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Haredi Party Proposes ‘Kosher’ Electricity Grid That Shuts Down On Shabbat
Under the plan, power plants serving majority-Orthodox neighborhoods would only employ non-Jews.
Do I Have To Forgive The Terrorists Who Tried To Kill Me?
The Kabbalah Coach provides some ancient wisdom on this difficult subject.
How Zionist Union Could Build Ruling Coalition
The battle for Israeli voters is red hot. J.J. Goldberg says the real debate is over the Zionist Union’s odds of forging a coalition — and the surprising partners who could put it over the top.
Labor Quakes As Scandal Shakes Lieberman Party
A major Israeli corruption scandal has struck right-winger Avigdor Lieberman. J.J. Goldberg explains why it could prove a huge — and unexpected — blow to the resurgent Labor Party.
New Fights Loom as Israel Slows Gaza Fire
The determination that the Israeli infantry officer thought to have been captured is in fact dead has changed the trajectory of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, Operation Protective Edge, which now appears to be winding down.
Why Avigdor Liberman Dumped Bibi
Avigdor Liberman, Bibi Netanyahu’s foreign minister and perennial rival, has ended his alliance with the Likud over his spurned demands for harsher strikes on Hamas.
Is Bibi Shedding His Peace-Seeker Pose?
Conventional wisdom says Benjamin Netanyahu will allow peace talks to plod along, albeit at a snail’s pace. J.J. Goldberg writes even that may be way too much to hope for.
Watch: Lapid vs. Haredim — The Fireworks Begin
Israel’s new finance minister, Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, gave his first Knesset speech as a cabinet minister on Monday, April 22, the opening day of the parliament’s spring session, and in defiance of longstanding tradition, he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself. Longtime Knesset observers say they can’t remember ever hearing such a frontal, direct confrontation with the Haredi parties from the Knesset rostrum.
Shin Bet on Mosque Fire: 'Jewish Terror.' Chief Rabbi: 'It Means Nothing'
The Jerusalem Post reports today that Sunday’s torching of a Galilee mosque, believed by authorities to be the work of right-wing Jewish extremists, appears to be the latest sign that Jewish terrorism is “gaining steam” in Israel. The Post’s military correspondent, Yaakov Katz (bio) says the Shin Bet security service is worried that the phenomenon will only grow in the coming months as Palestinian statehood efforts intensify, and that they have “no clear way to stop this violence.”
10,000 Yeshiva Students Allegedly Cheat Ministry of Education
10,000 Yeshiva students have been playing hooky and bilking Israel’s Ministry of Education of NIS 4.5 million, according to a recent audit. The Ministry of Education shared with the Israeli business publication Globes that these students, who have not actually been showing up to classes, were receiving NIS 450 each per month in stipends.