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Hamas has close ties to IS affiliates in Sinai, say Israel, Egypt

Hamas has close ties to IS affiliates in Sinai, say Israel, Egypt

Following massive attacks against Egyptian army in Sinai, Cairo said to be livid with Hamas over its aid to wounded jihadists   Hamas maintains close… Read More ›

Toronto composer revives streetcar conductor’s Yiddish poetry

Toronto composer revives streetcar conductor’s Yiddish poetry

‘Tramvay Lider’ album takes listeners backward in time to lonely Depression-era winter’s journey   Not much is known about Shimen Nepom, a Ukrainian-born Jew who… Read More ›

Britain’s Schindler passes away at age of 106-years-old

Britain’s Schindler passes away at age of 106-years-old

Winton saved more than 650 Jewish children singlehandedly during the run up to world war two, passed away at the age of 106. He was… Read More ›

Poll finds dramatic decline in anti-Semitic attitudes in France

Poll finds dramatic decline in anti-Semitic attitudes in France

ADL survey of adults in 19 countries also reveals significant drops in anti-Jewish sentiments in Germany and Belgium; anti-Semitism markedly higher among Muslims in six… Read More ›

Bennett to Netanyahu: Cancel Ramadan exemptions for Palestinians

Bennett to Netanyahu: Cancel Ramadan exemptions for Palestinians

Bayit Yehudi drafts letter to prime minister demanding continued construction in West Bank in wake of terror attacks; ‘Bayit Yehudi will not ignore the murder… Read More ›

950 Hezbollah operatives, 300 Hamas members in Germany – intelligence report

950 Hezbollah operatives, 300 Hamas members in Germany – intelligence report

Radical Islamists ‘greatest danger for the country,’ German agency says.   The number of Islamists in Germany increased to 43,890 in 2014 from 43,190 in… Read More ›

Hamas unveils ‘new tunnel’ it says reaches into Israel

Hamas unveils ‘new tunnel’ it says reaches into Israel

Terror group says fortified, 3.5 km tunnel built in preparation for next round of violence   Hamas has built a new fortified tunnel that reaches… Read More ›

Hamas blasts UN Gaza war report… for pro-Israel bias

Hamas blasts UN Gaza war report… for pro-Israel bias

Terror group demands rewrite; says commission should have used testimonies from Israeli group Breaking the Silence to ‘prove IDF war crimes’   It’s not only… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief: Hamas gearing up for next round with Israel

Shin Bet chief: Hamas gearing up for next round with Israel

Terror group has little interest in war but could wage significant campaign, Yoram Cohen tells Knesset committee   Since last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, Hamas… Read More ›

Necktie cameras and invisibility cloaks star at Israeli spy expo

Necktie cameras and invisibility cloaks star at Israeli spy expo

Tel Aviv conference organizer says gadgets on display are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’   TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hidden cameras, invisibility cloaks… Read More ›

Obama: I will walk away from Iran talks if its a bad deal

Obama: I will walk away from Iran talks if its a bad deal

As deadline for negotiations extended in a week, both American and Iranian leaders mark their ground, with Rouhani saying Tehran would resume nuclear work if… Read More ›

Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza

Islamic State threatens to topple Hamas in Gaza

Shin Bet chief says Hamas losing its ability to govern in Gaza, facing funding challenges, a stagnant effort to rebuild after war, and increasing resistance… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s clandestine trip to hospital fuels talk of succession

Netanyahu’s clandestine trip to hospital fuels talk of succession

The Zionist Union submitted a bill that would require the premier to appoint a vice prime minister so it would be clear who would replace… Read More ›

Italian FM: Peace deal could send signal of stability to Middle East

Italian FM: Peace deal could send signal of stability to Middle East

The foreign minister, on his first visit to Israel, said that European efforts should be “concentrated on the possible contribution to restart the process.”  … Read More ›

Analysis: When transparency is only a smokescreen

Analysis: When transparency is only a smokescreen

The government may have given in to one of the opposition and opposition-within-the-coalition’s demands, to release the gas plan to the public, but that’s unlikely… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Prominent Chabad Rabbi Killed In Tragic Car Accident In Crown Heights

Brooklyn, NY – Prominent Chabad Rabbi Killed In Tragic Car Accident In Crown Heights

  Brooklyn, NY –  Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp, 66, a beloved and respected Crown Heights rabbi, has been tragically killed in a car accident. According to… Read More ›

PM postpones gas vote after failing to clinch majority

PM postpones gas vote after failing to clinch majority

Coalition’s scramble to pass controversial bill on offshore drilling is unsuccessful; Netanyahu may make details of deal public   A parliamentary vote on a controversial… Read More ›

Palestinians’ words kill too

Palestinians’ words kill too

Op-ed: The ‘lone-wolf terrorist’ may be ‘alone’ in their actions, but they are driven and influenced by the mass, systematic, Nazi incitement on the Palestinian… Read More ›

From lone soldier to military prison

From lone soldier to military prison

Young American came to Israel alone to serve in the IDF, but ended up enthralled in a conspiracy to blow up the Dome of the… Read More ›

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

UN report author: Israel, Palestinian groups are equal under the law

The American jurist, Mary McGowan Davis, headed the two-person fact-finding mission that authored a 500- page report on last summer’s war between Gaza and Hamas.… Read More ›