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Does The Israeli Family Have A Future? Notes from the Ramle Conference

By dvora

Gil Ronen, founder of the Femilistim pro-family organization, posited that the above examples, and others, are driven by nothing less than a Communist agenda, and that feminists in Israel have, wittingly or not, bought into a wide-ranging campaign to destroy the family unit.

Op-Eds

The Real Threat to Israeli Democracy

By Jonathan S. Tobin

What exactly does the bill that finally passed the Knesset do? The short answer to that is--not much

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Housing Ministry to Ease Requirements for Foreign Companies Building in Israel

By JNi.Media

"The key factor for resolving the housing crisis is a conceptual change in the planning process, the land development and the construction methods."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs

Israeli Media Reporting on Hebron Shooter Trial Strictly Political

By JNi.Media

The case for both an acquittal and a mistrial appears strong, so that there's little doubt that a conviction would result in an appeal to the civilian Supreme Court.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Africa

Netanyahu First Israeli PM in Decades to Visit African Countries

By JNi.Media

Last week the Netanyahu cabinet passed a $13 million plan to strengthen economic links and cooperation with African countries.

US / Government / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Weizmann Institute Keeps Israeli Eyes on Jupiter's Orbiter

By JNi.Media

Dr. Yohai Kaspi is part of the Juno Science team that hopes to answer some burning questions about the largest planet in the Solar System.

Israel / Archaeology

Israeli Lifeguard Discovers 900 Year Old Oil Lamp During Beach Run

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ancient oil lamp is dated to the 12th century AD (early Crusader period).

Shiloh Musings

Shiloh Musings: Israeli Debacle in Turkish Agreement!

By Batya Medad

I am so disgusted that Bibi is paying off these Turkish terrorists and their terror supporters. It will just encourage them to kill more Jews.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / Turkey

MK Zoabi: Reparations to Turks an Israeli Admission of Murder

By JNi.Media

On Monday afternoon Prime Minister Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are expected to announce a reconciliation agreement between their two countries.

Israel / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Sports

Israeli Volleyball Judge Indicted for Attempting to Murder the Competition

By JNi.Media

Is Hollywood having a negative effect on our everyday lives? You be the judge.

IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs / Media / Religious & Secular in Israel

Senior Israeli TV Editor: I Will Not Let my Children Enlist

By JNi.Media

Nir said he couldn't understand why the taxes Israelis pay are not enough to sustain IDF soldiers.

Israel / Politics / Global / The Courts / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Obituaries

Israeli Millionaire Philanthropist, Founder of Emanuel, Motti Zisser Dies at 61

By JNi.Media

Zisser captured the Israeli public's imagination, especially in the religious sector, in the early 1980s, when he initiated the founding of the city of Emanuel in Samaria.

Interviews and Profiles

‘At The End Of The Day, We Only Have Each Other’: An Interview with Israeli Consulate Spokesperson Shimon Mercer-Wood

By Elliot Resnick

But my father had developed an interest in Judaism and felt it was disloyal to abandon the Jewish people in a time of danger, so he stayed in Israel.

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

Israeli President to EU Parliament: No More ‘Negotiations for Negotiations’ Sake’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“One cannot hope to achieve better results while resorting to the same outlooks and tools which have failed time after time previously,” Rivlin said.

US / News Briefs / Settlements

State Department Q&A on Israeli Supplemental Aid to Communities Suffering from Arab Terrorism

By Jewish Press News Desk

Question: "So securing – adding security to settlements is the same as settlement activity?"

Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy

Official: Israeli CEO Salary Cap Law May Result in Hundreds Fleeing Banking Industry

By JNi.Media

The banks fear that if the caps apply retroactively and include severance pay and pensions, a much larger number of bank officials would be seeking to leave before the law goes into effect in October.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Random Acts of Being Israeli

By Paula Stern

A characteristic many don't see at first glance, or fail to recognize at all, is that Israelis are actually very kind people.

