The Turkel Commission, which investigated last May’s incident on the Mavi Marmara, will submit on Sunday the first part of its report to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, following which the report will be presented to the public. The report is expected to clear the IDF of any wrongdoings in the flotilla incident. It will determine […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conducted on Tuesday his annual meeting with the international press. During his address, Netanyahu reviewed some of the main events which have taken place over the last year. He began by discussing Iran, describing 2009 as a year in which Iran was unmasked and adding that the unmasking continued in 2010. […]
The Arab-owned Jerusalem Electric Company, responsible for providing electricity to several Arab-populated neighborhoods in Jerusalem, refuses to service the property of Yitzchak Herskovitz. The energetic Yitzchak Herskovitz, 79, thought last year that his 17-year legal battle to reclaim his property from illegal Arab squatters had finally reached its happy ending. This was his reaction when […]
Thousands rallied at Kikar Tzion (Zion Square) in Jerusalem Thursday evening in support of the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, and continued construction there. Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe of Our Land of Israel warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in his speech that if he decides to destroy Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, “There will […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the Globes Business Conference Monday and said that he wants Israel to be among the world’s top 15 countries in per capita income by the year 2025. “Israel’s economy over the past decade has been growing rapidly,” he said. “Our goal should be to be included in the leading 15 […]
In light of reports that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may apologize to Turkey for the flotilla incident of this past May, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman takes the offensive and calls the idea a “cave-in to terrorism.” The two fire-fighting planes Turkey sent to Israel last week to help extinguish the Carmel fire has been seen […]
Talks between the United States and Israel over the possibility of a second ban on construction for Jews living east of the 1949 armistice line have failed. On Tuesday night, politicians from both countries will publicly admit that the freeze deal will not work, according to Channel 2 news. Israel banned Jews in Judea, Samaria […]
As Israel waits for a letter clarifying America’s guarantees in exchange for a proposed building ban for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, a diplomatic source has come forward saying that no such letter is on its way. United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton misled Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and contrary to reports, the […]
The Israeli Security Cabinet convened Wednesday to prepare for a Hizbullah takeover of Lebanon in the wake of the Hariri probe crisis, while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Beirut to preach unity. An increasing number of foreign officials and analysts have stated the past several months that it is only a question […]
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu In a sign of another failure of U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of ”engagement,” a top US official said Syria can forget Israel’s surrendering the strategic Golan Heights while it damages American interests in Lebanon. Jeffrey D. Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, told the Washington […]
