Residents of Israel's south heard rocket alert sirens at 4:20 AM.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Knesset Insider Jeremy Man Saltan to talk about current updates in the government including the election of Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin as the 10th president of Israel.
The Jerusalem Light Festival is back, and the Old City is all lit up.
Netanyahu praised the security forces for their successful operation in Gaza, and will continue to do so against Israel's enemies.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Mohammad made “cynical use of his sports activities exit permit to promote Hamas activities.”
By Sean Savage
While traditional Israeli allies in Europe remain in economic stagnation and produce increasingly hostile rhetoric toward the Jewish state, Modi’s election may further elevate Israel’s bond with the world’s largest democracy.
My primary interest was in providing for my community, both spiritually and physically.
Netanyahu brushed aside Lapid’s political threats, saying that he was either too politically inexperienced or unaware of the true nature of the peace negotiations with Abbas.
By Shalom Bear
Hamas Policeman and Global Jihad terrorist, Awar had shot missiles at Israel, but was planning something even bigger.
The two were injured when what they were working on apparently prematurely exploded.
The scramble is now on as to who will get to replace Cantor.
Israeli armor, swords and Star of David flags on display as national team wins Austria Cup
Unfortunately, the French-born murderer of innocents at the Brussels Jewish Museum, are revered by many young Muslims.
The FBI regularly reports that anti-Jewish hate crimes exceed hate crimes against any other religious group.
The generosity of Mrs. Lee Steinberg of New York helped establish the Meir Panim Free Restaurant in Tiberias.
Representatives from the Justice for Jews from Arab Countries organization (JJAC) will meet in France today and tomorrow to discuss the protection for Jewish property in Arab countries. Following Israel’s creation in 1948, ancient Jewish communities in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon were decimated by riots and expulsions. Individual Jews and Jewish communities lost hundreds […]
By Soeren Kern
Inspectors: pupils in some English schools are systematically exposed to radical Islamic propaganda.
By Shalom Bear
Israel now has Feiglin's Law: An observation that Israel receives a massive influx of new Olim (immigrants) whenever major global geopolitical shifts occur, especially when those shifts synchronize with increased antisemitism and economic problems.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have warned pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant and young children to avoid fish that is high in mercury. Kosher fish that are high in mercury include fresh Tuna, orange roughy, grouper and mackerel. Low mercury species include snapper, carp, canned […]
The Knesset overwhelmingly voted down MK Stav Shafir's (Labor) Civil Marriage bill.
The bill will try to prevent the government from releasing terrorists who have received life sentences.
When Linda Todd travelled to Gaza, she thought their hatred for Israel was due to Israeli policy. It didn't take long for the ugly truth to come out.
PM Netanyahu now holds PA unity gov't leader Mahmoud Abbas personally responsible for Gaza attacks on southern Israel.
Ex-MK will return to Knesset to take President-elect's seat in Knesset; says Likud too focused on settlement, not enough on social issues
WJC leader meets with Jewish community, shows support for community rocked by violence in recent months;
Prime Minister Netanyahu hugged MK Reuven Rivlin Wednesday and vowed to work together with Israel's president-elect Wednesday.
Thousands of Belz chassidim descended upon the Kirayat Belz section of Jerusalem last night for the wedding of the Belzer rebbe's granddaughter. But the celebration was marred hours later, when a man driving home from the wedding was killed when his car overturned on the Jerusalem - Tel Aviv highway. The man has been identified […]
By Rachel Levy
Rocket attack from Gaza starts off the morning in southern Israel to show the new PA unity government is the 'same old thing.'
Eric Cantor, the only Republican Jew in Congress, lost the Virginia primary race.
By Moshe Herman
Rolling Stones in Israel and how their decision to perform in Tel Aviv was a complete defeat for enemies of Israel.
By Batya Medad
The position of President of Israel was created to be ceremonial.
The Palestinians do not mourn their decision to go to war to abort Israel. They mourn that they failed.
By J. E. Dyer
ISIS is executing, slowly but surely, a pincer move on Baghdad.
Most of the members of the UN regional groups have poor rights records themselves.
Are the Israeli journalists cajoling the 'anti-normalizationists' who bar their entry to PA cities?
A swastika and other anti-Semitic graffiti were scrawled outside two synagogues in San Francisco, the northern California JWeekly website reported. The website said that police are investigating the incidentas a hate crime. The website said that on the morning of May 30, traffic sign outside Congregation Beth Israel Judea and Or Shalom Jewish Community was […]
President-elect visits Western Wall after Knesset vote; outgoing president calls, says Rivlin has "all the qualities" to lead nation
Reports on Palestinian infighting becoming daily feature. Today's segment: Fatah attacks Hamas in Ramallah, banks still closed in Gaza
Exhibition to detail Jewish history, ties to Land of Israel
Support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement? That might fly well on American and European university campuses, but don't try floating the idea in the Arab world. According to Caspar Veldkamp, Dutch ambassador to Israel, Arab and Muslim countries around the world maintain rich economic ties with Israel, often facilitated by Holland. Many of the countries […]
By JTA
Two Jewish teenagers reported that they were sprayed with tear gas in an attack in Sarcelles, a northern suburb of Paris. The teens, who were wearing kippot, said they were attacked on Saturday night, according to a report posted Monday on the website of the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The attack, which was […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some historical background on Ruby Rivlin, the President Elect of Israel.
J'lem green grocer: 'They scraped the bottom of the barrel and went crazy with the whole thing. Why do we need a president, anyway?'
