By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Both you and Benjamin Netanyahu are under enormous pressure from the American administration and from the Left at the same time and the media who all are having difficulty internalizing the verdict of Israeli democracy...
The defense minister shares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Benjamin’s grave concern over the emerging Iran nuclear deal, though believes that strategic dialogue, as opposed to a more defiant posture, is the way forward with Israel’s greatest ally.
By HaKol HaYehudi / Yehuda Pearl
One of the evicted residents was a pregnant woman in her ninth month. Honenu recorded police grabbing her infant girl.
Restraining orders will be issued, and the IDF has been ordered to use a firm hand against the violent riots by leftwing anarchists in Judea and Samaria.
Bennett recently threatened to demolish any illegal Arab construction in Area C, even if it was funded by the European Union.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel will not allow Iran to build a noose around the country and Syria will become “Iran’s Vietnam” if it continues to build up its forces north of Israel, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett threatened.
The new promises of new construction for the Jews of Hebron offered by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
Bennett and Shaked were offered two small ministries or one big one. They chose the Defense Ministry.
By JNi.Media
Liberman is in a fight for his job with his archenemies within the coalition, Education Minister Naftali Bennett.
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"In the past few days, we have witnessed the dangerous results of the defense minister's policy of restraint and weakness in the Gaza Strip – more restraint, more terrorism," Bennett said.
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the planned move was revealed during a hearing at the High Court of Justice of a request by the terrorist who murdered the late Ziva Goldovsky in November 1988, to be released from prison after 30 years behind bars.
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"What happened here is that they abandoned a soldier, so the Palestinians would not get up to have one of their days of rage."
On July 26 Youssef entered a house in the community of Adam and murdered Yotam Ovadia, a father of two.
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Attorney Ben-Gvir wrote the AG: "It is clear to any knowledgeable person that the government's decision was a political ploy designed to silence the opposition."
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Lt. Gen. Eizenkot said: "Sharon is doing his job with exceptional skill, with good common sense and with courage, and I wish that all of us uphold his example."
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"You are a philosopher, you only know how to talk and leave the doing to the rest of us," Kahlon told Netanyahu bitterly.
The new bill pushes off economic sanctions against Haredi yeshivot that fail to meet their quotas.
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Argentina, which plays in Group D, will be playing against Croatia and Nigeria next.
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The satisfaction with Netanyahu and Liberman is reflected in the survey's snapshot of the election results, if said elections had been held today.
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No doubt, MK Yogev's alternative would be costly in terms of international politics, but Israel can't expect more favorable conditions to go in earnest after the Hamas war criminals.
Defense Minister Liberman's Purim message to his Chareidi coalition partners.
Following the Har Adar terror attack in which Machsom Watch activists exchanged words with the murdered policeman, a request was submitted to distance them from security checkpoints.
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The armed wing of Hamas, released a statement saying that Israel “bears responsibility for the consequences of this aggressive escalation.”
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Hamas terrorists in Israeli jails – start packing, y'all goin' home now, hear?
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"Ayman Odeh is a terrorist in a suit. What he has managed to conceal for two years of smiling – he revealed in one phone call with Haniyeh."
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There are currently about 200 illegal burning sites, scattered from the southern Hebron hills to northern Samaria.
Iran is trying to create a new reality in the region with Iranian air force and naval bases in Syria, with Sh’ite militias with thousands of mercenaries and by manufacturing precise weaponry in Lebanon.
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In recent years, the knitted yarmulkes, which fill the junior and middle echelons of the IDF, have not been promoted to the senior command of the army.
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'What's outrageous is Abbas's refusal to condemn the heinous murder.'
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The legal owners are planning to sneak back into Machpelah House in the coming weeks, sans coordination with the powers that be, and let's see Netanyahu and Liberman evicting them from their homes in the UNESCO sanctioned Palestinian heritage site.
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The Israeli Navy in May 2015 ordered four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes that make the baseline platform more robust for military use.
Liberman believes that the quality of life of Arabs in Israel would improve if they voted for an Arab party that concentrated on improving the lives of its constituents.
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The inherent philosophy of the Iron Dome anti-missile system matches Ya'alon's inherent philosophy of risking life and treasure not to defeat and eliminate, but to catch and release the enemy.
