JERUSALEM, July 27 (UPI) — Israel said it will buy more Iron Dome interceptors after it deploys the controversial anti-missile system starting in November, … Read More »

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GAZA, July 26 (UPI) — Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza Sunday night, hitting what the military said were an arms factory and two smuggling tunnels. Read More »

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Israel and Hezbollah went to war for 34 days in 2006 following the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah. Israeli forces responded with … Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 22 (UPI) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says the first batteries of its “Iron Dome” counter-rocket artillery mortar system will be deployed in November. Read More »

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Sabbar Kashur had consensual sex with a woman after he posed as a Jewish bachelor interested in a long-term romantic relationship, Haaretz reported Thursday … Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 21 (UPI) — Israel has launched its newest reconnaissance satellite, in a move that increases the country’s intelligence capabilities. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 21 (UPI) — Israel will try to reduce civilian casualties after criticism in the United Nations’ Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, the foreign ministry says. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 21 (UPI) — Israel’s parliament voted 53-13 Wednesday to extend a measure that prevents unification for the Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens or residents. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 13 (UPI) — Legislation revising the way conversions to Judaism are carried out in Israel is drawing criticism from Jewish groups in the United States, opponents say. Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 12 (UPI) — The defense ministry is talking with the Pentagon about buying Boeing’s F-15E1 because of delays in developing Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Israel’s first choice for its next major fighter purchase, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 9 (UPI) — Israel plans to invest $77.5 million over five years to jump-start a space program officials say could become a $10 billion civilian space industry. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 9 (UPI) — Israel plans to invest $77.5 million over five years to jump-start a space program that officials say could become a $10 billion civilian space industry. Read More »

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BERKELEY, Calif., July 7 (UPI) — A coalition of Jewish organizations has accused the University of California of a tepid response to anti-Semitic acts. Read More »

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LONDON, July 6 (UPI) — Adolf Storms, a 90-year-old German accused of killing dozens of Jews during World War II, has died, a Jewish newspaper in London … Read More »

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TEANECK, NJ, July 6 (UPI) — A Muslim and an Orthodox Jew have become mayor and deputy mayor in Teaneck, NJ, a town they jointly call a “nurturing incubator … Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 6 (UPI) — Israel is seeking to prevent the United States selling up to 72 advanced-model Boeing F-15 strike jets to Saudi Arabia, despite what the Israeli ambassador to Washington recently described as a “tectonic rift” between the longtime allies. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, July 1 (UPI) — Iran has given Syria a sophisticated radar system that could alert the Iranians to any surprise attack by Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities, officials say. Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 1 (UPI) — Russian officials say Israel has banned regular flights from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to Tel Aviv, apparently as a retaliatory move. Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 29 (UPI) — In the fallout from the bungled assassination of a Hamas gunrunner in Dubai in January, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is reported to have refused a request by Meir Dagan, hard-charging director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, to extend his eight-year tenure. Read More »

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In a statement published by the official Syrian Arab News Agency, the leaders blamed Israel for instability in the Middle East. … Read More »

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JERUSALEM, June 28 (UPI) — Israeli security forces say they’ve arrested seven Israeli Arabs allegedly affiliated with al-Qaida and charged them with terrorist attacks including murder. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, June 27 (UPI) — US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen made an unannounced trip to Israel Sunday for a private meeting with Israeli … Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 23 (UPI) — As tension with Iran grows daily, Israel has launched a new spy satellite that the military says has “unprecedented operational capabilities. Read More »

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BERLIN, June 22 (UPI) — Israel will use all means necessary to prevent a suspected Mossad agent tied to a Hamas assassination from being extradited to Germany, Israeli officials said. Read More »

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JERUSALEM, June 21 (UPI) — Israel’s prime minister said Monday he is against freeing convicted terrorists into the West Bank in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Read More »

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Nine activists died in that confrontation, bringing stinging criticism of Israel . The Israeli army says it has better intelligence but its commandos are … Read More »

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GAZA, June 18 (UPI) — Israel has drawn praise from US President Barack Obama and other world leaders for easing its Gaza blockade. … Read More »

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DAMASCUS, Syria, June 18 (UPI) — Damascus laments the fact that it does not have a partner in peace with Israel , the Syrian president said in an interview. … Read More »

