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Photo Credit: TPS Construction begins in Gaza on new American field hospital Work for the establishment of a new US operated hospital in the northern Gaza Strip is being criticized by Fatah and the Palestinian Authority (PA) who claim that the medical facility is part of a broader scheme to establish a Hamas-run micro-state. The […]

Photo Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 Likud party negotiator Minister Ofir Akunis, November 17, 2019. At least for now, Blue&White has decided to abandon the signatures race to get the support of 61 MKs for their chairman, Benny Gantz, to receive from President Reuben Rivlin the mandate to form a government. This followed an energetic effort on […]

Photo Credit: Yaniv Nadav / Flash 90 Ma’ale Adumim {Originally posted to the JNS website} U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced that America would no longer consider civilian settlements in the occupied territories of the West Bank as a violation of international law. Many Israelis have warmly embraced this move as a great […]

Photo Credit: Miriam Alster / Flash 90 Left-wing activists protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on him to resign, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv. {Originally posted to the Sultan Knish website} “It is important for me to emphasize that the only ones who determine who the prime minister will be are Israeli voters. […]

[embedded content] The Israel Police MIFA (National Enforcement Operations) unit spent last week in a counter terrorism training exercise. The concluding exercise was held Sunday, preparing Israel Police to contend with terrorist infiltration into Israeli territory. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ […]

Photo Credit: Avi Ohayon / GPO Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Moshe Holtzberg whose parents were killed in a terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai in Nov. 2008, at the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, January 18, 2018. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have released to the public the […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / Introvert UC Berkeley, 2005 A survey of US students conducted at University of California (Berkeley) has revealed that the student respondents who said they were deeply interested in the “Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories” were unable to place Israel on the map, or recognize basic dates in the history of […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Two rising stars (or Israeli politicians) on the political scene in Israel are trying to change the policies of Israel. Tamar says one agenda is surprisingly good, while another one is surprisingly bad. Who will get their way to help define the character of Israel? -with guests: Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz Israelis spent NIS 915.23 million on their credit cards on Black Friday, the international shopping holiday after Thanksgiving, according to figures published by Israel’s Automated Bank Services (ABS), the company that issues the country’s credit cards. Israeli spending increased by 15.1% this Black Friday compared to that of 2018, when the […]

Photo Credit: Walmart / Wikipedia There is a possibility that the American Walmart retail chain may be considering a move to Jerusalem – Jerusalem, Israel, that is – but not if you ask the company itself, which works hard to deny any hint it might be in the process of “aliyah.” According to a report […]