Ex-US Senator Joseph Lieberman told MKs last November that while support for Israel remains bipartisan in the US, it has undergone “attrition” in the Democratic party, which he represented in the Senate for 24 years. Lieberman said that he thought the agreement reached by world powers with Iran was not “tight enough” and that he had […]
The latest “victim” of the wave of terror in Israel is the Knesset silverware cart. Visitors to the Knesset dining room this week said that they had a “difficult time” finding knives and forks for their meals, and were forced to search for the utensils until finding them in a remote corner of the room. It was […]
A conference will be held this month in Geneva to examine respect for international humanitarian law in the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) assigned territories, Switzerland announced Thursday, according to the AFP news agency. Israel and the United States are not expected to attend the December 17 conference devoted to the Fourth Geneva Convention, which defines humanitarian […]
Ron Kerman, whose 17-year-old daughter, Tal, was killed in the 2003 bombing of bus line 37 in Haifa, told Arutz Sheva Thursday that he fully supported Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon’s declaration that he would resign his post if the government went ahead with yet another round of releasing terrorists. The only reason talks with […]
The Knesset debate this week over Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount raised awareness of the current dismal reality, Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) told Arutz Sheva. “It was an intense and important debate, due to the fact that it keeps bringing attention to the importance of visiting the Temple Mount,” she explained. The […]
Police arrested three Arab Muslims Tuesday morning on suspicion of throwing rocks and firecrackers at police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, right after police opened the Rambam Gate entrance to the Mount. Two police officers were wounded and are being taken to Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital. According to Kikar HaShabbat, dozens of Muslims began throwing rocks and fireworks […]
Member of Knesset Zevulun Kalfa (Jewish Home) had a narrow escape this week when terrorists threw a large concrete block at his car. The attackers struck late on Sunday night, as Kalfa was making his way from Jerusalem to the pre-military academy in Yatir, in the Hevron region. The attack took place near El Aroub […]
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is set to vote to admit Israel to full membership in the organization, making it the first non-European member of the group. Israel has been a provisional member of the group for the past two years. CERN’s current main activity is the administration and experimentation work of a […]
MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) spoke to Arutz Sheva after the fatal stabbing of Eden Atias Hy”d in Afula in northern Israel earlier on Wednesday. In the interview she called on Israel to declare that peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) won’t continue until the PA ensures an end to the terror attacks. Hotovely claims the current talks, which […]
The government has confirmed that Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu) will be reinstated as Foreign Minister, less than one week after he was acquitted in a years-long fraud trial which prompted him to step down last year. While the official vote is set to be made Monday, and requires the explicit approval of deputy minister Zeev […]
