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Sovereignty

A Direct and Open Appeal to Member of Knesset Bezalel Smotrich

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...

Featured / IDF & Security / US / Iran

Gantz Seeks New Understanding, In a Quiet Way, with US on Iran

By Yaakov Lappin

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.

Headline / Politics / Police and Crime / Left vs. Right / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bennett Refusing to Address 500-Cop Storming of Yitzhar Homes

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.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria

The Circus is Over: Bennett Orders IDF to Deal with the Violent Radical Leftwing Anarchists

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sovereignty

Defense Minister Appoints Administrator to Spearhead Campaign to Combat Illegal Arab Construction in Area C

By Arye Green / TPS

Bennett recently threatened to demolish any illegal Arab construction in Area C, even if it was funded by the European Union.

IDF & Security

Defense Minister to Iran: ‘Syria Will Become Your Vietnam’

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.

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

Naftali Bennett Appointed Defense Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett and Shaked were offered two small ministries or one big one. They chose the Defense Ministry.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Elections

Liberman: Hamas Should Be Warned It's Now After the Holidays

By JNi.Media

Liberman is in a fight for his job with his archenemies within the coalition, Education Minister Naftali Bennett.

Headline / Terrorism / Politics / Hamas / Government

Bennett: Liberman-Hamas Agreements Failed

By JNi.Media

"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.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / The Courts

Report: IDF Wants Terrorists with Life Sentences to Appeal for Early Release

By JNi.Media

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.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts

Elor Azaria: If I Could Go Back in Time to Hebron, I'd Do It Again

By JNi.Media

"What happened here is that they abandoned a soldier, so the Palestinians would not get up to have one of their days of rage."

Terrorism / IDF & Security

Security Forces Demolish Home of Adam Terrorist

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On July 26 Youssef entered a house in the community of Adam and murdered Yotam Ovadia, a father of two.

Featured / Politics / Government / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel

Attorney Ben-Gvir Advocates Removing Kahane Movement's Terrorist Designation

By JNi.Media

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."

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics

IDF Appoints First Openly Gay General

By JNi.Media

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."

Headline / Politics / Government / Elections

Kahlon Attacks Netanyahu: 'You'll Be Prime Minister Another 20 Years and Still Do Nothing'

By JNi.Media

"You are a philosopher, you only know how to talk and leave the doing to the rest of us," Kahlon told Netanyahu bitterly.

IDF & Security / Government / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Knesset Committee Ratifies Haredi Draft Bill; Plenum Will Vote Tomorrow

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new bill pushes off economic sanctions against Haredi yeshivot that fail to meet their quotas.

Featured / Politics / Europe / Jerusalem / South America / Sports

Liberman: Argentina Couldn't Beat Iceland Because They Didn't Practice in Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

Argentina, which plays in Group D, will be playing against Croatia and Nigeria next.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Elections

Liberman, Netanyahu Popularity Skyrockets in Wake of Syria, Gaza Assertiveness

By JNi.Media

The satisfaction with Netanyahu and Liberman is reflected in the survey's snapshot of the election results, if said elections had been held today.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas

Habayit Hayehudi MK: Must Eliminate Hamas Leadership

By JNi.Media

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.

Government / Holidays & Observances

DM Liberman's Purim Message

By Jewish Press News Desk

Defense Minister Liberman's Purim message to his Chareidi coalition partners.

Featured / IDF & Security / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria

DM Liberman Won't Distance Machsom Watch Activists from Security Checkpoints

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government

Bennett Attacks IDF Spokesman: 'We Do Not Apologize for Killing Terrorists'

By JNi.Media

The armed wing of Hamas, released a statement saying that Israel “bears responsibility for the consequences of this aggressive escalation.”

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority

Shaked: Never Again Shalit Style Prisoner Exchanges

By JNi.Media

Hamas terrorists in Israeli jails – start packing, y'all goin' home now, hear?

Headline / Politics / Hamas / Government / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Israeli Pols Slam Arab List Chief for Congratulations Call to Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh

By JNi.Media

"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."

Headline / Politics / Police and Crime / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine / Settlements

Palestina Carcinogenica: Illegal Arab Hazardous Material Fires Endanger Jewish Lives

By JNi.Media

There are currently about 200 illegal burning sites, scattered from the southern Hebron hills to northern Samaria.

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists

Liberman: Israel Won’t Reconcile With Iranian Presence in Syria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

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.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel

Report: Newly Appointed IDF General Staff a No-Knitted Yarmulke Zone

By JNi.Media

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.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Evicted Hebron Settlers: In Response to UNESCO Resolution, Let Us Go Home

By JNi.Media

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.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel to Spend $420 Million to Protect Off-Shore Gas Rigs

By JNi.Media

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.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Liberman Calls for New Arab Knesset Party

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Qatar / Iran / Saudi Arabia / Hezbollah / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt

Ya'alon: No More Arab Coalition Against Us, Also Containment Is Victory

By JNi.Media

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.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Hamas Claims Gaza Hit Man Arrested

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas claims the hit man killed a senior Hamas commander under Israeli orders.

