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Israel Lauds U.S. Reimposition of Sanctions on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who fought tooth and nail against the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran as a result of the 2015 nuclear agreement, praised US President Donald Trump on Monday for reimposing the sanctions, calling it an &ld...

Crowd Gives Nikki Haley Standing Ovation After Rousing Speech on Her Faith in Jesus

At the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Summit in Washington DC on Monday, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was presented with the Defender of Israel Award. The crowd gave her a standing ovation as CUFI founder Pastor John Hagee gav...

US officials blast Palestinian leaders over silence after fatal stabbing attack

Two US officials blasted the Palestinian Authority’s leadership for failing to condemn terror following a fatal terror attack that left a 31-year-old father of two dead, and two others injured. Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration&rsqu...

South African Christians Stand Up For The Jewish State

More than 5,000 South African Christians demonstrated in Pretoria on Wednesday, calling on the government to reinstate the country’s ambassador to Israel and not to downgrade its embassy in Tel Aviv. The protest, which was led by the...

Record-breaking 2 million tourists visit Israel in first half of 2018

Some 2.18 million tourists entered Israel between January and June of 2018, the most for any half-year period and the first time the 2 million mark has been broken, the Tourism Ministry said in a statement. Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said that m...

Amazon Resumes Free Shipping For Israeli Buyers

(TNS) - Online retailing giant Amazon has reintroduced its free delivery service for Israeli buyers. Amazon first began its free delivery last month although it was halted by the time Prime Day rolled around last week and the shopping frenzy associat...

Israeli Air-defenses Activated After Syrian Missiles Detected Heading Into Israeli Territory

Israel used its David's Sling missile-defense system for the first time in battle when early Monday it identified the launch of two Syrian surface-to-surface missiles, the military said. An initial army investigation found that the system identif...

Israel Warns Hamas Will Pay Heavy Price if Fire Kites and Flaming Balloons Don't Stop

Israel is warning Hamas that it will "pay a heavy price" if their aggression along the Gaza border continues. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told residents of Gaza border towns that Israel is prepared for a "lengthy battle" wit...

Ancient Mosaics Discovered in Israel; One Depicts 2 Spies Sent Out by Moses

Researchers have found mosaics in Israel, including one that appears to depict the two scouts Moses sent to explore Canaan. The mosaic depicts two men carrying a pole with a cluster of grapes. In Hebrew is inscribed: “a pole between the two.&rd...

Netanyahu visits Sderot after weekend of rocket fire from Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the southern Israeli city of Sderot Monday morning, following a weekend of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu met with the heads of the local councils in the Gaza border region, as well as a kinderga...