After massive IDF retaliation following death of soldier, ceasefire holds

A tense ceasefire held on the Gaza border Saturday following several waves of Israeli strikes on Hamas targets in the Strip in retaliation for the death of a soldier shot dead by sniper fire. Read more

Two children battling cancer join Netanyahus at the World Cup

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara surprised two Israeli children inviting  them to join them in watching the World Cup semi-final match between England and Croatia in Moscow. Read more

Must Jews and Poles keep fighting about the Holocaust?

It’s never wise to get into an argument about the Holocaust with Yad Vashem…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Prince William meets descendants of survivors rescued by his great-grandmother

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara and Prince William, met with descendants of Haimaki and Rachel Cohen, who were saved during the Holocaust by Princess Alice, Prince William’s great-grandmother. Read more

Netanyahu corrects UK over royal visit to ‘Occupied Territories’ in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a veiled rebuke to the United Kingdom Sunday less than 48 hours before Prince William was scheduled to begin the first-ever official visit to Israel by a member of the British royal family, after Kensington Palace listed Jerusalem’s Old City as “Occupied Palestinian Territories” in the itinerary for the trip which will also take in the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. Read more

Israel’s hosting and participation in 2019 Eurovision faces uncertain future

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with  Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, Culture Minister Miri Regev and Communications Minister Ayoub Kara on Monday, following reports that the European Broadcasting Union could move the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest from Israel to Austria. Read more

…and now the third

Paraguay has opened its embassy in Jerusalem following the United States and Guatemala. Read more

Netanyahu agrees with Hamas

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has released a video in which he agrees with Hamas…and his reasons. Read more

US officially opens embassy in ‘historic and sacred’ Jerusalem

The United States officially opening its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a key promise made by its president, Donald Trump. Read more

More than just bad optics on immigration?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a lot of bad days recently…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Former Israeli and U.S. top diplomats express admiration, caution on embassy move

After much speculation over when U.S. President Donald Trump would make good on his campaign promise, the United States announced on Feb. 23 that it will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more

Must Israel do America’s dirty work?

Whenever Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu uses props for his speeches, his critics pounce…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Despite Israeli, US opposition, Polish Senators pass bill criminalising terms linking Poland to the Holocaust

The Polish Senate passed a bill Wednesday criminalising statements linking Poland to the murder of Jews which occurred on its soil during the Holocaust, in an attempt to lay blame for the crimes that left more than 1 million Polish Jews dead during World War II squarely on German Nazis. Read more

Netanyahu meets Putin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Read more

Proposed Polish law “historical obfuscation”

The World Jewish Congress has strongly objected to a proposed new Polish law which would criminalise suggestions that Poland was responsible for Nazis crimes, calling it “an act of historical obfuscation and an attack on democracy.” Read more

PM Netanyahu and Moshe Holtzberg Visit Chabad House in Mumbai

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the Chabad House in Mumbai accompanying 11-yr-old Moshe Holtzberg, who lost his parents in the 26 November 2008 terrorist attack on the building. Read more

Netanyahu says $500 million Spike missile deal with India is back on

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel’s $500 million Spike missile deal with India is back on after the pact’s reported cancellation last November. Read more

Yair Netanyahu expresses regret over ‘ridiculous’ statements in strip club

Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed regret for his “ridiculous” statements in a 2015 recording of him at a Tel Aviv strip club that surfaced in an Israeli news report on Monday.  Read more

Terror victims urge deduction of terrorists’ salaries from Palestinian Authority tax funds

Hundreds of families of terror victims have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deduct the salaries that the Palestinian Authority (PA) pays terrorists and their families from PA tax funds collected by Israel. Read more

3,000,000th tourist arrives in Israel

Israel’s three millionth tourist this year has landed in Israel, a new all-time record for incoming tourism in Israel…and received a very special guide in Jerusalem. Read more

Netanyahu visits Theresa May

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited 10 Downing Street in London where he met with UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Read more

Governor-General Patsy Reddy meets Israel’s leaders

New Zealand Governor General Patsy Reddy has visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on her visit to mark the 100^thanniversary of the WW1 battle for Be’er Sheva. Read more

The Netanyahus welcome the Turnbulls

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy who travelled to Israel in the framework of the event to mark the 100^th anniversary of the WWO battle for Be’er Sheva.

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Turnbull says Australia to upgrade co-operation with Israel

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that Australia is to upgrade co-operation with Israel on defence and national security while Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg

will chair a roundtable of energy and technology companies when in Israel.

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WJC decries Las Vegas massacre as “senseless”

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has decried the “senseless” violence in Las Vegas that left at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured at a country music festival. Read more

Richard Gere’s stunning pro-Palestinian hypocrisy

Diplomats never pretend to be experts on acting, yet for some reason actors constantly present themselves as experts on international affairs. Hollywood award ceremonies are now dominated by awardees delivering pretentious political diatribes. Read more

Netanyahu China bound

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will leave on Sunday on an official visit to China. Read more

Palestine – Netanyahu sends clear message to Trump, Putin, May and UN

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has had a busy week meeting with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Jerusalem, President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and then back to Jerusalem for a five-hour meeting with President Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations – Jason Greenblatt…writes David Singer. Read more

Netanyahu at the White House

At a media conference at The White House,  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told President Donald Trump that “the United States has no better ally than Israel”. Read more

Trump and Congress can Make America Great Again…writes David Singer

President Trump and Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders this week have the last opportunity to resuscitate the two-state solution laid out in President Bush’s 2003 Roadmap adopted by the Quartet – America, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations (“Bush-Quartet Roadmap”). Read more

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