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An Islamic Republic of Turkey would be a threat to NATO
Besides being outrageous, this type of rhetoric is dangerous.
Israel’s greatest security risk is a binational state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
There are some governments whose fixation on conflict prevents them from embracing a mindset of solidarity.
In Israel there are several reasons why the opposition is particularly weak.
Important as the emergency aid is, it is only a Band-Aid over the gaping wound at the heart of Israel’s economy.
The economic repercussions of the handling of the coronavirus have been devastating worldwide.
Some good things have emerged in Israeli society during this period, including countless cases of people giving assistance, volunteering and sharing mutual responsibilities.
Israel ranked first in OECD in rate of solar power generation from economy’s total electricity consumption. A look at the fine print tells a different story.
The corona pandemic has inflicted anguish and woe on nursing home residents and their families, even in cases where the nursing home is corona-free
Whether in the private sector or in some government bureaucracies, a reduction of physical encounters would mean less prospects for COVID-19 to spread.
The government needs to present Yosef with a choice – either help or get out of the way.
It is not annexation as legally defined in international law, and Jewish Israel has far better claims to the land than do Palestinians.
Kadhimi pledged to rein in Iranian-backed militias, but recent events highlight the difficulty of remolding critical relationships between the government and armed militias.
There will be no peace for victims until Turkey is held accountable for its criminal actions now and in the past
'It was wrong to tear down the Chrisopher Columbus statue, because Columbus was not a slave owner.'
Israel has a history of complex relations with the UN.
Analyzing the contours of the memory of Soleimani clearly shows that most of the Iranian population is neither interested in his assassination nor in his “revolutionary” legacy.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
But instead of the government rolling out an economic plan – there were four months to get one ready – it focuses on a vote to establish a parliamentary commission.
The goal of these radicals is not to achieve a “better America” – as they pretend – but the “end of America.”
A public health expert interviewed on the radio this week warned that “Coronavirus is a marathon, not a sprint.”
Mourning the loss of Ilia Salita, who helped strengthen the Jewish identity of Russian-speaking Jews.
In order to promote a shared vision of the Jewish future, we aim to draft – together with key figures from around the Jewish world – a new Declaration of Jewish Peoplehood.
Contrary to the negative economic image that some people have rushed to give the Ashalim solar project, it is an experiment that should be hailed as an achievement.
The direction has already been shown by the UAE ambassador to the United States and a former Saudi Arabian government official.
Everything that is happening now could have been predicted with respect to how COVID-19-related issues have been handled over the past few months.
The progressive pope seeks to denude the Jewish state of its rightful place.
The plan can also be regarded as a reflection or acknowledgment of reality, as it stands today.
Reflections on the Camp David 2000 Summit and the 2020 ‘Deal of the Century.’
Corona woes continue in Israel. Here is a round-up of recent developments on the economic front.
The future is always coming up with surprises for us, and the best way to insulate yourself from these surprises is to diversify. - Robert J. Shiller
NYX Technologies is a neurotechnology company that is currently developing a wearable headband that monitors and changes brain activity during sleep.
“A whole new adventure begins when a little boy finds out that his family are going to move,” reads the blurb of Neichu Mayer’s first book for children.
Other countries have already stepped up and allocated new public funds in this time of crisis to support their arts and artists in need.
Are our government representatives, people who were democratically elected to serve the public, really blind to the situation?
We, the Jewish people, still suffering from open wounds of the Holocaust, could have done more to draw the world’s attention to what happened at Srebrenica.
The term “Potemkin Village” has come to mean a fake settlement built to flatter and impress the builder’s financial backer.
Islam has been dominant in Jerusalem for 1,210 out of the last 1,388 years.
The responsibility lies squarely with the prime minister and his government.
Encountering Peace: Walls and fences are not the recipe for peace.
Iran has suffered a series of six fires, explosions and chemical mishaps since June 26, waged by an unknown perpetrator.
Carrying out this move brings with it thousands of work opportunities for the residents of Beersheba, Dimona and other communities in the area.
Claims to the contrary were incorrect 40 years ago and today are a gross strategic error.
There is no senior Israeli government official – including Netanyahu himself – who has not written a recommendation letter for candidates hoping to become a Wexner Fellow.
Walking through New York, once energizing and inspiring, now spurs concern.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
The Knesset can now only intervene in hindsight a measure that even Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin – a right-wing firebrand – spoke out against.
