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By Batya Medad
In actuality, Lapid as Finance Minister, isn't doing all that well.
What is developing behind-the-scenes? What secret diplomatic activity is occurring? Will there be a new 'holy basin' plan?
When the borders of a state are breached, its existence as a state is undermined.
By Barry Rubin
Perhaps if Western states studied its policies rather than endlessly criticized them they might gain from the experience.
Israel has never stopped Palestinians from holding free elections or implementing administrative and financial reforms.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is on his way to China on Sunday evening, but he won't be the only one. PA President Mahmoud Abbas is also on his way. The two are not expected to meet - it is a big country after all. Netanyahu will be in China for 5 days to discuss economic agreements […]
Likud MK Miri Regev really sounded tough. She vowed to visit the Temple Mount to find out why Jews can’t pray there, although everyone else knows why. Now she says she doesn’t want to make a fuss.
John Kerry and Tzipi Livni have something in common. Both of them want to advance their political careers with the booby prize of an Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace agreement.
If an Arab barged into your home and demanded to marry your daughter, it was impossible to refuse him.
The Israeli who jumped over the border fence at Rosh HaNikra and crossed into Lebanon Wednesday apparently has a mental order. Lebanese officials still are holding and questioning 34-year-old Simon Saadati, according to the Beirut Daily Star. A representative of United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is present at the interrogation, the newspaper added. […]
By Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
A flag with the Star of David hung prominently in the synagogues of Prague since the mid-14th century, with the approval of their great rabbis.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with a delegation of senior members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA.) "The last time I was here, we had a situation during the Second Lebanon War,” said Rep. Royce. “I was in Haifa and I saw what things […]
A fundamental inequality is evident in all expressions of the Middle East peace process.
Despite the risks, Ozbudak believes that 'someone should speak up and say the truth, so others can follow.'
The BBC strikes again. Known for its bias against Israel, it said that a documentary claiming that man “Palestinians” of today actually are descendants of Jews did “not fit editorially.” How true.
In the spirit of 'elu v’elu' we should just agree to disagree and respect each other’s views and lifestyles as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others.
By Yair Lapid
Last week, a few minutes after my stormy exchange with haredi members of Knesset, I went to what we in the Knesset call the "back cafeteria." It is not exactly a cafeteria but rather a lounge area behind the plenum where members of Knesset alone can enter.
By Barry Rubin
In other words, to speak in English in Washington to make the Americans happy is one thing; to do things in practice is something else entirely.
The IDF has confirmed reports that Lebanese soldiers caught an Israeli citizen who jumped over the border fence near Rosh HaNikra, on the northeast Mediterranean Coast. His identity has not been released, and it is not known if he is Jewish or an Arab, nor are there any clues regarding his motives. Israeli army officials […]
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is paying $2.05 billion for the remaining 20 percent of IMC International Metalworking Co, otherwise known as Isracar, completing the buyout that began with the giant $4 billion purchase of 80 percent of the company in 2006. “We are delighted to acquire the portion of the company that was retained by […]
Blaming foreigners, however hostile they may be, yields only further self-delusion and suffering.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By JTA
President Obama cited the Jewish striving for freedom and the U.S.-Israel bond in his Jewish American Heritage Month declaration. "Jewish immigrants from all over the world wove new threads into our cultural fabric with rich traditions and indomitable faith, and their descendants pioneered incredible advances in science and the arts," Obama said Tuesday in declaring […]
By Barry Rubin
When it comes to terrorism, many quarters of American society act as if race, religion and national background are taboo.
The record number of kipa-wearing Jews in the new Knesset surely shows that secular Jews do not really hate religious Jews.
If it is the sole solution to women's rights at the Kotel, an egalitarian section at the Kotel will ultimately make things harder for Orthodox feminists who are trying to assert their rights within a Halachic framework.
By Adam Levick
Israeli artist Idan Raichel blends African, Latin American, Caribbean and Middle Eastern sounds.
Eye witness reports say that a massive fire is engulfing the mountain tops near the IDF Mitkan Adam army base. 25 Fire Engine crews are working to put out the blaze and prevent it from spreading to Road 6. Soldiers are currently being evacuated from the base. Some people have been reported as lightly injured. […]
By Batya Medad
With regards to Iran, the United States is reverting to its pre-World War II isolationist mode.
In one anti-Israel protest outside of Nablus, Palestinians even dressed up like Native Americans in order to make a political point.
By J. E. Dyer
This is the second time reports have surfaced that Israel hit Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center.
