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Final score: Dershowitz 137, BDS 101

Final score: Dershowitz 137, BDS 101

‘I was told in no uncertain terms that I wouldn’t win’ Oxford debate, says US lawyer, activist.   Lawyer, academic, and political commentator Professor Alan… Read More ›

No East Jerusalem building freeze, but a delay for some projects

No East Jerusalem building freeze, but a delay for some projects

Deputy mayor says he’s looking carefully at some sensitive plans, as PM prepares for trip to meet Obama   The Jerusalem Municipality and the Prime… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Rabbi Meir Mazuz At Memorial For Henkin Couple: Punishment Came Because Of Gay Pride Parade

Jerusalem – Rabbi Meir Mazuz At Memorial For Henkin Couple: Punishment Came Because Of Gay Pride Parade

  Jerusalem – The frequently controversial haredi leader Rabbi Meir Mazuz said on Sunday at an event commemorating a month since Eitam and Naama Henkin… Read More ›

Jordan fences off Israeli embassy amid pro-Palestinian protests

Jordan fences off Israeli embassy amid pro-Palestinian protests

Amman governor says measures taken out of ‘security concerns’ after thousands demonstrate against ‘violations’ of Temple Mount   Jordanian authorities on Monday fenced off the… Read More ›

Peres: Netanyahu was never sincere about making peace

Peres: Netanyahu was never sincere about making peace

Ex-president says PM’s overtures have never ‘escaped the domain of talking,’ and warns against his notion of continually ‘living by the sword’   AP —… Read More ›

A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

Then-IDF chief Benny Gantz blandly defends operation against Hamas as ‘the right thing to do,’ but joins chorus concluding it achieved little   Over a… Read More ›

Unique campaign urges early detection of breast cancer among haredi women

Unique campaign urges early detection of breast cancer among haredi women

For the very first time, hundreds of street posters aimed at raising awareness to breast cancer will be distributed in Israeli cities with large ultra-Orthodox… Read More ›

Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Thousands of Holocaust survivors without essential funds due to financial dispute

Holocaust survivors have not received their quarterly allowance due to a battle between the Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets and the… Read More ›

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

Distressing details revealed in Henkin murder investigation

The struggle over a pistol, the murder and the children that witnessed it all: About a month ago, the Hamas members who shot Naama and… Read More ›

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Proposed amendment would delay haredi conscription another three years

Should enlistment quotas after 2020 not be met, then some economic sanctions would apply to yeshivas, but will be determined by the prime minister, defense… Read More ›

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

Al-Qaida leader praises stabbing attacks in Israel, offers plan to ‘Liberate Palestine’

In a new audio recording, al-Qaida leader says attacks against the US are what is needed to ‘Liberate Palestine.’   Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri released… Read More ›

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel’s judokas explain circumstances behind lack of flag on uniforms in UAE

Israel Judo Federation chairman Moshe Ponte claimed he was forced to accept the request made by the organizers due to security concerns.   Israel’s delegation… Read More ›

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

US sends warning to Kuwait Airways over discrimination against Israelis

The case is a test of existing US anti-boycott laws.​   WASHINGTON – The US Department of Transportation is preparing legal action against Kuwait Airways… Read More ›

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Palestinian turns himself in after suspected car-ramming

Driver says incident, which wounded three Border Police officers, was a hit-and-run rather than vehicular assault   A Palestinian man suspected of deliberately running over… Read More ›

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

Barkat demands PM act to increase budget for Jerusalem

In letter to Netanyahu, Jerusalem major says less talk, more action needed as capital hit by recent terror wave   Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on… Read More ›

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

In tense eastern Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews hunker down

Neither side feels safe walking the streets, and both insist they’re not going anywhere — no matter how bad the violence gets   JTA —… Read More ›

Supreme Court to consider same-sex marriage petition

Supreme Court to consider same-sex marriage petition

Following historic US decision, Israeli LGBT association hopes to win a similar legal battle and bypass the religious establishment. The Israeli GLBT Association submitted a… Read More ›

IDF on Mount Hermon preparing for Iran-backed terrorism

IDF on Mount Hermon preparing for Iran-backed terrorism

Since start of Russian air involvement, more assertive Assad regime has retaken several posts in Syrian Golan.   IDF units on Mount Hermon, which borders Syria,… Read More ›

Regev to call emergency meetings after Israeli flag banned from judo competition in UAE

Regev to call emergency meetings after Israeli flag banned from judo competition in UAE

Israel’s judokas were not allowed to compete in Abu Dhabi with the Israel flag on their judo uniform.   Or Sasson completed the Israeli delegation’s… Read More ›

Fatah posts German anti-Semitic book cover to social media

Fatah posts German anti-Semitic book cover to social media

‘Trust no fox on his green heath, and trust no Jew on his oath,’ warns 1936 work that taught German children to fear Jews  … Read More ›