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The Syrian military continues to pound opposition strongholds as voting stations opened around the country to decide on a new constitution.
The red carpet, with which the West welcomes Palestinian leaders, is transformed into a shabby rug when the same leaders land in Arab capitals. What do Arabs know about the Palestinians that the West has yet to learn?
The stories in this column are translations by Mr. Nollet from Die Juden In Der Welt (The Jews in the World) by Mark Wischnitzer, a long out-of-print book published more than seven decades ago in Germany. The book examines Jewish communities, one country at a time, as they existed in 1935.
Lapid proclaimed that the country belongs not to interest groups, lobbyists, business tycoons, ultra-orthodox parties, stone throwers, or those who threaten army officers, but to law-abiding middle class army-serving citizens. He unabashedly identified the three main problems with politics: the current electoral system, the ultra-orthodox parties and corruption.
According to a Gallup poll released Monday, Americans rank Iran as the US' top enemy. The poll, which was conducted February 2-5, asked: "What one country anywhere in the world do you consider to be the United States' greatest enemy today?" 32% of respondents said Iran, while 23% said China. North Korea was the only […]
It's time for the realists to acknowledge that Israel not only has a moral and ideological claim to American support, but it also has a claim base on realpolitik.
According to Reuters, based on European and U.S. officials and private experts, Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralizing and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country's nuclear machinery. In 2009, the malicious code penetrated equipment controlling centrifuges Iran is using to enrich uranium, dealing a significant setback to Iran's nuclear weapons work. […]
Egypt's prosecution of pro-democracy NGOs reflects unresolved suspicions and hostilities towards the West and democracy.
By Tibbi Singer
Baku is a few hours by car from the Iranian border, and is known as the "gray zone" of intelligence operations, where Israeli and Iranian agents monitor each other.
By Rafi Harkham
A war of words has erupted between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan and American Novelist Paul Auster. Auster seemed to hit a nerve, suggesting that his allegations might be true.
Expulsions come in the wake of arrest by German authorities of two people suspected of spying for the Assad regime.
Lavrov: "The president of Syria assured us he was completely committed to the task of stopping violence regardless of where it may come from."
Israel’s main labor union, the Histadrut, declared a general strike on Wednesday impacting services across the country.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called MK Moshe Gafni and said the country is praying for the health of "the greatest rabbinical sage of his generation."
If the recent pictures of destroyed outposts had been of Bedouin villages or illegal houses in the Galilee, the whole country would have been up in arms.
Russia resisting resolution that would condemn Bashar al-Assad and demand his resignation.
125,000 Likud members are eligible to vote in polling stations across the country, which opened at 10 A.M. and will close at 10 P.M.
"Shoa", a 9-hour French documentary about the Holocaust, will be broadcast for the first time by a Muslim country.
By Elke Weiss
College should be a place of learning, a place for a free exchange of ideas, a time to explore new perspectives.
USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait without incident Sunday.
By Sam Ser
If Bashar Assad does not accept the national unity government proposal, the Arab League will ask the United Nations to step in and end the crisis.
Shas MK: Torah protected Jews before there was a state, the IDF, and Shin Bet.
By Sam Ser
Witnesses said the Free Syrian Army held territory and set up roadblocks in Douma, a center of dissent, for up to several hours before retreating to their hideouts.
Islamist parties expected to fair well in upcoming Libyan elections.
By Maury Litwak
There are two types of politicians we encounter when advocating to relieve our community’s tuition burden through the use of government funding: those who claim to be 100 percent behind us, and those who claim to be 100 percent against us. What’s interesting is that politicians in both categories do not seem to understand what “100 percent” means.
There is a sweetness like no other when people who have been friends for more than sixty years have a chance to get together for a couple of hours and just schmooze and catch up on life.
Perry suggested that the US should eliminate all foreign aid to Turkey.
Approximately 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian government crackdown.
Turkish newspaper cites report that implicates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Now, because of our efforts, the police have committed to arrest anyone who merely screams at a girl. Success for our present! The national government now wants to work with us to build future neighborhoods for all populations. Success for our future!
Embattled president Assad offers another gesture to try to quell the 10-month old unrest.
Withdrawal seen as a blow to pro-democracy camp in Egypt.
After weeks of negotiations, computer mega-giant Apple has acquired its first Israeli company, Anobit Technologies, for $390 million.
The bill would have the greatest impact on the Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities.
By Sam Ser
New law aims to deter African job seekers and asylum seekers, who have flooded across Israel’s southern border by the tens of thousands
Ptolemy, King of Egypt, had requested of Elazar Kohen Gadol, that he send sages to his country to translate the Torah. Elazar complied by sending 72 sages. They were wined and dined and then the king put to them 72 questions, to test their wisdom.
In recent months a new theme has replaced the media’s past obsession with Israel’s alleged mistreatment of the Palestinians.
The Islamic Revolution in Iran has failed to achieve its goals, whether in the domestic, regional or global sphere. Their last chance for salvation is the nuclear project, which still wins support from China and Russia.
September 4, 2026 
