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WATCH: Guatemalan president speaks at AIPAC
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is expected to announce the date on which his country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 12:59:03 AM
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Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem 2 days after U.S.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 1:13:22 AM
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Netanyahu’s coalition on collision course to early election
Haredi, Likud ministers fail to reach deal over draft exemption dispute
By JEREMY SHARON,GIL HOFFMAN \
3/5/2018 1:17:45 AM
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Israel's security depends on peace with the Palestinians, Gabbay says
Labor leader Avi Gabbay condemned continued Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, while calling out Palestinian leaders for continuing to incite their citizens to violence.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
3/5/2018 1:36:02 AM
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Egypt commits 1,000 sq km in south Sinai to Saudi mega-city
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:55:18 AM
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For first time in 3 years, Israel allows some Palestinian cars on Hebron road
During the second intifada, Israel banned Palestinians residing near Othman bin-Affan Street from driving their cars on the streets adjacent to their homes.
By ADAM RASGON \
3/5/2018 3:25:53 AM
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Guatemalan president hints at 'reciprocity' for Jerusalem embassy move
"There's a rule – the reciprocity rule. We believe that, with Israel, we have been good friends ever since the establishment of the Jewish state."
By MICHAEL WILNER,HERB KEINON \
3/5/2018 3:39:45 AM
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IDF to recommend Boeing helicopter over Sikorsky
Funding for the procurement is to come from part of the memorandum of understanding signed last September between Jerusalem and Washington.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM \
3/5/2018 7:16:00 AM
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State seeks extension to fix prison space issue
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which in 2014 filed the petition that led to the High Court order, slammed the state’s request for more time.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
3/5/2018 4:23:40 AM
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Can we blame the left?
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
3/5/2018 4:45:31 AM
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Kurds say Baghdad’s new budget is vengeful for cuts to their sector
Many Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the vote in protest of the parliament’s decision to cut the Kurdistan region’s share from 17% of the budget to less than 12%.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
3/5/2018 4:58:27 AM
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What is AIPAC’s role in the age of Trump?
By DAVID TURNER \
3/5/2018 5:05:37 AM
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How last week's high court ruling could spark Israeli bitcoin mania
At least several thousand Israelis have invested in digital currencies, raising questions as to taxation.
By MAX SCHINDLER \
3/5/2018 5:06:18 AM
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Beersheba, Beitar leapfrog into top 2 spots
Southerners take over 1st place from Mac TA with 1-0 win over K8 • Jerusalem routs cellar dweller Acre
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2018 5:39:11 AM
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Jerusalem falls to Herzliya in Katash’s 1st game on sideline
Jeff Adrien had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Herzliya, with Shawn Dawson also scoring 18 points.
By ALLON SINAI \
3/5/2018 5:43:56 AM
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12 Palestinians arrested overnight by security forces
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 7:13:22 AM
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Italy faces political gridlock as 5-Star surges in election
The full result is not due until much later on Monday.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 7:47:44 AM
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The Shape of Water, McDormand and Oldman take top prizes at Oscars
The Shape of Water, a movie about a mute cleaning woman who falls in love with a strange river creature, had gone into the ceremony with a leading 13 nominations, and won a total of four Oscars.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 7:58:50 AM
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Netanyahu-Trump meeting a respite from probes and chance to focus on Iran
"This is a routine check-in meeting," one US official said of Netanyahu's second visit to the Trump White House.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 9:34:26 AM
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Art display of slumping Israeli flag draws rancor of culture minister
"We are on the verge of collapse. Everyone can decide how he is facing the disturbing situation, what his responsibility is, and what he can do in order to change it."
By JULIANE HELMHOLD \
3/5/2018 9:10:41 AM
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Israeli researchers cultivate truffles worth more than uranium
It marks the first time that the truffle, a highly sought-after delicacy across the Middle East and beyond, has been cultivated.
By JTA \
3/5/2018 9:55:15 AM
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Syrian government removes trauma kits, surgical items from Ghouta convoy
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 10:11:28 AM
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Syrian Observatory: one third of Syria's Ghouta enclave taken by govt
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 10:12:17 AM
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Turkish police detain 12 Islamic State suspects
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 10:15:49 AM
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Oscars ceremony centered on social activism highlights women, minorities
All the acting Oscars went to the heavy favorites: Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell.
By HANNAH BROWN \
3/5/2018 10:23:06 AM
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Marine Le Pen - Rebranding the far-right in France's political landscape
"The name change will mark the end of a chapter and the start of a new one, that of a party suited to being in power and striking alliances."
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 10:26:53 AM
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ADL pans congressman who won’t condemn Farrakhan for lacking 'courage'
Cornell William Brooks, former president of the NACCP, wrote on Twitter, "antisemitism is the yeast of a rotten hate cake."
