Visas for foreign entrepreneurs at 12 innovation Landing Pads

As part of the Innovation Visas program, entrepreneurs may reside in Israel for a period of up to 24 months, during which time he/she may submit a request to the Israel Innovation Authority’s “Tnufa” support program. Read more

An extraordinary 900-year-old collection of women’s jewellery

So just how did 900-year-old rings, bracelets, earrings and hairpins come to be in the kitchen of a Crusader fortress tower in Modiʻin? The question may not be one of those in the local student’s next history exam, but it certainly occupies them as they participate in an archaeological excavation close to home. Read more

The bird sanctuary in the heart of a city

The  Bird-watching Centre in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park’s Rosh Tzippor Forest is  now reality thanks to JNF Australia and one of its major donors. Read more

Anatomy of a terrorist attack

23-yr-old border policewoman Hadas Malka was stabbed on duty in Jerusalem. Mohammed Abed al-Rahman was the Magen David Adom paramedic who stubbornly fought for her life…in vain. Read more

After London mosque attack, Jewish groups express solidarity with Muslims

Several British Jewish groups expressed solidarity with the U.K.’s Muslim community following an attack outside London’s Finsbury Park Mosque Monday, where a van ploughed into a crowd of Muslim worshipers as they left prayer services just after midnight. Read more

BBC apologises for misleading terror attack headline after Netanyahu complains

Following complaints by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a BBC headline on the recent Palestinian terror attacks in Jerusalem, the British news organisation recanted and apologised. Read more

Three Israeli teens arrested for desecrating Australian WWI cemetery

Three Israeli teenagers were arrested Saturday after being caught vandalising headstones in the Be’er Sheva War Cemetery in southern Israel, the burial site of Australian military from World War I. Read more

Netanyahu comforts murdered policewoman’s family

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have paid a condolence call on the family of the late Hadas Malka, who was murdered in a terrorist attack at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Friday evening. Read more

Netanyahu mulls shutting down Al Jazeera offices in Israel

Following moves by Jordan and Saudi Arabia to shut down the Al Jazeera broadcaster’s offices in their countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deliberating the possibility of closing the Qatar-based network’s operations in Israel. Read more

Netanyahu calls for dismantling of UNRWA after terror tunnel discovery

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday called for the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), following the discovery of a Hamas terror tunnel dug underneath two of the U.N. body’s schools in Gaza. Read more

MDA’s Make a Wish Ambulance fulfils Dor’s wish to watch the Wonder Woman movie

Dor Tsitsishvili, 16, from Beer Sheva, is battling cancer and requires constant medical supervision. Dor’s greatest love is superheroes – he is passionate about comic books and adores Wonder Woman. Read more

Nikki Haley visits Yad Vashem

The U.S. Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Nikki Haley has visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

Six Day War: Day Six

Jubilation as the war ends. Israel, small and only 19 years old, was now the Middle East’s dominant military power. Read more

Anti-Semitic arson attacks hit Manchester kosher restaurants

Following two arson attacks on kosher restaurants in Manchester, U.K., police have labeled the incidents as “antisemitic hate crimes.” Read more

Six Day War: Day 5

Why did Israel ascend the Golan Heights, and why did the Egyptian public forgave Nasser for their defeat. Read more

Record May for tourism to Israel

May 2017 has been a record-breaking month for tourists visiting Israel, with the highest figures ever recorded for the month of May…347,000 tourist entries were recorded, 16.7% increase on May 2016. Read more

WJC delivers petition calling for Hamas to return the bodies of fallen soldiers to Israel

World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer has delivered a petition holding more than 11,000 signatures to ICRC President Dr. Peter Maurer at a meeting in Geneva, asking the International Committee of the Red Cross to pressure the Hamas terror organisation into returning the bodies of fallen Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin to their families. Read more

Six Day War: Day Four

It was a totally unprecedented outcome: Israel had defeated Egypt and Jordan and reunited Jerusalem! Israelis and Jews worldwide were overjoyed. Israel had averted near certain annihilation, and acquired territory that was strategically critical and historically meaningful. Read more

Nikki Haley meets the PM and the President

The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Nikki R. Haley has met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Read more

The 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken at a joint Knesset-U.S. Congress event marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Read more

President Reuven Rivlin hosts The Jerusalem Unity Prize Award ceremony for Global Jewish Unity Day

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin hosted the winners of the third annual Jerusalem Unity Prize at the President’s Residence today as part of the annual Unity Day commemorations held around the world.  Read more

The Six Day War: Day Three

“The Temple Mount is in our hands.” Witness the dramatic moment when a 2,000-year-old dream became a reality. Israeli forces took control of eastern Jerusalem including the Old City and the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. This was seen by many as a profound moment in Jewish history. Read more

Six Day War: Day 2

Learn what prevented Israel from firing on the Jordanian army in Jerusalem on the second day of the war. Israeli troops had begun approaching the Old City of Jerusalem – the soldiers waited to find out what would happen at Judaism’s most holy site.  Read more

Nikki Haley blasts UN body’s ‘chronic anti-Israel bias’ ahead of Israel visit

A day before embarking on her first trip to Israel as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley demanded that the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) address its bias against the Jewish state. Read more

U.S. Senate unanimously passes legislation in support of Jerusalem embassy move

The U.S. Senate urged President Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promise of relocating the American embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, unanimously passing legislation in support of the move on Monday. Read more

Six Day War: Day One

Find out how big of a danger Israel really faced. With 200,000 Arab troops massing near its borders, Israel realised war was coming. What Israel did next has become one of the most talked-about actions in the history of warfare. Read more

eBay in Israel

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has met with eBay President and CEO Devin Wenig. Read more

Six Day War: Egypt Expels UN Observers – A War of No Choice

Egyptian President Nasser makes aggressive moves, amassing tens of thousands of troops along Israel’s border, and ordering the UN peacekeeping force to leave. Watch their astonishing response. Read more

The Six Day War: Why did Israel go to war?

Find out about the early steps that led to the 1967 Six Day War – a war that changed the future of Israel. Surrounded by enemy neighbours and only nine miles wide at its narrowest point, Israel was vulnerable. Read more

The Six Day War #1

Get a first look at the project that’s been 50 years in the making. June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War – a war that changed the course of Israel and the region forever. Experience the dramatic events of 1967 and how they transformed the State of Israel. Read more

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