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My father was born in Poland. In 1941, after he lost one brother to the Nazis, the Soviets took control of his hometown and he and his family were deported to Siberia, where they survived the war.

There are numerous lamentations about the negative implications for Palestinians and the manifest injustice being paid to them.

When the Palestinians reached the conclusion that rejection does not pay, they recognized Israel’s statehood and signed the Oslo Accords.

“The Persians did invent chess, but I met quite a few Jews who learned how to deliver checkmate,” replied Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva, noting that the campaign-between-the-wars is far from over.

Celebrations this week mark the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

The approval process for Momentum needs to be above the fray of politics and electioneering.

I, like most Christian Zionists, was both excited and apprehensive at the thought of a peace plan coming from this administration.

Their experiences and life lessons learned and lived seem to imbue many with a quality of moral authority that leads all of us to sit upright and listen.

“Usury” was the grounds for deportation of the Jews of Antwerp by the Duke of Brabant in 1261, who called for them to be expelled or destroyed.

"There is no sovereignty? It is mostly the fault of the right-wing governments."

The Jordan Valley – strategic depth essential for Israel's existence

"Sovereignty over the Jordan Valley is merely a matter of time, and almost all indications point in that direction."

In her proposed legislation, MK Haskel detailed the process of sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and northern Samaria in a number of key phases

Our plan "obviates the need for Israel to uproot communities, and it does so while avoiding any act that anyone could consider to be apartheid."

The venture will also allow retailers working with ChargeAfter access to Visa’s sellers, acquirers and issuing banks in order to garner a range of point of sale financing and credit options.

Israel is changing the world for the better.

When Elaine landed in Hawaii for a much-needed vacation, she was shocked to discover that the “accessible” hotel room she’d booked wasn’t built wide enough to let her wheelchair fit in the door.

Even if the users in the market countries don’t pay, they are merely users with cookies in their computers for analytical and advertising purposes.

Abbas believed that the first stage of liberation and statehood would begin with the Israeli withdrawal.

For the first time since Oslo, there is political consensus in Israel on how to relate to the Palestinian conflict.

Countries with the worst human-rights records, such as Cuba and Venezuela, pushed the list due to their anti-Israel views, not because of an attachment to international law.

Traditionally, Jewish thinkers were divided into two categories: philosophers and mystics.

Know Comment: Abbas also swore “never” to recognize Israel as the national state of the Jewish people (and mocked Russian and Ethiopian immigrants to Israel as non-Jews).

Netanyahu never really planned to implement Trump’s peace plan.

A successful aliyah requires coming prepared mentally. Israeli culture and norms are different than those in the US, for good and for bad.

Like Iran, Qatar funds terrorism, says ex-chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee.

As a Jew, the upsurge of anti-Chinese bigotry triggered by the coronavirus brings back painful memories of medieval Europeans blaming Jews for the spread of the Black Death.

Everyone can help to fight the novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Many former students from Shadmot Neria have returned to the moshav or surrounding region and have helped establish three more communities.

Editor's Note: In the Arab sector there is an expectation that people who did not vote in the past will vote on March 2.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert praised the very Palestinian leader who had snubbed his own generous-to-the-point-of-suicidal offer.

Unlike in his previous works, however, the places Gladwell goes in his Talking to Strangers are foreboding and dark

How do you help children become respectful and responsible adults, while you maintain your sanity and actually “enjoy” raising children? I thought I’d share the Ten Commandments of raising children.

There was a very effective local campaign to ensure a high level of awareness in Israel about Na’ama’s plight. However, all the hype and happy ending stuff may be backfiring.

Bucket lists are more than a pleasant distraction; they have real psychological value. Fulfilling a bucket list “is an attempt to make life memorable," writes Prof. Christopher Peterson.

The hotel is called Club J and J stands for juvie: Jew

I'm told that if one would dig in a straight line from Hawaii directly through the Earth, he would come up in Jerusalem!

Like Iran, Qatar funds terrorism, says ex-chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee

In this week in 1979, monarchical rule was abruptly squashed as fundamentalist Shi’ite clerics seized power under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

This is an American problem that goes far beyond US-Israel relations. Increasingly, our age of fanatic partisanship considers bipartisanship delusional or distracting.

Here are a few facts about this so-called “open and democratic” city of Jerusalem.

For years, living kidney donors were common among relatives and friends, but what Matnat Chaim in Israel and other organizations are encouraging is the donation of a live kidney to strangers.

Many Israelis today feel they are being punished for who they are, rather than what they thought or did – damned if they want peace, damned if they don’t.

We are not naïve. One newspaper issue, whose readership is limited, will not change the world.

Revenge has been called a dish best served cold, but US President Donald Trump prefers it red-hot and steaming.

