18th of Av - 85 years ago today (August 24th on the Gregorian calendar) the ancient Jewish community of Hebron was massacred and destroyed by Arabs.
The governors’ first official international trip is geared to build up his Jewish support back home.
By JTA
Violent assaults on Jews are becoming more common around the world.
Dead Yazidi children won’t inspire any protests or much in the way of outrage.
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Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Every day is Halloween in the world of anti-Zionists, who take up the role of Satan.
"Continuum of Civilianality:" Who is a civilian and who is a combatant is often a matter of degree.
Missile may have been IDF dud. At least four from Hamas also killed. Medics wounded.
By Shalom Bear
The Druze believe they are descendants of Yitro.
US judge recuses himself from an immigration fraud trial of Arab terrorist freed in a prisoner swap.
By Shalom Bear
Now, Noble Energy and Delek can sell the offshore fields and avoid being labeled a cartel.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The presence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has begun to grow in the Gaza Strip, with both the PA and Israel convinced that followers of ISIS in Gaza have been responsible for some of the rocket attacks on Israel.
Lauren Bacall, first cousin to Shimon Peres, dies peacefully at 89.
Most US study abroad in Israel programs are going forward despite the summer's violence.
By Donny Fuchs
I condemn Bibi for his mishandling of the war because Am Yisoel and Eretz Yisroel are in danger.
Do Keynesian theories about government spending still apply today?
Sgt. O's commander: “We do not fight indiscriminately. We are an army not a terrorist organization.”
Netanayahu did not want update the ministers or involve them in the negotiations in Cairo.
Hamas claims that even providing information about the bodies of the dead IDF soldier they are holding hostage is too much to give.
The latest temporary cease-fire with Gaza is set to expire on Wednesday at midnight.
There is no contradiction between laughing and crying. You can do both at the same time.
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There is nothing like a quaint tradition of pogroms to insist that hate language is not harmful.
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Freedom of speech does not demand that one has to prove the freedom to show one’s ignorance.
Money can’t buy love from Hamas. It can by a short cease-fire. It can buy war. It can’t buy peace.
Only in Israel... Israeli President Ruby Rivlin personally welcomed new Olim (immigrants) as they step off the plane today, August 12, 2014. This flight was called the "Soldier's Flight" as 110 of the young people on this Aliyah flight are joining the IDF.
One advantage of erosion of stones at the Kotel is more cracks for people to place prayer notes.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
"I was amazed and pleased that a rabbi would call the Islamization of Europe a good thing. Likewise I believe an all Jewish Europe would be a great thing too," Turk said.
Exiled Jordanian Palestinian writer & activist Mudar Zahran tweets his hope for a 'global partnership against Hamas' and support for Israel.
Use of a Chinese-made excavation machine for tunnels for terrorists provide another reason for the blockade on Gaza.
Hamas would love nothing more than to be able to attack Israel on the premise that the IDF broke the ceasefire.
By Batya Medad
The IDF, which was extremely secular, today has a host of fully observant soldiers and officers.
By Shalom Bear
The Israeli cabinet meeting has been cancelled today as apparently the ministers are demanding updates and answers regarding the negotiations with Hamas.
Comedian Robin Williams passed away at age 63 in his Northern California home. He was 63. Williams wasn't Jewish, but he was certainly funny enough to have been one.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Tourism Minister Dr. Uzi Landau stated: "Israel is preparing for the 'day after'.
Garnier runs from Zionist label. Its parent company, L'Oreal, had notorious Nazi sympathizers.
Amal Alamuddin has pulled out of the UN investigation, but we're sure they'll find someone else who can prejudge Israel just as well.
George Galloway is very upset right now...
The IDF may have a working tunnel detection system within the year, and all vehicles may be fitted with active defense systems.
PreOccupied Territory administrators attempted to access the Facebook page today only to find a notice that the page had been “temporarily unpublished” for “controversial humor.”
Official Facebook page of Fatah, headed by Mahmoud “Peace Partner: Abbas, boasts about leading Palestinians in terror.
Genocide is a strong word; Let's properly define it, rather than bandying it about irresponsibly.
Pro-Israel figures insisted that the younger generation’s shift from a pro-Israel stand is nothing to panic about — yet.
9 years ago this week, the Israeli government forced 8,000 Jews from their homes and lives in Gaza.
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Rabbi Raksin’s funeral was in North Miami Beach , and he will be buried in New York on Mnday.
Three Israelis were killed and five others were injured Monday when their mini-bus collided with a train, Swiss media reported. The Swiss daily The Local reported that the accident occurred at a train crossing where there was no barrier. The Israel’s tourist van was on its way to Engleberg when it passed through the crossing […]
By Judi Srebro
During Operation Protective Edge, IFLA has raised $3 million for small businesses under fire.
Obama and Kerry give credit to Abbas for stopping terror while the IDF does the work.
The good news is that 338 more American Jews are moving to Israel. The and news is that 5 million are not.
Turkey is evacuating wounded Gazans to Ankara hospitals, in cooperation with Israel and Egypt.
The son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Avraham Yosef, is under investigation.
By Shalom Bear
Hamas executed the Gazan tunnel excavators so they couldn't pass on the location of the terror tunnels to Israel.
The terrorist was located inside Gaza, in yet another tunnel.
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Starbucks issued a statement saying the company and its CEO do not provide any financial support to Israel or its army.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai talks with Jeremy Saltan and Ari Abramowitz, two Voice Of Israel broadcasters who are currently serving as reserve soldiers in Gaza to talk about their experiences during the conflict.