Op-Eds / Video of the Day

An Israeli Rabbi's Response to Obama's Speech on Radical Islam

By Video of the Day

If you don't know who you are fighting, you can't win the war.

IDF & Security / Syria / Politics / News Briefs

Israeli Provisions Causing Rift among Syrian Rebels

By JNi.Media

"We condemn the insult our people have sustained in the liberated Al-Quneitra district in the form of food supplies awarded by the Zionist entity which is repressing the Golan which was sold out by the regime."

United Nations (UN)

Danny Danon-A New Israeli First

By Guest Author

Danon’s election as chair of the UN Legal Committee is an historic achievement for Israel, marking the first time that an Israeli representative will head a permanent committee.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Israeli Arabs

Annals of Obesity: Israeli Kids Drink More Soda than Americans, Arabs More than Jews

By JNi.Media

In Israel every fifth first grader (20%) is overweight, and by the seventh grade 30% — one in three children — are overweight.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy

New Legislation Would Free Up $1.5 Billion in Credit for Israeli Housing Starts

By JNi.Media

The construction section of the current Sales Law is outdated, and has led real estate companies to develop their own ways of bypassing it, at the expense of their customers.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Heated Debate at Education Committee Emergency Session on Pro-BDS Israeli Academics

By JNi.Media

The Im Tirtzu movement revealed the involvement of 20 Israeli academics in the proposed resolution of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to join the boycott against Israel.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredi Party Spearheading Effort to Protect Israeli Religious Charities from US Tax Authorities

By JNi.Media

Using the US' enormous economic clout, FATCA bullies the world's financial institutions into reporting on their American clients to Uncle Sam.

Op-Eds

The Israeli Left's War against the Flag

By Steven Plaut

At the Israeli Left's own rallies, one sees scores of Stalinist red flags, a plethora of PLO flags, and even the occasional Hamas flag-- but no Israeli flags.

Op-Eds

Is the Israeli Government Empowering Islam’s Disregard for History?

By David Mark

The real question for the Israeli government is what cost do we incur letting the Muslim Waqf radically change our holiest site-the Temple Mount-in exchange for some 'quiet.'

Business/Finance

Israeli Food Exports Gain Popularity as Economic Ties Expand in East Asia

By The Tower

East Asia-Japan, China, Vietnam- is a very promising new market for Israeli food products

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

US House Reps to Knesset: We'll Continue Aiding Israeli Security

By JNi.Media

"The need for security in Israel is clear and there are no disputes. We shall continue assisting you on the matter."

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

Report: Israeli Civil Administration Accelerates Mapping of State Lands in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

The re-mapping effort of those 62 thousand hectares constitutes a significant increase in the rate of this work, compared with only 20 thousand hectares re-mapped in 2014 and 13 thousand in 2013.

IDF & Security / History / News Briefs / Russia

Russia to Return Israeli Tank Captured 34 Years Ago in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The tank was used by the IDF during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War. On June 10, 1982 it was captured by the Syrian army and eventually transported to the Soviet Union.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education

New Report: 22 Israeli Academics in the Service of BDS

By JNi.Media

All the Israeli signatories on the first petition to foil an effort to halt the boycott are activists in radical Left organizations, which are backed by copious amounts of foreign political funding.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

2 Israeli Companies Bioprint Stem Cell-Derived Tissues

By JNi.Media

3D bioprinting enabled by the two companies’ technologies, means they have the potential to accelerate high fidelity and high viability manufacturing of living cellular products.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Israeli Elementary School Children Take Pictures from Edge of Space

By JNi.Media

A group of ambitious students and parents from Hod Hasharon last week shot a meteorological balloon 15 miles up, almost reaching the edge of the earth's atmosphere.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah / Africa

Ethiopian MK Meets Visiting African Women, Advocates Merging Israeli Tech with 'Fertile African Soil'

By JNi.Media

Neguise told the delegation members, pointing out Israel's advanced capabilities in the fields of irrigation, desalination, solar energy, medicine, education and tourism.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

'Israeli Occupation Forces' Commit 'Several Violences' and Other SJP Gems

By JNi.Media

"The presence of IDF and police threatened our coalition of Arab, black, undocumented, trans, and the greater activist community."

