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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation following the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza during a press conference in the Knesset, Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Lieberman plan calls for Netanyahu to be first premier, but without right-wing bloc

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Yisrael Beiteinu Party head Avigdor Lieberman presented his plan on Wednesday evening for a government consisting of his own party added to the Blue and White Party, and the Likud Party. According to his proposal, ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial ceremony for Israeli soldiers who fell during the Yom Kippur War, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Oct. 10, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu: ‘Israel will defend itself, by itself, against any threat’

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Israel will never rely on other countries for its defense, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, warning Iran that it would not ignore its threats of destruction. Netanyahu, who spoke at the Hall...
A convoy of U.S. soldiers in Syria in December 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkish forces seize targets in Syria during second day of offensive

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Turkey said its forces took over “designated targets” during the second day of its offensive in Syria, Reuters reported on Thursday. The Turkish military is attacking Kurdish forces in Syria and the NATO country said...
Eight officers from the Israel Defense Forces traveled to the United States to meet with Birthright Israel North American delegates as part of a program called Mifgash (“meeting” in Hebrew). Here, they visited the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York, September 2019. Credit: IDF Spox.

IDF, Birthright team up for ‘reverse encounter,’ bringing officers to New York, Boston

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Members of an Israel Defense Forces officers’ delegation who recently visited American Jewish communities in New York and Boston said they were deeply moved by the appreciation they received, while also gaining insight into the...
“I call on the German authorities to continue taking determined action against anti-Semitism,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a gunman kills two people on the Jewish holiday.

Israeli, Jewish leaders respond to Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Germany

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Israeli and Jewish leaders issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, during the Jewish holiday of Yom...
Poway synagogue shooter John Earnest. Source: Screenshot.

Chabad of Poway shooter pleads not guilty to new charge, back in court Dec....

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John Earnest, the now 20-year-old man charged with shooting and killing congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, and wounding three people, including senior Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, at Chabad of Poway in Southern California during Shabbat-morning services on...
Four Israeli heart specialists from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hasomer en route to a hospital in Cyprus with life-saving technology to save a woman who was suffering cardiac issues following childbirth. Source: Facebook.

Team of Israeli doctors fly to Cyprus to save woman’s life

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A team of four Israeli heart specialists traveled to a hospital in Cyprus with life-saving technology to save a woman who was suffering cardiac issues following childbirth, the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer revealed on...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting with journalists in the West Bank cityof Ramallah on July 3, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Sidelined by international community, Palestinians accept tax money withheld by Israel

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Buckling under severe financial strain and unable to maintain its own threat to reject tax transfers from Israel, the Palestinian Authority this week accepted NIS 1.5 billion (nearly $430 million) in a move it...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing members of Eagles' Wings, a nonprofit New York-based evangelical movement, which hosted a “Global Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem” on Oct. 6, 2019. Credit: Eagle's Wings.

In Israel, 70 young pastors participate in ‘Global Day of Prayer for Jerusalem’

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Eagles’ Wings, a nonprofit New York-based evangelical movement, hosted a “Global Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem” on Sunday, bringing together 70 millennial pastors from the United States, Canada and Brazil to...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an exchange ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli security minister Erdan: ‘Arab society is a very, very violent society’

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Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday morning blamed the violence of Arab society for a recent wave of murders in Israel’s Arab sector, drawing criticism from Arab Knesset members. “Arab society—and I say...