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Speaker of the Israeli parliament Yuli Edelstein

‘Israel’s High Court has long ago taken over the discretion of the executive power’

Yuli Edelstein, having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.

April 1, 2020

Analysis: Why is Mnuchin pushing for a return to appeasement of Iran?

Iran’s people deserve sympathy for their coronavirus suffering. But the regime that oppresses them and is still working on a dangerous nuclear program deserves none.

March 31, 2020

Right-wing party threatens to topple new gov’t’ if abandoned by Netanyahu

The right-wing faction, which currently holds three ministries, criticized Netanyahu 'for not even considering Yamina for a major portfolio.'

March 30, 2020

Israel’s corona death toll reaches 12, over 3,600 total cases diagnosed

The Israeli government is mulling new emergency measures, with the health minister warning that the next two weeks will be 'critical.'

March 28, 2020

Analysis: In his final act as Knesset Speaker, Edelstein ‘upholds dignity’ of parliament

The High Court could have decided not to accept the petition on the grounds that ruling on legislative bylaws oversteps judicial boundaries.

March 26, 2020

Netanyahu supporters protest Supreme Court

Analysis: Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker

As Israel deals with what could become the largest health and economic crisis in its history, a political crisis shakes the foundations of its system of governance, eroding the trust of its citizenry.

March 24, 2020

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis: Anti-Netanyahu laws an attempt to change rules mid-game

What drove them to this massive reversal of principles is quite simple: an all-consuming desire to end Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule.

March 23, 2020

Jewish actress Arquette apologizes for tweeting Israeli coronavirus conspiracy theory

'We are all in a lot of fear right now and there’s so much toxic, misleading and confusing information I am sorry,' Arquette tweeted.

March 21, 2020

Opinion: Gantz fomenting Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads Coronavirus response

Gantz is violating all democratic principles—as well as its own campaign promises—by attempting to stage an unprecedented parliamentary putsch in the midst of the greatest global crisis since World War II.

March 19, 2020

Melanie Phillips: Will a microbe seal the fate of Iran’s virulent regime?

Relatively few in the preoccupied West are taking proper notice of how this unprecedented crisis is playing out in Iran.

March 15, 2020

ViacomCBS cancels event with Linda Sarsour as part of Women’s History Month

“The fact remains that the folks at ViacomCBS thought that a woman who lauded an anti-Semite like Louis Farrakhan is a symbol of ‘inclusion,’” said a researcher at CAMERA.

March 15, 2020

Aerial Response Force Live-Fire Exercise

Two Americans, one British soldier dead in rocket attack in Iraq

Two U.S. soldiers and one British soldier were killed in a rocket attack in Iraq.

March 12, 2020

Analysis: The assault on Israel as the ‘Jewish state’

The philosophical assault on Zionism—on Israel as the authentic expression of Jewish political rights—has revved itself up, and we cannot but be vigilant as to its nefarious purposes.

March 12, 2020

ViacomCBS to host BDS advocate Sarsour as part of Women’s History Month

Sarsour, a Palestinian American, has been an outspoken critic of Israel and has supported the BDS movement.

March 9, 2020

Gantz agrees to Liberman’s conditions for joining a center-left coalition

Lieberman’s conditions include Sabbath public transportation, a haredi conscription bill, and steps to decrease the authority of the Chief Rabbinate.

March 8, 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined at right by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich

US House Democrats block pro-Israel, anti-BDS bill

Lawmakers defeated consideration of the bill by a tally of 219-194.

March 6, 2020

Analysis: Does push to bar an indicted Netanyahu from premiership violate democratic norms?

Those in the 'anti-Netanyahu' camp have begun the process of trying to pass legislation that would ban a Knesset member who has been indicted from becoming PM.

March 6, 2020

Jonathan Tobin: Did Bloomberg give ammunition to anti-Semites?

Bloomberg’s wild spending raised fears among some that he was providing ammunition to anti-Semites.

March 5, 2020

Analysis: Five takeaways from Netanyahu’s decisive third election victory

Once again, Israel’s overly vibrant hyper-democracy has proven that after 11 years at the helm it is only the voters that still want Netanyahu to be their leader.

March 4, 2020

Israel will ‘be America’s most important ally in the 21st century,’ says Dermer

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer tells AIPAC conference 'security and technology' will be the cornerstone of the U.S.-Israel alliance going forward.