InDepth

The Case for Israeli Sovereignty in the Golan Heights

By The Tower

Recognizing Israel’s claim to its northernmost territory is likely the best way to avoid future conflict—especially if the Syrian Civil War drags on.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Meet the New Secular Israeli: Believes in God, Keeps Shabbat

By JNi.Media

66% of Israelis believe in God. An additional 20% believe in a higher power, but prefer not to use the G word.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Newest Israelis Do Independence Day the Israeli Way

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Many of these new Israelis expressed amazement at how the day is celebrated in Israel in contrast with their native countries.

Government / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arab Educator Teaches 'Halas-Enough Theory' to New Generation

By JNi.Media

Dr. Padilla says Israeli Arabs will do well to learn from American Jews, whose leadership manages to accomplish a great deal despite the relatively small size of their constituency.

Guest Blog

Signs of Genuine Decency and Humanity at the UN? For Israeli Victims of Terror, a Fruitless Search.

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

“In our presence, the Palestinian representative complained that hundreds of Palestinian children are in Israeli prisons. One of the children he talked about murdered my wife!"

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Israeli Police Issue New Guideline: 'Beware of Attacks with Poisoned Syringes'

By JNi.Media

A 2015 Facebook post by the Commission on Information and ideological Mobilization - Fatah called on Arab terrorists to use syringes full of poison instead of knives.

IDF & Security / Syria / Politics / Government / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UNSC Says Claim of Israeli Golan ‘Null and void’

By JNi.Media

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon responded saying, “Holding a meeting on this topic completely ignores the reality in the Middle East."

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Israeli Girl Molested at Chabad 770, Arrest Made

By Jewish Press Staff

The “Shomrim” security squad tracked own the suspect.

Op-Eds

Why These Negotiations Will Always Fail

By Alan Bauer

Israelis negotiate like Americans and Europeans. Palestinians work in a different way.

United with Israel

Pro IDF Priest's Son Suffered Brutal Beating

By Atara Beck

Israeli politicians have interfered to prevent the Jerusalem Patriarchate from firing Nadaf and destroying his livelihood.

Op-Eds

Israel: the Impudence Accompanying Betrayal

By Barry Rubin

"Israel has become an affluent and developed country that can afford to pay for its own defense."

Daughters of Zion

I'm a Feminist and the Women of the Wall Don’t Represent Me

By Rachel Avraham

The Israeli government was respectful enough to offer Reform Jews their own location at one of the holiest sites in Judaism in order to pray as they please.

Khaled Abu Toameh

How Jerusalem's Arabs Act Against Their Own Interests

By Khaled Abu Toameh

The overwhelming majority of Jerusalem's Arabs are still afraid of the radicals.

Moshe Feiglin

Disconnect Israel’s Interests from America’s

By Moshe Feiglin

Shamir’s blunder was even greater than Golda Meir’s in the Yom Kippur War.

Louis Rene Beres

Syria (Today) and ‘Palestine’ (Tomorrow)

By Louis Rene Beres

Now more than ever it is apparent – incontestable, in fact – that the Arab/Islamic world has long been preparing to destroy itself.

United with Israel

Israeli Organization Empowers Arab and Druze Women

By Rachel Avraham

Haifa’s Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center promotes peace and the human rights of women.

Rubin Reports

Turning Point: Obama and Israel, the Next Three Years

By Barry Rubin

The greatest danger for Israel would be to listen to the bad advice of Obama, Kerry, and their supporters.

Sultan Knish

Sacrifices of Peace

By Daniel Greenfield

Eventually Prime Minister Rabin, who had offered up so many Israelis as sacrifices of peace, was privileged to himself became a sacrifice of peace.

