Jerusalem – Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog sent a letter on Monday to the president of the Belgian regional parliament of Wallonia in an appeal to lift the ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning in the region. The ban, initially legislated in 2017 in relation to Jewish and Muslim slaughter, had been in effect […]

Ashdod – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be removed from the stage during a campaign speech in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod after rockets were fired from Gaza. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a rocket heading toward Ashdod and another heading toward Ashkelon on Tuesday evening, according to the Israeli […]

Jerusalem – Several rockets were fired at Israel from Syria, launched by Shiite militias operating under the command of the Iranian Quds Force, the Israel Defense Forces said. The rockets failed to land in Israeli territory, according to the IDF. The attack Monday followed hours after a series of airstrikes on a base in Syria […]

Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday vowed to annex the strategic heartland of the West Bank if he wins national elections next week, offering a vision that would likely end any remaining hopes for establishing a Palestinian state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex the Jordan Valley, an area seen as the […]

Jerusalem – The Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for the death of a Palestinian terrorist held in an Israeli jail for a shooting attack on a West Bank road that killed a Jewish couple in front of their four children. Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, who had cancer, died Sunday in an Israeli hospital. Sayeh planned and funded […]

Tehran – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “crying wolf” after Netanyahu revealed the existence of a previously unknown Iranian nuclear facility. Netanyahu and the United States, Zarif wrote on Twitter, are seeking a war with Iran. The possessor of REAL nukes cries wolf—on an ALLEGED […]

Montreal – The Canadian government said it would appeal a federal court ruling that wines made in the West Bank cannot be labeled a “Product of Israel.” A July 29 ruling by the Federal Court of Canada said that Psagot- and Shiloh-brand wines made in Jewish-controlled parts of the West Bank were not Israeli since […]

Jerusalem – Speaking on the sidelines of this week’s Middle East Forum “Israel Victory Project” conference near Tel Aviv on Sunday, titled “Moving From Concessions to Victory,” former Israel Education Minister and current Knesset hopeful Naftali Bennett said that “Israel’s victory means taking away the capability of our enemies to harm us.” He continued, directly […]

The Boiling Cauldron Just as Jews prepare for the coming judgment on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Israel’s politicians are preparing for their own personal verdict next Tuesday. The Knesset could be compared at present to a boiling cauldron which everyone is trying desperately to escape from, some by stepping on stones on the bottom […]

Jerusalem – The Israeli military can hold the bodies of Palestinian terrorists to use as bargaining chips in future negotiations, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled. The 4-3 decision announced Monday by an expanded seven-judge panel overturns a 2017 ruling by a three-justice Supreme Court panel that said holding the remains of terrorists was unconstitutional, the Kan […]