Erdoğan is now Turkeys first-ever elected president.
12:12pm Channel 2 reports rocket impact in Central Israel, in open area. There are additional reports of a second rocket strike in an open area in Central Israel. By the way, there may be a cease fire in place now. 12:05am Hamas claims responsibility for an M75 rocket launch at Tel Aviv and Grad missiles […]
Rivlin is NOT being investigated in connection to convicted businessman David Appel.
11:48pm Be'er Sheva 11:45 Rocket Alert Ashdod.. Ashkelon...Shafir... Kiryat..Malachi 11:44pm Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ashkelon 11:26pm Eshkol x2 10:55pm Eshkol 9:59pm Ashdod 8:12pm Sdot Negev, Shaar Negev 7:55pm Ashkelon Coast 7:47pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev 7:11pm Ashkelon Coast 7:05pm Multiple Rocket Alerts Sdot Negev...Netivot 7:05pm Ashkelon, Kfar Maimon, Gaza border communities - all Multiples. 6:43pm Ashkelon […]
Daniel left a letter for his family, Golani and his comrades in arms, in which he said that, "if you are reading this, it means I have finished my career, but at least I fought with honor and am happy. You can be certain that I am happy, it is important that you know that..."
By Shia Altman
Jews do not go quietly to their deaths anymore.That confuses those who wax nostalgic.
Pres. Obama claims there's no Islam-driven terrorism or radicalism, only "local" cases of terrorism.
Singles tend to revert to the “perfect picture” that exists only in their minds.
The plan is to make the average Gazan's life miserable and blame it on Israel.
By Shalom Bear
This one to begin at midnight, preceded by the expected rocket barrage.
How can you prevent emotional baggage from holding you back?
As Shmitta approaches, JewishPress.com interviews the founder of an organization that has planted more fruit trees in Israel than any other.
7:14pm Home Front Command has announced - no changes in current instructions: IDF Home Command Instruction 0-40 KM from Gaza – No group gatherings of more than 500 people in open or closed areas. Stay within running distance of bomb shelter. 0 – 80 KM from Gaza – Open all bomb shelters.
By Batya Medad
Israelis in the south invite government officials including Bibi, to move to their neck of the woods
Egyptian TV reported, and French sources confirmed that yet another cease fire was in the works for tonight.
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Pro-Israel groups sometimes forget that others are listening.
“Oh the games people play now/…Never meaning what they say now/Never saying what they mean” – “Games People Play” by Joe South.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Zeidan stated he supports Hamas, even as the missiles landed on his areas, [h]e cannot remain silent, even if [Hamas] missiles land on our heads.
First reports are that it wasn’t a “hate crime” in the anti-Semitic sense, but what cold-blooded murder is not fueled by hate?
The Israel Air Force struck 20 terror sites in Gaza since midnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, according to the IDF.
A vigilant police officer caught the terrorist as he was trying to light the Molotov cocktail...
Taypic Erdoğan may become Turkey's first elected President, after serving for around a decade as Turkey's Prime Minister. Elections are being held today (Sunday), and Erdoğan has a strong lead over his two opponents, to win the five year term. Erdoğan is a staunch Islamist, and has expressed vile and hateful statements towards Israel. If […]
8:00am The IDF has shut the Kerem Shalom-Gaza border checkpoint this morning as a result of a mortar attack on the location. No humanitarian delivery trucks going into Gaza today... Kibbutz Nachal Oz near Gaza recommends to residents to not to return to the kibbutz due to the security situation.
Show me when an Arab Palestine State ever existed and in what year was it occupied by Israel
Israel declared the war was over before it is over.
Following the Israeli negotiators' decision to not continue to negotiate with Hamas while Israel is under fire, Islamic Jihad spokesperson, Daoud Shihab, said that Islamic Jihad will ensure that life won't return to normal for Israel's Gaza border communities until Israel complies with Hamas's demands, according to a Galei Tzahal report.
A rabbi, identified as Rabbi Joseph Raksin by NBC news, was shot and killed on his way to synagogue Saturday morning, in North Miami Beach.
Police cancelled the permit for a left wing protest in Tel Aviv, following concern of rocket attacks from Gaza.
ISIS has warned Turkey to open the Atatürk dam, or else they're next...
Dozens of Arabs rioted on Saturday on the 40 day anniversary of the murder of Mohamed Abu-Hadir of Shuafat.
Dozens of leftwing activists and anarchists protested Israel's defending itself against Gaza, near Kiryat Arba-Hebron on Saturday, according to a report in HNN. IDF and Border Police broke up the protest, at which point, one of the protesters reportedly got into his car and tried to run over a soldier, who jumped safely out of […]
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A Jewish school in Denmark informed parents that its pupils are no longer allowed to wear religious symbols near school grounds.
Rabbanit Pinto was found by Buenos Aires police, alive and well on Saturday, though exhausted.
Sirens went off a dozen times from the beginning of Shabbat, as Hamas launched rockets and mortars at Israel. A rocket his a central bus station, and 2 rockets also hit inside a kibbutz, and no red alert went off in that attack. In response, Israel struck over 30 terror sites in Gaza on Saturday. […]
Film director and producer Menachem Golan, of Golan-Globus fame, passed away on Friday, August 8, at age 85.
The Gaza war continues militarily, diplomatically and hasbaradically.
George Galloway declares the district he represents in England's Parliament an "Israel-Free Zone."
“When I asked why she cried so much she said she came from a very religious home and feared she would be sold to a non-Jew and forced to convert.
Is God apologizing for taking away my Father? Is God telling me that He is sorry?