News Briefs

Report: Israeli, US, Jordanian Commandos Operating in Syria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

American, Israeli and Jordanian commandos are currently deployed on the ground in Syria, training and operating alongside the rebels trying to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the French daily Le Figaro reported on Saturday. The report has not been corroborated by any official American, Israeli or Jordanian source. The newspaper said that according to its […]

News Briefs

Thai Court Convicts Iranians for Targeting Israeli Diplomats

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A court in Thailand has convicted two Iranians who were part of a botched bomb plot last year, CNN reported. Saied Moradi, 29, who lost both legs in the explosion, was found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison, while Muhammad Khazaei, 43, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for causing […]

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians Accuse Peace Negotiators of Treason

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinian leaders have legitimized Israel to the point where it has become a "crime" for any Palestinian to be seen talking to, much less negotiating with any Israeli.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Curse of Sinai

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Post-Mursi Egypt accuses Hamas of responsibility for the terrorist chaos in Sinai, and not without good cause.

United with Israel

Israeli Women’s Karate Champion Fights for Coexistence

By Rachel Avraham

Israel’s champion in women’s karate is an Israeli Christian who is proud to fight for Israel at international sporting competitions.

United with Israel

Israel Hosts Global Conference to Promote Women’s Rights

By Rachel Avraham

Attendees learned about Israel’s success promoting women’s rights.

Op-Eds

Prisoner Release Highlights Erosion of Israel's Will

By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel

In this morally unjust, tactically unwise, strategically harmful, militarily hazardous and life-endangering unilateral concession, we see the erosion of Israeli will.

News Briefs

Vatican: Papal Visit to Show IDF 'Imprisoning' Christian Population

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fr. Peter Vasko, President of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (FFHL), heralded Pope Francis’ announcement that he may visit the Holy Land next year as an opportunity for the “whole world to see the plight of Christians in the area. Vasko said the pontiff’s presence would also “shine a light on the dwindling […]

Moshe Feiglin

Temple Mount Closure And EU Boycott

By Moshe Feiglin

The capitulation on the Temple Mount leads to the construction halt in Jerusalem.

United with Israel

Female IDF Officer Upgrades Diet & Exercise

By Rachel Avraham

IDF Lieutenant Colonel Shirly Subul is a woman on a mission and has built a career out of transforming the physical fitness of IDF soldiers.

News Briefs

BDS ‘Victory’ with Delta Airlines Proven False

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A “victory” claimed by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)-aligned blog Electronic Intifada , stating that Delta Airlines would stop serving a snack produced in Israel’s Samaria region due to a complaint by the “Coalition of Women for Peace,” has been proven false. Although the blog's editor, Ali Abunima, claimed that Delta Airlines lawyers “ruled […]

A Soldier's Mother

Fighter Jets...

By Paula Stern

This morning, the jets have been flying and, child that I am inside, I keep going to my balcony and watching them.

United with Israel

New Film Highlights Israel’s Strengths

By Rachel Avraham

Hollywood blockbuster portrays Israel as a shining example, dedicated to safety, security, and helping other nations in need.

IDF Blog

IDF Helps Palestinians Cross into Israel from Gaza

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Although Palestinians can receive medical treatment in Gaza, many turn to Israeli hospitals for more advanced care.

United with Israel

Iranians Citizens Increasingly Support Peace with Israel

By Rachel Avraham

Ahmadi criticizes Iranian leadership’s view of Israel as “little Satan” to the US’ “big Satan.”

CIFWatch

Sounds Israeli: Idan Amedi

By Adam Levick

Israeli musician Idan Amedi was discovered on the Israeli show Kokhav Nolad.

