Around 70 settlements in Judea and Samaria ("The West Bank") are on a list of communities eligible for housing and development grants that the Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday. 57 of them are located outside the boundary of the security barrier’s planned route.
Israel has assured the international community that it would not provide…
ContinuePosted by Israel Insider on January 30, 2012 at 12:00pm

Authorities arrested a New Jersey teen Tuesday following their investigation into the firebombing of a Rutherford synagogue earlier this month,…
ContinuePosted by Israel Insider on January 26, 2012 at 5:00pm
Witness after witness presented testimony in a Georgia administrative court, collectively making the case that current White House resident Barack Hussein Obama should be disqualified from the 2012 ballot because he did not qualify for the Constitutional requirement that the President be a "natural born citizen." …
ContinuePosted by Israel Insider on January 26, 2012 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment
In Israeli civilian life these days, battles are being fought over the right of women to sit where they wish in ultra-orthodox buses. But in Israel's citizen army, the role of women is being heralded as an essential element in the nation's defense.
Dover Tzahal, the public diplomacy unit of the Israel Defense Forces -- the "spokespeople" of the…
ContinuePosted by Israel Insider on January 25, 2012 at 5:30pm
The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times has resigned and is seeking a buyer in the aftermath of a column he wrote speculating that Israel would consider assassinating President…
ContinuePosted by Israel Insider on January 24, 2012 at 11:38am — 1 Comment
Israel's military says it believes Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah now possesses long-range surface-to-air missiles supplied by Syria, significantly boosting its defenses against the Jewish state's formidable…
Posted by Israel Insider on January 23, 2012 at 6:56pm
The radio superhero, The Shadow, had the power to “cloud men’s minds.” But nothing clouds men’s minds like anything that has to do with Jews or Israel. This year’s variation on that theme is the idea that Israel is about to attack Iran. Such a claim…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion. Last reply by IamJoseph on Saturday.
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's feet. One year later, Mubarak and his sons are in prison, and standing trial. This week, the final vote tally from Egypt's…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion on Thursday.
Gingrich in prayer at Jewish gatheringJewish liberals have a difficult task this year in defending Barack Obama's record. But, luckily for them, it is far easier to stir up suspicion about conservative Republicans than it is to convince liberals to…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion on Thursday.
It is profoundly disconcerting to read media reports of the unseemly competition between the US and Western governments to curry favor with the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of its electoral victory in Egypt. There are chilling parallels to such…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion. Last reply by RonaldH Jan 23.
UK Ambassador Matthew Gould evidently thought he could improve his "Israel critic" credentials by expressing…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion. Last reply by RonaldH Jan 7.
Looking into my crystal ball for 2012, here’s what I see:Binyamin Netanyahu: He will continue to successfully hug the center of Israeli politics and maintain a stable coalition, with no need for new elections or for reckless diplomatic initiatives.…Continue
Started by Israel Insider in General Discussion Jan 3.
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