Ex-US vice president, who hasn’t yet declared 2024 candidacy, issues sharp condemnation of former boss, whom he jokes wouldn’t have known about classified docs found in Bible

Oil minister says 83 million more barrels exported over past year than in previous comparable period, gas exports up 15%; Saudi Arabia’s Aramco reports record profits

The U.S. Air Force-led “Red Flag” exercise will begin today (Sunday). The exercise will take place in the Nellis U.S. Air Force Base in Nevada. The exercise will take place over the course of two weeks and will include a wide range of training drills, including long-range aerial scenarios, achieving aerial superiority in the region,

Haaretz reporter Uri Misgav accosted by cops after apparently warning PM, wife not to go to Berlin on Wednesday, later saying he meant due to ‘democratic protests that await them’

Interior ministry accuses perpetrators of seeking to sow ‘terror,’ points at possible links with Albania-based exiled Iranian opposition group MEK

PM’s son shares Breitbart’s claim that State Department funded protest group; senior official says AG ‘irredeemably audacious’ for freezing transfer of Tel Aviv police chief

17 countries, EU and UN involved in 4-day exercise focused on accepting help from allied nations on a large scale in future major national disaster

We are all affected by the mounting crisis around the judicial reforms. But arguably the question of the Supreme Court’s standing has special relevance for this newspaper – for me, as its publisher, and you, as its readers. Around a decade ago, there were those in the Knesset who wanted to pass a law against

Police minister Ben Gvir accuses Baharav-Miara of ‘automatically’ opposing soldier-focused legislation, prompting Likud to halt its advancement

Knesset Constitution Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman will meet today (Sunday) with President Isaac Herzog to discuss the possibility of reaching compromises with the opposition on the government’s planned judicial reforms. At a hearing in the Knesset’s Constitution Committee, which resumed promoting the reforms this morning, Rothman said: “Even after the flood of lies and

Shlomo Karhi vows controversial legislative blitz will continue, says there can only be ‘a little’ compromise with opposition and not on key issues

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara strongly opposes a bill proposed by MK Zvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit) which would make Israel’s security forces immune from prosecution. “The law will harm the protection of IDF soldiers and expose them to international criminal proceedings,” stated the Attorney General. According to legal sources, until now, the International Court of Justice

– Decades ago Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D asked a question that at the time had no answer: Where are Shimon and Levi [1] today? He posed this question after an IDF soldier was brutally murdered in Shechem and no adequate response was undertaken by the Israeli government. By Israel not taking a strong stance against

A group of senior police officials told Israel Hayom that the statement last night (Saturday) by Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai constitutes an explicit admission that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is harming the police’s public image. “Ben-Gvir came with good intentions, but with bad advice. Statesmanship has disappeared from the National Security Ministry. He has

State media claims fighter jets target sites in Tartus province and near Masyaf in northwest of country

The chairman of the Israeli delegation of the Knesset to the International Parliamentary Organization (IPU), MK Danny Danon, was elected today in a secret ballot by representatives from 47 countries, to serve as a member of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the IPU. MK Danon ran against representatives from Spain, Holland and Sweden. The IPU conference

Syrian media reported on Sunday morning that Israel conducted an air strike in the Masyaf region in the western part of the country. According to the reports, explosions were heard in the Masyaf area, and the Syrian air defense systems were activated against the “Israeli attack”. On Tuesday of last week, media outlets in Syria

Another Palestinian assailant turns himself in and is taken for questioning following incident near Jit, west of Nablus

At this moment, numerous Jewish students in the New York area have been locked out of high school admissions. Despite Jewish High Schools having given answers to applicants, there are students who applied to multiple high schools just to be rejected by all. As one principal told me: “With a limited amount of spots, why

The Knesset Constitution Committee will convene today (Sunday) for further discussion of the first part of the government’s planned judicial reform ahead of the legislation’s second and third readings. The legislation in question would involve changing the composition of the committee which selects Supreme Court justices and establishing that Basic Laws are immune from judicial

Ten years ago, my wife and I moved from America to Israel. As we aged, we needed a change. After a decade, we remain outliers. One can read about life in Israel and joke about its troubles, insufferable bureaucracy, and political quandaries. To “get” Israel, “to be” an Israeli, the immigrant has to speak Hebrew.