How these three traditions, shaped through their mutual interactions, continue to mold us today.

40 men but no minyan

Only recently have my theories about Mount Ebal started to gain serious attention and interest – even acceptance.

Such widespread hatred for the Jews can only be explained in a spiritual sense

Every democracy has its redlines, and support for terrorism crosses the Israeli version.

Is it permissible to ride in an autonomous vehicle on Shabbat? Can “meat” grown from the cells of a pig be kosher, or even parve?

Readers if The Jerusalem Post have their say

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

In addition to warding off international pressure to whittle down the terms of the plan to Israel’s disfavor, the history of the Zionist project teaches us that no agreement is self-enforcing.

The impeachment trial provides a useful graphic shared example from which to learn about all conflict. The principles apply to conflict regardless of the scale.

Corbyn remains highly popular among the membership; a recent YouGov poll found him to be the members’ most popular Labour leader in the last century.

With the rise of the movement for self-advocacy of people with disabilities, we are witnessing the claim of self-realization in the sphere of marriage as well.

October 10, 2019, will be remembered as the date on which the Israeli government made a decision that threatens to turn the West Bank into “the garbage bin of Israel.”

Anytime you have countless underage teens uploading and creating content, you’re going to have a lot of awkward, inappropriate and even offensive material.

Judea and Samaria are the region where 80% of all biblical events occurred. Trump mentioned this at the White House. These are intrinsically connected to Jewish identity.

In the case of a MK against whom the attorney-general has decided to file an indictment, the members of his party and of his Knesset bloc vote as one.

We’re less than three weeks away from the third election in Israel in less than a year, and most politicians must be taking the average voter for a fool.

Looking at Abbas’ track record during his tenure as chairman of the Palestinian Authority, one would be forgiven for thinking that his greatest political aspiration is endless war with Israel.

Reality check: The thrill of new elections is gone

Israel and Afghanistan do not have a diplomatic relationship with each other. That should not prevent the two societies from working pragmatically together.

Tu Bishvat is one of the Jewish festivals that is uniquely tied to the Land of Israel and is widely celebrated here by Jews – religious and secular – while less well known or marked in the Diaspora.

There are numerous impressive Mizrahi intellectuals, who express radical positions of various political shades, and who share the anger and rage about the continuing discrimination against Mizrahim.

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Terror-ties are not an isolated problem.

How Iranian regime apologists in the West used social media to silence whistle-blowers about the Ukrainian jetliner destroyed by the IRGC

Currently, there are 14 emergency numbers in Israel.

While Israel, Greece, Cyprus and Italy are discussing the construction of a gas pipeline from Israel to Europe, the new organization positions Egypt as a regional energy hub.

The fault here lies with the Israel Air Force and the buck stops at the top with its commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin.

In December, the British people delivered their verdict: a devastating rejection of Corbyn, his hard-left agenda and antisemitism.

Israeli Arabs were severely affected by the part of the plan that raises the possibility that Israeli borders will be redefined so that the “triangle communities” become part of Palestine.

I question the state’s priorities when making decisions regarding the distribution of public funds, since clearly certain sectors of Israeli society are being paid much larger wages than others.

Our rights to our land should not and will not be contingent in any way shape or form as to whether we agree to the creation of another enemy state.

Oman, Bahrain and the UAE even went so far in their support as to send delegates to the White House ceremony where Trump unveiled the plan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side.

What ‘everybody used to know’ about the parameters for Israeli-Palestinian peace has been jolted by the Trump plan

This is the moment when Israelis should act maturely and restrainedly while Palestinians should arise and act courageously and constructively.

Palestinians have not merely threatened to profane Jewish holy sites, they have physically done so in the most egregious of ways.

How Iranian regime apologists in the West used social media to silence whistle-blowers about the Ukrainian jetliner destroyed by the IRGC

'I believe that Tu Bishvat should be remodeled yet again to promote awareness and a call to action to protect our biosphere.'

Until there is a change in Palestinian perception of their victimage and a change of Palestinian leadership Trump's plan is unlikely to work.

The Palestinians are rejecting the Trump plan outright, so it will not lead to a settlement. But from it we must try to extract components that will help achieve a settlement in the future.

If there is a bad law in the Knesset – and there are bad laws passed in the Knesset – then it must mean that Israel is losing its democratic soul, some think.

The Trump plan was designed to appeal not to historic supporters but to the basic American political bases of both men – Evangelical Christians and right-wing, largely Orthodox, Jews.

This manner of advocacy for the Palestinian people is insincere at best and patronizing at worse as it fails to recognize that the Palestinians are no more a monolithic block than are the Jews.

The Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel have been struggling to be recognized as full Israeli citizens.