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Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic

Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic

PM said to finally submit Ran Baratz to vetting committee, despite history of derogatory statements; calls efforts to stymie appointment ‘absurd’   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Despite everything, Abbas tells Israelis, peace is attainable

Despite everything, Abbas tells Israelis, peace is attainable

In rare TV interview, Palestinian leader says Netanyahu is still a ‘partner’ for talks; PA security forces are preventing knifings; and while there’s incitement in… Read More ›

UNHRC decision has serious implications

UNHRC decision has serious implications

Op-ed: The UN Human Rights Council approved a decision instructing the compilation of a blacklist of companies operating in the settlements; though it lacks enforcement… Read More ›

Abbas: We are searching schools, in one 70 children had knives

Abbas: We are searching schools, in one 70 children had knives

Abbas’s administration and Israel coordinate security in the West Bank despite the stalling two years ago of US-sponsored negotiations on Palestinian statehood.   Palestinian Authority… Read More ›

Bill Clinton brings Hillary’s message to leading rabbis

Bill Clinton brings Hillary’s message to leading rabbis

Participant’s won’t discuss contents of off-record NY meet-up, will only say it was ‘constructive’   WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton met with over 20… Read More ›

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

US pans move to blacklist companies working with settlements

State Department condemns Human Rights Council’s ‘bias’ against Israel in resolution that is ‘far outside their scope of authority’   The US on Wednesday condemned… Read More ›

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

German historian accuses AP of Nazi collaboration

Historian Harriet Scharnberg claims the Associated Press reached agreement with Hitler’s regime that it could not publish information that might weaken the Third Reich, while… Read More ›

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

NGO to A-G: Spill the beans on new Deri scandal to High Court

Movement for Quality of Government wants the interior minister fired.   An NGO wrote to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit demanding that he reveal evidence from the… Read More ›

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

Settler leader: IDF to raze outpost synagogue

The synagogue was constructed in memory of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped and murdered on June… Read More ›

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Quartet envoys in Jerusalem to work toward restarting peace talks

Group expected to release report in coming months.   Envoys from the Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, Russia, EU and UN, met… Read More ›

Israel, China announce 260-million-shekel academic cooperation

Israel, China announce 260-million-shekel academic cooperation

Visiting Jerusalem, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Jindong announces start of talks over free-trade zone with Israel   Israel and China have signed seven academic cooperation… Read More ›

Obama’s Jewish liaison, earning thanks for a thankless job, says goodbye

Obama’s Jewish liaison, earning thanks for a thankless job, says goodbye

After three years – or six Hanukkah receptions, as he measures it – of handling Iran deal criticism and fights with Netanyahu, Matt Nosanchuk steps… Read More ›

See Jerusalem from 100 years ago

See Jerusalem from 100 years ago

A new archive full of pictures of Jerusalem from over 100 years ago has been reopened. Here is a selection of some of them. Not… Read More ›

Soldier to stay in remand for two days

Soldier to stay in remand for two days

After popular protests and a prosecution which could not come up with any clear charges, the soldier who killed a neutralized terrorist in Hebron on… Read More ›

Lindsey Graham in Israel: Trump’s foreign policy worse than Obama’s

Lindsey Graham in Israel: Trump’s foreign policy worse than Obama’s

As for Hillary Clinton, Graham said: “I’m not excited about a third term of Barack Obama, and I think in many ways that is what… Read More ›

Right-wingers rally for release of IDF soldier outside military court

Right-wingers rally for release of IDF soldier outside military court

  Soccer hooligans and rightwing MKs joined hundreds of supporters who rallied outside the military court in Kastina, near Kiryat Malachi, calling for the release… Read More ›

Soldier held for Hebron shooting to be questioned amid major political uproar

Soldier held for Hebron shooting to be questioned amid major political uproar

PM orders Ya’alon to halt return of terrorists’ bodies.   The IDF soldier who shot a neutralized Palestinian in the head Thursday will be questioned by… Read More ›

International mediators said working on Hamas, Israel prisoner swap

International mediators said working on Hamas, Israel prisoner swap

Gaza source says release of prisoners rearrested after Shalit deal is a precondition to talks on Israelis believed held by Palestinian group   International mediators… Read More ›

Netanyahu said to halt return of Palestinian attackers’ bodies

Netanyahu said to halt return of Palestinian attackers’ bodies

Debate over controversial policy has led to inconsistent implementation for attackers within Israel and those who act in the West Bank   Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

At Israel’s mikvehs, women claim verbal abuse, unwanted touching

At Israel’s mikvehs, women claim verbal abuse, unwanted touching

The rabbinate’s underpaid, often uneducated attendants can turn a religious ritual into an often jarring ordeal, say critics   JTA — Without warning, the ritual… Read More ›