March 4, 2020

Analysis: Is Netanyahu’s significant victory sufficient?

This election illustrated that Israelis care about ideas and actions and are not as swayed by empty slogans and outrageous assertions as certain politicians seem to imagine.

March 3, 2020

Turkey downs two Syrian fighter jets as tensions rise in northwestern Syria

The Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Twitter that its forces had shot down two SU-24 fighters 'belonging to the regime that attacked our aircraft.'

March 1, 2020

Caroline Glick: What the Corbynization of the Democratic Party means for Israel

The primary threat Sanders poses to Israel, of course, is that he becomes the next president of the United States. But he poses an additional danger, Glick says.

March 1, 2020

Opinion: Gantz, criminal fraud and his failed company Fifth Dimension

A competent police investigation will demonstrate whether Gantz and other senior personnel in the company participated in any alleged wrongdoing.

February 29, 2020

Jewish businesses start to feel heat as coronavirus affects product acquisition and sales

Concerns about a lack of supplies are battering industries worldwide as the coronavirus spreads and the shutdown in China continues.

February 29, 2020

A Hezbollah flag and photo of the slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani

US sanctions Lebanese individuals, companies with alleged ties to Hezbollah

'Hezbollah profits from the sale of goods vital to the Lebanese peoples’ health and economy, such as pharmaceuticals and gasoline,' said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

February 27, 2020

ADL: Jewish publication alleging Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty is ‘shocking’

Greenblatt responded in a Feb. 25 Forward op-ed that the anonymous piece 'likely delights anti-Semites from all sides of the spectrum.'

February 27, 2020

Israeli Arabs reject becoming citizens of Palestinian state

Over the years, public-opinion polls demonstrate that Israeli-Arabs reject trading in their Israeli passports for Palestinian ones.

February 26, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., hug after she introduced him at a campaign event, Dec. 13, 2019, in Manchester, N.H.

Jonathan Tobin: Will Bernie turn Jews into Trump supporters?

Not even the victory of a Socialist backed by a coalition of Israel haters will persuade liberal Jews to abandon their party, let alone vote for a president they hate.

February 24, 2020

Caroline Glick: The massive, but reversible, defeats of Iran and Turkey

Israel’s two most formidable adversaries—Iran and Turkey—both came up short in their quests for regional domination, and Israel is reaping the rewards of their losses.

February 23, 2020

Republican Congressional candidate under fire for anti-Semitic posts

Heerak Kim, who is running in Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, recently tweeted that the 'FBI should investigate US politicians in both parties with‘questionable’ ties with Israel,'

February 23, 2020

An Israel Defense Forces' soldier serving as part of a new all-female tank crew as part of the Border Array Units

IDF’s pioneering all-women tank crews to protect Israel’s south

The new crews will serve in Israel’s main battle tank, the Merkava MK 4, which has active protection systems that intercept incoming anti-tank missiles and RPGs.

February 20, 2020

Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship

The Blue and White leaders are handicapping themselves before possibly entering office by violating any trust they may have hoped to build with the Trump administration.

February 19, 2020

Melanie Phillips: Liberal churches condemn Israel as radical Islam assaults Christianity

Some churches dump on the Jewish state, the only country in the Middle East where Christians are safe, thereby ignoring the dire threat Israel's enemies pose to the church itself.

February 18, 2020

Malcolm Hoenlein, longtime executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

US Jewish leadership mission to Saudi Arabia the result of ‘two decades of effort’

Much of the diplomacy takes place under the radar, says Malcolm Hoenlein, longtime executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.

February 18, 2020

Netanyahu: Israel’s growing power carves new path in Mideast

Israel's greater strength is "creating a new approach" in its relations with the region.

February 17, 2020

Former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit engaged to marry

Shalit is said to have proposed to her on Friday, which was also Valentine’s Day.

February 17, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu: ‘Mapping’ sovereignty in Judea and Samaria has begun

'We have formed an Israeli team to work with the American team on the work of mapping, which has already begun – it is underway,' said Netanyahu.

February 16, 2020

Pompeo ‘outraged’ at UN blacklist of firms with Judea and Samaria ties

Pompeo said that the UN's release of the blacklist 'only confirms the unrelenting anti-Israel bias so prevalent at the United Nations.'