Germany is at the forefront of the global fight against antisemitism, which is worryingly rearing its ugly head with renewed vigor.
Over the past few months, we have seen a rise of Jew-hatred and attacks against Jews and against Jewish institutions.
According to Netanyahu, Mandelblit is pursuing nothing less than a “plot to overthrow the government.”
When assessing complex democracies like America, our striving for perfection should never blind us to the good – nor numb us to the bad.
The social workers have halted social services in government ministries and local authorities, demanding the Finance Ministry open negotiations over their desperate work conditions.
I have not seen anyone provide a survey of all the different ways that annexation would court disaster and how they interrelate, so I will do so.
Hanegbi has been an MK for more than 30 years and currently enjoys a ministerial salary for an undetermined job in an overinflated government.
The fact that July 1 went by without even a mild signal of any annexation in Judea and Samaria, was not only an embarrassment for Netanyahu vis-à-vis the settlers.
There is an inherent tension between individual liberty and governmental authority.
Who is the person Ayman Odeh wants to be associated with?
Why should the unilateral extension of sovereign territory now be considered a matter of lesser national importance than would be the contraction of sovereign territory?
Our community will suffer a loss if mainstream Jewish communal institutions are not able to be more effective in engaging Jews of color.
None of the critics knows yet what the government is going to do.
The system of oppression against the Palestinian people most certainly exists.
Richard Grenell had been making the German-American relationship more open and honest than ever before and holding Germany accountable to their ethical, historical and political obligations.
We’re not certain about future access to the intriguing panel discussion that took place last Thursday headlined Reframing Carlebach.
EDITOR'S NOTES: Is this how a responsible government enacts policy with long-term – even historic – consequences?
The situation is dire – and nobody seems to know how to deal with it.
I would like my kids to inherit a world where people succeed because of merit and hard work, not entitlement, and where people accept others for what they are and not try to change them.
The majority of people conducting real estate transactions in Israel, including non-Israeli residents, are not aware of the fact that they may be entitled to land appreciation tax refunds.
Barriers to mental health care are widespread and include inefficient and ineffective delivery, lack of patient access to quality care, and perceived stigma about mental health and mental health care
Reflections on racism and disappointment and the vision of the mother of a dark-skinned boy, together with a belief that the “ideal heavenly Jerusalem” is not beyond reach.
Remember: If you don’t have a solution for helping Israel’s citizens make a living, we’re not interested.
Critics say attaining sovereignty will undermine the peace process and ruin Israel's reputation abroad, but these myths do not hold up to scrutiny.
At some point, after an incubation period, the buds of fascism begin to sprout and push forth from within the soil. We are well beyond the incubation period.
Whether this means a state or some other political entity remains to be seen, but a separate political existence for the Palestinian Arabs seems to be in the offing.
Knee-jerk foreign criticism is not surprising, but endless domestic bickering in Israel is baffling.
Can a judge not ask for both sides to be heard?
Much of the debate about annexation has focused on the ultimate bogeyman: the apartheid card.
Those in favor of the move expressed disappointment that it didn’t appear to be happening on schedule. Those opposed took the opportunity to ridicule Netanyahu.
What does endless current-event news and talk shows have to do with defending the homeland?
Many parts of the Israeli media, we find, are directly and indirectly using scare tactics to try and prevent implementation of the Israel law east of the Green Line.
Engel's loss symbolizes the passing of the torch to a new generation that has been underway for several years.
For Israelis, the Palestinian issue of peace has been off the agenda for many years. For Palestinians, the issue of peace has never seemed further away from their daily reality.
Even without further steps toward annexation, “Greater Jerusalem” on its own destroys any chance for the two-state solution and dooms Israelis and Palestinians to a growing, irreversible, apartheid.
When Jewish communities (“settlements”) were established, it was done “in good faith,” and with government approval on vacant land. Arabs did not go to court to claim “their land.”
Farmer-to-Farmer responds to the local needs of host-country farmers and organizations like HAF in developing and transitional countries.
Annexation provides an opportunity to analyze the differences between the two approaches that polarized Israeli politics for decades but have been blurred in recent years.
What happened to medical aid for the Palestinians sent to Israel by the Emirates?
Could the ramifications of annexation reverberate from an exclusively Israeli-Palestinian issue, into one with regional implications that could lead to a large-scale war?
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