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Arabic media slams new Arab League leader for Israeli relationship

Arabic media slams new Arab League leader for Israeli relationship

New Arab Leage Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit is accused of having ‘conciliatory’ attitude towards Israel, and his friendly relationship with former foreign minister Tzipi Livni.… Read More ›

Senior IDF official: Hamas-ISIS cooperation is ongoing

Senior IDF official: Hamas-ISIS cooperation is ongoing

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories tells Palestinian press that Hamas militants go to Sinai to fight with ISIS, while ISIS militants receive treatment… Read More ›

Israel to urge six world powers to punish Iran for missile violations

Israel to urge six world powers to punish Iran for missile violations

The United States, France and other countries said that if confirmed, the new launches of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles would violate UN Security Council resolution 2231.… Read More ›

Doing the right thing in West Africa

Doing the right thing in West Africa

  DAKAR – Paul Hirschson likes to tell a story about a European diplomat he met after being posted as Israel’s ambassador to Senegal last… Read More ›

‘Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders’

‘Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders’

“Refugee status is inherited, and the issue makes it difficult to solve the conflict. They’re waiting for a solution that will never be,” she stated.… Read More ›

British security firm G4S pulling out of Israel

British security firm G4S pulling out of Israel

Company cites ‘commercial reasons’ for selling business interests, but BDS campaign takes credit after years of pressuring G4S. Security company G4S says it is selling… Read More ›

Sanders outdid Clinton 2-1 among Michigan Arab Americans

Sanders outdid Clinton 2-1 among Michigan Arab Americans

  WASHINGTON — Arab Americans in the Dearborn area voted 2 to 1 for Jewish candidate Bernie Sanders in the Michigan Democratic primary, according to… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

Jerusalem – Israeli Developer Releases Halachic Electric Shabbat Candles

erusalem – Living in the fathomless depths of the ocean for weeks at a time as a crew-member of a military submarine entails many restrictions… Read More ›

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Report: Abbas rejects US peace initiative

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejects peace initiative proposed by US VP Joe Biden, fearing it will not lead a major breakthrough. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

Secrets behind Israel’s historic withdrawal from Lebanon

In May 2000, Israeli PM Barak made a brave decision that surprised the world to pull the IDF out of southern Lebanon after 18 years.… Read More ›

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

Deri boosts freedom of press, canceling British Mandate-era Press Ordinance

The cancellation of the Press Ordinance does not apply to broadcast or online journalism.   Interior Minister Aryeh Deri made a historic move to increase… Read More ›

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Security cabinet approves completion of barrier around Jerusalem

Hotovely: PM nixed Obama talks over US aid package   The security cabinet late Thursday night approved the immediate renewal of construction work on the… Read More ›

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Herzog to Biden: Jews will continue to be murdered if we don’t separate from the Palestinians

Biden concludes his three-day visit to Israel.   If Israel does not take steps to separate from the Palestinians, Jews will continue to be killed… Read More ›

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Iran insists missile tests do not violate nuclear deal

Missiles tested Wednesday are designed to carry nuclear warheads, violate UN Security Council resolutions, Jerusalem says   Iran’s foreign ministry has insisted the missile tests… Read More ›

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

Rebuffing Biden, Abbas offers condolences but doesn’t condemn attack

After US VP criticizes Ramallah for not speaking out against Palestinian terror, PA head says Israeli policies cause the violence, points to high Palestinian death… Read More ›

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major poll: About half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs

Major Pew Center poll highlights social divisions, with different attitudes towards religion’s role in the state, whether the Jewish or democratic nature of the state… Read More ›

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Indyk: Two-state solution may be dying on Obama’s watch

Obama’s former special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Martin Indyk stated that the US President and the Secretary of State are seriously concerned that the… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s government is failing in its war on terror, former Likud minister says

Netanyahu’s government is failing in its war on terror, former Likud minister says

Likud dismisses criticism from Gideon Sa’ar, saying he is a “talkbacker” spouting nonsense from the living room of his Tel Aviv home.   Former Likud… Read More ›

Austrian student groups reject BDS, slam US universities

Austrian student groups reject BDS, slam US universities

Rejection of BDS by continental student organizations is believed to the first major European opposition to the hubs of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic academic initiatives in… Read More ›

It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest

It’s all kosher at Jerusalem’s annual wine fest

Two nights to taste varietals from 40 wineries across the land   When Wine Jerusalem 2016, Israel’s annual and only completely kosher wine fair, opens… Read More ›