Kiwi views on Israel may affect election outcome
September 4, 2017 by Agencies
The Israel Institute of New Zealand has today released a voters’ guide for the upcoming NZ general election, based on recent analysis of MPs’ positions on the country’s relations with Israel.
Teach children to love
Children should be taught to love and respect, not to hate and kill…says Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Pioneering Israeli app helps visually impaired find their way
September 3, 2017 by Agencies
A pioneering smartphone accessibility application launched this week seeks to help orient the visually impaired through crowded indoor spaces, such as malls, hospitals and universities. Read more
New Israeli device for treatment of heart failure successfully implanted in patient
August 31, 2017 by Agencies
Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus is the first medical institution in the world to successfully implant the new Israeli-developed “CORolla” device for the treatment of diastolic heart failure. Read more
Hamas leader says relations with Iran ‘fantastic,’ vows to liberate ‘Palestine’
August 30, 2017 by Agencies
Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas terror group’s recently elected political leader in Gaza, said Monday that his organization has fully restored relations with Iran and is making preparations for the next war with Israel. Read more
Chabad aiding Houston-area Jews with kosher meals, clean water and shelter
August 30, 2017 by Agencies
Chabad-Lubavitch has announced it is aiding Jewish residents of Houston with kosher meals, clean water and shelter amid the biblical-style flood enveloping the region resulting from Tropical Storm Harvey. Read more
António Guterres meets President Rivlin
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has held a working meeting at his residence with United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres. Read more
WJC and ICFR thank UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for being ‘determined ally’ in fight against antisemitism
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has met privately in Jerusalem with representatives of the World Jewish Congress and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under its auspices. Read more
Antonio Guterres in Israel
August 29, 2017 by Agencies
Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres began his official visit to Israel by visiting the grave of the late Ninth President Shimon Peres. Read more
The IDF Medical Corps join Magen David Adoms’s Life Guardians Project
August 28, 2017 by Agencies
The IDF Chief Medical Officer, Brigadier-General, Dr. Dudu Dagan and MDA Director General, Eli Bin, have announced a first of a kind collaboration between MDA and the IDF Medical Corps. Read more
Netanyahu meets Kushner
August 25, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with US Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner and an American delegation including Envoy Jason Greenblatt, US Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy Dina Powell and US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman. Read more
First-ever Knesset delegation to South Africa
August 25, 2017 by Agencies
A delegation of Members of Knesset has completed a weeklong official visit to South Africa – the first such trip by Israeli lawmakers to the country. Read more
Netanyahu has met with Putin
August 24, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of his meeting mite Russian president Vladimir Putin. Read more
South Africa expected to boycott Africa-Israel summit in October
August 23, 2017 by Agencies
South Africa is expected to boycott a major Africa-Israel summit in Togo in October. The gathering will include leaders from 25-30 African nations. Read more
New Tel Aviv-Jerusalem rail undergoes first test run
August 22, 2017 by Agencies
The highly anticipated Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway embarked on its maiden voyage Sunday, in the first successful test run of the new rail link connecting the major Israeli cities. Read more
World Jewish Congress condemns Barcelona attack
August 18, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has condemned the attack in Barcelona which claimed the lives of a reported 13 people on Thursday, after a van drove into pedestrians in the crowded Las Ramblas district. Read more
Kiwi video on Israel goes viral
August 17, 2017 by Agencies
The Auckland-based star of a video entitled “I am a Zionist”, which has been viewed by more than seven hundred thousand people on social media, has admitted she is surprised by the reach. Read more
Swiss government denounces antisemitism after outrage over hotel sign
August 16, 2017 by Agencies
The government of Switzerland denounced antisemitism in a message to Israel following outrage over sign at a Swiss hotel stating that Jewish guests must shower before entering its pool. Read more
Comforting words for Jewish students at the University of Virginia
August 15, 2017 by Agencies
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky has spoken out following the weekend’s neo-Nazi events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more
WJC condemns Neo-Nazi demonstrations
August 13, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has harshly condemned the violent Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia which left dozens wounded and one dead. Read more
The LGBT community is integral part of Israeli society
Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin have visited the LGBT Center in Tel Aviv, marking eight years since the attack at the ‘Youth Bar’, in which the Nir Katz and Liz Troubishi were murdered. Read more
Ambassador’s twin sons accompanied him as he presents his credentials
August 9, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has received the credentials of Australian Ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan. Read more
WIZO Life President passes away
The World Jewish Congress mourns the passing of Raya Jaglom, Honorary Life President of World WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization), and a long-serving member of the WJC’s Executive Committee. Read more
Israel’s VENµS Satellite to be launched into space next week
July 28, 2017 by Agencies
VENµS – Israel’s first environmental research satellite – will be launched into space on August 2 on the “Vega” launcher from French Guiana. Read more
President Rivlin pays a condolence visit to the Salomon family
July 27, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin this afternoon (Wednesday), paid a condolence visit in Elad, at the home of Elad Salomon, who was murdered together with his father Yossi, and sister Chaya in a terror attack on Friday night in Halamish. Read more
EU court keeps Hamas on terror list
July 27, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the European Court of Justice’s decision to uphold the European Union’s listing of Hamas as a terrorist organisation and called on the EU do to everything in its power to prevent European entities from engaging in business or showing any other form of support with it. Read more
Mother of Halamish terrorist arrested on incitement charges
July 26, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli soldiers arrested the mother of Palestinian terrorist Omar al-Abed Tuesday on charges of “aggravated incitement,” following her son’s fatal stabbing of an Israeli father and two of his adult children last Friday night in the Samaria community of Halamish. Read more
President Rivlin meets with passengers of the Exodus
July 25, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has met with 12 passengers who travelled on the Exodus, marking seven decades since the ship’s iconic voyage to the Land of Israel. Read more
Israeli leaders react to the Salomon murders
July 24, 2017 by Agencies
At Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, at the state memorial ceremony for Ze’ev Jabotinsky Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Rivlin spoke of the murders of three members of the Salomon family on Friday. Read more
2,700-yr-old water system discovered close to Wonder Woman’s home town
July 22, 2017 by Agencies
An impressively large 2,700-year-old water system has been exposed at Israel Antiquities Authority excavations near Rosh Ha-Ayin with the help of students majoring in the Education Ministry’s Land of Israel and Archaeology studies. Read more
