23+ min ago   (265+ words) A controversial trade union boss whose term had expired but was renewed because of his political connections. An Israeli transport minister who had flown to Morocco a day earlier, her bags reportedly nearly delayed by the trade boss seeking to…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1133+ words) As Israel continues to face challenges on several fronts, it must also watch its relations with Egypt and Jordan, its two longest-standing peace partners. Both countries face domestic and regional pressures, and some of their recent policies are troubling from…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (280+ words) Former U.S. intelligence analyst and convicted spy Jonathan Pollard announced on Sunday that he is entering Israeli politics. Appearing with former deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel at the Western Wall, Pollard said he would run for the Knesset on the slate…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (333+ words) American actor and producer Mark Rufallo has become entangled in an escalating antisemitism row with Paramount Pictures, with support for Israel taking center stage. Rufallo, who has been a strong opponent of Paramount’s pending takeover of Warner Bros., as well…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1005+ words) It is impossible to analyze the Israel Defense Forces’ performance in this war with professional integrity without holding two truths in mind at the same time. The first: Oct. 7, 2023, was one of the gravest strategic, intelligence and systemic failures in…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (861+ words) Damascus expects negotiations with Jerusalem to resume soon, in the hope of securing a security agreement that includes Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian territory, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said in an interview with Reuters on Saturday. After the fall of…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (205+ words) JNS.org “Our Middle East” offers a rare insider’s view of the region’s shifting politics, power plays and partnerships Hosted by Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, and Khaled Abu Toameh,…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago   (340+ words) The Israel Defense Forces located four kites over the weekend that crossed the border into Israel from the Gaza Strip. One of the kites was identified on Friday in the area of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, adjacent to the northern Gaza…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (355+ words) The question is not whether Israel and Saudi Arabia will normalize relations, but when. The more important questions are what political formula will make normalization possible, what each country stands to gain and what they can build together to make…...

21+ hour, 4+ min ago   (628+ words) Israel “has long ceased to be impressed by Turkey’s hypocrisy,” the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said on Friday, hours after Ankara issued another arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “is an antisemitic dictator…...