By JTA,JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 11:18:05 AM
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Report: Iran says missile work will continue despite Western pressure
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:08:54 AM
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Moscow says U.S. trying to interfere in Russian election
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:13:32 AM
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S.Korean envoys meeting with N.Korea leader, Blue House says
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:21:20 AM
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U.N. official decries shelling as aid waits to enter Syria's Ghouta
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:35:24 AM
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Eight people held in Belgium suspected of preparing attack
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:36:11 AM
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Iran says its missiles pose no threat to any country, are defensive
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:48:53 AM
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Police extend remand of Acre terrorist
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 12:10:47 PM
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Minister Katz: Tel Aviv - Jerusalem train will begin operating on Sukkot
By MAARIV ONLINE \
3/5/2018 12:22:59 PM
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Russia suggests Tillerson-Lavrov meeting in Ethiopia this week
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 12:30:42 PM
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Remnants of defeated Islamist group plan new Philippine attacks
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 12:31:00 PM
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Iran says its missiles pose no threat to any country, are defensive
"Our missile work is... in line with our defensive policy, which poses no threat to any country," the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 12:34:22 PM
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Saudi-owned private broadcaster pulls the plug on Turkish dramas
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 12:36:13 PM
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First aid convoys reach Syria's Ghouta, stripped of medical supplies
"The convoy is not sufficient."
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 12:53:21 PM
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Netanyahu family confidant close to becoming state witness, reports say
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 1:01:34 PM
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Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed train delayed to September, eve of Sukkot
The new opening date comes after a six-month delay of its expected unveiling.
By MAX SCHINDLER \
3/5/2018 1:11:33 PM
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Collapse of Iran nuclear deal would be 'great loss' says UN watchdog chief
US President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the deal unless Congress and European allies help "fix" it with a follow-up agreement.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 1:23:19 PM
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British PM May to raise concerns over Yemen to Saudi during visit
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 1:38:29 PM
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WATCH: Pro-Palestinian protesters in DC as AIPAC holds its conference
AIPAC is a powerful pro-Israel lobby.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 1:41:41 PM
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Discovery: Neural reward circuit determines sexual preference in mice
What makes Mickey Mouse attracted to Minnie Mouse?
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/5/2018 1:52:56 PM
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Top PM aide Hefetz signed state's witness deal in Netanyahu probe
Nir Hefetz is not be the first major aide to turn state’s witness and testify against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB,UDI SHAHAM \
3/5/2018 2:04:44 PM
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Syrian Observatory says air strikes hit eastern Ghouta
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:06:56 PM
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France's Macron urges WTO action over U.S. steel tariffs
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:18:59 PM
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WATCH: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses AIPAC conference
Pence last visited Israel in late January.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/6/2018 1:33:23 AM
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Uri Lubrani, soldier, diplomat, prisoner-exchange negotiator, dead at 91
During the 1976 Entebbe rescue operation, Lubrani flew from Tehran to Nairobi to arrange for the refueling of rescue planes that were returning to Israel.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
3/5/2018 2:31:33 PM
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Iran warns it can produce higher enriched uranium in less than two days
"If America pulls out of the deal ... Iran could resume its 20 percent uranium enrichment in less than 48 hours," Behrouz Kamalvandi, a governmentspokesman, told al-Alam TV.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:32:48 PM
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WATCH: PLO fumes after Guatemala envoy tours Jerusalem for embassy site
The Guatemalan embassy is slated to move to Jerusalem this May.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:44:59 PM
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WATCH: U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley addresses AIPAC
Haley has spearheaded the US's activities in the UN, including a response to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after the latter addressed the security council in February.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/6/2018 12:53:16 AM
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Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 2:49:53 PM
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Sources close to Netanyahu dismiss gravity of aide turning state's witness
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 3:23:59 PM
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Actress Amber Tamblyn says hassidic man tried to hit her with his car
Actress under fire for broader comments on 'hassidic community.'
By AMY SPIRO \
3/5/2018 3:40:02 PM
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Turkish court rejects request from Greek soldiers to be released
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 3:49:13 PM
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Contentious child custody bill moves forward
The bill being debated seeks to change the current law, which states that in families with a child under the age of six, the mother will receive automatic custody of all children in a divorce.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
3/5/2018 4:00:07 PM
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Putin, before vote, says Russia has thwarted hundreds of foreign spies
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 4:04:46 PM
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Kahlon, Liberman threaten to quit as coalition crisis intensifies
However, both said that Netanyahu told them he will prevent early elections.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
3/5/2018 4:14:23 PM
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‘AIPAC falsely claims Israel supports two-state option,’ right says
Trump has said he would support a two-state solution only if agreed to by both sides.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF,LAHAV HARKOV \
3/5/2018 4:43:39 PM
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Ten year old pulled over for driving in Jerusalem
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 4:21:05 PM
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Leading Meretz candidate: I want to be Diaspora's voice
"Israel must be the home of the Jewish world. The Jewish world has something to say about progressive values and I hope its influence increases."
By GIL HOFFMAN \
3/5/2018 5:06:37 PM
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Knesset moves towards revoking terrorists’ permanent resident status
Merav Hajaj said to the committee that potential terrorists “should know that the harm to their families will be so great, that it will deter them.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
3/5/2018 5:23:11 PM
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First female winner of 2018 Israel Prize announced
Yehudit and Yehuda Bronicki, the founders of Ormat Technologies, are to receive the Israel Prize in Industry.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
3/5/2018 5:34:30 PM
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UN rights investigator decries Iran clampdown, torture, floggings
More than 100 flogging sentences were handed down in Iran last year, 50 of which are believed to have been carried out.