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ANKARA, Turkey, June 17 (UPI) — Turkey will freeze relations and halt billions of dollars in defense deals with Israel after Israel’s deadly raid on a … Read More »

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Ben-Yehuda, the deputy commander of the navy, said Israel has discovered “dozens” of people on the ships have ties to terrorist organizations. … Read More »

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There are those in Israel who also see beyond the Jewish state’s conflict with the Palestinians and envision a strategic link with Saudi Arabia. … Read More »

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JERUSALEM, May 28 (UPI) — A major highway in Israel , running through the West Bank and closed to Palestinian traffic since 2002, has been partly reopened, … Read More »

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Today, the Levant — and probably much of the Middle East — teeters on the brink of another war between the Jewish state and a Hezbollah that has the … Read More »

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Israel’s refusal to allow Chomsky, who is Jewish , to travel to the West Bank Sunday has received considerable coverage in the foreign media and blogosphere. … Read More »

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JERUSALEM, May 10 (UPI) — Israel doesn’t want a confrontation with Syria nor is it interested in escalated tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border, … Read More »

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The Project of Friends of the Earth Middle East said in a report that Israel is diverting millions of gallons of saline water into the River Jordan every … Read More »

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“A political settlement with Israel is high on Syria’s list of priorities and intelligence shows a will to reach an agreement — but on their terms, … Read More »

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The San Diego Jewish Journal, calling him “the most controversial Jew in America,” said in 2003 “he’s done more for peace than any conservative we know. … Read More »

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HAIFA, Israel , May 3 (UPI) — The Israeli Defense Ministry selected Elbit Systems to deliver its unmanned aircraft system variants to strengthen the Israeli … Read More »

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HAIFA, Israel , May 3 (UPI) — An Elbit Systems and Ness Technologies Inc. joint venture has received a contract to provide the Israeli air force with an … Read More »

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HUWWARA, West Bank, April 29 (UPI) — A band of Jewish settlers set houses and cars ablaze in a West Bank Palestinian village after Israeli soldiers … Read More »

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AQABA, Jordan, April 22 (UPI) — Israel and Jordan Thursday probed a predawn launch of a rocket that landed in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba, causing damage … Read More »

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That would mark an ominous shift in the regional balance of power against Israel and that could give it pause for thought over its threat to launch … Read More »

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Israel calls for sanctions against Iran Read More »

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TEL AVIV, Israel, April 18 (UPI) — Police in Tel Aviv say swastikas and images of Palestinian flags were spray-painted on the walls of a synagogue and a Jewish home Sunday morning. Read More »

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WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear argument on whether a law school’s anti-discrimination policy trumps a Christian student group’s beliefs. The Monday case pits the … Read More »

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BALTIMORE, April 15 (UPI) — The publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, a weekly in circulation since 1919, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court papers show. The company, Alter Com… Read More »

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JERUSALEM, April 14 (UPI) — Israel urged its citizens vacationing in Sinai in Egypt to leave the area because of a terrorist threat. … Read More »

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In 1986, he was extradited to Israel where he was convicted and sentenced to death for being “Ivan the Terrible,” a notorious guard at the Treblinka death … Read More »

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JERUSALEM, April 11 (UPI) — Incidents of anti-Semitism following Israel’s 2009 move into Gaza almost doubled compared to the year before, a study indicates … Read More »

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LAKEWOOD, NJ, April 8 (UPI) — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ordered the removal of Jewish artifacts from their planned burial site, … Read More »

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President Shimon Peres, who played a key role in creating Israel’s nuclear capability in the 1950s and 60s, has declared the Jewish state “will not be the … Read More »

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GAZA CITY, Gaza, April 6 (UPI) — Israel won’t have an excuse to launch a major Gaza offensive because Hamas has decided continue its suspension of rocket … Read More »

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It’s the policy of Yitzhak Rabin, that is, that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel ,” he said. “And our policy is that every Arab, every Jew has … Read More »

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Lawmakers later agreed to a provision that would let Hezbollah keep its weapons in an effort to thwart Israeli threats. Opponents argue Israel would back … Read More »

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BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 23 (UPI) — Much of the pressure on US President Barack Obama to get tough with Israel over West Bank settlements is coming from … Read More »

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WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) — Americans, by a significant margin, believe the United States should support Israel in its conflict with Palestinians, … Read More »

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