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By Shalom Bear
Livni was photographed in London talking with the PUG's Foreign Minister.
By Rachel Levy
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says Israel 'won't ignore the fire' and 'will know how to lay its hands on' whoever threatens Israel.
Israel Railways is ending night train service to the Negev from Ben Gurion airport, 'not cost effective.'
Rivlin's emotional acceptance speech, with English subtitles.
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
Prime Minister Netanyahu hugged MK Reuven Rivlin Wednesday and vowed to work together with Israel's president-elect Wednesday.
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.'
Are the Israeli journalists cajoling the 'anti-normalizationists' who bar their entry to PA cities?
President-elect visits Western Wall after Knesset vote; outgoing president calls, says Rivlin has "all the qualities" to lead nation
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 Rachel Levy
The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.
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 Rachel Levy
Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.
Yesh Atid head gives no indication that he learned anything from 2005 Gaza pullout, says Israel should "give" Palestinians state
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.
By Rachel Levy
The prime minister's office plans to finance defense by relocating central region IDF bases and selling the land.
By Rachel Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Islamist terrorism is "rearing its head" in Europe - and yet the EU praises unity with Hamas.
Former defense minister says American involvement in negotiations pushes Israel, Palestinian Authority apart, slams Livni, Netanyahu, Lapid
The Israeli government has hopes to put the kabash on cash transactions starting in fiscal 2015 budget.
Ashkelon launched a new separate gender beach this week, but only on land.
Now Hamas is being given a strategy for making acceptable its unalterable hostility towards the Jewish state.
The Knesset has passed an amending eliminating the term “single parent family” from the lexicon of the legal system.
Israeli MKs from Likud and Labor plan to submit a bill allowing Jews to pray on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City.
It seems that just about everyone wants Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to leave the coalition.
By Jewish Press Staff Reporter
The Israel Tax Authority has reached agreement with the U.S. to coordinate info between the IRS and Israeli banks.
This is the first time in Israel’s history that a former prime minister has been convicted of a serious crime and sentenced to serve time behind bars.
Israel Police received more than 9 million ‘100' calls (Israel’s ‘911') in 2013; 18 percent came from Tel Aviv.
Changing your driver’s license in Israel may get a little easier, thanks to efforts by U.S.-born Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman.
Government finally moves to bar release of murderers; terror victims' families long sought this step
Prime Minister Netanyahu says his proposal to enshrine Israel’s status as a Jewish country should include a provision establishing the Talmud as the basis of Israeli law. “I want to anchor provisions into this basic law to ensure that the State of Israel was created and exists on a foundation of the Torah and of […]
At 91, most people would be happy to retire. As his career in public office draws to a close, however, is Shimon Peres preparing one last push to resuscitate the failed Oslo process?
Israel Police arrested an eight-month pregnant woman in Yitzhar before dawn Wednesday on suspicion of incitement.
Israel's cabinet, at its weekly meeting approved the recommendations of the public committee that considered the purchase of a plane for the President and the Prime Minister, as well as the construction of an office and official residence for the Prime Minister. The plane will cost between NIS 50-70 million.
Public sees HaTnua leader Tzipi Livni as face of "peace" process. As a result, her party wouldn't make it into the Knesset were elections held today.
Strongly titled, but Danon's op-ed captured the feelings of many Israelis and Israel supporters.
The Intel Corporation has announced a multi-billion dollar upgrade to its plant in Kiryat Gat.
And Ephron told Abraham the land is worth 400 silver shekels, and between us, that’s peanuts. (Genesis: 23:15)
The IDF has announced it will begin to offer Israeli Christians the chance to enlist in Israel’s army.
PA President Abbas's refusal to publicly condemn the terror attack that killed Baruch Mizrachi is putting a damper on the parade.
Israeli ex-Pres. Moshe Katsav has requested a Passover prison leave though he isn't eligible.
"The Palestinians substantially violated the understandings that were reached with American involvement."
Dechner admitted funneling significant amounts of money to the defendants in order to move the Holyland project forward.
Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”
There is no joy in having a former prime minister who is a crook, but at least the judicial system finally has nailed him.
The situation will either be resolved or explode - we just hope that Netanyahu didn't mean that last part literally.
By Shalom Bear
Israeli politicians are trying to kill freedom of the press, because apparently competition is bad for the free market of ideas.
There are three words that explain Israel’s rejuvenated ties with Turkey: Iran, Syria and money.
By Ben Sales
More than having a hand on the wheel, the year since the formation of the new government has seen Jewish Home and the coalition’s other smaller parties driving much of the government's agenda. Netanyahu’s Likud party has taken a back seat on everything besides security affairs.
By JTA
Likud MK Danon tries outflanking Netanyahu by telling US Jews he will quit as minister if more terrorists are freed.
Israeli media quoted American Jewish groups attacking Ya'alon; at least half the quotes were re-cycled
Despite mini-crises over fake passports and Prisoner X, Australia has been one of Israel’s most reliable allies.
President Obama has an unshakeable and eternal bond with himself.
Obama’s crew did not even say “boo" when the Palestinian Authority endorsed this week a video-song mocking John Kerry.
By Shalom Bear
With the 4th round of planned terrrorist releases coming up, Deputy Minister Danon is taking a principled stand.
The last thing Israel wants now is an excuse for the inevitable revolution against the Jordanian monarchy.
By Shalom Bear
Resistance to integrating Haredim into the coalition came from an unexpected source.
Abbas will not end the wrongly-named peace talks until he achieves his aim for starting them – freeing 104 terrorists.
The Haredi Knesset Members who walked out of David Cameron’s speech didn’t miss very much.
American born Oleh to Ginot Shomron, Ari Harow, returns to the Prime Minister's office.
A plan to stop tax evasion also threatens to break all limits of confidentiality of Americans in Israel.
By David Morris
Eli Cohen is now the nationally-known face of electoral integrity and honesty in Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Pope Francis has been forced to cancel his planned trip to Israel in May due to a labor dispute within the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The Pope, who has garnered considerable acclaim from Jewish leaders for his push for stronger Jewish-Christian relations, announced the trip to Israel and Jordan in January. The visit was scheduled to […]
By JTA
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blamed the Palestinians for lack of progress in peace negotiations, and said Israel would not agree to additional conditions for the continuation of the talks. “The Palestinians are the ones torpedoing the talks by setting conditions,” Lieberman told Israel Radio Thursday, according to the Times of Israel. “Israel would not […]
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an economic and research partnership agreement with California Gov. Edmund “Jerry” Brown. The agreement will enhance cooperation between Israel and California in a variety of areas, with a focus on water conservation, alternative energy, cybersecurity, health and biotechnology, education and agricultural technology, according to a press release from Brown’s […]
Glick strips the bark from the threat of a One State Solution and reveals a worthy option: the Israeli Solution
By JTA
Following reports that Israel was sending African migrants to Uganda, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar confirmed that Israel is sending migrants to a third-party country. “The departure for third countries, on the basis of agreements we have reached, is of limited scope, in the order of dozens,” Saar said Tuesday at a press conference, according […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In his speech at the 2014 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson for her decision to continue representing Israeli carbonated beverage company SodaStream, which is located across the Green line and employs hundreds of Palestinians. Johansson stepped down as a global ambassador […]
By JTA
Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. The strike, announced Tuesday, will suspend all services to foreign dignitaries visiting Israel, as well as all services to Israeli dignitaries planning trips or already abroad. In addition, the strike suspends all consular services to […]
By JTA
Netanyahu called for enhanced sanctions on Iran, despite Obama's objection.
By JTA
Obama refrained from pushing back, pledging instead to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
But one doesn't need to be a secret agent to worry about the bio-metric program.
By JTA
The Obama administration pressured Israel to stop assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientists, according to a CBS News report. Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency ran an assassination campaign for several years, during which time at least five Iranian scientists were killed, most by bombs planted on their cars, national correspondent Dan Raviv reported Saturday on the CBS […]
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
An open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Government plans to market 12,000 new apartments in Modi'in, where prices haven't stopped rising in recent years.