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 5:42:32 PM
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What should Israeli companies do to break into the China market?
“You need to reduce your level of confidence and understand and that you need to learn, absorb and internalize over many, many months the method of doing business in China.”
By MAX SCHINDLER \
3/5/2018 6:08:07 PM
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For Netanyahu, so warm inside the Oval Office, so cold outside
For Netanyahu, the Oval Office has never been a warm place where you go to forget about your troubles in the company of a sympathetic friend. Today it is.
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2018 7:13:49 PM
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Islamic Jihad leaders: We are committed to ceasefire with Israel
“The [Islamic Jihad] delegation affirmed its [group’s] commitment to the ceasefire which was reached by way of an understanding in 2014.”
By ADAM RASGON \
3/5/2018 6:40:22 PM
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New rabbinical council of Jerusalem Faction vows to continue hardline path
Passing of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach will not change the ideology of the Jerusalem Faction.
By JEREMY SHARON \
3/5/2018 6:56:35 PM
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Netanyahu-Trump meeting in the White House is underway
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 7:06:41 PM
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Democrats ask Kushner companies, White House for loan-related documents
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 7:46:06 PM
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Amid controversy at home, Netanyahus receive warm White House welcome
Netanyahu told the president that the Jewish people have a long memory and will not forget what he did regarding the Jerusalem embassy.
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2018 7:47:28 PM
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Report: Netanyahu made security decisions to appease his wife, son
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 8:07:50 PM
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No to early elections
The dynamics of the coalition crisis are clear. Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman is leading an uncompromising line on the issue of the Haredi draft law.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
3/5/2018 8:20:51 PM
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Poll: Israelis most concerned about corruption, peace prospects
63% believe Right will continue to rule over next 10 years.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
3/5/2018 8:21:13 PM
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Love of Israel, America, can take on many forms
If I was to look at America through the unforgiving prism those loud, marginal If-Not-Nowers view Israel through, I would call my American friends and yell: “What kind of a country do you live in?"
By GIL TROY \
3/5/2018 8:33:58 PM
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Fraternities set the tone in Austria's politics
Hypocrisies are on display at the Viennese academy ball.
By CHARLOTTE KRICK \
3/5/2018 8:43:54 PM
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At AIPAC, bipartisanship as a strategic asset
Emphasis remains amid embrace of Trump over Jerusalem move.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
3/5/2018 10:43:45 PM
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Going blind in Gondar
For the past four years, on my own, I have tried to arrange eye care for the Ethiopian Jews in Gondar. Many people in the compound are blind from dense cataracts.
By MORRIS E. HARTSTEIN \
3/5/2018 8:56:12 PM
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March 6, 2018: Poland's revisionism
Our readers weigh in.
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
3/5/2018 9:03:12 PM
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West African leaders vow to fight jihadists after Burkina attacks
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 9:12:51 PM
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American Jewish leaders and their egos
Ben Hecht and his Bergson Group colleagues ignored Rabbi Wise’s objections. They understood that in view of the crisis facing Jewry, the show must go on.
BY RAFAEL MEDOFF \
3/5/2018 9:13:26 PM
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Why isn't AIPAC lobbying for Taylor Force?
There is a direct connection between Taylor Force and the other recipient of the Elie Wiesel prize at our gala, Yonatan Netanyahu, who was murdered 41 years ago in Entebbe.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
3/5/2018 9:21:28 PM
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Yair Netanyahu hurt Israeli security, claims Hefetz
Hefetz told the police that on more than one occasion, the younger Netanyahu's influence led to harmful security decisions being made.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
3/5/2018 9:24:58 PM
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The Lounge: March 6, 2018
The latest social news from the Israeli scene.
By MICHAL GALANTI \
3/5/2018 9:34:23 PM
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AG recognizes ‘constitutional rights’ of non-Orthodox Jews at Western Wall
Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit has said that progressive Jewish prayer is a protected right at the prayer area at the southern end of the Western Wall.
By JEREMY SHARON \
3/5/2018 9:36:58 PM
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For Iran to survive, it needs Israel
If Iran as a nation is to survive, its leaders need to sober up from their revolutionary stupor and rethink their relationship with Israel.
By NAZEE MOINIAN \
3/5/2018 9:45:15 PM
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The Ghouta massacre and the West's failure
The innocent people in eastern Ghouta pay the price for the inability of the imperialist powers, the US and Russia, to reach an agreement that would end the bloodbath.
By DAVID MERHAV \
3/5/2018 9:51:41 PM
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Claims about Yair are "nonsense," says Netanyahu
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 10:03:46 PM
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'Agunot' law passes first Knesset reading
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/5/2018 10:30:08 PM
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Netanyahu: Saudi Arabia now allowing Air India to fly across territory to Israel
The move could signal the first tangible sign for diplomatic relations between Israel and the Kingdom.
By HERB KEINON \
3/5/2018 11:17:37 PM
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Aid convoy retreats from Syria's Douma due to insecurity
By REUTERS \
3/5/2018 11:55:24 PM