'Refugees? What about Jews expelled by Arabs?'
Knesset holds special debate about 850,000 Jews who lived in Arab lands in 1948 before being forced out.
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Watch: Chief Rabbi at Kotel Hanukkah lighting
'Here we want to build up the walls,' says Rabbi Lau, recalling how a handful of Jews defeated myriads 'bringing in a foreign outlook.'
Visit the site of the Maccabees' first epic battle
'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees' Part 2 takes you to where the Jewish rebels waged their first major battles against the Greek empire.
'EU labeling is one step before a total boycott'
After leftist and Arab MKs support labeling in Knesset Committee, Yesha Council head warns EU views Golan the same, will boycott all.
Feature: Where the Hanukkah saga began
Part One of Arutz Sheva's special Hanukkah series - In The Footsteps of The Maccabees - takes you to Modiin, where it all started.
Walk 'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees'
Special eight-part series with Israeli historian Dr. Hagai Ben Artzi lets you follow the Maccabees' path from revolution to independence.
IDF soldiers' salaries to increase by 50 percent
Government approves substantial pay raise for IDF soldiers; 'No more appropriate time than on eve of Hanukkah,' says Netanyahu.
'The other side needs to want peace'
'Israeli will not be a binational state,' Netanyahu stresses after US Secretary of State accuses Israel of risking its Jewish character.
Pres: Israel and Germany must unite against terror
President Rivlin, First Lady were guests of honor at Tel Aviv opera, along with German first family.
Bennett resigns, in order to return to Knesset
Jewish Home Chairman steps down as minister so that he can rejoin the Knesset, following Yinon Magal's resignation.
'No magic solution to stabbing terror'
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein discusses current wave of Arab terror with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Bennett will return to the Knesset
Avi Wortzman forgoes opportunity to return to Knesset after Magal resignation, paving way for Jewish Home chairman to retake his seat.
Environment Min. slams controversial gas deal
Defying state attorney, Gabai tells Finance Committee deal is flawed, laments: 'Israel not the same state we used to be.'
Liberman: Israel promised Hamas, no assassinations
Ex-foreign minister says Israel and Hamas reached an agreement 'under the table' after summer of 2014's war.
Netanyahu, Obama meet at climate summit
Israeli prime minister meets world leaders at sidelines of UN summit in Paris, invites UK's Prince Charles to visit Jerusalem.
Ya'alon admits terror wave isn't subsiding
'There are days with more attacks and days with less attacks, but the terror wave is not stopping,' says Defense Minister.
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'The nation of Israel embraces the terror victims'
Massive event held for 80,000 terror victims and wounded IDF veterans, 'every one of them a miracle.'
Will funding be revoked from 'Nakba' films?
Culture and Sports Minister orders the establishment of a team to examine films from leftist "Nakba" festival.
'I heard music and then felt a stab in the back'
Isuri Taplaya, a Nepalese carer who fell victim Sunday morning to Arab terror in Jerusalem, recounts the attack.
Liberman: Netanyahu's conduct is 'catastrophic'
Yisrael Beytenu chairman blasts Prime Minister over his government's policy in fighting terror.
Ariel: Set 'red lines' for Netanyahu
Agriculture Minister asks Jewish Home chairman to present Netanyahu with “red lines” in the wake of reported gestures to the PA.
Bill: Ban public calls to Muslim prayer
Calls to prayer and messages via muezzin are noisy and disrupt the daily life of non-Muslims, MK argues Wednesday.
Amendment to cancel citizenship of traitors abroad
Minister Shalom advances amendment to citizenship law, to take action against betrayers of Israel even if they are not present.
Netanyahu tells Kerry: No construction freeze
Senior source tells Arutz Sheva PM expects 'international recognition' of right to build in 'major settlement blocs.'
Herzog to Kerry: 'We must cut embrace of death'
Opposition head tells visiting Kerry Israel will strike terror - but also must 'separate' from PA by 'removing territories from Israel.'
Why doesn't Israel stop illegal Arab construction?
Knesset subcommittee debates problem of EU funding PA land grab on Israeli-controlled land - why is there no enforcement?
Likud MK sanctioned over Enlistment Law no-show
MK Yoav Kisch was suspended from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Finance Committee until further notice.
Bill: Close mosques which incite terrorism
Similar bills are already underway in France and the US, MK Bezalel Smotrich notes.
Minister demands PM deport terrorists' families
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel calls on Netanyahu to take steps beyond home demolitions, inspections. 'We must rid ourselves of murderers.'
PM: No work permits for terrorists' families
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu talks tough on terror in the wake of spike in murders across Israel.
Gush Etzion to be revamped for security
In wake of attacks, Transportation Minister announces plans to improve road security have been completed, work to start soon.
Hadar: 'The Nation of Israel can suffer no more!'
Hadar Buchris discussed the security situation with her friends just ten days before her own murder. She said: 'Messiah must arrive!'
Israel: dismantle Palestinian 'refugee camps'
Deputy foreign minister says 'refugee camps' must be taken down, Palestinian 'right of return' taken off agenda.
Israel marks 40 years since 'Zionism is Racism'
President Rivlin and guests marked the 40th anniversary of a magnificent speech by former President Haim Herzog at the UN.
Gush Etzion leader: Time for Defensive Shield II
Davidi Perl, Head of Etzion Bloc Regional Council, says IDF has to enter villages, 'turn over every rock.'
MK: State is hounding nationalist protesters
Five youths who protested against planned razing of synagogue face up to 20 years in jail.
'The terrorist ran toward us with a knife'
Victim of car-ramming and stabbing at Kfar Adumim Junction, Rabbi Shmuel Shapira, recounts harrowing moments of Sunday's attack.
Netanyahu condemns German department store boycott
Prime Minister notes KaDeWe store which removed Israeli products from shelves was taken from Jews by the Nazis.
Emotional haredi MK calls Yesh Atid 'fascist'
MK Moshe Gafni appears to truly blow his top in the debate on haredi enlistment deferral.
Coalition fights to approve state budget
Amid technical malfunctions and hundreds of objections from opposition, Knesset members in for long night of voting.
