Israel will enter third countrywide lockdown on Sunday

Israel will enter a countrywide lockdown on Sunday, the third in 10 months, as the number of daily Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continued to increase. Read more

Israel closing its skies following emergence of UK COVID-19 mutation

The Corona Cabinet has decided to close Israel’s skies almost completely, following the emergence of a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant in the United Kingdom that is rapidly spreading around the world. Read more

Knesset to dissolve Tuesday at midnight, Israel goes to 4th round of elections

The Knesset will dissolve on Tuesday night at midnight and Israel will go to the fourth round of elections in a bit less than two years after a bill to extend the deadline for passing the state budget was voted down in the Knesset plenum on Monday night Read more

Samaria: mother of 6 murdered in terrorist attack

Esther Horgan, a mother of six from Tal Menashe, was murdered Sunday night in a terrorist attack in the Reihan Forest where she went for a run. Read more

Israeli org accuses European Court of picking fight with Jews after okaying ban on Shechita

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is targeting the Jewish population in Europe and is waging a religious war against them, an Israeli human rights organization charged after the CJEU ruled that banning Kosher slaughtering on the basis of animal rights is legal. Read more

Morocco and Bhutan: The 4th and 5th countries to announce full relations with Israel in five months

Israel celebrated another two significant diplomatic achievements over the weekend when the Kingdoms of Morocco and Bhutan became the fourth and fifth countries to announce the full normalization of relations with the Jewish state in just five months, as more countries are expected to come. Read more

Israel pans EU’s report on Lebanon that fails to mention Hezbollah

Israel “regrets” that the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council’s conclusions on Lebanon “failed to mention” the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which “serves the interests of the Ayatollahs in Iran at the expense of the people of Lebanon.” Read more

Israeli aid delegation working round-the-clock in hurricane-struck Honduras

The IDF’s Home Front Command (HFC) and the Israeli Foreign Ministry aid delegation has been assisting cities in northwestern Honduras which were struck by the two hurricanes that blew through Central America last month. Read more

Amir Peretz announced candidacy for Israel’s Presidency

Amir Peretz, chairman of the Labor Party and currently the Minister of Economy, announced Thursday his intentions to run for the position of the next President of the State of Israel after Reuven Rivlin ends his tenure. Read more

Israel freeze NIS 600 million in PA funds, penalizing it for policy of paying terrorists

The Security Cabinet decided on Sunday to withhold tax transfers from Israel to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to offset salaries paid by Ramallah to terrorists or their families. Read more

‘Majorblow to Iran’: Israel on high alert following assassination of senior Iranian nuclear scientist

Israel has directed its embassies around the world to heighten their alertness following the assassination Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent Iranian nuclear and weapons scientist. Read more

Nobel Prize winner submits Netanyahu’s candidacy for Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize winner Lord David Trimble on Tuesday nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince. Read more

Israeli police arrest two with 450-year-old Torah scroll pages

Israeli police arrested two suspects on Monday found to be in possession of 450-year-old Torah scrolls in their home in Yarka, a Druze town in northern Israel. Read more

‘Huge Drama:’ Israeli experts excited about publicised Netanyahu meeting in Saudi Arabia

Israeli reporters with an intimate knowledge of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties with the Arab world defined his publicised meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a “huge drama” that signifies a serious development in the ties between the two countries. Read more

Netanyahu: no going back to previous Iran nuclear deal

“There can be no going back to the previous nuclear agreement,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, possibly sending a message to President-elect Joe Biden. Read more

Pompeo becomes first US Secretary of State to visit Judea and Samaria

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made history Thursday when he became the first US top diplomat to make an official visit to Judea and Samaria. Read more

Reformed Protestant church in the Netherlands acknowledges responsibility for Holocaust

Senior representatives of the Reformed Protestant Church of the Netherlands arrived on Thursday at the Israeli Embassy in the Hague for a special event in which they announced they were acknowledging the church’s collective responsibility and contribution to creating an antisemitic discourse before, during and after the Holocaust. Read more

Israeli navy gets its first of 4 advanced Sa’ar 6 patrol corvettes

The Israeli Navy welcomed on Wednesday the first Sa’ar 6 missile ship, the Navy’s most advanced patrol corvette. Read more

PA inaugurates ‘heritage site’ at Israel’s ancient capital in Samaria

The Palestinian Authority (PA) held over the weekend an official ceremony to inaugurate a “Palestinian” tourist complex in the town of Sebastia in Samaria, the historic capital of the biblical Kingdom of Israel. Read more

Israel commences human trials with COVID-19 vaccine

Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv commenced on Sunday with human trials with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, a critical phase towards the completion of the development of the serum. Read more

Brit Milah held at Joseph’s Tomb, the first in years

Twenty years after Israel’s abandonment of Kever Yosef (Joseph’s Tomb) in Shechem (Nablus), a Brit Milah (circumcision) was held early Thursday morning at the holy site, as part of a limited visit for the purpose of cleaning and maintenance work. Read more

‘True Friend’: Israel welcomes Czech parliament’s call to outlaw Hezbollah

Israel lauded the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ resolution passed on Tuesday night with a vast majority urging the government to declare all of Hezbollah, its political as well as its military wings, a terrorist organization. Read more

Israel slams Erdogan’s ‘disgusting comparison’ of Muslims in Europe to Jews in Holocaust

Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a sharp condemnation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following his comparison of the state of Muslims in Europe and that of the Jews before the Holocaust. Read more

Israel announces entry into critical phase of COVID-19 vaccine development

The Ministry of Defence, the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) and the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday the approval for the start of the clinical trials in humans with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, a critical phase towards the completion of the development of the serum. Read more

‘Brilife:’ Israel unveils name of COVID-19 vaccine

Minister of Defence Benny Gantz on Monday toured the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) and was updated on the advancements in the development of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine ahead of the start of the expected human trials at the end of October. Read more

Israel and Bahrain Solidify Peace, Sign 8 MOUs on Diplomatic Relations

Israeli and Bahraini teams met in Manama on Sunday to formally establish diplomatic relations and sign eight Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) on a broad spectrum of mutual interests, a month after the two countries signed a peace accord on the lawns of the White House. Read more

Israel begins gradual exit from 2nd COVID-19 lockdown

Israel today [Sun] commenced in the first stage of emerging from its second countrywide Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown after four weeks. Read more

Israeli lawmaker: foreign governments funding anti-Netanyahu demonstrations

European governments provide substantial funding to the multiple organizations that are behind the anti-Netanyahu demonstration around the country, Member of Knesset (MK) Ariel Kallner charged. Read more

After delay, 1,300 housing units approved for construction in Gush Etzion, Har Hebron

Around 1,100 housing units were approved for construction in Gush Etzion, just south of Jerusalem, including in the communities of Pnei Kedem, Kfar Eldad, Metzad, and Har Gilo. Read more

‘The Big Lie’: Israeli envoy launches campaign against UNRWA

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan announced that he will lead a campaign to expose the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) illegitimacy and its detrimental effect on peace in the Middle East. Read more

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