Jewish / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Hero Saved Two Bedouin Brothers from Drowning

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

An Israeli Jew saved two Bedouin brothers from the fate of three other brothers who drowned last Thursday, it was revealed this week. The brothers were swept off to sea by strong currents during their family’s visit to the Ashkelon coast. After four days of rescue efforts which involved the Israeli Navy, police ships, jet […]

Israel / News Briefs

Report: Israel's Roads Among Developed World's Most Congested

By Malkah Fleisher

A report by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies shows that Israel has the second most crowded roads of any Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country, coming in under South Korea.

News Briefs

Report: Israel Spotted Iranian Boat with Rockets for Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Sunday Times reported that Israeli spy satellites detected an Iranian ship loaded with rockets. According to the report, intelligence experts estimated that the shipment was intended to reach Gaza through the Red Sea, Sudan and Egypt. The cargo was prepared for loading last week, at the time when Israel and the Hamas were negotiating […]

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Israeli Left Protest Israeli Defense

By Steve

Meretz MK Zahava Galon says killing Jabri was not worthwhile and that Israel should negotiate immediately to stop the violence. Chadash MK Dov Hanin asked, "When will they learn that after each assassination there will be revenge." Israeli leftists and Arabs decry defensive IDF operation on Gaza, calling for demonstration tonight in front Likud Tel-Aviv HQ.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Israel Deports Estelle Infiltrators

By Malkah Fleisher

Israel deported 15 international protesters arrested for trying to infiltrate an Israeli security zone set up around Gaza with their flotilla, Estelle.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Living

Israeli Company Wins FDA Approval For Bone Cancer Treatment

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli med-tech company InSightec Image Guided Treatment has announced that it has been approved for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarketing of its ExAblate targeted focused ultrasound treatment for the removal of bone tumors.

CIFWatch

Focus on Israeli humanitarianism: Eye from Zion

By Adam Levick

Eye from Zion, established in 2007 by Israeli businessman Nati Marcus, is a humanitarian organization dedicated to giving the gift of sight to poor people in developing countries.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Gaddafi's Son's Israeli Lover Pleads For His Life

By JTA

Israeli actress Orly Weinerman reportedly has urged Tony Blair to help save the life of her “discreet” lover, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. On Monday, Weinerman posted on her Facebook page in Hebrew, “for a long time I have had trouble falling asleep at night, revealing my anxiety among good friends and between the living room walls. But now, with injustice displayed proudly on the world stage, I call for you to lend me a hand and prevent another victim of hatred, prejudice and moral corruption. Orly.”

Israel / News Briefs

Israeli Teens 3rd Happiest Youths in the World

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli teens are the third happiest group of adolescents in the world, according to the findings of the Happiness Index, the results of which will be released later this month by the World Health Organization.

News Briefs

Israeli Embassy Evacuated in Dublin

By Jewish Press News Desk

The online Irish website, TheJournal, reports that the Israeli embassy in Dublin was evacuated early Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious package was discovered. An army bomb disposal team was sent to the site.   Source:  http://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-package-israeli-embassy-dublin-566588-Aug2012/ Hattip: Challah Hu Achbar

News Briefs

Netanyahu on Bulgaria Bombing: ‘All Signs Point to Iran’

By JTA

The attack, which Israel’s government is blaming on Iran, comes on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead. Israel, Argentina and many other governments blame Iranian agents for that incident; Tehran denies the allegations. “All signs point to Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister […]

Israel

Poll: 93% of Israeli Jews Proud to be Israeli, 81% Feel Affinity with Diaspora Jewry

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

Israel Hayom poll: 70% of respondents described themselves as "very proud" to be Israeli...65% view themselves as Jews first, and then Israelis..."Those groups most satisfied with life in Israel are people over the age of 55, religious people, and residents of Jerusalem."

News Briefs

Report: Palestinians Demand Prisoner Release to Continue Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

The Palestinians are reportedly seeking the deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Sa'adat.

Israel / SciTech

Israeli Innovations: Helping the High-Tech and the Under-Privileged

By Malkah Fleisher

A slew of new Israeli innovations are set to make life more convenient – and more viable – all over the world.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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