Though the United States participated, Israeli officials were furious when the U.S. announced it would boycott the opening ceremony.
God wants us to complain about the spiritual things being denied to us, not about additional creature comforts.
Qatar is an important patron of Hamas, though Iran may soon replace them in that role.
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.
By JNi.Media
The three Gulf states gave Qatari citizens two weeks to pack up their belongings and leave.
It is suspected that the terrorists were from ISIS. There are children among the dead.
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Lempert is planning to leave after Palestinian Authority Charmian Mahmoud Abbas' May 3 meeting with Trump.
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Some Israelis were trying to find alternative routs to reach the Sinai beaches, possibly via Jordan.
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The finger fragment will be handed over to additional experts for dating.
The 10 plagues in face painting.
The 10 plagues in face painting.
The 10 plagues in face painting.
Why Isn't There a "Palestinian" State?
A plot was discovered to smuggle a bomb onto a plane in an iPad and blow it up
Why did the firstborn Egyptians die from the same experience that elevated the Israelite firstborns?
By Moshe Herman
First, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the steps leading up to the exodus. Then, Yishai takes part in a demonstration against destroying the Jewish community of Amona.
Trump is is looking to build a coalition to fight both radical Islam and the growing threat from Iran. For this reason, and NOT business interests, he exempted Egypt and Saudi Arabia from the ban.
Hamas chief Ismael Haniyeh is wrapping up a visit to Egypt.
Cairo has accused Hamas of aiding Islamic State terrorists against Egyptian police in Sinai, and wants Hamas to turn them in.
By JNi.Media
President-Elect Donald Trump engaged in his first act as leader of the free world on Thursday, when his tweet stopped the game clock on an Egyptian anti-settlements UN Security Council resolution.
Two Gazan bodies were recovered today, after Egypt flooded the tunnels.
How stable is Egypt, the largest populated Arab country today?
By JNi.Media
The leader of the Shuvu Banim (Return boys) movement, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, confessed to indecent assault and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, part of which he has already served since his arrest.
By JNi.Media
Some 50 years ago, real estate developer Fredrick Trump was among the main donors to the Beach Haven Jewish Center at 723 Ave. Z in Flatbush, NY.
By JNi.Media
On December 5, 2012, clashes broke out outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace between Muslim Brothers and protesters that left 11 Egyptians dead.
By JNi.Media
The source noted that, despite their "dissatisfaction" with these requests, the PA leadership will restrain itself and avoid any UNSC move until after the elections.
By JNi.Media
Arabs who work near the buffer zone on occasion attempt to attack, even fire on the machinery and are repelled with fire.
By JNi.Media
The White House has been watching helplessly as Putin suspended the treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium.
True peace with Israel’s enemies is not a territorial issue. It's deeper than that. If we fail to connect to our identity, they will continue to see us as a foreign entity in the Land. Justifiably so.
Netanyahu told the Olympiads: I received a message from Egypt yesterday. They told me,‘I want you to know, Mr. Prime Minister, that other voices were heard in Egypt.’
By JNi.Media
One MP said "the German government cannot publicly designate the godfather of terrorism Erdogan as a partner, while internally warning about Turkey as a hub for terrorism."
The Egyptian Judo Olympiad refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent, Ori Sasson, who then went on to win a bronze medal. The Egyptian was eventually sent back home by his country's Olympic committee.
By JNi.Media
There was absolutely no new policy idea in the Trump speech Monday night, but there was an implied promise to encourage all levels of law enforcement to be less restrained in pursuing their targets.
By JNi.Media
Hazor is the largest biblical-era site in Israel, covering some 200 acres, and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
By JNi.Media
“The confidence factor that Turkey projected abroad has eroded."
Magda's dreams is an Egypt that is cosmopolitan and tolerant, that embraces the breadth of humanity that Egypt embodied in recent memory.
By JNi.Media
Was Obama good for Muslims? Egypt: 2.5% - V. Good, 14.2% - Good, 38.1% - Mediocre, 24.5% - Bad, 20.7% - V. Bad. Saudi Arabia: 2.6% - V. Good, 17.5% - Good, 36.1% - Mediocre, 23.8% - Bad, 20.1% - V. Bad.
Netanyahu seems to place more confidence in the efforts of regional Arab governments than in European peacemaking conferences.
After journeying from the Western Desert tombs of Egypt, through Dubai, Europe and Israel, two 3,000 year-old stolen artifacts are making their way home on Sunday.
By JNi.Media
Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy greater than 80 years, so if one is planning to retire abroad, one should consider those countries most seriously.
MK Avigdor Liberman rocked the political establishment by agreeing to become the defense minister.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi offered to act as a mediator in the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict.
The best hasbara campaign to defend Israel and Judaism will never really be enough; there is not the trust and common language needed for such efforts. The gap can be bridged not via hasbara but via joint Jewish-Islamic courts.
By JNi.Media
Barghouti is not "Palestinian", having been born in Qatar and grown up in Egypt.
The occasion marks a significant thaw in three years of icy diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt under former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Arabs in Gaza protested at the Rafah crossing today, demanding that Egypt open the gates and let them out.
The report from the al-Sisi government totally contradicts a Russian investigation that concluded a bomb brought down the plane that killed 224 people.
By JNi.Media
IEC said it had sustained heavy damages as a result of Egypt’s blocking of gas supplies, forcing it to purchase more expensive fuel to generate electricity.
Russian statements that the plane disintegrated after taking off, a rare occurrence, prompts suspicions that terrorists planted a bomb on board.
By JNi.Media
Israeli companies will continue flying to Eilat normally because their airplanes are protected in three envelopes.
