The forced merger of most of Israeli political parties fell apart once the anti-Netanyahu glue holding them together was dissolved.
By JoeSettler
Who are the winners and the losers of the election crisis, and what did we learn from it?
Gabi Ashkenazi and Chili Tropper are also opposed to forming a government dependent on the anti-Zionist Arab MKs.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Netanyahu underscored that Arabs can be Zionists and support the State of Israel, but the Joint List MKs are not Zionists and do not support the State of Israel.
By JoeSettler
The unnatural alliance between Gantz and Lapid is what is preventing the formation of a government and may bring about new elections.
By JNi.Media
"If Bogey is feeling guilty, it should be for the fact that he was guided by his preference of maintaining the fabric of life of Arabs over the actual lives of Jews," Mesika wrote angrily.
By JNi.Media
Rothkopf's attack is so bereft of fact and so dependent entirely on the ways the author maligns facts and impressions about Israel's tough issues, one must wonder from which yard this cat has dragged his other gifts into the house.
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
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.'
The AG and Prosecutor have decided there's nothing criminal to investigate against Netanyahu from Channel 10's report.
Channel 10's latest accusations against PM Netanyahu have created a political storm.
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."
By JNi.Media
Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."
By JNi.Media
Did Netanyahu sign the MOU in return for an Obama promise to leave him alone between Nov. 9 and January 17?
Israeli leaders responded fiercely to the lies hurled from the European Union podium by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Israelis have started a viral protest against the anti-democratic distancing order of a 15-year-old boy from his parent's home.
By JNi.Media
There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.
By JNi.Media
A Wednesday decree issued by Shabak truly sounded like part of the mad hatter's party in Alice in Wonderland.
Will Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman follow in Ya'alon's footsteps and sign new administrative detention orders against Kahane's grandson, sending him back to prison without trial?
By JNi.Media
Kulanu's vagaries in the coming weeks should be viewed in the context of a party on its way to extinction attempting to soar once more by flapping its arms with great vigor.
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. […]
By JNi.Media
This is a do or die case for the military prosecution, which has taken its share of lumps so far.
Ari Fuld explains all that has transpired in the last few days and how it has shaken up the Israeli government and the country.
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.
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.
By JNi.Media
The evening featured performances by Shiri Meimon, Ninet Tayeb, Harel Skaat, Idan Haviv, Chief IDF Cantor Lt. Col. Shai Abramson, Uziya Tzadok and military bands.
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.
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.
Opening the Erez Crossing for the transfer of goods to Gaza will reduce the pressure at the Kerem Shalom Crossing.
There is a huge whiff of IDF hypocrisy here, a stink of "holier than thou." It's too convenient for pols to forget their own past.
Had IDF soldier not acted, Israelis and Arabs near the terrorist could have died.
Meir Ettinger will remain in administrative detention for another four months, after six months in solitary confinement.
According to the legal system in Judea and Samaria, any real estate deal in those territories must first be submitted to COGAT and receive the defense minister’s approval.
PM Netanyahu promises Likud ministers "not one dunam" of Area C will be transferred to the Palestinian Authority, unilaterally, that is.
Zigzag, backtrack, ransom, concession. That's how this latest government action in the war on terror has been described.
English transcript of the Prime Minister's statements on the current wave of Arab terror.
Pressure from Gush Etzion leaders has convinced Ya'alon to authorize a site in memory of last year's three kidnap-murder victims.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter before their meeting at the prime minister office in Jerusalem on July 21, 2015. Carter is into big hugs.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined in-studio by Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan, who heard Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon claim that while terrorism was yesterday's war, BDS and Deligitimization are today's strategic threat to Israel. Then, Yishai is joined in-studio by Erez Tadmor, associate editor at Mida magazine and co-founder of "Im Tirtzu," an organization that fights anti-Zionism on Israeli campuses. As the head of the "message" team for the Netanyahu campaign, which yielded a whopping 30 seats for the Likud, he explains what Israelis want to hear, and how Netanyahu beat an international consortium against him.
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 […]
By Shalom Bear
The Bayit Yehudi party may be wondering if the coalition agreements it signed are worth the paper they're written on.
