Israel is not against an Iran nuclear agreement

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Israel’s National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the latest Israeli attempt to influence the signing of a renewed nuclear deal with Iran. Read more

Israel warns of regional catastrophe in last-ditch effort to thwart new Iran nuclear deal

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Tuesday in Washington with Israeli National Security Advisor Dr Eyal Hulata to “consult on a broad range of global issues and issues of mutual concern,” and chiefly the emerging nuclear deal with Iran that the Biden administration appears to be ready to adopt. Read more

Tel Aviv mayor slammed for cutting Judea and Samaria off Israel’s map

Several leaders from Judea and Samaria expressed rage following reports that Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai had given schools in his municipality maps of Israel that did not include Judea and Samaria and showed the Green Line as Israel’s border. Read more

US close to sealing nuclear deal with Iran?

A nuclear deal with Iran “is closer now than it was two weeks ago,” US State Department Spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Monday, “but the outcome of these ongoing discussions still remains uncertain as gaps do remain.” Read more

Court rules against Ben & Jerry’s, ice cream will be sold in all of Israel

A New York court ruled against Ben & Jerry’s and rejected the company’s attempt to prevent the parent company, Unilever, from selling its ice cream in Judea and Samaria, seemingly the final phase in the company’s attempt to boycott Israel. Read more

Russian diplomats accuse Lapid of ‘double standards’ and ‘contempt for Palestinian lives’

Russia’s embassy in Cairo had harsh words for Prime Minister Yair Lapid following Israel’s Operation Breaking Dawn against the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, accusing him of “double standards” and “contempt for Palestinian lives.” Read more

President Herzog speaks with Russian President Putin about Jewish Agency crisis

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog spoke on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following motions by the Russian Ministry of Justice to ban the activities of the Jewish agency in the country. Read more

Hezbollah head: ‘Be ready for all options’

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah has threatened to attack Israel in September for the fourth time in recent weeks and said that the terror organization “has to be ready for all options.” Read more

‘How would Ireland react to Jihadi rockets raining on Dublin’: Israeli envoy slams UN’s hypocricy

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan assailed the hypocrisy of countries who sought to criticise Israel over Operation Breaking Dawn and called the international community to condemn the Islamic Jihad terror organisation instead. Read more

Israeli-led research develops molecule that makes immunotherapy available to all cancer patients

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and the University of Lisbon have jointly identified and synthesised a small molecule that could be a more accessible and effective alternative to an antibody that is successfully used to treat a range of cancers. Read more

Jerusalem clarifies: we gave nothing to the Islamic Jihad

Israel did not agree to the release of any of the detainees demanded by the Islamic Jihad, neither the administrative detainee nor the one who was arrested last week, a Jerusalem official clarified Monday following the end of Operation Breaking Dawn. Read more

Report: Islamic Jihad rocket kills another two Gazans

A rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation toward Israel on Sunday fell short and exploded in the Gaza Strip, killing at least one person, reports from the Strip say. Read more

UN Special Coordinator expresses ‘deep concern’ over elimination of senior Islamic Jihad terrorist

United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland angered Israeli diplomats when he expressed “deep concern” over Israel’s counterterrorism strikes in the Gaza Strip against the Islamic Jihad, including the elimination of a senior terrorist. Read more

NIS 3m for children in lockdown near Gaza Strip

The government will allocate a budget of about NIS 3 million (A$1,292,000) to fund vacations for the children of the Gaza Strip

locked in their homes for the past three days without being able to enjoy the summer vacation due to an Islamic Jihad threat. Read more

‘The Phoenix’: IAF unveils new advanced remotely piloted aircraft system

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) unveiled this week the 144^th “Phoenix” squadron which will operate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), and deploy new and advanced technologies focused on intelligence collection and support for the maneuvering ground units. Read more

Lapid welcomes US’ targeting of Al-Qaida commander Al-Zawahiri

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has congratulated US President Joe Biden, the US Military, and “all who took part in the successful American operation” targeting Al-Qaida commander Ayman al-Zawahiri. Read more

High alert in Israel continues

The IDF has decided to maintain its state of high alert in the Gaza Strip area on Wednesday, pending an attack by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation. Read more

PA declares Hasmonean-era fortress in Samaria a National Archaeological Park

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has commandeered another archeological site in Samaria and has converted it into a “Palestinian National Archaeological Park,” the latest is a series of Israeli heritage sites in the area lost to the PA. Read more

IDF on high alert after arrest of senior Islamic Jihad terrorist in Jenin

The IDF is on high alert, especially in the Gaza Strip area, after its Special Forces arrested a senior Islamic Jihad figure in Jenin on Monday night and after the terror organisation threatened to retaliate. Read more

PA gives pay hikes to murderers in Israeli prisons

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has recently doubled the monthly stipend of one terrorist imprisoned in Israel, and given a significant increase to four others, part of its controversial conduct of paying terrorists and their families. Read more

Blinken appears to blame IDF for Death of Al Jazeera journalist, demands ‘accountability’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears to be placing the blame for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh on the IDF and has demanded “accountability from Israel.” Read more

‘Echo the darkest days of antisemitism’: Israel slams official’s call to oust Israel from UN

“Echo the darkest days of anti-Semitism” – this is how Israel responded to remarks made by Miloon Kothari, a member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry, who said that “the Jewish Lobby” controls the media and questioned Israel’s right to exist in the UN. Read more

Arabs vandalize archeological site of Samaria’s ancient capital

Arab vandals caused extensive damage to the Ancient Samaria heritage site in Tel Sebastia over the weekend, setting fire to parts of it and scrawling graffiti in Arabic on the ancient building stones. Read more

320 Holocaust Survivors immigrate to Israel from Ukraine since beginning of the war

About 320 Holocaust Survivors have emigrated from Ukraine to Israel in the past five months since Russia invaded the country, part of the thousands of Jews who have fled the war-torn country to find a new home in the Jewish state. Read more

Russia accuses Israel of ‘unconstructive and biased’ stance on Ukraine war

The position Israel has demonstrated in recent months in regards to the war in Ukraine “is not helpful” and the issue of the Jewish Agency’s activities in Russia belongs only to the legal level and is not a diplomatic issue, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Read more

Lapid threatening ‘effect on relations’ if Jewish Agency operations in Russia banned

Prime Minister Yair Lapid chaired on Sunday a discussion on the activity of the Jewish Agency in Russia after Vladimir Putin’s administration commenced operations to ban the Agency’s activities in the country, threatening that “closing the Jewish Agency offices would be a serious event that would affect relations.” Read more

Report: IRGC missile engineer assassinated in Iran

Said Samardar Mutalag, a missile engineer working for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) died in recent days in the city of Shiraz in Iran, several reports say, the latest Iranian scientist tied to the country’s weapons program to die of mysterious circumstances. Read more

Shechem: two terrorists killed during IDF counterterrorism Op

At least two terrorists were killed and several others were injured early Sunday morning in Shechem (Nablus) during a gun battle with Israeli forces who were operating in the city to capture wanted terrorists. Read more

Israeli officials angered by Russia’s move to ban Jewish Agency activities

Senior Israeli officials reacted with anger to reports that Russia was moving to shut down the Jewish Agency’s activities in the country, an apparent penal action against the Jewish state. Read more

11 activists arrested, 5 of 6 new points in Judea and Samaria removed by police

Efforts by Israeli activists to establish new communities in Judea and Samaria focused on a new point in the Kiryat Araba area after the other five points were removed overnight by the police. Read more

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