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Israeli minister: We must keep Jewish historic sites safe

Construction minister tours Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives
MEDICAL STAFFERS at Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Hospital in Ein Kerem discuss yesterday’s call to strike.

Jerusalem parents look to High Court of Justice to ‘save’ their sick children

Channel 1 news anchor Geula Even Sa'ar

Finally, live and on air

Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Mehereta Baruch-Ron, Yael Dayan, Ruth Dayan and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.

Grapevine: Mother love


Israel launches first National Fire Protection Association

“The idea was developed about three years ago, and about one year ago, the association was registered with the goal of holding our first convention on Dec. 1."

Shmuel Netanel

Analysis: Doom and gloom – or a note of optimism for Israel's future?

At Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, ministers, MKs, diplomats and Jewish leaders – with one exception – portray a dark future for Israel.

Photo taken in June 1967 in Jerusalem shows the chief-of-staff of the Israeli army, Yitzhak Rabin (R), Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (C), and GOC Central Command Uzi Narkiss during the Six-Day War

Exclusive: Israel’s cronyism drags on economy, study suggests

The survey, the first IDI survey to examine economic perceptions, found that the public holds largely negative views on the country’s civil service.

THE TEL AVIV skyline

Israeli minister rejects likening of Independence Day motif to Nazi slogan

Soldiers performing in the ceremony on Mt. Herzl spelled out the Hebrew term Am ehad, medina ahat ('one nation, one state'), causing some to raise eyebrows.

Culture Minister Miri Regev

Happy but skeptical: How Israelis are feeling as the country turns 68

Most Israelis are proud to be citizens, however the public give a failing grade to politicians, and are more concerned about the economy than security threats.

Flag of Israel

Technion head warns of international BDS attack on Israeli universities

'The academic boycott of Israeli universities has begun to metastasize outside the US and the UK,' Prof. Peretz Lavie said.

Activists from the BDS movement against Israel [File]

Young Jewish professionals attend Holocaust commemoration in NYC

Young Friends of the Jewish Heritage Museum and MJE co-hosted 'Stories of Survivors' for Holocaust Memorial Day at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Young Friends board member Miriam Leichtling interviews Miriam Leichtling interviews Holocaust survivor Stefania Hecht in New York

'Ban anyone from Middle East - but not Israelis,' says US Senate candidate

The candidate, Carlos Beruff, made the remarks in a speech before Republican Party members earlier this week.

GOP Senate candidate Carlos Beruff

Missouri governor arrives in Israel on trade mission

In 2014, Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation establishing a Missouri trade office in Israel, and this week’s trade mission is intended to further boost ties.

MISSOURI GOVERNOR Jay Nixon (R) and his delegation of state government leaders meet with Education Minister Naftali Bennett

IDF imposes siege on Palestinian villages in which terrorists lived

The terrorist who killed an American tourist and wounded many others in a stabbing spree in Jaffa was identified as Bashar Massalha, 22, from the village of Uja.

Israeli army soldiers stand guard as bulldozers demolished two houses in the West Bank village of Dier Samit, south of Hebron

'Cut the bullshit,' Israel's culture minister tells liberals

Free-speech debate in Israel has grown fierce under conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Culture Minister Miri Regev