February 13, 2020

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

After 6-hour debate, University of Illinois student government passes BDS resolution

The resolution was co-authored by Dunia Ghanimah, president of the university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

February 13, 2020

Analysis: UN blacklist is an attack on Israel’s legitimacy

The fact the overwhelming majority of the companies are Israeli indicates that there is a more sinister aim at work here.

February 13, 2020

Joint List MK Heba Yazbak during the Central Elections Committee discussion of requests to disqualify her from running in the upcoming Knesset Election, at the Knesset, January 29, 2020.

Uproar after court allows terror-sympathizing Arab MK to run in March election

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked lamented that 'the High Court of Justice said a terrorist supporter was eligible' for a Knesset bid.

February 10, 2020

US hoping to bring Netanyahu, Saudi crown prince together in historic meeting

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his team have been mediating between Israeli and Saudi Arabia for the past few months.

February 10, 2020

Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz

Caroline Glick: Blue and White’s Gantz seeks to subvert Trump’s plan

After enjoying Trump’s hospitality, Gantz raised an initiative that would cause grievous political harm to Netanyahu and Trump.

February 9, 2020

Jews blamed for creating deadly coronavirus

'Extremists hope the virus kills Jews, but they are also using its emergence to advance anti-Semitic theories that Jews are responsible for creating [it],' said the ADL.

February 8, 2020

Auschwitz defined as ‘Jewish summer camp’ in crowdsourced online dictionary

Among the website’s 20 different definitions of the Nazi concentration camp are 'a summer camp for Jews,' 'a disneyland for its time' and 'the happy resort for Jews during WW2.'

February 6, 2020

New Era: Arab, African countries choose Israel over Palestinians

Many Arab and African countries are 'coming to grips with the realization that the Palestinian issue ... is not in their national interest.'

February 6, 2020

Trump highlights Mideast policy, domestic achievements in State of the Union

In the annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Trump touted, albeit briefly, his policies on Iran and other areas of the Middle East.

February 5, 2020

‘ISIS in Sinai is close, we must be ready,’ says IDF battalion commander

The Israel Defense Forces’ mixed-gender Caracal light infantry battalion prepares for threats from the Sinai.

February 5, 2020

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Mideast plan draws immediate responses from Jewish, Israel-related groups

'It is now essential that Palestinians forego the path of violence, boycotts and the criminalization of differences at international forums and return to peace talks with Israel,' stated AIPAC.

January 29, 2020

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin

Opinion: Netanyahu pulls the rug out from under his rivals

Hours before the ceremony in Washington, the Israeli premier announced that he was withdrawing his request for immunity. In doing so, he outmaneuvered his opponents.

January 28, 2020

Palestinian leader calls Trump a ‘son of a dog,’ calls for ‘resistance’

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas instructs his security forces not to interfere with Palestinian rioters.

January 28, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Opinion: Why Trump is releasing his peace plan now

Netanyahu believes he can expose his political challengers while reaping large dividends for himself and the Jewish State.

January 27, 2020

Trump: US will not lift Iran sanctions for negotiations

'No Thanks,' tweets U.S. President Donald Trump after Iran’s foreign minister tells a German newspaper that Tehran wants sanctions lifted ahead of any new nuclear negotiations.

January 26, 2020

Netanyahu, Gantz to visit White House as Trump’s ‘great plan’ about to be revealed

Two major party leaders don’t 'come to Washington just for a conversation,' which poses questions as to why an initiative would be released a month before the third round of Israeli elections.

January 24, 2020

Opinion: Why the bombing Auschwitz argument still matters

The Allies’ refusal to devote sufficient resources to rescue and halt the Nazi murder factory is one more reason why a sovereign State of Israel is necessary.

January 21, 2020

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres places a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial

Opinion: The West mourns the Jewish dead, but what about the living?

It’s clear that all this Holocaust memorializing and education hasn’t put anti-Semitism back in its putrid box.

January 21, 2020

Pardon deal for Naama Issachar advances prior to Putin arrival in Israel

According to reports in the Israeli media, Israel and Russia agreed to the broad contours of a pardon for the young backpacker jailed in Moscow over drug possession.

January 20, 2020