Israelis lead international hunt for innovative cancer treatments

Professors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Cancer Research Institute at the Hadassah-University Medical Centre are leading a European consortium working to develop novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer. Read more

UK ambassador ‘optimistic’ King Charles will visit Israel

British Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan expressed hope this week that King Charles would visit Israel during his reign. Read more

Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to remarry

Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst who served 30 years in prison in the United States on charges of spying for Israel, is engaged to be married, local media reported on Wednesday. Read more

Israeli actress Shira Haas lands role in ‘Captain America’

First, there was “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot. Read more

UK chief rabbi hails crucial work of new centre to examine anti-Semitism

A new academic centre to study anti-Semitism that is set to be unveiled in London on Sept. 11 has received praise from Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and the United Kingdom’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis reported The Jewish Chronicle. Read more

Israel and Qatar are in talks to create a World Cup office

Officials revealed on Wednesday that Israel and Qatar held diplomatic negotiations to establish a temporary office in Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Read more

Rare First Temple-period document repatriated to Israel

The Israel Antiquities Authority has successfully repatriated a rare First Temple-period document from the United States. Read more

Holocaust-denier reportedly arrested for hate-speech stunt at Auschwitz

In a post on the platform Gab, Jon Minadeo II, from Petaluma, California, wrote, “Got handcuffed and arrested in Poland today for (((hate speech))) regarding Aushwitz (sic),” reported Newsweek on Tuesday. Read more

Liz Truss takes over British premiership with Conservative Party win

Liz Truss won the vote on Monday to become the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, a contest that also decided who will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. Read more

EU Foreign Affairs Committee blasts UNRWA chief over Palestinian textbooks

Members of the European Union’s Parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Committee slammed United Nations Relief and Works Agency Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini last week over the content of textbooks used by UNRWA schools. Read more

Israeli, German presidents welcome compensation agreement for 1972 Munich victims

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday welcomed the compensation agreement between Berlin and the families of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Arab terrorists at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Read more

Germany, families of 1972 Munich massacre victims reach compensation breakthrough

The families of the Israeli athletes murdered during the 1972 Munich Olympics have reached an agreement with the German government regarding compensation for what the families claim was Germany’s mishandling of the terror attack and its aftermath, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. Read more

Antisemitism likely a factor in medieval deaths in UK

DNA evidence suggests that remains discovered at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich in the United Kingdom belonged to victims of antisemitic violence in the 12th century. Read more

Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to six more years in prison

An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian relief worker on Tuesday to an additional six years in prison on top of the six that he had already served for funneling money to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Two Israelis shot, wounded by Palestinians at Joseph’s Tomb

Two Israelis were wounded by gunfire on Monday night after entering the Joseph’s Tomb site on the outskirts of Nablus, according to the Israeli military. Read more

Revived nuclear deal could see Iran armed with nuclear bomb in 2031, Gantz warns

Israel’s defence minister warned on Saturday that the progress Iran has made with its nuclear program means that certain aspects of the nuclear agreement currently under discussion, specifically the so-called sunset clauses, are “problematic.”  Read more

Gal Gadot visits children in Gaza border town

Israeli actress Gal Gadot paid a visit to the southern Israeli town of Netiv HaAsara on Wednesday, surprising a group of youngsters there. Read more

Ben-Gurion Airport goes digital 

Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport will launch digital check-in procedures for departure flights next year in an effort to cut down wait times for travelers, reported Ynet. Read more

German official urged to resign after calling British officer Israeli ‘war criminal’

A German official has been pressed to resign or be fired immediately for making accusations about a decorated World War II British Army hero and icon in Israel, reported Fox News. Read more

Netanyahu: New nuclear deal with Iran ‘paves with gold’ path to bomb

Israeli opposition leader and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that the nuclear deal currently being negotiated with Tehran would “pave with gold” Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. Read more

US rebuffs Palestinian Authority push for full UN membership

The Palestinian Authority is intent on pursuing full membership of the United Nations, even as the White House urges Ramallah to step back. Read more

Maccabi Haifa reaches Champions League group stage for first time since 2009

Maccabi Haifa FC has reached the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2009. Read more

Palestinian Authority warned not to interfere in Israeli elections

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) has issued a “severe” warning to the Palestinian Authority not to interfere in Israel’s upcoming general elections. Read more

Gantz heading to US to resist emerging Iran nuclear deal

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has announced that he will travel to the United States today for meetings with senior American defence officials, against the backdrop of the emerging deal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran. Read more

Doron Almog visits 180 new ‘olim’ on first day at Jewish Agency 

Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog began his new position on Sunday as chairman of the executive at the Jewish Agency for Israel. chose to commence his first day in office by meeting with 180 young olim (new immigrants) at Ulpan Etzion in Jerusalem. Read more

Argentina’s president blasted for comparing COVID-19 pandemic to Holocaust

Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez came under fire for drawing similarities between the coronavirus pandemic and the Holocaust. Read more

Russian court delays verdict on closing down Jewish Agency for 30 days

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court, during a hearing over the weekend, postponed by 30 days its verdict on whether to close down the Jewish Agency for Israel’s operations in Russia, according to Russian media. Read more

Israeli researchers develop program to find cancer-related genes using AI

Researchers at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem have created a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence program to recognise cancer-causing mutations. Read more

Abbas takes back comments accusing Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has taken back comments made in Germany on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians. Read more

One Palestinian killed, 30 wounded after Jewish group attacked en route to Joseph’s Tomb

A Palestinian youth was killed and some 30 Palestinians were wounded on Wednesday in Nablus during clashes with Israeli forces that erupted when a Jewish group was attacked on the way to Joseph’s Tomb, Israeli media reported. Read more

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