Netanyahu: Israel won’t tolerate Iranian bases in Lebanon, Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel opposes the US-Russian-brokered cease-fire in Syria because it perpetuates Iran’s military presence in the country. Diplomatic sources said that Iran wants to establish air, land...
Palestinian caught trying to smuggle rare, ancient coins from Gaza
Security personnel on Sunday caught a Palestinian man trying to smuggle rare coins, thought to be from the time of Alexander the Great, from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Officials...
Two Israeli police killed in attack at Jerusalem holy site
Update 10.45am: Two Israeli police officers have been killed by Palestinian attackers near a major shrine in Jerusalem, officials said.
Three gunmen opened fire near the site known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims...
Israel, Diaspora at brink of serious rift, us Jewish leader warns
A top US Conservative rabbi urged MKs Monday to understand the precarious situation of the Jewish people in light of recent clashes between the Diaspora and Israel over issues of religious pluralism.
Speaking at a meeting hosted...
160 Rabbis from Diaspora on Israeli Rabbinate ‘Blacklist’
In another episode that is expected to create further angst from many Jewish leaders in the Diaspora towards the Jewish state, Israel’s Chief Rabbinate was revealed to have a “blacklist” of some 160 Rabbis...
Netanyahu accused of supporting antisemites over Soros campaign
"This won’t be the last time that neo-Nazis quote Netanyahu,” the leader of the left-wing Meretz party Zehava Gal-On said Monday, accusing him of “supporting world antisemitism” after the Foreign Ministry released a...
Pirates of the Mediterranean: Shipwrecked cannons discovered off Israeli coast fired at 16th century...
Shipwrecked cannons discovered off the Israeli coast are believed to have last fired in the 16th century when Jewish pirates, corsairs and crusaders roamed the Mediterranean.
The three elaborately decorated, Venetian-made bronze cannons, recovered off the...
‘We want to separate synagogue from state,’ say 55% of Israel’s Jewish population
More than half of Jewish Israelis are in favor of changing the current status quo on religious life in the public realm, believing that current arrangements reflect haredi or religious-Zionist values, a new poll...
Israel harshly responds to UNESCO’s designation of Cave of Patriarchs as Palestinian World Heritage...
Today’s (Friday) decision by UNESCO to recognize the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron as a Palestinian World Heritage Site has sparked outrage throughout Israel’s political system. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision...
Hebron Jewish residents call to increase Jewish presence in city following UNESCO vote
The Jewish community of the West Bank city of Hebron called on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to increase Israeli presence in the city in response to a contentious vote by the...