Israelis take to streets again to protest judicial reforms

Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the government’s proposed judicial reforms, with large turnouts reported in Haifa, Beersheva and Tel Aviv. Read more

For Mel Brooks, world history (no joke!) repeats itself

Nearly 40 years after his “History of the World, Part I” debuted in 1981, Mel Brooks released “History of the World, Part II” on the eve of Purim, which began on March 6. Read more

Saudi Arabia seeks US security assurances in exchange for Israel ties

Saudi Arabia says it will normalise ties with Israel if the United States provides it with security pledges and helps build out its civilian nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Read more

Israel slams South Africa parliament decision to downgrade ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as “disgraceful” the South African parliament’s decision to downgrade Jerusalem’s embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office. Read more

Four Israelis inherit corneas of brothers killed in terror attack

The corneas of two Israeli brothers killed in Samaria a week ago Sunday were transplanted into the eyes of four Israelis at Beilinson Medical Center in Petach Tikvah on Wednesday. Read more

IDF kills murderer of Yaniv brothers in Purim Day operation

Israel Defence Forces troops have killed the terrorist who 10 days ago shot dead at point-blank range brothers Hallel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv near the Arab village of Huwara. Read more

Herzog: ‘We are closer than ever to agreement on judicial reforms’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday told a gathering of some 100 municipal officials that a compromise judicial reform proposal was nearly complete and called on lawmakers to find common ground. Read more

Lapid, Gantz reject any talks on judicial reforms unless legislation halted

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity Party chief Benny Gantz rejected any negotiations over the government’s judicial reform proposal on Monday unless the accompanying legislative process grinds to a complete halt. Read more

Protesters trap Sara Netanyahu in hair salon

Thousands of protesters blocked the entrance to a hair salon Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, was visiting on Wednesday night. Hundreds of security forces were called to the scene to rescue her. Read more

Israeli coach files complaint against SA rugby body over boycott of Tel Aviv team

The head coach of the Rishon LeZion Owls rugby club, who previously played rugby in Johannesburg, has submitted a formal complaint to the South African Rugby Union for boycotting the Tel Aviv Heat rugby team. Read more

Israeli brothers killed in Samaria terror shooting

Two Israelis were killed in a terrorist attack near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, in Samaria on Sunday. Read more

Israel approves 400-plus housing units in Judea

The Higher Planning Committee of Israel’s Civil Administration on Wednesday approved the construction of more than 400 housing units in the town of Elazar in Judea. Read more

Three more judicial reform bills pass first reading in Knesset

Three draft laws related to the government’s judicial reform program passed their first reading in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. Read more

Helen Mirren claims Golda Meir would disagree with Netanyahu government

Non-Jewish, British actress Helen Mirren, who is playing Golda Meir in a new film, waded into hypothetical Israeli political history in an interview on Tuesday with international news agency Agence France-Presse. Read more

March of Living raises $500,000 to conserve 8,000 shoes at Auschwitz museum

The International March of the Living announced meeting the first “Soul to Sole” crowdfunding goal to conserve 8,000 shoes belonging to Jewish children who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more

Netanyahu: Bringing Saudi Arabia into Abraham Accords would be ‘quantum leap’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night said he was actively courting Saudi Arabia in an effort to persuade it to join in the Abraham Accords as that would constitute a “quantum leap” towards regional peace. Read more

Draft UN resolution demands end to Israeli ‘settlements’

A draft U.N. resolution that the Associated Press obtained demands an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemning Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts and calling for their reversal. Read more

Jewish case for sending Nikki Haley to the White House

Nikki Haley’s views on foreign policy, school choice and religious liberty are “clear strengths” that endears her to the Republican Jewish electorate, author and commentator Bethany Mandel wrote in an op-ed on Wednesday in The Forward. Read more

Sotheby’s is auctioning the ‘earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible ever’

Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.” Read more

Smotrich vows unrestrained building in Judea and Samaria despite US opposition

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Tuesday to promote unrestrained construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, despite opposition from the Biden administration. Read more

Prague museums return 14 artworks to heirs of Jewish collector

Two Czech art institutions have returned 14 artworks to the heirs of a Jewish collector, from whom they were improperly taken during and after World War II, the New York State financial services department announced. Read more

Israeli soldier succumbs to wounds sustained in Jerusalem attack

Twenty-two-year-old Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed died on Monday evening from wounds sustained earlier in the day in a terrorist attack at a checkpoint to Shuafat in eastern Jerusalem. Read more

Hateful messages projected on Anne Frank House

An antisemite projected hateful messages on the façade of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, including the conspiracy theory that she did not pen her diary. Read more

Megastar Hugh Laurie joins cast of Israeli spy thriller ‘Tehran’

Hugh Laurie is headed to “Tehran,” as the Israeli spy thriller has been picked up for a third season by Apple TV+, Deadline reported Wednesday. Read more

Israeli rescue teams saving lives in Turkey

United Hatzalah, the world’s largest volunteer emergency medical service, has a team of 25 volunteers on the ground in Turkey to help save lives following the devastating earthquakes that have claimed the lives of more than 21,000 people. Read more

Madrid offers to ‘twin’ with Tel Aviv

Call it the Spanish Reacquisition. Read more

Barcelona boycotts Israel

Barcelona’s mayor Ada Colau notified Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today that she is suspending all of the Spanish city’s ties with Israel. Read more

South Africa Rugby drops invitation to Israeli team

South Africa Rugby has withdrawn an invitation for the Tel Aviv Heat to participate in a tournament slated to begin next month. Read more

Ehud Barak compares judicial-reform compromise to appeasement of Nazis

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Friday likened efforts by President Isaac Herzog to mediate between the coalition and opposition over the government’s proposed judicial reform to the West’s appeasement of Nazi Germany. Read more

Netanyahu slams ‘explicit threat’ by protest leader to murder him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night harshly criticised what he said was a “growing wave” of threats directed at himself and other officials, after a leader of the anti-government protests appeared to call for his assassination. Read more

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