Posted on: November 7th, 2013

Some 120 Jewish leaders from Israel and around the world convened for a two-day summit on formulating a plan to strengthen the connection between Israel and Diaspora Jewish communities. Run in conjunction with the Jewish Agency for Israel, the summit on Wednesday and Thursday will focus, in part, on strengthening Jewish identity among Jewish young […]

Posted on: November 7th, 2013

In public releases, and while in Israel, the U.S. sounds even-handed. But in territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the U.S. secretary of state was pointing a finger, it was pointed only towards the Israeli side, at the same time that his other hand was filled with additional $millions for the Arab Palestinians.

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

Israelis have a reputation for being frank and direct – dugri, in local parlance. But when it comes to death and dying or dealing with chronic illness, many Israelis have as much trouble dealing with it as do people in any other part of the world.

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

The leaking of information on an Israeli air strike in Syria and a growing divergence in approach to Iran sanctions have accentuated the Obama administration’s differences with the Israeli government.

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

"There was an explosion in the meeting," one Palestinian official close to the talks told Ma'an.

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

The 3-judge acquittal may mean the beginning of the end for Attorney General Weinstein.

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

Dutch water and paper industries sign collaborative agreement with Israeli start-up applied CleanTech to install groundbreaking green technology.

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

Tel Aviv University’s Israel Democracy Institute released its monthly Peace Index Poll on Monday, revealing that only 25 percent of Jewish Israelis believe that Israeli-Palestinian conflict talks will lead to peace. The poll showed that 89 percent of Jewish Israelis are either sure or moderately sure that the Israel Defense Forces can defend their country properly […]

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denied reports that he is ready to impose a U.S. peace plan on Israelis and Palestinians. “Let me categorically dispel any notion that there is anything other than the track that is formally engaged in between Israel and the Palestinians,” Kerry said when asked by reporters Monday about the […]

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

Israel native Amir Lehavot finished in third place in the World Series of Poker, taking home about $3.7 million. Lehavot, 38, who lives in South Florida, was eliminated Tuesday morning. The tournament in Las Vegas started on July 6 with 6,352 competitors who each bought in for $10,000. He moved to the United States from […]

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Posted on: November 6th, 2013

The Philadelphia Israel Chamber of Commerce is asking whether it makes sense to shutter a consulate located in the heart of a financial market that sees 25% of Israel's exports to the US pass through its doors?

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

Many antisemites have been fighting against the ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism,’ so they can continue their attacks on Jews and the Jewish State.

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

She has no backing inside the government, nor does she enjoy a popular mandate to promote her own position.

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

In a country where the two main religions, Judaism and Islam, both forbid its consumption, researchers say that Israel’s feral pig population was originally European, likely arriving with the Philistines more than 3,000 years ago. A new study in the journal Scientific Reports that was based on the DNA of modern and ancient feral pigs, […]

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

Arab Members of Knesset furiously protested the standardization of Jewish visitation rights to the Temple Mount at a session of the Israeli Knesset Committee for the Interior on Monday. Deputy Minister for Religious Services Eli Ben-Dahan said during the meeting that he is seeking an agreement on the visitation rights with Israel’s chief rabbinate. But […]

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

A second round of municipal elections will be held in 38 Israeli towns Wednesday. Israeli law requires a runoff between the two top candidates in municipalities where no one received at least 40 percent of the vote. Tomorrow’s elections will be held, among other places, in Hertzliya, Petach Tikvah, Kiryat Shmona, Rahat and Mevaseret Zion […]

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

What, you thought the Administration was leaving these talks up to the two sides? What is this, a Bush White House?

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

Tzipi Livni is far more flexible on Jerusalem that Netanyahu's man at the talks.

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Posted on: November 5th, 2013

It isn't enough that Saphira Greenberg-Tessler wanted to make the very best hair care products in the world. She and her husband, Aviad, both committed to having everything from Saphira Hair - the ingredients, the bottles, even the boxes - be from Israel.

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Posted on: November 4th, 2013

After meeting with senior Palestinian and American officials, Meretz party chairwoman MK Zehava Gal-On said Monday that the U.S. is “moving from a coordination phase between the two sides to an intervention phase” in Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations. In anticipation of a deadlock in the talks, the U.S. is expected to present a plan in January […]