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Carter: We won’t change Israel’s view on Iran deal

Carter: We won’t change Israel’s view on Iran deal

US defense chief in Israel for talks on bolstering defense ties after nuclear accord which he says does not ‘prevent military option’   US Defense… Read More ›

Admired, powerful rabbi suspected of sex offenses

Admired, powerful rabbi suspected of sex offenses

Kabbalist Rabbi Ezra Scheinberg, who founded a yeshiva and a devoted community in Safed and became famous across Israel for his alleged supernatural powers, tries… Read More ›

Poll: Israelis most worried about Iran, Islamic State

Poll: Israelis most worried about Iran, Islamic State

Pew survey found many countries view climate change as top global threat; concern with radical Islamist threats higher in Middle East, Europe, North America. Israelis… Read More ›

Could pro-Palestinian Corbyn take UK Labor Party leadership?

Could pro-Palestinian Corbyn take UK Labor Party leadership?

A number of polls placed Corbyn in second place on the list last week; meanwhile reports of his long-standing “friendship” with Hamas and Hezbollah resurfaced.… Read More ›

‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

‘Don’t open up an international front over Sussiya demolitions’

Residents of West Bank village to EU: Stop trade with Israel   With Israel facing Palestinian challenges at the ICC and quite possibly at the… Read More ›

Intelligence file: Merit is in the eye of the beholder

Intelligence file: Merit is in the eye of the beholder

Nothing in the 150 pages of the Vienna accord will convince the unconvinced. The debate long ago became an ideological confrontation.   One of the… Read More ›

Buenos Aires – Argentine Jews Reject Any Dialogue With Iran In Bombing

Buenos Aires – Argentine Jews Reject Any Dialogue With Iran In Bombing

  Buenos Aires – Argentine Jewish leaders on Friday renewed denunciations of a government plan to work with Iran to investigate Argentina’s worst terrorist attack.… Read More ›

Bribery allegations rattle Jerusalem Rabbinical Court

Bribery allegations rattle Jerusalem Rabbinical Court

Two officials, Yaakov Sebag and Saar Mizrachi, allegedly shook down desperate father in the middle of custody battle   Police are investigating two Jerusalem Rabbinical… Read More ›

‘Israel is safer’ with Iran nuclear deal, says Kerry

‘Israel is safer’ with Iran nuclear deal, says Kerry

Top US diplomat decries critics’ ‘fantasy’ of a ‘better deal,’ promises increased support to America’s Mideast allies against Iran   US Secretary of State John… Read More ›

Cattleman raising historic herd of red heifers in Israel

Cattleman raising historic herd of red heifers in Israel

Temple Institute prepares for what they hope would be the third Temple by breeding Red Angus cattle, and preparing over 70 sacred vessels including the… Read More ›

Exit of Anti-Defamation League head marks shift for US Jews

Exit of Anti-Defamation League head marks shift for US Jews

The world has changed during Abe Foxman’s 28 years as ADL chief: Anti-Semitism is declining in the US but on the rise in Europe, and… Read More ›

UK ends partial arms ban on Israel over Gaza fighting

UK ends partial arms ban on Israel over Gaza fighting

Conservative-led review finds that licenses for weapons deals met country’s export criteria.   LONDON – Britain has lifted what was in effect viewed as a… Read More ›

MK Jelin invites UN commissioner to South to rectify her misconceptions

MK Jelin invites UN commissioner to South to rectify her misconceptions

The Yesh Atid MK criticized Mary McGowan Davis for not calling those who shoot rockets at Israel terrorist organizations   UN Independent Commission of Inquiry… Read More ›

We never thought Iran deal was cure-all, Hammond tells Israeli TV

We never thought Iran deal was cure-all, Hammond tells Israeli TV

Visiting UK foreign secretary reiterates his claim — hotly disputed by Netanyahu — that there was no deal that would have been embraced by Israel… Read More ›

Tehran – Iranians Take To Social Media To Mock Netanyahu’s Frustration Over Iran Deal

Tehran – Iranians Take To Social Media To Mock Netanyahu’s Frustration Over Iran Deal

Tehran – Social media users got creative in expressing their feelings towards the nuclear deal reached between the world powers and Iran on Tuesday. A… Read More ›

White House seeks support at home and abroad for Iran deal

White House seeks support at home and abroad for Iran deal

Defense secretary Carter to leave for Israel, Saudi Arabia this weekend; Kerry to brief Gulf leaders next month   WASHINGTON (AP) — At home and… Read More ›

AIPAC to fight White House head to head in battle over Iran deal

AIPAC to fight White House head to head in battle over Iran deal

Staff, activists told to cancel summer plans as lobby group gears up for effort to have accord knocked down in Congress   WASHINGTON (JTA) –… Read More ›

Sen. Schumer squeezed on Obama’s Iran nuclear deal

Sen. Schumer squeezed on Obama’s Iran nuclear deal

Pro-Israel, next-in-line Senate Democratic leader keeps mum on how he will vote on accord when it goes to Congress for review   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Deputy FM: Western Wall to become part of every official visit

Deputy FM: Western Wall to become part of every official visit

Tzipi Hotovely is looking to revise the current diplomatic protocol, and mandate that all future visits include an escorted trip to the Western Wall. The… Read More ›

ICC judges: prosecutors must revisit 2010 Israeli flotilla raid

ICC judges: prosecutors must revisit 2010 Israeli flotilla raid

Prosecutor decided last year not to investigate the lethal raid on a Gaza-bound ship, but judges urge her to reconsider and probe the incident as… Read More ›