Kerry clinched the deal, expresses "concern" over sale of S-300 missiles but says it won’t affect a final agreement.
The PA hasn't changed anything on their end, so why did Netanyahu suddenly change his policy?
Netanyahu is expected to have 61 recommendations in his favor.
Israel has a tough job trying to correct 20 years of concessions to terror.
Israel decides not to go ahead with huge military purchase from U.S., likely to provoke rumors of continuing feud.
Kerry snubs Ya'alon, but the Israeli D.M. gets great press coverage in leading U.S. newspaper.
The beheaders in Syria must be dropping their butcher knives in fear knowing they are unwanted in Israel.
Uzi Arad launches ferocious attack on Netanyahu, DM Ya'alon. Praises home front but says pols giving nothing but marketing spin.
Listening to the recorded phone call attempt for help was more than some of the relatives could bear.
The police's failure to catch all those Yitzhar "terrorists" have the police taking more extreme measures to create one.
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.
The government’s approval of Jews moving into the Hebron building marks a return to a bit of political normalcy.
The Samson Super Hercules aircraft ensures the IDF can safeguard Israel from far beyond her shores.
Israeli media quoted American Jewish groups attacking Ya'alon; at least half the quotes were re-cycled
President Obama has an unshakeable and eternal bond with himself.
Obama’s crew did not even say “boo" when the Palestinian Authority endorsed this week a video-song mocking John Kerry.
Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon is sounding more like Foreign Minister Lieberman every day.
The Golan Heights “divides the good from the bad,” meaning Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a visit to the region along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. "On the day when talks between the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is […]
The furor over remarks by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry show that the Palestinian Authority-Israeli “quality that they all share, so stupendously in an exhibitionist way, is to explain why it's the U.S.'s fault,” U.S.-Israel relations expert Alon Pinkas told NBC World News. The Yediot Acharonot journalist who wrote […]
When an Israeli leader says what he really thinks of Kerry, it‘s no wonder the US is insulted, even if true.
By JTA
The IDF is returning an Iron Dome anti-missile system to the Sderot, located less than a mile from northern Gaza, in wake of the escalation of terrorist attacks from Gaza. Terrorists on Tuesday killed an Israeli citizen working for the army at the Gaza security fence, and the IDF retaliated with strikes on terror targets. […]
Either Kerry is smoking something weird, Livni is selling Israel up the creek or Bennett is about to break up the government. Kerry: We are close than ever to an agreement; Bennett: Start annexing.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, in a briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday, warned against falling for the recent Iranian “charm offensive” in which the country has expressed an increased willingness to negotiate over concessions on its nuclear program. “This is a regime that for the last 20 years we […]
Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon checks out the F-35.
By JTA
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet in Washington to discuss “regional security challenges.” The defense chiefs are scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Pentagon, according to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Carlin Woog to JTA. Israel has welcomed the results of a threat by the Obama administration to […]
The West has played one too many games in the Syria disaster. After it lifts the arms embargo to rebels, Russia says it will arm Assad with game-changing missiles. For Israel, it is not a game.
Hamas is either playing war games again or again are losing control of rival terrorists. Either way, two rockets or mortar shells hit southern Israel, which probably will respond “proportionately.”
Chuck Hagel will visit Israel for the first time as Secretary of Defense for three days, April 21-23, according to Reuters, which was informed of the schedule by an Israeli official. Officially billed as trip to tighten cooperation with allies in the Middle East, Iran will be at the top of the agenda in his […]
By Moshe Herman
Yishai interviews Vice Prime Minister Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon to discuss Zionism and feeling Jewish in the Land of Israel
In an interview with Ha'aretz last Friday, Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya’alon made clear that for Israel the red line is Iran’s capability to produce a nuclear weapon and not Khamenei’s order to produce a bomb. He also said that Israel is not bluffing when it comes to decisive action to stop Iran and does not need an American ‘green light’ for a military strike .
Former IDF Chief of Staff and current Minister of Strategic Affairs said he does not fear a Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath of Bash al-Assad's removal.
Former IDF Chief of Staff makes comments at Herzliya Conference.
Yaalon contrasted Obama's stance with that of France and Britain.