After quiet night, terrorists resume fire on Israel

After a relatively quiet night, Islamic Jihad terrorists resumed their rockets attacks on Israeli civilian targets in the south and the centre of the country on Wednesday morning. Read more

Syria: 2 killed in Israeli bombing in Damascus

A strike carried out by the IDF in the heart of Damascus this morning killed two civilians and wounded six others, Syria’s official SANA reported. Read more

Israel Eliminates Islamic Jihad commander, terrorists respond with rocket attacks

The IDF early Tuesday morning targeted and eliminated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in the northern Gaza Strip. Read more

Israel ‘regrets’ Jordan’s reclaiming of enclaves on border

Israel “regrets” Jordan’s decision to terminate the annexes to the 1994 peace agreement which leased two enclaves on the border to Israeli farmers, the Foreign Ministry stated Sunday. Read more

Israeli ambassador to UN calls for UNRWA’s shutdown, as its chief steps down

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny (UN) Danon called for the shuttering of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after the body publicized the preliminary findings of its probe into broad corruption among its leadership. Read more

Israel lauds new US sanctions on Iran, Hezbollah as ‘proper way to fight Iranian aggression’

Israel welcomed the US’ announcement that it was levelling new sanctions against Hezbollah and Iranian entities linked to terrorism, saying it was “the proper way to fight Iranian aggression.”

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IDF soldier convicted of illegally firing at rioter on Gaza border

An IDF soldier was convicted earlier this week of illegally shooting at and killing a Gazan rioter during the weekly violent riots on the border with Israel. Read more

Nikki Haley ridicules Sanders’ Idea to transfer funds from Israel to Gaza as ‘unreal’

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley criticized Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for suggesting that the US redirect funds from Israel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, saying he “outdid himself” with his radical ideas. Read more

Netanyahu and Gantz end meeting on unity govt with no breakthrough

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz met in Tel Aviv on Sunday to discuss the prospects of establishing a unity government led by them but showed no breakthrough in the negotiations. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘If War is Forced On Us – We Will Win a Very Decisive Victory’

Prime Minister and Defence Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi and GOC Air Force Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin held a tour of the Palmachim Air Force base on Sunday during which Netanyahu said Israel would win a “decisive victory” on the battlefield if faced with war. Read more

Israeli Chief Rabbi: Israel has ‘moral obligation’ to help Kurds

President Reuven Rivlin visited the Sukkah of Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau in Modi’in as part of the tradition of presidents to visit the Sukkah of the Chief Rabbis, “a tradition that brings together the State of Israel with the Jewish religion,” he said. Read more

Netanyahu: Israel facing threat from Iran similar to one prior to Yom Kippur War

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iranian aggression in the Middle East is threatening Israel in a magnitude similar to the threats the country faced during the Yom Kippur War,  Read more

Israel ‘strongly condemns’ Turkey’s attack on Kurds

Israel “strongly condemns Turkey’s military invasion of Kurdish provinces in Syria and warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Thursday after the Turkish army launched a military campaign against Kurdish strongholds in northern Syria. Read more

Despite Facebook’s pledge, Fatah’s terrorism promoting page still active

Fatah’s Facebook page, which was shut down for a short while over its incitement to terrorism, is back up, despite a pledge by the social media giant to combat online incitement on its platform. Read more

German antisemitic attack: Israel reacts

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Last day of Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearings focuses on cigars and champagne

The fourth and last day of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearings before Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit focused on allegations he received expensive gifts from rich friends, possibly in return for various favours, constituting a form of bribery. Read more

Israel acts to revoke BDS Founder’s Residency

Israel will act quickly to rescind the residency status attained by BDS founder Omar Barghouti, Minister of Interior

announced Sunday evening. Read more

Vast 5,000-year-old city, one of the first and largest in Near East, uncovered in Israel

A massive 5,000-years-old city, the largest and the most central ever uncovered in Israel, which had been built on top of a 7,000-year-old town and which “dramatically changes what we know about the character of the period and the beginning of urbanization in Israel,” was chanced upon by Israeli construction workers who were developing roads to the city of Harish in northern Israel. Read more

Israeli FM: Israel working on non-aggression pact with Arab States

Israel is in the process of working on a non-aggression pact with several Arab states in the Middle East to face the common threat emanating from Iran, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz revealed Saturday night. Read more

Following Israeli campaign, Facebook shuts down Fatah’s page over incitement

A massive campaign launched by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) calling on Facebook to shut down Fatah’s page over its incitement to terrorism was crowned with success on Wednesday with the page’s closure. Read more

Rivlin tasks Netanyahu with forming government, again

President Reuven Rivlin has tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government. Read more

UN Issues ‘Unprecedented’ Report Warning of Perils of Mounting Global Anti-Semitism

The United Nations has released a scathing report condemning the mounting global antisemitism which “poses risks not only to Jews, but also to members of other minority communities.” Read more

After 11 Months in coma, rocket attack victim dies of wounds

Nina Gnesdenova, who had been in a coma since November 2018 when she was wounded in a rocket attack, has died of her wounds. Read more

Gantz fails to gain support of majority to establish government

After the first day of consultations between President Reuven Rivlin and the political parties on who should receive the presidential mandate to form a government, it appears that Benny Gantz and his Blue and White party have failed to garner the support of the majority of the parties to receive the mandate. Read more

IDF releases recording of dramatic moments of rescue of Special Forces from Gaza

The IDF on Sunday released the recording of the communications from the Israeli Air Force (IAF) helicopter during the rescue of a Special Forces unit from the Gaza Strip on the night of the failed operation in Khan Yunis on November 11^th, 2018. Read more

‘Israel will have no better friend than Kelly Craft’, US Ambassador says at UN

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon welcomed the US’ new ambassador to the UN, Kelly Craft. Read more

Netanyahu calls on Gantz to ‘meet today’ and establish a unity government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publically called on Member of Knesset (MK) Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White Party, to meet and discuss the terms for establishing a broad unity government. Read more

Israeli researchers discover evidence of biblical kingdom of Edom in south

Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University have uncovered evidence of the ancient Kingdom of Edom, giving credence to the Biblical narrative. Read more

International Judo Federation suspends Iran over its avoidance of competing with Israel

The International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday announced it had officially suspended Iran over its directive to its Judoka Saeid Mollaei to withdraw from a recent competition to avoid a contest against Israel’s Sagi Muki. Read more

Exit polls show: no one has a clear lead

The exit polls of the September 2019 elections for the 22nd Knesset show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not obtain a decisive victory, but still appears to be the leading candidate to form the next government. Read more

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