Surveillance cameras were not enough to catch the Boston Marathon terrorists. The Israeli-based BriefCam firm “collapsed” an hour of video and focused on suspicious objects – and people.
By Barry Rubin
Whatever happens, there will be a Muslim Brotherhood regime in Syria and Obama will support it.
The British High Commissioner of Palestine viewed Jewish fighters there in the 1940s as analogous to Nazis, newly published records show. On April 30, 1948, Alan Cunningham wrote to his superiors that as the Jews celebrated military successes, their “broadcasts, both in content and in manner of delivery, are remarkably like those of Nazi Germany." […]
There were many reports that Israeli jets flew over Syrian President's palace on Saturday, but did they also bomb a chemical weapons site nearby?
In Israel today, how many of our religious leaders instill pride in being Jewish into the secular public?
Scrambled air force jets shooting down a drone, an Arab attacking them with rocks are not the usual concerns with sending your children on a school trip.
By JTA
An Israeli invention will allow nursing mothers to measure how much milk her baby drinks at a feeding, and how much milk she has available in her breast. The device, MilkSense, is the first product to be developed by the Israeli startup Bradley and Luka. MilkSense uses electromagnetic signals to measure the amount of milk […]
The United States pays about 22% of the UN’s budget, which amounted to almost than $8 billion in 2010.
It took five days, but United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon finally said he “rejects” United Nations Human Rights Council official Richard Falk’s comments that cited “the American global domination project: and US-Israeli relations as provocations for the bombings. Falk, a Jewish American who has long history of accusing Israel of “war crimes” and “apartheid, […]
The Netanyahu government is going “politically correct” and will make sure the next serious of Israel shekel bills will feature a Sephardi Jew following last year’s four new banknotes that featured only Ashkenazi Jews. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he personally prefers that the “Sephardi shekel bill” feature poet Rabbi Yehuda HaLevy, calling […]
Though it can boast many achievements, in Fisher's view, 'The state of Israel’s economy is very good, not excellent as it was in recent years.'
The government and Hamas act like two lightweight boxers. A jab here, and fake there – until a “lucky” punchy Hamas gives the IDF an excuse to deliver a 1-2, but not a knockout.
Few of those dancing in the circle passing around the fire know what they are truly commemorating and yet the act is its own commemoration.
PA officials and journalists later explained that the ban does not apply to some journalists working for the Israeli daily Ha'aretz and who report on 'Palestinian suffering.'
Canadian fertilizer giant Potash Corp. has given up on its $15 billion offer to buy Israel Chemicals following strong opposition in Israel, where fears also were raised that Potash would move some local production to Jordan. Potash, which already has a 14 percent stake in Israeli Chemicals, stated that although it maintains that the proposed […]
Palestinian have no shame when it comes to lying, even easily exposed lies.
France and Britain have said it. Israel said it categorically. Assad used chemical weapons, the red line for Obama to intervene in Syria. Now the US figures out it’s true – but just a bit. So let’s wait.
Hizbullah is playing games again – war games. It is dragging Lebanon into the Syrian war by fighting rebels. Today, the Air Force downed a drone flying towards Israel, presumably sent by Hizbullah.
None of these archaeological relics would have existed if there weren’t an ancient Jewish kingdom within the Land of Israel.
By Daniel Pipes
Sometimes one is better off when an opponent feels compelled to prove his bona fides.
Peres, the pope and the word “peace’" are virtually interchangeable. All three of them get together next week to try to resurrect the peace process. And don’t forget Kerry is a Catholic more or less.
One must presume that President Obama’s most recent calls for Israeli cooperation in the Middle East peace process are balanced, fair, and well-intentioned. Why not? At the same time, unsurprisingly, these all-too-familiar calls are manifestly thin, in the sense that they lack any genuine intellectual content.
The following is my response to a woman who criticized me for visiting the Temple Mount. In a letter to me, she claimed that I broke the law and irresponsibly provoked Arab anger. She suggested that my actions should conform to the will of the “majority.”
An Israeli Bedouin serving a life prison sentence in Egypt on charges of being a spy has begun a hunger strike to draw attention to his plight, the Egyptian Ahram website reported. Ouda Trabin was sentenced in 2000 on charges of espionage. Voice of Israel public radio aired on Wednesday a letter he sent to […]
I close my eyes and am transported back to Israel, where I spent the past six weeks.
An interview with Meir Nissensohn, former general manager of IBM in Israel.
