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Poll: ‘Mega-right’ bloc would win 19 seats; Lieberman will decide
The second Knesset election of 2019 is getting off on the wrong foot for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the rest of the right-wing camp, who have a real chance of being voted out...
Ukraine synagogue where Begin married gets first Torah scroll since World War II
The dedication of a Torah scroll at the restored Choral Synagogue took place on Wednesday in the Ukrainian town of Drohobych.
Yaakov Dov Bleich, the chief rabbi of Ukraine, dedicated a new Torah scroll together...
Netanyahu attends first official US Independence Day event in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, were guests of U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at a Fourth of July party held Tuesday evening at the Jerusalem International Convention Center.
Speaking at the event,...
Israeli experts debate how to approach an increasingly belligerent Iran
It’s not every day that the head of the Mossad gives a public address, so when he does, people listen. His remarks come on the heels of Iran having officially breached the limit of...
PA increased payments to terrorists by 11.8 percent in first half of 2019
The Palestinian Authority has publicized its monthly expenditures for the first five months of 2019.
The figures show that the P.A. has paid no less than NIS 234,172,000 (more than $65 million), or, on average,...
Report: California sees anti-Semitic hate crimes increase by 21 percent
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on July 2 revealing that anti-Semitic hate crimes increased by 21 percent in 2018 from the year prior.
The report documented 126 instances of anti-Semitic hate crimes in 2018—an increase...
Kushner: Trump remains ‘very fond’ of Abbas, despite breakdown in ties
U.S. President Donald Trump remains “very fond” of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, despite a breakdown in ties between Ramallah and Washington, according to senior White House official and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on...
Jewish protesters shut down Boston traffic over migrant detention centers
More than 1,000 demonstrators, including Jewish ones, shut down traffic in Boston on Tuesday, some chanting the post-Holocaust rallying cry “Never again” to protest the reportedly horrific conditions at migrant detention centers in the United States.
The...
Chabad of Irkutsk mobilizes to help Siberia flood victims
At least 15 people have been killed and thousands more remain homeless after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the Irkutsk district of Siberia, Russia, near the border with Mongolia.
Rabbi Aharon Wagner, director of Chabad Lubavitch in Irkutsk, has...
Republican senators call on Trump administration to increase pressure on Iran
U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called on the Trump administration on Tuesday to increase pressure on Iran.
“We write to urge you to increase pressure on Iran’s nuclear...