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Israel is entering a sensitive, problematic situation diplomacy-wise.

Israel is entering a sensitive, problematic situation diplomacy-wise.

  In a white tent set up not far from the border with Jordan – very similar to the tent that hosted the ceremony for the… Read More ›

Antoine Lahad, Israel’s comrade in arms in south Lebanon, dies at 88

Antoine Lahad, Israel’s comrade in arms in south Lebanon, dies at 88

Lahad headed the pro-Israel militia, the South Lebanon Army, from 1984 until the Israeli withdrawal from its security zone in south Lebanon in May 2000.… Read More ›

Argentina’s president hails new UK Labour party leader

Argentina’s president hails new UK Labour party leader

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says Jeremy Corbyn is a great friend of Latin America, supports dialogue over the disputed Falkland Islands   Argentina’s president is… Read More ›

Paris – French Ex-minister: Germany ‘Took Our Jews And Gave Us Arabs

Paris – French Ex-minister: Germany ‘Took Our Jews And Gave Us Arabs

  Paris – A former French minister stirred up controversy Friday after saying Germany “took our Jews and gave us Arabs” as France began taking… Read More ›

Migrants applauded by 75,000 fans at German soccer game

Migrants applauded by 75,000 fans at German soccer game

In Israel, by contrast, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans raise banner against refugees   Young migrants accompanied Bayern Munich players onto the pitch and took center… Read More ›

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

On Rosh Hashana, challenge the lives we have created

Op-ed: A Jewish society is one which understands that to be fully human is not to accept our failings; to be fully human is to… Read More ›

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

Uproar in Lebanon after general’s death reported

A report says that Antoine Lahad, former commander of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army, is dead and will be buried in Lebanon, sparking a social… Read More ›

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Taiwan awards ‘China’s Schindler’ presidential honor

Envoy to Vienna issued thousands of visas to Jews trapped in Austria during World War II.   TAIPEI – Daniel Weihs, who served as the Science… Read More ›

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

‘In 5776, Israel must adopt a more tolerant form of Judaism’

Rabbi Michael Melchior has been a strong moral voice in Israel for many years.   The Jewish year 5775 was not one of particular tranquility… Read More ›

In pre-High Holidays call, Obama tells US rabbis he plans to meet soon with Netanyahu

In pre-High Holidays call, Obama tells US rabbis he plans to meet soon with Netanyahu

Netanyahu until now has rebuffed such overtures because of his disagreement with the US leader over the Iran nuclear deal.   WASHINGTON – President Barack… Read More ›

Gaza doctor makes stethoscope with 3D printer

Gaza doctor makes stethoscope with 3D printer

Dr. Tarek Loubani hopes the low-cost stethescopes can alleviate supply shortages in the blockaded Strip; he hopes to ‘produce these devices locally so that they… Read More ›

High schooler saves American tourist’s life at Yad VaShem

High schooler saves American tourist’s life at Yad VaShem

MDA volunteer Yam Carmel was walking through the Jerusalem museum when he saw a man collapsed on the floor. Performing CPR, he was able to… Read More ›

Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting

Iranian troops join Russians in Syria fighting

Israeli security sources claim Quds Force sending hundreds of elite troops in unprecedented cooperation with Russia to save embattled Syrian regime. Qasem Soleimani, commander of… Read More ›

Netanyahu: We need pact to preserve Jewish Israel

Netanyahu: We need pact to preserve Jewish Israel

PM in London says solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians is “a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state, the nation state of… Read More ›

Prosor: Instead of flying Palestinian flag, UN can wave white flag in surrender of principles

Prosor: Instead of flying Palestinian flag, UN can wave white flag in surrender of principles

Prosor after UN approves Palestinian request to fly its flag: No vote can turn “empty symbolic gestures into a state.”   The UN – with… Read More ›

Gazan female sports journalist aims to go beyond the border

Gazan female sports journalist aims to go beyond the border

Working in a male-dominated industry in a conservative environment isn’t always easy.   With her camera and notepad at the ready, it’s a regular day’s… Read More ›

World-renowned chefs headed for Israel

World-renowned chefs headed for Israel

International culinary project to come to Israel in November, offering customers a unique blend of food culture in new and unique dishes. No Israeli restaurant… Read More ›

Christians may seek to close holy sites over school dispute

Christians may seek to close holy sites over school dispute

Tourist attractions that draw thousands during the holidays may be shuttered to pressure government to boost educational funding   The heads of Israel’s Christian schools… Read More ›

Mikvah-peeping rabbi Barry Freundel issues public apology

Mikvah-peeping rabbi Barry Freundel issues public apology

Just before the Jewish Day of Atonement, disgraced Washington rabbi sentenced to 6.5 years in prison asks for forgiveness   Barry Freundel, the disgraced Orthodox… Read More ›

Israeli soccer survives shabbat wars

Israeli soccer survives shabbat wars

Attorney general rejects petition by religious players, labor court ruling that soccer matches held on Shabbat are illegal. Israeli soccer authorities called off a threatened… Read More ›