Egypt built pipelines in September to destroy the underground network used by Hamas to transfer terror and collect heavy taxes on smuggled merchandise.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Thursday morning with the CEO of Italy's state energy company ENI, Claudio Descalzi to discuss off-shore gas fields. ENI recently shell-shocked Israel's dreams for getting rich over natural gas by announcing the discovery of a gigantic gas field off the Egyptian coast, a find that is far larger […]
The Secretary of State said in Madrid, where the "peace process' officially started 24 years ago, that Israel knows it must keep the status quo.
The Muslim narrative of anarchy that played out in Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya is going to destroy the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.
By JNi.Media
El-Sisi realized he delinked "Palestine" from Mideast peace. Now he walked back his statement.
Obama finally understands: "There are no simple answers to the changes that are taking place in much of the Middle East and North Africa."
By JNi.Media
(JNi.media) Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in an interview with the Associated Press Saturday night that Egypt’s 40-year-peace with Israel should be expanded to include more Arab countries—while resolving the Palestinian issue. El-Sissi believes that solving the Palestinian question is the key to changing “the face of the region,” with “enormous improvement to the situation. […]
Several suspects were arrested in the smuggling attempt at the Egyptian border.
Abbas may announce at the UN that the Palestinian Authority is an independent country, thereby winding up the clock on the time bomb for its extinction.
If we're already being creative, here's another thought...
The long-term plan calls for a fence along the eastern border from Eilat to the Golan Heights. =
The gas field is far larger than those discovered off Israel's coast and will supply Egypt with gas for decades.
Cairo shut down the Rafah crossing. Israel continues to allow shipment through Kerem Shalom crossing but refuses passage for Haniyeh's sisters.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a massive car bomb that injured 29 and ripped apart a building in Cairo early Thursday.
George Soros, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg have plopped down at least $1 million to Clinton's super PAC.
The Obama administration also promises not sell F-35 to any other Middle East country - but for how long?
Kerry reassures the Gulf States, who are gouging him for more arms and to force Israel out of Judea and Samaria.
Dore Gold pointed out to American Jewish Leaders that Israel and Sunni Muslims agree on Iran.
The Prime Minister approved construction of the homes after the High Court ordered demolitions of homes under construction.
The Secretary is visiting Egypt, but stopping off in Israel would only give ammunition to Congressmen opposing the nuclear deal with Iran.
Jihadists in Sinai continued their war against Egypt Saturday evening and killed three soldiers and wounded four others in the northern Sinai. Egyptian military spokesman said soldiers staged counter attacks on Saturday, killing 39 jihadists and destroying two vehicles loaded with bombs.
Israel needs U.S. B-52 bombers that can carry bunker buster bombs, says Dr. Ehud Eilam.
"Dano" was wounded in action. The Multinational Force turned to a Hebrew University veterinarian.
Billboards promote the burka, and perfumed clothes are forbidden. Obama in 2011: The US invasion protected civilians.
Egyptian soldiers prevented another deadly Islamic State (ISIS) suicide attack on Wednesday, according to military sources. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives towards a military post between Cairo and Suez when the vehicle was destroyed. Egypt did not explain if its soldier actually foiled the attack or if a malfunction in the […]
He should have said, "Judge me on whether the deal fuels Iran's aggression."
Islamic terrorists in the Sinai bombed a bus carrying Egyptian army soldiers Thursday and injured 25 people near el-Arish. The jihadist group linked with the Islamic State (ISIS) and which calls itself the "Sinai Province" is one of the leading terrorist groups in northern Sinai, but it has not claimed responsibility for the attack. It […]
"Unfortunately, there are those who seek to exploit the sanctity of Ramadan, and distort its meaning in favor of … terrorism."
Israel, like the non-radical Islamic world. will be happy see the ISIS beheaded for once.
IDF okays Egypt's heavy arms in Sinai. Al-Sisi claims it is in total control over the Sinai.
Egypt attacks jihadists with F-16 warplanes. Israel closes borders to Gaza and Egypt.
The agreement does not mean that Orange is leaving Israel, despite wrong headlines elsewhere.
The pathetic failure of the Marianne to reach Gaza is the best thing that has happened to Israel since Hamas mis-fired a rocket on its own civilians.
No damage was reported. The quake occurred on the East African rift.
Pro-Arab activists are warning that they will charge the IDF with a war crime if it stops the flotilla.
A New York-based group of journalists say there is an "unprecedented threat" to journalists in Egypt, where Obama backs the current regime. The threat to journalists under Egypt's regime of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is "unprecedented," the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), warned Thursday. President Barack Obama has backed the Al-Sisi regime after backing, […]
The model Egypt received was painted yellow.
The President is "troubled" over the death sentence to the Muslim Brotherhood leader whom he once congratulated.
A Sinai ISIS chapter launched rockets at an airport used by MFO peacekeepers in the Sinai.
The "international community" would be denouncing left and right Israel if it even dared to think what Cairo is doing.
By Shalom Bear
What better way to rebuild burned bridges than to capitalize on Egyptian anti-Semitism.
Stephane Richard, who dumped on Israel yesterday in Egypt, spoke warmly in Jerusalem in 2012 on his first visit to Israel.
Hamas finally has found an enemy it fears.
The ISIS is making inroads in the Sinai and reportedly has threatened to attack Eilat.
An Arab language website sent a reporter, dressed as a Jew, to the streets of Cairo.
World Bank also comes up with a brainstorm: Give more money to Hamas to "rehabilitate" Gaza, or is it vice-versa?
Gunmen killed 4 and wounded 1, hours after the Morsi verdict.
If the ISIS can gain a foothold in the Sinai, it will be on the doorstep of both Israel and Egypt.
In a retrial of his corruption case, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his 2 sons have been sentenced to 3 years with no parole.
He escaped the death penalty but still faces sentencing for more criminal charges.