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In wealthy Paris hamlet, some Jews reconsider their future

In wealthy Paris hamlet, some Jews reconsider their future

Residents say they feel safer after soldiers deployed to guard synagogues and schools, but ‘this is not a normal way to live’   PARIS (JTA)… Read More ›

IDF reservists have not received money owed to them after Gaza war

IDF reservists have not received money owed to them after Gaza war

Following the operation in Gaza last summer, NIS 30 million were allocated for compensation to IDF reservists, but only NIS 13 million have been distributed.… Read More ›

IDF responds to earlier rocket fire by hitting two terrorist targets in Gaza

IDF responds to earlier rocket fire by hitting two terrorist targets in Gaza

On Tuesday, residents in the south were on edge after the Iron Dome missile system fired an interceptor missile at what it thought was an… Read More ›

Soldiers rebel against Givat Ze’ev synagogue demolition

Soldiers rebel against Givat Ze’ev synagogue demolition

A new Facebook page is inviting soldiers to submit photos of themselves with signs demanding that the synagogue in Givat Ze’ev not be demolished, in… Read More ›

Israeli ambassador to Washington: Confront ISIS in Syria or face consequences in Europe, US

Israeli ambassador to Washington: Confront ISIS in Syria or face consequences in Europe, US

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer links Paris attacks to the terror that Israel has been combating from Palestinian adversaries like Hamas.   ATLANTA… Read More ›

Danon denounces Red Crescent medics who didn’t assist Litman family

Danon denounces Red Crescent medics who didn’t assist Litman family

Rabbi Ya’akov Litman and his 18-year-old son Netanel were both shot to death. Litman’s wife, Noa, three daughters and younger son were wounded by shrapnel… Read More ›

Israel to allow in 9,000 more Ethiopian immigrants

Israel to allow in 9,000 more Ethiopian immigrants

Government decides ‘last’ group of Falashmura will be brought over in the next five years   The Israeli government on Sunday approved a proposal to… Read More ›

Paris synagogue holds memorial for terror victims

Paris synagogue holds memorial for terror victims

Father of Toulouse victim says France is ‘beginning to understand how us Jews have been living in recent years, and the reality in Israel’  … Read More ›

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Paris’s Bataclan, which until recently was under Jewish ownership, was target for threats by Islamic extremists for years before becoming a main target in coordinated… Read More ›

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Time issue changes schedule, Coalition promises Shas and UTJ will amend IDF rules   The passage of the amendment to the law for haredi enlistment,… Read More ›

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

68% stated that they feel a “sense of despair” every time further settlement expansion is approved.   A poll released by City University London and… Read More ›

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

The Mossad and DGSE have a smooth flow of information.   After the Paris terrorist attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had instructed… Read More ›

French Jews call for ‘merciless war’ on jihadists

French Jews call for ‘merciless war’ on jihadists

Jewish community’s security service issues synagogue safety instructions in wake of deadly terror attack in Paris   France’s umbrella group of French Jewish communities, CRIF,… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel shares intel with France in terror fight

Netanyahu: Israel shares intel with France in terror fight

‘We aren’t a marginal player’ in terror war, PM says, calling on those who condemn Paris attacks to also denounce terror against Israel   Israel… Read More ›

Milan – Orthodox Jewish Knife Victim Says Attack Was Anti-Semitic

Milan – Orthodox Jewish Knife Victim Says Attack Was Anti-Semitic

  Milan – A Jewish man attacked with a knife by a lone assailant in Milan says the attack was motivated by anti-Semitic sentiment. Nathan… Read More ›

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

South American composer and singer Caetano Veloso, who performed in Tel Aviv in July with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, publishes a three-page article on the… Read More ›

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

The IDF spokespersons office said Saturday night they are checking a report that the driver tried to enter Psagot to carry out a stabbing attack… Read More ›

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

The Knesset will be lit in the colors of the French flag and Israeli flags will be lowered to half-mast in solidarity with France.  … Read More ›

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

The quote from Dov Lior, the chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, was first reported by the Walla! news agency.   A… Read More ›

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

  Israel cannot sustain peace unless the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved through the creation of a two-state solution, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said in an… Read More ›