The Haredi protest against Lapid’s drive to draft them is only the first shot in what promises to be an ugly war.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Cabinet was “exceptional” because it was on schedule. Considering Israeli’s penchant for “on time” a synonym for running on a clock that does not keep time, that might be the most valuable result of the visit. “We had a very enjoyable […]
The Gush Katif Committee has worked for several months with Housing minister Uri Ariel, and the Tnufa administration headed by Yisrael Melachi, to develop a working plan for the victims of the mass expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif in 2005. The committee’s targets are to develop new communities, which besides fulfilling the obligation to […]
By JTA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Israel that her country and Israel enjoy a “very strong friendship.” Merkel arrived in the country on Monday with nearly her entire Cabinet, whose members will meet the following day with their Israeli counterparts for a fifth joint meeting. The German delegation is in Israel for a 24-hour visit. […]
The greatest growth was registered in the smaller communal settlements, some of which are in very remote locations.
Solar Energy pioneer Yosef Abramowitz, who moved to Israel from the United States as child, said Monday he is joining the crowded field of candidates to succeed Shimon Peres as President of Israel this summer. Knesset Member Meir Sheetrit of Tzipi Livni’s Tnuah party also announced his candidacy Monday, immediately winning Livni’s backing. He has […]
By JTA
Hundreds of demonstrators calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The demonstration on Sunday night was led by Pollard’s wife, Esther. “How is it that in spite of all the gestures that Israel is making at the request of the U.S., the Americans are not willing to […]
Journalist Rafael Epstein claims Zygier revealed intelligence about operations he had been involved in to an Iranian businessman.
A Palestinian citizen of Israel was shot dead by unknown assailants at a construction site in central Israel early Saturday. The victim was a 34-year-old Palestinian who had acquired Israeli citizenship after serving as a collaborator with the Israeli intelligence services Shin Bet, and was a resident of Gedera in central Israel, a Ma'an reporter […]
Hundreds of Israelis participated in a protest in front of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, demanding freedom for Jonathan Pollard on Feb 23, 2014.
The statement from Ramaz said, “Our question was: ‘Is this the appropriate program?’”
The film uses scholars, activists and carefully selected film clips to unravel the magical marketing mystery of J Street.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Syrian explosion destroys family – Israeli medics saves remaining son.
The Obama administration is taking off its mask from its being the negotiator for the Palestinian Authority.
President Shimon Peres categorically rejected on Wednesday any suggestion, as reported here, that he would agree to extend his five-year term of office if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were to ask him to do so. The Prime Minister reportedly wants Peres to serve an extra year in order to give the Knesset time to enact […]
Shimon Peres, even at the age of 90, cannot get rid of his Polish-rooted Jewish ghetto mentality.
By JTA
The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on the Middle East urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cooperate with John Kerry in advancing Middle East peace. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is touring the Middle East with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), and met Sunday with Netanyahu and his defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. The senators also […]
By JTA
A bill that would allow more rabbis to conduct conversions in Israel advanced in the Knesset. The coalition government-backed bill passed its first reading by a vote of 28 to 16 in the Knesset plenum on Monday night. Under the measure, as many as 30 courts made up of municipal rabbis would be allowed for […]
Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.
The IPF is a passel of peaceniks comprised of billionaires and heiresses and a felon, oh my!
The next presidents of Israel as well as the United States might be women.
Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar has approved permanent residency status in Israel for 221 children of foreign workers aged 8-23 and whose parents entered Israel with a legal visa or permit. Most of the children were born in Israel and all have been integrated into the Israeli education system. Their parents' countries of origin include Ghana, […]
By JTA
Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, recommitted to securing Israel a tour on the U.N. Security Council after assisting its entry to a U.N. regional group. Israel last month became a member of the JUSCANZ regional group at U.N. headquarters in New York. JUSCANZ stands for Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, and […]
By David Morris
The new election date of March 11 was announced by the Ministry of Interior.
October 2, 2026 
