Big Promise Despite mounting pressure on him to resign in the face of multiple corruption investigations against him, PM Netanyahu dismissed the pressure and promised to lead his Likud party to a “big” victory in the 2019 general elections. Netanyahu made the statement at a press conference in Argentina, where he his currently visiting as […]
Supreme Court The Supreme Court today rejected a petition to force the government to allow public transportation on Shabbat. The petition was filed by the Reform movement’s Center for Religion and State, along with the Hiddush NGO and Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg. The judges pointed out that the prohibition against public transportation on Shabbat is […]
No Policy Shift Last week US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman gave an interview to the Jerusalem Post in which he said that the Israeli left-wing is opposing the “alleged occupation” of the West Bank. His words implied that the West Bank was not really “occupied” territory. Official US policy however does consider the West […]
Syria Strike Syria has blamed Israel for an air strike against a sensitive weapons manufacturing installation near the city of Hama last night. The IDF neither denied or confirmed launching the attack. The targeted facility is part of Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center, which is responsible for research and development of nuclear, biological, chemical […]
IDF Exercise The IDF today launched its largest military exercise in the last 20 years along its northern border with Lebanon. Thousands of troops will take part in the 11 day exercise on land, sea and in the air. Israel’s missile defense system will also be a part of the exercise. For more details about […]
Terror Song Security forces arrested the singer, composer and producers of a song praising the terrorist who murdered the three members of the Salomon in a brutal terror attack earlier this summer. The song was video being performed at a Palestinian wedding earlier this week, which is how it came to the attention of the […]
Court Ruling On Monday Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that that illegal aliens (who are primarily from African countries) refusing to be transferred to a third African country cannot be detained for more than 60 days. According to the existing law, infiltrators who refuse to be deported can be held against their will indefinitely at a […]
UN Visit United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is on a four day visit to Israel. He visited Yad Vashem today and then met with President Rivlin and told him that he would be handling relations in the Middle East impartially and that he was devoted to implementing the principles in the UN Charter. He said, […]
Jared’s Message During his visit to Israel yesterday with a small US delegation, Jared Kushner told both Netanyahu and Abbas That President Trump was very committed to achieving a solution here that will be able to bring prosperity and peace to all people in this area,” and that he was “very optimistic and hopeful for […]
Tragic Details The military court released its indictment of the terrorist who murdered the three members of the Salomon family in Halamish earlier this summer. The document recounts graphic details of the attack based on the terrorist’s own words. According to the document the terrorist, after entering the settlement, came to two houses, one of […]