Featured / IDF & Security / Syria / Politics / Government / Turkey / Health and Medicine

Liberman Objects to Treating Syrian Chemical Attack Victims in Israel

By JNi.Media

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.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Politics

Liberman: If Syria Shoots at our Planes Again We'll Destroy Its Anti-Aircraft Defenses

By JNi.Media

As to the Russian presence in Syria, Liberman said the last thing Israel wants is tension with Russia.

Featured / IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel

Liberal Orthodox Rabbis Object to Co-Ed IDF Service

By JNi.Media

'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.'

Politics / The Knesset

Ya'alon Leaves Likud, Starts New Party

By JNi.Media

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.'

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Deputy Minister Hotoveli: It Was Show Trial

By JNi.Media

'Unfortunately, the process was contaminated by the involvement of outside factors, hence the decision.'

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Russia

Liberman: Assad the Butcher Should Be Removed

By JNi.Media

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.'

Photo of the Day

Boys and Their Toys

By Photo of the Day

The F-35 has arrived in Israel.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Defense Sec. Carter in Israel Welcoming F-35 Amidst Trump's Cost Complaints, Experts' Hype Accusations

By JNi.Media

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.'

NY / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bennett Asking Trump Advisors to Substitute Palestinian Autonomy for State

By JNi.Media

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.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Defense Ministry to Ramp Up IDF Reserve Payments

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Self-employed Israelis will receive an additional 25 percent above their monthly average salary for time spent in military service

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Habayit Hayehudi: Amona Stays or We Leave

By JNi.Media

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.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Arabs Reject Liberman Promise to Build Gaza Harbor, Airport, if Hamas Stops Shooting

By JNi.Media

Liberman said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was not seeking peace, and said he incited violence rather than work against it.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israel Announces Heavy Fines for Gaza Smugglers

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Liberman has instructed the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) to ramp up oversight of materials entering the Gaza Strip.

Jewish / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

President Reuven Rivlin’s eulogy at the funeral of Israel’s Ninth President Shimon Peres

By Jewish Press Staff

Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.

IDF & Security / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Rightwing Paper Crowns Shooting Medic Azaria 'Man of the Year'

By JNi.Media

"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."

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Private Recording: Bennett Promising 'Strategic Solution' for Land Ownership Challenges

By JNi.Media

Threatened residents are accusing the rightwing members of government, especially Bennett and Shaked, of a lackadaisical approach to Amona's impending doom

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu: US Never Offered Us More than $38 Billion

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Rebellion: 25 Likud MKs Tell Netanyahu to Avoid Amona Demolition

By JNi.Media

The court has ordered the final date for the evacuation of the entire outpost to be no later than December 25 this year.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria

Israel to Accommodate Thousands of Arabs on Holiday of Abraham's Sacrifice of Ishmael

By JNi.Media

The accommodations have all been approved by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu), in the spirit of facilitating a life of religion and worship.

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

5 Arabs Injured as Israel Retaliates Hard Following Gaza Rocket in Sderot

By JNi.Media

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.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israel Hands Over Terrorist Corpse to Family Months After Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ruled that holding terrorist bodies does not have legal justification and ordered the body released.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

PA Attorney: Israel to Hand Over Terrorists' Bodies

By JNi.Media

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has reversed his predecessor Moshe Ya'alon's policy regarding the return of terrorists' bodies to their families for burial.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Jews are Helping Arab Hero Fired for Rescuing Rabbi Mark's Family

By JNi.Media

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.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs

Liberman Apologizes to Obama for Munich Comparison

By JNi.Media

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.

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

AG Recommends Evacuating Amona, Residents Hoping for Political Rescue

By JNi.Media

The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs

Obama, Liberman Statements Expose Raw Nerves in Jerusalem, DC, over Iran Deal

By JNi.Media

The boorish voice in this incident belonged to Obama. As a NY Post editorial put it, "What could President Obama have been thinking?"

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Bennett Rebukes Netanyahu on Misrepresenting Terror Tunnel Record

By JNi.Media

Bennett was behind the popular notion that the Netanyahu security cabinet was unaware of the tunnel threat.

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Rockets from Gaza

2014 Gaza War Parents Demand Investigation of Operation's Conduct, High Losses

By JNi.Media

One report that had been produced by a Knesset committee was shelved because of the 2015 elections.

