The billboards were placed in neighborhoods known for their opposition to Hezbollah, the blunt messages echo deep-seated Lebanese fears of further devastation and a plea for peace.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Bennett's increasingly unstable coalition has repeatedly failed to pass its own legislation in recent weeks.
With the budget passed, the coalition is no longer showing as unified a front in the Knesset as it did before.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The coalition has been using "Section 98" to limit the ability of opposition members to speak in the meetings.
Syrians know that Israel has been helping families who have been wounded and displaced by the war.
The Syrian Opposition extends a message of peace to the Syrian-Jewish community: “Syrian Jews were always like every other Syrian and post-Assad, the Jewish community can return to its glorious days.”
By JNi.Media
It's apparently a little boring sitting in the opposition.
There's much disappointment within Yesh Atid as they head into the oppositions.
Labor party chairman and opposition leader Isaac Herzog condemns Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zoabi for supporting terror kidnappers.
By Robert Ellis
The EU Commission's progress report deals with a polarized society and a government that takes repressive measures against citizens who assert their democratic rights.
By giving the issue to Congress, he evades sole responsibility and makes himself look "principled."
By Soeren Kern
"The Left has singularly lacked courage in the difficult fight to defend secularism."
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.
By Daniel Pipes
Ahmed Shafiq, the former air force commander and former president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, actually won the presidential race by a narrow margin.
UN inspectors tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria arrived there on Sunday, Xinhu reported. The 20-member UN delegation, led by Swedish expert Ake Sellstrom, will begin their two-week mission today. The Syrian government and the opposition have accused each other of using chemical weapons in an attack on Khan al-Asal […]
By Adam Levick
Even the Guardian's own writers criticized the Guardian's editorial.
Two writers for the Guardian newspaper have distanced themselves from an editorial in the Guardian in which the paper criticizes the liberal opposition to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
A video uploaded to YouTube by Syrian rebels on Saturday seems to indicate that Syrian President Bashar Assad is attacking opposition forces with chemical weapons.
By JTA
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a skeptic of assistance to Israel who also is considering a 2016 presidential run, will travel to Israel. According to a report Friday on the Christian Broadcasting Network website, Paul will be accompanied by Christian and Jewish leaders, and will also visit Jordan. He will meet with leaders in both countries, […]
Syrian rebel soldiers calling themselves “Eagles of the Golan” have taken over Beerajam and Bariqa in Southern Syria, in an area which serves as a demilitarized zone between Israel and the country to the north.
Three mortar shells landed in Israel’s Golan Heights on Thursday morning, in what security officials are saying is an accidental firing as part of the bloody battle between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and a growing militant opposition.
In an unexpected move, 10% of the Likud Central Committee members gathered enough signatures to demand a secret ballot on whether or not to run on a joint list with Yisrael Beiteinu.
By JTA
A Maryland congressman apologized for referring to the Holocaust as he discussed his opposition to federal involvement in providing student loans.
By Barry Rubin
I want to discuss three articles that I basically agree with to point out how they miss the key issue and thus are somewhat misleading. I’m glad to see these three articles being published but it’s a case of -to quote Lenin- two steps forward, one step back.
Heavy fighting is being reported in Halab, Syria. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed rumors of a massacre in Hama, Syria. The death count for the past day is now up to at least 99, while the Syrian opposition has placed the number as high as 310 people.
By Alex Abel
Despite demands for fairness and equality, the Knesset overwhelmingly voted down Yisrael Beytenu's bill for Universal Service.
By Barry Rubin
The tide seems to be turning in Syria. While the civil war is far from over, the regime is clearly weakening; the rebels are expanding their operations and effectiveness. There have also been more high-level defections. What does this mean and why is this happening? There are three main factors that are making a rebel victory seem more likely.
By Aaron Klein
Thousands Of Radicals Poised To Fight Assad At least 5,000 global jihadists are positioned near Syria’s borders with Turkey and Lebanon attempting to infiltrate Syria to aid the opposition fighting Bashar Assad’s regime, a senior Syrian government official told to this column. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Syrian military hopes to […]
By Jeremy Rosen
Real progress is being made to generate lab grown meat that tastes as good as the real thing without the fuss -- isn’t this something we Orthodox Jews should welcome?
U.S. officials are saying Bashar al-Assad’s closest supporters are secretly making plans to defect to the other side in case the Syrian dictator succumbs to attacks by the rebellion. And a Syrian activist group reported Friday that four senior officers announced they are defecting and joining the ranks of the opposition.
Russian Independence Day celebration at Tel Aviv’s Hilton Hotel were dampered by the arrival of a group of demonstrators protesting Russian military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s harsh crackdown on civilians and armed opposition.
Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, is calling Syrian President Bashar Assad’s war against opposition a “genocide”, and said Israeli support is behind efforts to overthrow him.
By Barry Rubin
Israel is apparently going to have elections this autumn and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly win by a big margin. Understanding why explains a lot about the country that people think they know the most about but in fact comprehend the least.
By Rafi Harkham
The Obama administration has begun "serious discussions" about directly arming the opposition, deploying troops to secure a humanitarian corridor, or establishing a no-fly zone in Syria.
Burhan Ghalioun, head of the Syrian National Council indicated that - despite the blood of over 7000 Syrian citizens on the hands of Hizbollah's patron Assad - political expedience alone will dictate its policy: "There are no permanent enmities in politics as there are no permanent friendships. Alliances are built on goals. We want to achieve our goals."
The Syrian military continues to pound opposition strongholds as voting stations opened around the country to decide on a new constitution.
The Syrian army's assault on Homs enters its 20th day and resulted in the deaths of 80 people on Wednesday, including 3 journalists...A UN report accuses "officials at the highest level of government" of committing "crimes against humanity and other gross human right violations"...Egypt recalls its ambassador...Saudi Arabia blasts Syria and Russia...Free Syrian Army is turning away jihadists...Republican presidential hopefuls join growing chorus of voices that support arming the opposition.
By Barry Rubin
With the Obama Administration leading from behind and stressing the need for a UN consensus to do anything, it is now stuck with a passive stance on the Syrian civil war.
Meir Dagan expresses opposition to the law.
Police dismantle Yissa Bracha, near Mitzpe Yericho, early Thursday morning.
Approximately 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian government crackdown.
By Sam Ser
“The Syrian people are living their worst period,” parliament member Imad Ghalioun said in an interview from Egypt on Sunday night.
Russian official: "West's approach radically differs from ours".