A number of armed terrorists opened fire toward IDF soldiers at a military post adjacent to the Jit Junction in Samaria overnight Saturday. IDF soldiers who conducted routine activity in the area responded with live fire toward the armed gunmen. Three terrorists were neutralized during the exchange of fire and an additional armed gunman surrendered

North Korea has decided to take important, practical war deterrence measures, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing state news agency KCNA. According to the report, the decision was made at a ruling party meeting presided over by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The meeting preceded large joint military exercises by the United States and South

Palestinian Arab factions welcomed the decision by Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations. “The Palestinian Presidency appreciates the Chinese role that contributed to reaching the agreement,” said a statement from Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas” office. “We hope that the agreement will lead to stability and enhance the positive atmosphere in the

Iran has finalized a deal to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, AFP reported on Saturday, citing Iranian state media. The air force of sanctions-hit Iran has an aging fleet of aircraft and has struggled to acquire spare parts to keep its warplanes in the air. In a statement to the United Nations, Tehran

‘Kapelya’ marks the debut album for Chana Raskin, whose Chabad upbringing led her into exploring sacred music with other women, breaking into a club once reserved solely for men

US President Joe Biden spoke with California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday about the Silicon Valley Bank failure and efforts to address the situation, the White House said, according to Reuters. A White House statement said Biden discussed with Newsom an emergency declaration he issued on Friday to ensure California has the full support of

Moldovan worker dies as blaze causes heavy damage to home; police launch investigation into cause

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who won the Nobel Prize in economics last year, warned in a conversation with Channel 13 News that the judicial reform being promoted by the government will harm the Israeli economy. “Israel is a small and open economy that depends on international trade and international investments for economic

Opened 6 months ago, Orkesh facility houses over 50 boys with Western parents, with Kurdish authorities hoping to avoid ’emergence of a new generation of extremists’

Longtime Netanyahu confidant who ended up indicting him says Israel in ‘historic period that will be remembered for generations,’ warns it ‘will cease being democracy’ if laws pass

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition Meir Porush, from the United Torah Judaism Party, was a guest at the Israel National News studio and made clear that he opposes the compromise proposal of the judicial reform, which suggests that the Override Clause will only be possible with a majority of 65 MKs. “I think

Mayor Ata Abu Madighem claims pistols, magazines, ammunition found at his home were planted there by rivals to frame his 2 sons

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara took advantage of the final hours of their visit to Rome to hold a VIP tour of the Colosseum, the historic amphitheater, which was opened especially for the guests from Israel. Israel’s former Ambassador to Italy, Dr. Dror Eydar, is the one who guided the Netanyahus during

With Silicon Valley Bank closed, Finance Minister Smotrich says he forming a special team to look into the potential consequences for Israeli companies

The month of Adar ushers in a time of happiness and joy . . . but it sure does not feel like it this year. There have been too many tragedies and difficulties in the Jewish world in the past few weeks. Three sets of brothers – Paley in Yerushalayim, Yaniv in the Shomron, and

Israeli TV network cites former senior US official as saying country ‘needs to move slowly and build a broad consensus’ on judiciary changes

It was one of our lowest points in history, the nadir of the Jewish people. Forty days earlier, they heard the voice of G-d they vowed to become His people. Now they were dancing around a golden calf and yelling “this is your god, Israel, who has brought you up from Egypt!” Forty days earlier,

March 9 & 10, 2023 – Parashat Ki Tisa 5783 Shabbos Parshas Ki Tisa Eric S. Goldstein is the CEO of the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of NY. A Jewish and Democratic State Today &mdash and Always “Israel is core to who I am as a Jew. That was true for me in 1973,