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Israelis Raise More than $120 Thousand Overnight for Hebron Shooter's Legal Defense

By JNi.Media

The leftover money will go to a fund for future cases in which IDF soldiers are taken to court by their own army.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria

MK Yogev: Out of Judea and Samaria Daily 1.98 Million Gallon Shortage, 1.1 Million Due to Arab Theft

By JNi.Media

"For the past two years we have been receiving messages from Mekorot each morning telling us that there is no water in the pipes."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria

Report: IDF Prosecutor, Brass, Media Railroading Sergeant Elor Azaria

By JNi.Media

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."

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

This Bench Belongs to the Minor from Yitzhar

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israelis have started a viral protest against the anti-democratic distancing order of a 15-year-old boy from his parent's home.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Liberman Embarks on First visit to DC as Defense Minister Amid Military Aid Dispute

By JNi.Media

There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Analysis: Herzog Mocks Netanyahu, Israel's SpongeBob SquarePants

By JNi.Media

“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.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Tunnel Digging Part of New War on Terror Law Passed by Knesset

By JNi.Media

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.

Politics / Government / News Briefs

Liberman on Ismail Haniyeh Still Being Alive

By Jewish Press News Desk

Liberman explained why Haniyeh isn't dead yet, as Liberman boasted he would be

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Annals of Crazy: Shabak Bans 15-Year-Old 'Jewish Extremist' from Talking to 12-Year-Old Neighbor

By JNi.Media

A Wednesday decree issued by Shabak truly sounded like part of the mad hatter's party in Alice in Wonderland.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria

Minister Ariel: Liberman's 2-State Statement Nothing More than 'Verbal Maneuvering'

By JNi.Media

"Last year MK Yoel Hasson (Zionist Camp) tried to pass the Arab initiative in the Knesset and the Likud rejected it."

The Muqata

Liberman Supports a 2-State Solution - Nothing to See Here Folks, Move Along

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...

Photo of the Day

Saying Thank You

By Photo of the Day

Avigdor Liberman went to the Kotel to pray after being sworn in.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Liberman Appointed Defense Minister After Government Compromise

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman was unanimously voted in as defense minister by the cabinet after a government compromise.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

The Fire of Kabbalah & A Political Firestorm

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. […]

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Newest MK Yehuda Glick: 'The Reform Are Jews and the Chief Rabbis Should Meet them'

By JNi.Media

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."

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamists / Rockets from Gaza

State Comptroller Draft Report Reveals Ya'alon Brazenly Refused to Attack Hamas Tunnels

By JNi.Media

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.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs

Incoming Defense Minister Rattles Israeli Political Establishment

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

MK Avigdor Liberman rocked the political establishment by agreeing to become the defense minister.

The Muqata

Musical Chairs: What This New Rightwing Coalition May Look Like

By JoeSettler

LIberman's entry into the coalition may bring about even more changes than expected...

Politics / Government / News Briefs

Netanyahu-Liberman Meeting Successful

By Shalom Bear

Both sides will be setting up negotiation teams to determine the terms of Liberman joining the coalition.

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Netanyahu Confronts Ya'alon Over Call to IDF Officers to 'Speak their Minds'

By JNi.Media

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.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Military Court on Medic Who Shot Neutralized Terrorist Recommends Parties Hold Mediation

By JNi.Media

But the prosecution is going for broke, and have even conscripted a top attorney, Nadav Weissman, to litigate for them.

IDF & Security / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

Netanyahu Condemns 'Outrageous' Deputy Chief of Staff's Speech

By JNi.Media

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.

Terrorism / Politics / News Briefs

Terrorist's Body Quickly Returned to Family

By Jewish Press News Desk

PM Netanyahu placed full blame on Defense Minister Yaalon.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Gunfire From Gaza Hits IDF Vehicle After Netanyahu’s Visit to Border

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

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.

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Intifada

Security Minister: Outlaw Muslim Radicals from Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An Al Aqsa NGO official responds: "The Temple Mount is not part of Israel." PA accuses Erdan of "racism."

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

U.S. Gen. Martin Dempsey in Israel for Bilateral Military Talks

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 […]

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Herzog-Livni Drafts Potential Defense Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

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 […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists

Ya'alon: 'We Won't Ignore the Fire'

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.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Boogie in the F-35

By Jewish Press News Desk

Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon checks out the F-35.

News Briefs

Iran’s New Defense Minister Linked to 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing

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, […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5773

Mofaz Wanted Defense

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mofaz asked for the Defense Ministry during coalition talks.

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

8:25 PM Gaza Update

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. […]

Felafel on Rye

Orders are Orders

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.

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Yaalon: Barak Using Govt. to Promote Own Agenda, Defying PM's Orders

By Jewish Press Staff

“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.”

Israel

Recently Settled Hebron House Receives Eviction Order from IDF

By Solomon Burke

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.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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