4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (128+ words) Two more embassies open in Jerusalem • Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Israel’s new priorities in Africa and Latin America, relations with Turkey and Syria, as well as Gaza, Lebanon and the battle for international public opinion. Two more countries have…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (642+ words) As Israelis prepare to vote on Oct. 27, the political battle over the Israeli prime minister’s responsibility is becoming a central election issue. (JNS) It is no small question: Ten days before Oct. 7, did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receive a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (173+ words) Trump, Cyrus and Israel’s political responsibility israeltoday.co.il The story of King Cyrus contains a timeless lesson. Cyrus enabled the Jews to return to Jerusalem and permitted the rebuilding of the Temple. Yet his declaration was only the beginning....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) The army says it cleared two Hezbollah tunnel routes beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge, an Iranian-planned complex that had supported attacks on Israel and IDF forces. The IDF said Wednesday that troops have completed clearing Hezbollah operatives from two underground…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (198+ words) Events at Abu al-Duhur, Damascus and Beit Jinn point to the real test facing the Syrian president. (JNS) Israel’s Aug. 18 strike on the Abu al-Duhur military air base in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, not far from the Turkish border, should…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (831+ words) Military source says combat in the sector is saturated with booby traps, describes nightly procedure of observation, tank fire and drone scans before every building entry. (JNS) The booby-trap blast that killed two Israeli reservists in a building in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1732+ words) The current standoff has effectively turned Carl von Clausewitz’s famous adage on its head: Politics is, for now, the continuation of war by other means. (JNS) “Help has arrived,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Feb. 28, speaking after the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (186+ words) Is Trump crazy, or is he making everything better? israeltoday.co.il What would have seemed like political megalomania in any other American president has long been part of the program with Donald Trump. Some consider him narcissistic and dangerous,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (196+ words) Hamas still has a path to victory, despite possibly losing control of Gaza, and the terror group is counting on a hypocritical international community to keep playing its part. Hamas is losing militarily, but it may have achieved a strategic…...