Nablus – The Israeli military captured a Palestinian man near Beit Furik near Nablus in Judea and Samaria who was carrying a knife and tear gas, an IDF spokesman reported on on Saturday. The suspect was transferred to security forces for questioning, according to the report. Separately, Israel’s national electric company announced on Sunday that […]

Jerusalem – The International Judo Federation has suspended Iran from competition over its boycott of Israeli athletes. Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei was ordered at the 2019 World Judo Championships last month in Tokyo to throw several matches so that he would not have to face Israel’s Sagi Muki, who went on to win the gold […]

New York – An embarrassing IPO devaluation and a bombshell Wall Street Journal report have the business world buzzing about We Co., the parent company of WeWork, the mammoth co-working space brand co-founded by Israeli entrepreneur Adam Neumann. In January, the company was expected to be valued at $47 billion. Since then, troubling information about […]

YAVNIEL – The Israel Dog Unit gave quite a show this past Monday in the Israeli city of Yavniel.  The demonstration showcased the fearless canines while giving a security exhibition in Yavniel, Lower Galilee on Monday September 16, 2019. The Israel Dog unit supplies security and canine surveillance to Agriculture areas as well as providing […]

Moscow – Russia considers Israel a Russian-speaking nation, President Vladimir Putin said. Putin made the statement, his strongest public expression of kinship with the Jewish state to date, during a speech Tuesday in Moscow at an event organized by the United Israel Appeal, a Zionist organization responsible for collecting funds. “Citizens of Russia and Israel […]

Washington – Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was “played” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on numerous occasions. “[The Israelis] did that with the president on a couple of occasions, to persuade him that ‘We’re the good guys, they’re the bad guys,” said Tillerson in […]

Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival, Benny Gantz, on Thursday each called for the formation of a unity government following Israel’s inconclusive national election. But with both men demanding to be prime minister, there were no signs they could break the deadlock. The rival proposals, marked by deep differences, indicated the […]

Jerusalem- In a masterful display of audacity, Prime Minister Netanyahu has succeeded in turning what may have appeared to be political defeat into a stalemate, with no side capable of claiming victory at present. The Likud adopted a two-pronged initial strategy after the election results came in.  Firstly it stressed that Binyamin Netanyahu will not […]

Jerusalem – Joint Arab List leaders celebrated as voting booths closed Tuesday night, heralding “the end of the Netanyahu era” as a surge in voter turnout led to exit polls predicting from 13-15 seats for the party. “We feel good that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] cannot form a government,” Joint List leader Ayman Odeh […]

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his trip to the United Nations next week for its General Assembly following an election result that currently shows the prime minister’s Likud Party narrowly trailing Blue and White, in which neither party is clearly positioned to form a majority coalition. Almost every year since becoming […]