Middle East

Negotiators from the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties have agreed to accept the latter’s demands for the death penalty for terrorist murderers, as a condition for entering the coalition government. According to the agreement, the IDF military court – which is technically able to level the death penalty, but maintains an unofficial moratorium on it

As a coalition agreement with Yisrael Beytenu appears imminent, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon spoke out on Thursday about his likely successor and the emerging deal that would transfer the Defense Ministry from Yaalon to Avigdor Liberman. Speaking at a conference for the IDF”s Nahal infantry units, Yaalon blasted his critics and made thinly veiled references

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My sense of panic has been building up from the moment I first heard (which I alluded to in a previous comment) that what I had feared was about to become reality: Avigdor Lieberman, as Israel’s next minister of defense, was one step closer to becoming prime minister. A

A number of Arab Israeli businesses are demanding an exemption from laws prohibiting the import of non-kosher meat, and have turned to the Supreme Court, calling for the restrictions to be nullified vis-à-vis Arab citizens. Currently meat imports require certification from the Israeli rabbinate, preventing importers from bringing in cheaper, non-kosher meat. The claimants in

  Israeli natural gas deal revived thanks to softening of contested clause (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) After a series of hurdles, a breakthrough has been achieved in the negotiations over a deal that would regulate the exploration, harvesting, and development of Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan offshore natural gas fields. The framework agreement has been contested

Today was one of the wildest days in the history of Israeli politics. It started with the political turmoil generated by talks of including the Labor Party in the government. By the afternoon, those talks had been suspended. After a successful meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, it was

An indictment was submitted on Wednesday against three Arab residents of Jerusalem’s Old City, charging them with aiding the terrorist Muhannad Muhastab from Hevron in his stabbing attack in the Old City two weeks ago. In the attack at the Old City’s Lion’s Gate, the 18-year-old terrorist moderately wounded a 60-year-old Jewish man. The terrorist

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched surprise talks on Wednesday with his former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Yisrael Beiteinu party, on bringing him into Israel’s coalition government, where he would likely become defense minister. Netanyahu, who won a fourth term last year, governs by a majority of one in the 120-member Knesset. It