Hamas claims the hit man killed a senior Hamas commander under Israeli orders.
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Minister Israel Katz's proposal to transfer casualties from Idlib to hospitals in is opposed by the defense establishment, because it would requires cooperation with Turkey.
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As to the Russian presence in Syria, Liberman said the last thing Israel wants is tension with Russia.
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'There are several co-ed combat units in the military where we have been unable to find solutions to the close proximity problem, which is why we rule that [religious Jews] may not serve there.'
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Sources in Ya'alon's circle said the former defense minister would not align himself with the left, and that any attempt to associate him with the left 'is ridiculous.'
An IDF unit came under gunfire attack from Gaza.
Israel will not be bullied into actions that will endanger its citizens anywhere they live, said DM Liberman.
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'Unfortunately, the process was contaminated by the involvement of outside factors, hence the decision.'
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Liberman said that 'any peace agreement should be based on populated-area exchange, which should also include Israeli Arabs who consider themselves to be Palestinian.'
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During last month's test flights, symbols on the Elbit helmet display used by pilots in aim air-to-ground attacks were 'unusable and unsafe to complete the planned testing.'
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Netanyahu's office issued a written directive at 4 PM Sunday asking cabinet ministers not to make contact with the president-elect or his staff.
Self-employed Israelis will receive an additional 25 percent above their monthly average salary for time spent in military service
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It remains to be seen which way Netanyahu will cleverly evade this crisis, and whether or not he is prepared to either arm wrestle the high court or put down a rightwing rebellion in his own party.
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Liberman said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was not seeking peace, and said he incited violence rather than work against it.
Liberman has instructed the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) to ramp up oversight of materials entering the Gaza Strip.
Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.
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"The court will rule on the severity of his action," says the subheadline on the cover, "but there's no doubt that the single bullet he shot at the terrorist ignited the stormiest debate in Israel's society this year."
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Threatened residents are accusing the rightwing members of government, especially Bennett and Shaked, of a lackadaisical approach to Amona's impending doom
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Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."
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The court has ordered the final date for the evacuation of the entire outpost to be no later than December 25 this year.
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The accommodations have all been approved by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu), in the spirit of facilitating a life of religion and worship.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer has passed away at the age of 80.
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Liberman is changing the rules in Gaza, and it appears that from now on, a provocation, no matter how small, will be met with a fierce and destructive reaction.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ruled that holding terrorist bodies does not have legal justification and ordered the body released.
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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has reversed his predecessor Moshe Ya'alon's policy regarding the return of terrorists' bodies to their families for burial.
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According to Damari's account, the first rescuer arrived seconds after the attack and started prying the doors open with a jack, releasing and bringing out the children.
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On Sunday, the White House staff let the Israelis know they were fuming, and unable to understand how Israel chooses to attack the president in the midst of negotiating the biggest military aid package.
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The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.
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The boorish voice in this incident belonged to Obama. As a NY Post editorial put it, "What could President Obama have been thinking?"
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Bennett was behind the popular notion that the Netanyahu security cabinet was unaware of the tunnel threat.
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One report that had been produced by a Knesset committee was shelved because of the 2015 elections.
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The leftover money will go to a fund for future cases in which IDF soldiers are taken to court by their own army.
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"For the past two years we have been receiving messages from Mekorot each morning telling us that there is no water in the pipes."
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When Azaria's attorneys asked Naaman in court which of his testimonies they should go with, did the terrorist move, didn't he, the key witness answered, "Now I don't recall exactly."
Israelis have started a viral protest against the anti-democratic distancing order of a 15-year-old boy from his parent's home.
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There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.
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“What's the greatest mistake of the right wing government?" Herzog joked, answering his own trick question: "That there is no real left wing to blame.
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Altogether, the new law cancels out two laws, two orders, and dozens of emergency Defense Regulations. It also modifies a long list of sub-items in as many as 14 existing laws.
Liberman explained why Haniyeh isn't dead yet, as Liberman boasted he would be
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A Wednesday decree issued by Shabak truly sounded like part of the mad hatter's party in Alice in Wonderland.
