Three Israelis charged with helping Hamas plot attacks
October 21, 2022 by JNS
Three Israeli citizens from the North were charged on Thursday with a range of severe security offences, including spying for Hamas and gathering information on Israel’s Cellcom cellular network. Read more
To boost Abbas, Israel to let PA use helicopters
October 21, 2022 by JNS
For the first time since the early days of the Second Intifada in 2001, the Israeli government is expected to approve a Palestinian Authority request to purchase helicopters for top PA officials’ use. Read more
Roger Waters: Israel is trying to create an intifada ‘so they can just kill them all’
October 14, 2022 by JNS
Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman also known for his vocal criticism of Israel that crosses the line into anti-Semitism, claims in an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan that the Jewish state is attempting to manufacture a new intifada with the ultimate goal of killing as many Palestinians as possible. Read more
Palestinian rivals agree to elections, but questions remain
October 14, 2022 by JNS
Rival Palestinian factions convening for negotiations mediated by the Algerian government decided on Thursday to end 15 years of strife through elections that would be held within a year, Palestinian and Algerian officials told Reuters. Read more
IDF soldier dies of wounds following Jerusalem attack
October 9, 2022 by JNS
A female Israeli soldier died of her wounds following a shooting attack on Saturday night at the Shuafat checkpoint in eastern Jerusalem. Read more
Report: Arab diplomats urge new British PM to not move embassy to Jerusalem
October 3, 2022 by JNS
Arab ambassadors in London have sent a letter to newly minted UK Prime Minister Liz Truss urging her to scrap what they described as “an illegal and ill-judged” plan to move the British Embassy to Jerusalem, The Guardian reported on Friday. Read more
Israel will not recognise results of Russian ‘referendums’ in Ukrainian provinces
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Israel will not recognise the results of Russian “referendums” being held in Ukrainian provinces occupied by Russian forces. Read more
First flight: Israeli-designed electric plane takes off in US
September 29, 2022 by JNS
An all-electric prototype aircraft, dubbed Alice, took off from the city of Moses Lake in Washington state on Tuesday. Read more
Abbas denounces Israel at UN, ignores Lapid’s concessionary speech
September 25, 2022 by JNS
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel in the strongest terms before the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday, dismissing a concessionary speech made by Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid the day before. Read more
Preserving the children’s shoes found at Auschwitz
The International March of the Living announced on Thursday a global campaign with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to preserve thousands of shoes belonging to children, most of them Jews, who were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Read more
Israelis lead international hunt for innovative cancer treatments
September 25, 2022 by JNS
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
September 22, 2022 by JNS
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
September 16, 2022 by JNS
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’
September 13, 2022 by JNS
First, there was “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot. Read more
UK chief rabbi hails crucial work of new centre to examine anti-Semitism
September 11, 2022 by JNS
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
September 9, 2022 by JNS
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
September 8, 2022 by JNS
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
September 6, 2022 by JNS
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
September 5, 2022 by JNS
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
September 2, 2022 by JNS
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
September 1, 2022 by JNS
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
September 1, 2022 by JNS
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
August 31, 2022 by JNS
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
August 31, 2022 by JNS
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
August 29, 2022 by JNS
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
August 28, 2022 by JNS
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
August 28, 2022 by JNS
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’
August 28, 2022 by JNS
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
August 26, 2022 by JNS
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








