News Briefs

The soldier was released from jail to an IDF base on Friday.

Rather than collect income tax on Israeli ads that appear on Google, Israel would like to collect the VAT on purchases Israelis make from, say, Amazon.

The German weekly 'Der Spiegel' again outs its country's spy agency for spying. This time Israel was included.

U.S. says Iran's banking system is a major money laundering operation, so US is giving it access to US dollars. Huh?

The implication is that had the haredi parties left well enough alone, the high court would not have made its ruling.

Ettinger has been held under administrative detention for almost 8 months much of it in isolation, and he still hasn't been charged with a crime.

Peace Now has lost its leading role among leftwing organizations and most of its media exposure comes from statements by Oppenheimer.

First responders evacuated residents in the area of the blast, and ambulances were sent to the site.

I fully expect that next year’s Policy Conference, 50 years after the Six Day War, will include panels discussing serious alternatives to the Two-State Solution.

Deri's capital statement did not include his luxurious vacation villa in Safsufa, or Kfar Hoshen, close to two miles from Mt. Meron near Tsfat in northern Israel.

Questions about Israel? Something doesn't sound right? Don't Google it, JVL it.

Turkish President Erdogan's security team sadly proved the barbaric names his administration has earned.

PM Netanyahu speaks with soldier's father and asks him to trust the system.

Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv, head of the Reform movement in Israel, was beside himself with delight at Thursday's decision.

A Channel 2 News poll showed that only 5% believed he committed murder, meaning a whopping 95% believed he didn't.

The Hagada includes many traditional Passover songs in Ladino, and follows the tradition of the Portuguese Amsterdam Hagadot, and was edited and produced by members of the Recife Sephardic Association.

One of the scenarios the drill simulated was the hijacking of a civilian Israeli vessel by the Islamic State (ISIS).

It took years for the airline passenger to win a small claims lawsuit after the airline forgot his kosher meal.

Attorney David Toren is hunting for two museum-quality paintings stolen from his family by the Nazis.

Last week Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Pankov said that Russian forces would continue delivering airstrikes at terrorists in Syria.

The Civil Administration destroyed the newly-rebuilt synagogue before dawn. What happened to the sacred items?

On April 4, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein is scheduled to meet with the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan.

"We consistently raise our staunch opposition to the council’s bias against Israel."

CUNY said it is conducting an independent investigation of the claims.

IDF personnel demolished the Hebron family home of Genady Kaufman's killer.

Syrian Pres. Assad still thinks he can build a unity government, but the US and Russia agree he's got to go for unity to start.

There are two women named Zoabi in Israel's public arena and they couldn't be more different from one another.

US Secy of State John Kerry met "briefly" in Washington with his Egyptian counterypart and with Turkey's president, but said little of substance.

An El Al flight from Madrid to Tel Aviv suddenly diverted shortly after departure; it landed in Athens.

“Where is the concern for the human rights of the many Israelis who’ve been murdered and maimed by these savage terrorists?" Netanyahu asked.