Dutch ambassador to Israel, Caspar Veldkamp, said Tuesday that Arab and Muslim countries, many of whom do not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, maintain rich economic ties with Israel, facilitated by Holland. Israel Radio reported in Arabic that Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, in addition to several Persian Gulf nations, all trade quietly […]
Nave and Golan are advisors helping Meir Sheetrit run for president. As professionals who lead campaigns and shape public opinion, they cite the press as a major factor in this campaign.
By Rachel Levy
The first round of votes is over and Israel does not yet have a new president. Rivlin leads, but not by much.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
In honor of the World Autism Awareness Day, the artwork of Israeli children with autism is being showcased in a unique exhibition called "Speaking Colors" at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Kosher barbecue experts, fire up your grills! You will be tested in southern Connecticut this fall.
Jordan summons Australian official over Canberra's decision to stop referring to east Jerusalem as 'occupied' territory.
By Shalom Bear
A Tel Aviv family court was forced to choose: would the child become listed as a Mamzer or would the child grow up financially unsupported and not know who his real father is?
By Atara Beck
A European Commission official sent profane messages to a United With Israel rabbi.
The moon-inspired public is searching for something like the renewal and redemption of the Jewish people.
By Batya Medad
Ideological differences within Bibi's coalition members are less harmonious than a Chinese sweet and sour dish.
Rights group condemns attacks against "settlers," but one suspects the group views the murder of Judea and Samaria Jews as something less than tragic.
Technion students placed in residencies with the most prestigious programs in the U.S.
The Chief of Staff has confidence in the IDF’s capabilities to meet every threat head on.
Jews condemn latest outburst by veteran anti-Semite, but few non-Jews react. Lauder calls for Le Pen to lose diplomatic immunity
By inserting word "radical" into description of Islamists, NYT serves to blur fact that Islamists by definition are radical, as opposed to Muslims
Palestinian unity continues to crumble: Palestinian Authority security forces detained 16 Hamas supporters and issued summons to seven others across the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority Ma’an News Service reported Monday. The website reported that Hamas members, some as young as 16, were detained in Shechem, Ramallah and Hebron. In addition, seven people were summoned […]
Israel, Europe welcoming Israel into exclusive European science club - as long as progress doesn't come from 'wrong' side of Israel
Apartments, money... what's next for Fuad?
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“You know what Mahmoud Abbas says behind closed doors? He says: ‘Guys, let me [continue] saying what I say to the media. Those words are meant for the Americans the occupation (i.e. Israel), not for you [Hamas],” wrote al-Ghussein.
Conventional wisdom says bringing Hamas into government will 'moderate' terror group. But they are more likely to influence Abu Mazen
Shomer Chadash group says it had to stand up to defend Jewish farms in the Galilee because calls to police go nowhere.
By Rachel Levy
The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.
Britain's leadership becomes aware of an Islamist plot to take over the nation's school system.
A Gaza-based PA official claims he wanted to travel to Brazil for the World Cup, but Israel has blocked him from going.
By Rachel Levy
The "only sane plan" is to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, says Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. Coalition crisis ahead?
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Omar Barghouti, one of the leaders of the BDS movement, said "If the four men are brought before a court, then we should prosecute the Palestinian Authority for serving the Israeli occupation's project."
For the first time since 2008, Iran's president has arrived in Turkey on a state visit.
By Rachel Levy
Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.
Serry promised more U.N. money for Gaza and called for lifting the legal blockade of Gaza's borders.
I don't know if Yehuda Glick also caught the irony, when he caught the shoe that was thrown at him on the Temple Mount.
By Howard Zik
In decision making, randomness is most significant and where God gave us a creative role in shaping the future.
Yesh Atid head gives no indication that he learned anything from 2005 Gaza pullout, says Israel should "give" Palestinians state
Gunmen attacked the airport in Karachi, Pakistan.
How to protect yourself, your money and your accounts from author Clark Howard.
Prime Minister visits IDF, Border Police troops, thanks for help scuttling terror attempts in Samaria
Ultimately, BDS will fail because the boycotters themselves do not really believe in their cause. If they did, they'd throw out their cell phones.
Despite the mud, dirt, scandals and allegations, the Knesset will hold elections for President on schedule.
By JTA
“Death to Jews” and a swastika were painted on the notice board of the Central Synagogue in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Session to take place in garden without Christian symbols; int'l media misses irony of Peres and chief PA Holocaust denier gathering to pray
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A new petition has been launched demanding the release of incarcerated Israeli Jonathan Pollard.
The Palestinian Authority has summoned Thomas Wilson, Australia’s ambassador to the P.A., for a dressing down over Canberra’s decision to remove the word “occupied” from eastern Jerusalem. According to Rotter, the Palestinian “foreign ministry” told the ambassador that the international community recognises the “fact” that the Palestinian capital is occupied.
In Gaza, Hamas beat back Fatah workers at local ATM machines. In Judea and Samaria, PA cops continue to arrest Hamas members.
The Prime Minister didn't mince words at Sunday's cabinet meeting, slamming the int'l community for embracing the Hamas government, while praising Australia for its moral clarity.
When Israel released 1,027 murderers for Gilad Shalit, the public outcry in Israel was enormous. Today, the cabinet moved to ensure it doesn't happen again.
No Presidential pardon, no goodwill gestures to Fatah or Hamas in honor of Ramadan, and no pressure from the United States will allow for the terrorist to be released, ever.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Fawzi Ayoub, a Hezbollah terrorist who was imprisoned in Israel for an attempted terrorist attack in Jerusalem and was also on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, finally met his death in Syria last month.
A judge denied a request by Ehud Olmert, to fly overseas for a business meeting.
Only 5 leading candidates are left in the race for President of Israel. Will more allegations come out against those who still remain in the race?
Palestinian Leader Mudar Zahran Addresses the Israel Sovereignty Conference.