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Iran-backed group blames Israel for trying to kill leader in Gaza

Iran-backed group blames Israel for trying to kill leader in Gaza

Iranian-backed terror group Al-Sabireen popped up in the Gaza Strip about three years ago and has since posed a direct challenge to Hamas.   The… Read More ›

Amid concerns Syrian war may widen, Russia urges Israel to resume peace process

Amid concerns Syrian war may widen, Russia urges Israel to resume peace process

Israel’s Gold tells Russian FM Lavrov: “Regional security prerequisite for peace.”   Amid concerns the raging war in Syria may widen, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei… Read More ›

Israeli court convicts radical right-wing activist of sedition

Israeli court convicts radical right-wing activist of sedition

Moshe Orbach faces maximum of 5 years in prison for writing pamphlet with instructions on how to firebomb Palestinian homes   The Rehovot Magistrate’s Court… Read More ›

Israel prepares to fight boycott activists online

Israel prepares to fight boycott activists online

Gov’t allots $26 million to fight BDS movement; Israel is using its world-leading expertise in cyber security to take on the growing threat of the… Read More ›

Soldier killed and another wounded in Sha’ar Binyamin stabbing attack

Soldier killed and another wounded in Sha’ar Binyamin stabbing attack

Two 14-year-old Palestinians enter a Rami Levi supermarket and stab two Israelis. 21-year-old Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman died of his wounds. Two 14-year-old Palestinians carried… Read More ›

Gadi Eisenkot: a leading moral figure

Gadi Eisenkot: a leading moral figure

Op-ed: IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is only a quarter of the way through his tenure, yet is making his mark as a moral… Read More ›

Bereaved families NGO demands Netanyahu do more to stop terrorism

Bereaved families NGO demands Netanyahu do more to stop terrorism

A confidential six-point plan to better fight Israel’s war against terrorism was handed to the premier.   “There is a lot of pain in this… Read More ›

Israel, national security on the minds of South Carolina voters

Israel, national security on the minds of South Carolina voters

The state’s open-primary allows residents to vote in either the Republican or Democratic races, which creates an interesting dynamic.   CHARLESTON – All eyes are… Read More ›

TRUMP: I’ll give solving the Israel-Palestine conflict ‘one hell of a shot’

TRUMP: I’ll give solving the Israel-Palestine conflict ‘one hell of a shot’

  Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he’ll give solving the conflict between Israel and Palestine “one hell of a shot.” During an MSNBC town… Read More ›

Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s Threat To Strip Scholar Who Exposed Anti-Semitism Of State Honor Sparks Anger

Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s Threat To Strip Scholar Who Exposed Anti-Semitism Of State Honor Sparks Anger

  Warsaw, Poland – A threat by Poland’s president to strip an esteemed Polish-American scholar of a state honor in punishment for work that exposes… Read More ›

Risk-taking key to good sex and relationships, says Orthodox therapist

Risk-taking key to good sex and relationships, says Orthodox therapist

UCLA professor Doreen Seidler-Feller, married to a rabbi, urges couples to ‘be experimental’ and ‘explore new territory’   LOS ANGELES (JTA) – What makes for… Read More ›

Sparks fly as PA officials blame visiting UK MPs for entire Palestine conflict

Sparks fly as PA officials blame visiting UK MPs for entire Palestine conflict

‘It’s difficult to see that these people could be a basis for negotiation,’ says deputy head of Conservative Friends of Israel after Ramallah dust-up  … Read More ›

Report: Israel strikes Syrian army outposts south of Damascus, monitor says

Report: Israel strikes Syrian army outposts south of Damascus, monitor says

Pro-Syrian government military sources reportedly deny any armed Israeli strike in Syrian territory.   Three Israeli rockets allegedly hit Syrian army outposts south of Damascus… Read More ›

Analysis: Why did Nasrallah focus on Israel when Hezbollah is busy in Syria?

Analysis: Why did Nasrallah focus on Israel when Hezbollah is busy in Syria?

Terrorist chief vows to bomb Haifa’s ammonia storage tanks.   Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah checked off all the boxes for harsh anti-Israel rhetoric during his speech,… Read More ›

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

“We need to preserve our qualitative military edge, which requires coming to terms with the administration as fast as possible.”   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

How Justice Scalia’s death impacts 6 cases that matter to Jews

How Justice Scalia’s death impacts 6 cases that matter to Jews

They may turn out differently, in the absence of Scalia’s fifth conservative vote   WASHINGTON (JTA) — With the sudden passing this weekend of justice… Read More ›

Israeli group accuses US of labeling settlement products

Israeli group accuses US of labeling settlement products

Report says 1995 law, which originally referred to Palestinian-made goods, extended to include Israelis in West Bank   An Israeli television report on Tuesday night… Read More ›

Boycott supporters cry foul over UK anti-BDS proposal

Boycott supporters cry foul over UK anti-BDS proposal

Critics characterize planned bill as ‘an unethical attack on local democracy’ as battle lines drawn on legislation against BDS   The British government’s reported plan… Read More ›

Exclusive: Main German bank closes top BDS-linked account

Exclusive: Main German bank closes top BDS-linked account

There is a growing backlash against BDS in Germany.   The Munich-based DAB Bank is slated to discontinue the account of one of the top… Read More ›

Jewish billionaire donates $18.5M to repair Lincoln Memorial

Jewish billionaire donates $18.5M to repair Lincoln Memorial

David Rubinstein announces gift to National Park Foundation on President’s Day to preserve national monument   Billionaire businessman and philanthropist David Rubenstein has donated $18.5… Read More ›