Middle East

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat explained in an interview with Yediot Ahronot why he doesn’t intend on participating in the gay pride parade planned for tomorrow (Thursday), in the capital. “I won’t be marching because I don’t want to be part of something that offends the haredi and religious populations,” the Mayor said. He went […]

The Knesset on Tuesday night approved the second and third readings of the so-called “Dismissal Law”, which states that Knesset members could be dismissed for misconduct if a majority of 90 MKs vote to suspend them. The bill passed by a majority of 62 MKs who voted in favor and 47 who voted against. Prime

The Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, has released a video slamming the Palestinian Authority for building a monument to honor the terrorist who planted a bomb which killed 15 Israeli civilians in the center of Jerusalem. The monument to Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar, who masterminded the 1976 attack, was unveiled at an official

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s purge of suspected dissidents from Turkish society continues apace, and has now been expanded to include teachers, university deans, civil servants and media. Erdogan’s government have blamed supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for organizing the failed coup last Friday night. Gulen is in self-imposed exile, and leads a movement

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel would stop attempts to transfer weapons from Iran to Lebanon. He made the comments at a speech during the special Knesset debate marking a decade since the Second Lebanon War. “The Lebanon War has some achievements, but also forced us to do some serious soul-searching. This

Kenyan marathoner to compete for Israel in Rio Olympics (JNS.org) Kenyan-born marathoner Lonah Chemtai is expected to compete for Israel at the Olympics Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil next month after gaining a last minute approval. Israeli marathoner Lonah Chemtai with her husband and coach Dan Salpeter. Credit: Facebook. “I am very proud [to

A military court in Gaza on Tuesday sentenced three local residents to death after they were convicted of providing information to Israel’s security services. The Palestinian Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the security forces and which is controlled by Hamas in Gaza, said that the Supreme Military Court sentenced to death by strangling

On Tuesday afternoon, the Knesset held a special discussion in commemoration the Second Lebanon War. Many dignitaries, led by President Reuven Rivlin, attended the event along with soldiers who fought in the war and bereaved families. It seems that the only ones missing were the Knesset members themselves. In an embarrassing gesture to the soldiers

Culture Minister Miri Regev attacked on Tuesday an announcement by Army Radio that the publicly funded station would be dedicating a program to the nationalist Arab poet, Mahmoud Darwish. “It cannot be that the public is funding a broadcasting station that harms the [public”s own] sensitivities and gives a podium to a Palestinian narrative which

A terrorist from the Islamic Jihad group was killed and another two were injured on Monday night, when a tunnel collapsed in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The collapse marks the second such incident in a week. Another tunnel collapse last Sunday also killed a member of the terror group Islamic Jihad’s

Approximately 30,000 Palestinian children and teenagers have signed up to attend Hamas’ 25 summer camps in the Gaza Strip. The camps run by Izzadin al-Kassam, Hamas’ military wing, include military training with live fire, combat tactics, and religious indoctrination. In an announcement marking the opening of summer camp the al-Kassam brigades declared: “The responsibility to

Two Jewish minors have been indicted for lighting Arab cars on fire in the village of Kfar Yafiya in retaliation for an attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona market last month that left 4 Jews dead and 16 wounded. Another minor has been indicted for failure to prevent the fires. The security threat which the three