The US is darned lucky. It deserves worse terror than the Boston bombing. And the root cause is the US backing Israel. Is that Iran talking? No. Just Richard Falk, the UN’s great god of human rights.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a 10-15 year contract potentially worth $2.5 billion to build the wings for the F-35 stealth bomber, which is due to arrive in Israel in 2016. IAI and Lockheed Martin have begun setting up the production line for the F-35's wings at an Israeli facility, the Israeli business website […]
By Barry Rubin
A new paper at a Muslim Brotherhood-associated think tank has admitted that Israel is not the primary "threat" to Arab culture fingering Iran instead.
By JTA
Defending Israel’s legitimacy is a “huge part” of her work as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice told a Reform Judaism event Sunday evening. “It’s a huge part of my work to the United Nations,” she said at the launching of this year’s social activists’ Consultation on Conscience, organized by the Religious Action […]
A lack of patriotism is not a cause for punitive measures.
If the fathers of Europe would like to see a future for their children, then they must stop bringing crocodiles home to their birthday parties.
The Israeli humanitarian organization IsraAid works with the South Sudanese government to stop the abuse of women.
By J. E. Dyer
Ghe Iran nuclear problem is not one that can be dealt with via a small, pinpoint strike, in a matter of only minutes on target.
By Adam Levick
Israeli artist Moshe Ben-Ari writes music with a blend rock, soul, reggae and world music.
The idea of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria once seemed a pipe dream or nightmare, depending on your view. Now, a respected poll delivers a thunderbolt: 80 percent say it will happen.
The women win a battle, but the question is, “Do they want a war they might lose?” Netanyahu approves Sharansky’s plan for women to pray like men in an “egalitarian” section at the Western Wall.
By Batya Medad
This is a Marie Antoinette government whose theme is, "Let them eat cake."
By Adam Levick
Is there really any mystery as to why Vanunu is so admired by the Guardian?
Jordan is jittery as Syrian chaos and bloodshed goes from worst to worst. Abdullah had no choice but to ditch hopes for Assad and let Israel use its air space to attack Syria with drones, if need be.
A fight that erupted at a meeting in the Public Security Ministry Monday sent one woman to the hospital for injuries suffered by the attacker, who has been ordered to take a two-week “cooling off” vacation. The head of the firearms department barged into a workers’ committee meeting and protested his not being invited. When […]
Kerry showed Ankara how much the Boston Marathon bombings affected him. Now he understands why Turks are angry at Israel for the Mavi Mamara flotilla clash. Go figure.
In Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes - one of them could be you.
Egyptian authorities have smashed a suspected Israeli spy ring consisting of Egyptian and Palestinian Authority Arabs operating in the Sinai Peninsula, official state media reported Sunday. The only alleged spy who has been arrested is an Egyptian national who is said to have been the ringleader and who confessed that he handed over secret military […]
Turkey and Israel once were good friends until Erdogan went berserk when Israel defended itself against Gaza missiles and then Turkish terrorists. But the Iranian threat has a way of uniting old friends.
Europe has taken the path of multiculturalism and we can see the results.
IKEA is investigating how its online advertisement banner came to be placed on a Swedish anti-Semitic blog, a spokesperson for the furniture giant said. IKEA has two stores in Israel. Aftonbladet found ads for several companies, including IKEA and Western Union, on a Swedish blog called the “Gothic team,” which features anti-Semitic and other racist […]
Who cares whether Hagel loves or hates Israel? The US needs the Jews. He brought money and parroted the official line: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself.” Thank you. He even visited Yad VaShem.
There was no such clear dividing line when September 11 faded from memory and we returned to a September 10 world.
As prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Fayyad was never involved in any of the peace talks with Israel.
This is Judah’s manifest destiny. This is the uncanny persistence of his youth, the anthem of his old.
By Batya Medad
In the center of Jerusalem, on Jaffa Road, the train is frequently as crowded as the NYC subway at rush hour.
The suggestion is intriguing, self serving and frankly somewhat humorous.
Yale University students have Jerusalem-born native Daniel Avraham as the first Israeli president of the Student Union. Avraham, a 24-year-old sophomore, learned at the Gymnasia Herzliya high school and is a former IDF intelligence officer. He is studying in the university’s ethics and economics program. Former Yale Student Union presidents include former U.S. Secretary of […]
Unions at El Al, Arkia and Israir Airlines announced Thursday they will ground all planes beginning Sunday if the government carries outs plan to approve the open skies agreement at Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. El Al workers committee chairman Asher Edry told Globes, "We demand that all the promises made to us before the agreement […]
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