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With an agreement or without, Israel may be left alone to face nuclear Iran

With an agreement or without, Israel may be left alone to face nuclear Iran

Opinion: Jewish State can’t leave decision of a potential military action in Iran, in case it fails to comply with nuclear deal terms, in hands… Read More ›

2.5 million kids to go back to school Thursday after deal reached with high schools

2.5 million kids to go back to school Thursday after deal reached with high schools

Last-minute agreement between Treasury and Secondary School Teachers’ Association will shorten school week to 5 days, revamp humanities exams   All 2.5 million Israeli schoolchildren… Read More ›

Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed and Being B’Simcha

Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed and Being B’Simcha

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com You woke up on what is called, “the wrong side of the bed.”  Is it forbidden to remain in… Read More ›

Outgoing UN rights chief releases controversial Xinjiang report on her final day

Outgoing UN rights chief releases controversial Xinjiang report on her final day

  Against China’s wishes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday released a much-anticipated report on China’s treatment of Uyghur and… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign boosted by Meron warning letter – analysis

Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign boosted by Meron warning letter – analysis

In the topsy-turvy world of Israeli politics, the warning letter sent by the Meron commission is likely to bolster Netanyahu’s bid to return to the… Read More ›

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 92

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 92

The last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain Mikhail Gorbachev, who… Read More ›

Russian Jewish politician jailed for comparing Stalin to Hitler

Russian Jewish politician jailed for comparing Stalin to Hitler

Court sends Leonid Gozman, who holds Israeli citizenship, to 15 days in prison for 2020 Facebook post   A Moscow court on Tuesday handed a… Read More ›

Judge: Congregation At Oldest US Synagogue Can Stay, For Now

Judge: Congregation At Oldest US Synagogue Can Stay, For Now

  ROHDE ISLAND (AP) – The Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nation’s oldest synagogue won’t be evicted, as a judge ruled in their… Read More ›

DNA analysis solves mystery of bodies found at bottom of medieval well

DNA analysis solves mystery of bodies found at bottom of medieval well

  Construction workers breaking ground in 2004 on a shopping mall in Norwich, England, found 17 bodies at the bottom of a 800-year-old well. The… Read More ›

Violent ‘armed struggle’ returns to West Bank, warning of Intifada’s return – analysis

Violent ‘armed struggle’ returns to West Bank, warning of Intifada’s return – analysis

These past few months show that the West Bank is headed back to the days when wanted gunmen used to roam the streets of Palestinian… Read More ›

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

Opinion: Israel has tried many times to warn world powers, primarily the U.S., on the dangers of the Iran nuclear deal; but Israel’s concerns are… Read More ›

Herzog calls to ‘reclaim Zionism,’ turn it from a slur to a source of pride

Herzog calls to ‘reclaim Zionism,’ turn it from a slur to a source of pride

President makes his remarks in headline speech at event marking 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Switzerland   President Isaac Herzog on Monday… Read More ›

WATCH: NYPD Police Commissioner Visits Williamsburg To Announce Arrests in Recent Attacks On Hasidic Jews

WATCH: NYPD Police Commissioner Visits Williamsburg To Announce Arrests in Recent Attacks On Hasidic Jews

WILLIAMSBURG – NYPD Commissioner Sewell. Keechant L. Sewell held a press conference in Williamsburg Monday evening, and announced the arrests of 2 individuals that sprayed… Read More ›

Analysis: Why China’s response to US warships in Taiwan Strait surprised analysts

Analysis: Why China’s response to US warships in Taiwan Strait surprised analysts

Seoul, South Korea – After United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in early August, the Chinese military staged some of its biggest ever… Read More ›

Iran deal only good for Israel if it comes with credible US military threat – Lapid

Iran deal only good for Israel if it comes with credible US military threat – Lapid

Mossad chief Barnea to fly next week to Washington to present Israeli intelligence on Iran before Congress.   The US will not reach a good… Read More ›

On 125th anniversary of first Zionist Congress, Israel must choose to unite

On 125th anniversary of first Zionist Congress, Israel must choose to unite

Opinion: We need a new Herzl and a new Zionist Congress, not to establish a state or define its identity, but to breathe a new… Read More ›

Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days

Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days

As Lapid and Netanyahu trade barbs over Iran approach, Haaretz cites draft proposal that would see a uranium enrichment freeze, sanctions relief and a prisoner… Read More ›

War Monitor: Israeli Strike Targeted Missile Depot In Syria

War Monitor: Israeli Strike Targeted Missile Depot In Syria

  BEIRUT (AP) — Satellite imagery showed widespread destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria targeted in a recent Israeli airstrike, and the… Read More ›

IAEA mission expected to visit Zaporizhzhia in the ‘next few days’

IAEA mission expected to visit Zaporizhzhia in the ‘next few days’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant “in the next few days” amid renewed shelling at… Read More ›

United sued for delaying Israel flight over fictitious Tel Aviv curfew

United sued for delaying Israel flight over fictitious Tel Aviv curfew

United Airlines initially said its flight to Israel on August 6 was delayed due to a curfew in Tel Aviv, but no such curfew existed.… Read More ›