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45 held as undercover cop busts ultra-Orthodox drugs, weapons ring

45 held as undercover cop busts ultra-Orthodox drugs, weapons ring

Officer, himself Haredi, buys pot, ecstasy, stolen cars, illegal firearms in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim, Ramat Beit Shemesh   The work of an undercover police agent… Read More ›

Three soldiers lightly wounded in West Bank operation

Three soldiers lightly wounded in West Bank operation

IDF says troops in Qalandiya may have been hit by friendly fire, as Palestinian assailant tries to ram soldiers with car   Three soldiers were… Read More ›

Breaking the silence? No, distorting reality

Breaking the silence? No, distorting reality

Op-ed: The organization of IDF soldiers and veterans isn’t publishing anonymous testimonies about individual cases, but a false testimony about an unbalanced army, an unbalanced… Read More ›

Israeli satellite is a ‘total loss’

Israeli satellite is a ‘total loss’

Commercial satellite valued at $158 million declared completely destroyed after four years in service; communication was lost last month. Israel’s Amos-5 commercial satellite has lost… Read More ›

Terrorist who rammed infant, 10 others in capital, affiliated with Hamas

Terrorist who rammed infant, 10 others in capital, affiliated with Hamas

Report that leg of toddler was amputated unconfirmed by family and hospital; female Border Police officer thwarts attempted downtown attack.   Less than 24 hour… Read More ›

High Court grants state more time to solve Duma terrorist attack

High Court grants state more time to solve Duma terrorist attack

Justice defers to state’s judgment that arrests will soon lead to indictments.   The High Court of Justice on Tuesday gave the state more time… Read More ›

Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Official: Israel to meet Quartet delegations that include EU reps

Government says it does not want to “punish” US, Russia and UN for EU’s move on labeling settlement products.   Israel will continue to hod… Read More ›

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Analysis: Senior Eritrean Church official stuck in bureaucratic limbo over detention

Father Semere summoned to Holot detention center.   The Holot detention center for illegal African migrants may soon have a celebrity “resident.” Father Semere, the… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli-American Violinist Perlman Wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ Share Tweet Share Mail

Jerusalem – Israeli-American Violinist Perlman Wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ Share Tweet Share Mail

  Jerusalem – Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded this year’s “Jewish Nobel” for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Netanyahu: Israel to do its part in ‘important’ climate deal

Agreement reached this weekend would actually entail increasing Israel’s greenhouse gas output by 2030, due to population growth   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday… Read More ›

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

After accord, activists hope Israel finally warms to climate change fight

But environmentalists say Jerusalem’s plan to battle global warming falls short of what other countries have vowed to do, and might not be implemented at… Read More ›

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Netanyahu instructs to fortify bus stops in Jerusalem

Following vehicular attack that left 11 wounded, concrete barriers to be placed in front of 300 bus stations in the capital, after the measure proved… Read More ›

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Abbas calls terror attacks ‘justified popular uprising’

Polls finds two-thirds of Palestinians support knife attacks and say intifada would ‘serve Palestinian national interests in ways that negotiations could not,’ while three-quarters oppose… Read More ›

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Analysis: Turkey’s Israel charm offensive is all about Russia

Skepticism remains if Erdogan wants rapprochement.   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest charm offensive toward Israel and his country’s Jews seems to show how… Read More ›

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Two Palestinian families in capital’s Silwan neighborhood served with eviction notices

Court finds for NGO that homes were illegally inhabited via ‘absentee property.’   Government officials served two Palestinian families residing in east Jerusalem’s Silwan with… Read More ›

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

Reporters notebook: ‘I struggled to believe it was actually gunfire’

A Jerusalem Post intern recounts his experience at the scene of Monday’s car ramming attack.   En route to a doctor’s appointment in Har Nof… Read More ›

PA seeks arrest of Gaza cartoonist over drawing of ‘sex’ with Jews

PA seeks arrest of Gaza cartoonist over drawing of ‘sex’ with Jews

Virulantly anti-Israel caricaturist Baha Yassin accused of insulting Palestinian women after depicting intercourse between Fatah leaders and Israel   The Palestinian public prosecutor in the… Read More ›

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

Policeman who shot ‘scissor terrorists’ under investigation

The investigation was approved by the Attorney General, and seeks to determine whether the officer shot the terrorist after she was neutralized. Israel’s Justice Ministry… Read More ›

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

US ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honour WW2 anti-Semite

Hungary’s Jewish community has called on the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party to block the statue commemorating the Nazi-supporter who pushed… Read More ›

PM: Israel will do its part to combat global warming

PM: Israel will do its part to combat global warming

In September, the government approved a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the climate… Read More ›