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Video: Former pilot explores the other Jerusalem

Video: Former pilot explores the other Jerusalem

Eliezer Yaari pens a book on the other side of the ‘invisible’ divide, probing Israel’s bi-national dilemma Eliezer Yaari, a native of Jerusalem, lives along… Read More ›

Adam Sandler: I always had a great connection with Israel

Adam Sandler: I always had a great connection with Israel

In his new movie ‘Pixels,’ funnyman and long-time Israel supporter is fighting to save the world from Pacman and Donkey Kong; his co-star Kevin James,… Read More ›

Beit Shemesh area fire leaves 1,500 dunams scorched

Beit Shemesh area fire leaves 1,500 dunams scorched

Damage to woodland is so severe it will take nature 20 years to recover; jackals, snakes and tortoises were all trapped in the flames and… Read More ›

IDF branches linking up in era of networked warfare

IDF branches linking up in era of networked warfare

IDF’s Communications Corps is constantly improving its systems to fight a networked war, including home front warning systems, saving hundreds of millions from the budget.… Read More ›

BBC under fire for documentary on Jerusalem Light Rail

BBC under fire for documentary on Jerusalem Light Rail

The 30-minute documentary in the BBC’s flagship ‘Panorama’ series was contentiously titled “The Train that Divides Jerusalem.”   LONDON – A BBC documentary examining the role… Read More ›

Defense Ministry D-G blasts Locker report

Defense Ministry D-G blasts Locker report

Defense establishment continues public campaign against call to cut IDF budget.   The defense establishment continued its intensive public campaign Wednesday and Thursday against the… Read More ›

Liberman: Netanyahu incapable of stopping the Iran deal

Liberman: Netanyahu incapable of stopping the Iran deal

In scathing rebuke, Yisrael Beytenu leader says PM lacks the leadership qualities required for the task, is ‘getting us nowhere’   Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor… Read More ›

Saudi FM: Iran deal may stop Tehran from getting a nuke

Saudi FM: Iran deal may stop Tehran from getting a nuke

After US defense secretary’s visit, Riyadh puts aside reservations, expresses support for nuclear accord   Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister expressed support for the Iran nuclear… Read More ›

Israeli archeologists find evidence of cereal cultivation 23,000 years ago

Israeli archeologists find evidence of cereal cultivation 23,000 years ago

Dig at Ohalo II prehistoric site on the shores of the Kinneret uncovers ‘proto-weeds’ indicating hunter-gatherers tried to cultivate wild cereals 11,000 years before the… Read More ›

Israeli Cobras gifted to Jordan for ‘border security’

Israeli Cobras gifted to Jordan for ‘border security’

US source says about 16 decommissioned attack helicopters given to Jordan last year to fend off potential attacks from ISIS. Israel has given retired US-supplied… Read More ›

Study: Diaspora Jews are growing increasingly critical of Israel

Study: Diaspora Jews are growing increasingly critical of Israel

The study, released this week by the Jewish People Policy Institute, an influential think tank based in Jerusalem, comes a year after Israel’s war in… Read More ›

Queens, NY – Police Release Video In Famed Jewish Jeweler’s Hit And Run

Queens, NY – Police Release Video In Famed Jewish Jeweler’s Hit And Run

  Queens, NY – Hoping for a break in the murder of a Queens man, the NYPD has released surveillance footage of the vehicle that… Read More ›

Borough Park – Brooklyn Jewish Org. Honors NY Board Of Regents Chancellor Tisch As Dedicated Advocate For Special Needs Children

Borough Park – Brooklyn Jewish Org. Honors NY Board Of Regents Chancellor Tisch As Dedicated Advocate For Special Needs Children

  Brooklyn, NY – Tapping into her own Jewish roots, an emotional Dr. Meryl Tisch, Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, spoke… Read More ›

Romania bans holocaust denial, facist symbols

Romania bans holocaust denial, facist symbols

President signs bill into law that could effect several organizations and symbols with a punishment of up to three years in jail. Romania’s president has… Read More ›

Knesset reopens investigation of ‘covered-up’ probe into cyclist’s death

Knesset reopens investigation of ‘covered-up’ probe into cyclist’s death

Gal Beck, a 16-year-old from Tel Aviv, was killed 10 years ago after being hit by a car; the driver, who comes from a well-connected… Read More ›

Abbas counting on EU to pave way for resumption of stalled peace process

Abbas counting on EU to pave way for resumption of stalled peace process

Abbas says the PA still believes in a two-state solution during press conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Nuclear deal makes Mideast war more likely, not less

Netanyahu: Nuclear deal makes Mideast war more likely, not less

Since the deal was announced eight days ago, Netanyahu has spoken out against it every single day – often more than once a day.  … Read More ›

Israel and Canada beef up free trade agreement

Israel and Canada beef up free trade agreement

Pact expected to strengthen economic ties by reducing tariffs and other barriers; PM Harper calls Jewish state ‘a priority market’   Canada and Israel announced… Read More ›

Pentagon chief says US will back Israel against ‘danger from Iran’

Pentagon chief says US will back Israel against ‘danger from Iran’

Fresh from meeting Netanyahu, Ashton Carter says in Jordan that friends can disagree; meets with colleagues of pilot burned by IS   US Defense Secretary… Read More ›

The campaign for (and against) the Iran deal gets personal

The campaign for (and against) the Iran deal gets personal

Vice President Biden speaks to Jewish leaders about the controversial accord, as AIPAC gears up for showdown with White House   WASHINGTON (JTA) – Vice… Read More ›