinians participate in joint Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv

Israelis, Palestinians participate in joint Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv

The ceremony was organized by Combatants for Peace Movement in cooperation with the Parents’ Circle – Families Forum.   Some 3,000 Israelis and Palestinians, including… Read More ›

Ron Dermer: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is highlight of my DC tenure

Ron Dermer: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is highlight of my DC tenure

Dermer rejected the criticism that Netanyahu’s decision to go ahead with the speech against the Iran deal despite US President Barack Obama’s bitter opposition was… Read More ›

Former Mossad chief: State Comptroller report on Gaza conflict ‘is very severe’

Former Mossad chief: State Comptroller report on Gaza conflict ‘is very severe’

Danny Yatom: Hamas dragged Israel into a conflict, and Israel failed to understand this   Former Mossad Director Maj.-Gen. (res.). Danny Yatom said on Tuesday… Read More ›

Israel at 68 years: Still strong and modern

Israel at 68 years: Still strong and modern

CBS data shows that not only has the Israeli population grown exponentially over the 68 years since the Jewish state’s establishment, but it has also… Read More ›

Manhunt in Jerusalem after two elderly women stabbed

Manhunt in Jerusalem after two elderly women stabbed

Two women in their 80’s were stabbed Tuesday morning on the Golden Promenade in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in Jerusalem Two women in their 80’s… Read More ›

Israel to bow its head in honor of fallen soldiers, terror victims

Israel to bow its head in honor of fallen soldiers, terror victims

The Defense Ministry said there were 68 casualties in the past year, and 58 disabled IDF veterans died of their wounds.   Israel will remember… Read More ›

‘Tuvia engaged knife attackers with bare hands’

‘Tuvia engaged knife attackers with bare hands’

IDF hands out citations for bravery, including a posthumous citation to St.-Sgt. Maj. Tuvia Yanai Weismann, who was killed trying to stop knife attackers in… Read More ›

Red Army Jews in pre-war Soviet Union

Red Army Jews in pre-war Soviet Union

Yad Vashem’s Zeltser: To be a Soviet and a Jew was their natural state, they didn’t question it.   In the prewar period, Soviet Jews… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Several hundred young haredi men associated with an extremist haredi faction rioted on Sunday against the arrest of a yeshiva student caught by… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

  Jerusalem – Israel has indicted Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordecai Vanunu for meeting with American citizens in Jerusalem and violating other court-ordered restrictions. Vanunu is… Read More ›

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

A self-proclaimed Zionist, Alberta-based Ryan Bellerose urges Jews to unflinchingly maintain control and access over their ancestral lands   It’s time the world — and… Read More ›

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Son of famed civil rights leader presented the 2016 Unsung Hero Award to three Israeli activists for their work on behalf of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants… Read More ›

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

Natan Meir writes strongly worded letter to Ban Ki Moon decrying lack of humanity at the Security Council after being ignored by every UN Security… Read More ›

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Shurat Hadin has accused Israel of facilitating PA incitement to genocide against its own Jewish citizens.   Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday… Read More ›

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

New Quartet report will attack Israel’s West Bank policies.   The Quartet – the international entity charged with brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians… Read More ›

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Nadav Ben Yehuda, a holder of the Presidential Medal of Honor, has become the first Israeli to climb Annapurna 1 in Nepal, planting the flag… Read More ›

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

‘The Bridge Ladies’ draws attention to strong suits of Silent Generation’s Jewish women   They say you can’t go home again, but that’s exactly what… Read More ›

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

The former Labour mayor of London calls Israel a ‘mistake,’ argues there was no anti-Semitism in the Arab world until founding of the Jewish State… Read More ›

An Eilat renewal?

An Eilat renewal?

The numbers of foreign tourists flying into Eilat have dropped significantly in the past two decades. Will a new airport be enough to bring the… Read More ›

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

After Netanyahu offered a seminar for all UN personnel in Israel on the Jewish people’s historical connection with the land, their leader replied with a… Read More ›