Glorifying terrorists
May 30, 2017 by Agencies
Project approved to build a cable car to the Western Wall
At a festive cabinet meeting held at the Western Wall in honour of the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification, Israel’s government approved a tourism project to construct a cable car to the Western Wall. Read more
Mother of slain teen confronts UN over Palestinian terror payments
The mother of Ezra Schwartz, an 18-year-old American who was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in 2015 during his gap year in Israel, spoke out at the United Nations Thursday against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) payments to terrorists and their families. Read more
A Jerusalem Day message..from Jerusalem
May 25, 2017 by Agencies
Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky sends a message for Jerusalem Day. Read more
Lauder praises Trump for underscoring Jewish people’s historic ties to Jerusalem
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has commended US President Donald J. Trump for underscoring during his official address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem the Jewish people’s historic ties to the Land of Israel, and for declaring commitment to the security of the State of Israel and to helping Israelis and Palestinians reach a mutual and comprehensive peace agreement. Read more
“The ties of the Jewish people to this holy land are ancient and eternal” – President Donald Trump
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
President Donald Trump delivered an important address at The Israel Museum in which he spoke of the “unshakable bond between the United States and Israel.” Read more
President Trump lays a wreath at Yad Vashem
May 24, 2017 by Agencies
President Trump and his wife Melania visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem where they laid a wreath in memory of the 6,000,000 who died during the Holocaust. Read more
Trump keeps focus on Iran upon meeting Netanyahu, addresses intel leak to Russia
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
President Donald Trump continued his focus on Iran during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel on Monday, while also briefly touching on the intelligence situation with Russia. Read more
Dinner with the Netanyahus and the Trumps
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara hosted a festive dinner with US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Read more
President Trump at the Western Wall
The Western Wall and the Holy Places Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz has spoken following the visit to the Kotel by President Trump. Read more
The meeting of the presidents
May 23, 2017 by Agencies
The U.S. President Donald Trump has held a working meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s residence in Jerusalem during which they spoke of the strong ties between the two countries, and about ways to advance a return to negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
Welcome, Donald
May 22, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport telling him that as he has arrived in Israel from Riyadh, he hopes that one day he would be able to arrive himself at Riyadh. Read more
A breakthrough in the cause of delirium
A world-first study lead by Associate Professor Gideon Caplan at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital has identified a breakthrough in the cause of delirium. Read more
Israel State Archives makes available material from the Six Day War
May 18, 2017 by Agencies
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, the Israel State Archives, a unit within the Prime Minister’s Office, has made available material from the Six Day War. Read more
President Rivlin receives diplomatic credentials of new US Ambassador to Israel
May 18, 2017 by Agencies
Following receiving the new U.S. ambassador’s credentials, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin said: “It is time for the whole world to recognise Jerusalem as the official capital of the State of Israel.” Read more
What sort of relationship does New Zealand want with Israel?…asks Shalom.Kiwi
May 15, 2017 by Agencies
Both New Zealand’s Prime Minister Bill English and new Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee have said they want to repair the relationship with Israel in the wake of New Zealand co-sponsoring anti-Israel UNSC Resolution 2334. However, they seem to disagree on what that relationship might look like and how to go about it. Read more
NZ Sunday Star Times publishes vile Sharon Murdoch cartoon
May 14, 2017 by Agencies
Fairfax’s Sunday Star Times has printed a vile cartoon suggesting new New Zealand Foreign Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is being controlled by a bloodthirsty Israel. Read more
Lancet tells the world of Israel’s health care
May 12, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has been presented with a copy of the medical journal, The Lancet, dedicated to Israel’s healthcare system and medical innovations in Israel. Read more
Mini Mondial in Israel
May 11, 2017 by Agencies
In memory of the late Ninth President Shimon Peres, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation has held the annual soccer Mini Mondial for Peace in Herzliya. Read more
Record number of tourists visited Israel in April
May 11, 2017 by Agencies
April 2017 was Israel’s busiest month for incoming tourism ever, with nearly 350,000 tourists – an increase of almost 40% on April 2015. Read more
Abbas says he is ready to meet with Netanyahu ‘to make peace’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday he is ready to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of President Donald Trump’s renewed peace efforts. Read more
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder welcomes FIFA Council’s move to defer decision on Israel’s football association
May 10, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has commended the executive council of the international football association, FIFA, for deferring its decision on the standing of the Israeli Football Association. Read more
Palestinian terrorist prisoner Barghouti caught secretly eating during hunger strike
May 9, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan revealed Sunday that convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who has led a hunger strike in Israeli prisons, has been caught secretly eating. Read more
96 percent of French Israelis vote for Macron, envoy says
May 9, 2017 by Agencies
French Ambassador to Israel Helene Le Gal said that French Israelis who voted in the final round of France’s presidential election Sunday overwhelmingly supported the winner, Emmanuel Macron. Read more
WJC congratulates Emmanuel Macron
May 8, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his election as French president. Read more
A plan to recover property stolen from Jews during the Holocaust
May 7, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed a meeting on the issue of returning the properties stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Read more
World Jewish Congress urges football associations worldwide to reject anti-Israel vote in FIFA
The World Jewish Congress and dozens of its affiliated communities around the world are urging national football associations to reject a forthcoming vote regarding the standing of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) within Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), set to take place at the international football body’s upcoming Congress in Bahrain. Read more
Goldstein Prize for Jack Smorgon
May 4, 2017 by Agencies
The Goldstein Prize for Exceptional Leadership has been presented by Israel’s President Rivlin to Australian philanthropist and communal leader Jack Smorgon. Read more
Netanyahu and Rivlin answer UNESCO
May 3, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin had hosted Independence Day diplomatic receptions and slammed recent decisions by UNESCO. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut: A message from Israel
May 3, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s video message on the 69th anniversary of Israel’s independence. Read more