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"Last year MK Yoel Hasson (Zionist Camp) tried to pass the Arab initiative in the Knesset and the Likud rejected it."
By JoeSettler
Liberman didn't zig-zag. He didn't even say anything new. He probably just left out the details of what he actually meant...
Avigdor Liberman went to the Kotel to pray after being sworn in.
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman was unanimously voted in as defense minister by the cabinet after a government compromise.
By Moshe Herman
(((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) Fire in the hole! First, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai for Spiritual Cafe to discuss the fire of God’s anger as expressed in the Biblical curses, and the fire of God’s love, as expressed in the bonfires of the Lag BaOmer holiday which celebrate the revelation of the mystical Torah. […]
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Glick also said "there should be clear instructions as to how to conduct a wedding ceremony, and just as you don't have to have a rabbi at a circumcision, under the chupah you don't need a rabbi either."
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Defense Minister Ya'alon was in the habit, during security cabinet meetings, of forcing officers to remain silent if their views did not match his own.
MK Avigdor Liberman rocked the political establishment by agreeing to become the defense minister.
By JoeSettler
LIberman's entry into the coalition may bring about even more changes than expected...
By Shalom Bear
Both sides will be setting up negotiation teams to determine the terms of Liberman joining the coalition.
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Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.
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But the prosecution is going for broke, and have even conscripted a top attorney, Nadav Weissman, to litigate for them.
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The open rebuke was a deadly jibe at Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who defended and supported Golan's speech and the sentiments he noted.
PM Netanyahu placed full blame on Defense Minister Yaalon.
Earlier in the day, Netanyahu toured the southern area of the Gazan border accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Gadi Eizenkot, inspecting the Hamas tunnel uncovered by IDF forces several weeks ago.
An Al Aqsa NGO official responds: "The Temple Mount is not part of Israel." PA accuses Erdan of "racism."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Israel on Monday as the official guest of his counterpart, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot. The two military leaders will meet, along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and other Israeli security officials, to discuss bilateral military cooperation and other common […]
The merged Labor party, AKA the "Zionist Camp" headed by Yitzchak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, has drafted former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin to fill its vacuum for a future Defense Minister if it forms the next government. Israel Radio (Voice of Israel) was quick to promote Yadlin Tuesday morning with soft-glove questions that allowed […]
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.
Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon checks out the F-35.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Iran’s newly appointed defense minister, Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan, has links to the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks terrorist attack in Beirut that killed 199 American and French servicemen, says an Israeli think tank. According to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Dehghan, who has spent his entire military career in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, […]
Mofaz asked for the Defense Ministry during coalition talks.
By Steve
8:21 PM IDF Spokesman confirms, Defense Minister green lights calling up 30,000 reservists. 8:19 PM Direct hit on house in Be'er Sheva. No injuries reported. 8:16 PM 5 rockets shots down by Iron Dome system over Be'er Sheva. 8:14 PM Rockets landing near Kiryat Melachi during funeral of Mira Sharf HY"D and Aaron Semadje HY"D. 8:10 PM Explosions over Ashkelon. […]
By Tzvi Fishman
For many Israelis, the Presidential election in America had a special urgency because of the increasing nuclear threat from Iran, and the hope that Romney would take a more militant stance than Obama. I wrote a short story on the tragedy of looking to America for our salvation, which appears in my award-winner collection of short stories, “Days of Mashiach,” which was translated and published in France this year by a non-Jewish publisher, with reviewers comparing me to Voltaire and the famous fable writer, Jean de la Fontaine. Big deal. Anyway, enjoy the story, and for readers who value true Jewish literature, I invite you to check out some of my other books at Amazon.
“Barak gave preference to political considerations over national ones," Yaalon charged, appearing at the "Shabbat Culture" event in Ramat Gan. "He pulled us up a tree, and at the last minute presented himself as a moderate and ran away.” The Defense Minister’s Independence Party reacted to Yaalon's accusations saying that “the Likud primaries are forcing Yaalon to come up with pathetic statements.”
UPDATE: Hebron house resident to Jewish Press: "Baruch Hashem, we will live in this house for a long time to come." Eviction order states that the families must evacuate the premises by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, on the grounds that their presence disrupts public order.