Mossad appoints first-ever woman as director of Intelligence Authority

For the first time in history, women occupy some of the most senior roles in Israel’s Mossad, the intelligence agency announced on Thursday. Read more

German arrested for Nazi salute to Israeli athletes visiting 1972 Munich massacre memorial

German police on Wednesday announced that a security officer had been detained for giving the Nazi salute in front of a group of Israeli athletes that were visiting a memorial to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Read more

Milan honoured for helping to save Jews from Nazi concentration camps

The city of Milan, Italy, has been named an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) in recognition of its residents’ efforts to help rescue Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. Read more

Israel’s UN ambassador calls for reinstatement of official ousted for denouncing Islamic Jihad

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday urged the U.N. to reinstate Sarah Muscroft, who was ousted as head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Palestinian Authority for condemning Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more

British archaeologist awarded honorary medal for excavation work at Treblinka

A British archaeologist was awarded an honorary medal on Aug. 4 by the Treblinka Museum for her work investigating Nazi crimes that took place at the concentration camp in Poland. Read more

Report: Rushdie’s attacker had direct contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Hadi Matar, who attempted to murder writer Salman Rushdie last week, is believed to have had direct contact with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps via social media, Vice World News reported on Sunday.  Read more

UK prime minister candidate to review moving embassy to Jerusalem, if elected

British Foreign Secretary of State and Parliament member Liz Truss promised to consider moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if she is elected Tory leader and becomes prime minister in September. Read more

Israel Prize laureate welcomes granddaughter same weekend IDF kills terrorist behind son’s death

Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz welcomed the birth of a granddaughter just a day before the Israel Defense Forces killed the terrorist who was behind the operation that killed one of her children. Read more

Lipstadt slams Ayatollah Khamenei’s tweet about ‘Zionist merchants’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was denounced by Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, on Thursday for tweeting about “Zionist merchants.” Read more

Israel rejects apology of ‘Jewish lobby’ UN official

A U.N. investigator who claimed in a July podcast that the “Jewish lobby” controlled social media apologized for his remarks in an Aug. 4 letter, but the Jewish state says it is not enough. Read more

Gaza-area closures enter third day as Israel prepares for possible conflict

Roads around the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip remained closed on Thursday for the third straight day amid concerns of possible retaliation for the arrest in Jenin on Monday of a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) figure. Read more

Soccer stars Messi and Neymar in Israel for French Super Cup

Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior will, along with their Paris Saint-Germain F.C. teammates, play a match against fellow French team FC Nantes at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. Read more

‘Alarm bells’ in Israel over China aid that could up Syria’s intel capabilities

A new aid deal between China and Syria that will include the delivery of communications equipment to Damascus has set off “alarm bells” within the Israeli security establishment, according to a report by news site Breaking Defence. Read more

Israeli rabbinic court: Woman must compensate husband for money spent on lover

In an unusual ruling, the Haifa Rabbinic Court ruled that a woman must compensate her husband for the money that she spent on her lover, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Read more

Villain on screen, kind-hearted in reality, British actor dies at 80

British Jewish actor David Warner died on Sunday at the age of 80 from “a cancer-related illness,” his family confirmed to the BBC. Read more

South African foreign minister wants Israel designated an apartheid state

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says that Israel should be designated an “apartheid state”. Read more

Father of Israeli held captive by Hamas pleads to UN Security Council for son’s freedom

Sha’aban al-Said called on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to rescue his son Hisham, held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2015. Read more

Haredi Jews denied entry to Jordan

A group of Haredi tourists denied entry into Jordan on Tuesday claimed that they were humiliated by the Jordanian border guards, who demanded that they cut off their sidelocks. Read more

Yahoo and Apple to expand R&D centres in Israel

Apple is expanding its operations in Israel, including establishing a development centre in Jerusalem. Read more

Rare Roman ‘goddess coin’ discovered off Carmel coast

A rare 1,850-year-old bronze coin bearing the image of the Roman moon goddess Luna and the Cancer zodiac sign has been recovered from the seabed off the Carmel coast in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Monday. Read more

Hamas TV children’s show: ‘Defend Jerusalem until ‘our last drop of blood’ mmmm

A children’s show aired this month on Al-Aqsa TV in the Gaza Strip, including incitement to violence against Jews. Read more

Athletes at Maccabiah Games asked to join Jewish bone-marrow bank

Athletes participating in the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel from July 12 to July 26 are being offered the opportunity to donate to the world’s largest Jewish bone-marrow donor registry during their stay in the Jewish state, reported Ynet. Read more

Closed IDF base guards world’s largest Torah collection

Hundreds of Torah scrolls, some more than 700 years old, are housed at a surprising location—a closed IDF base. Read more

Technion researchers develop concept for novel rechargeable silicon battery

A team of researchers from the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si) battery, as well as its design and architecture that enables Si to be reversibly discharged and charged. Read more

More than 16,000 police officers to secure Biden’s Israel visit

The Israel Police announced on Sunday the completion of its preparations ahead of Wednesday’s visit to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden. Read more

Biden: ‘We’ve rebuilt ties with Palestinians, restored some $500 million in aid to PA’

The Biden administration has “rebuilt ties” with the Palestinian Authority and restored some $500 million in aid to it “without permitting terrorists to rearm,” U.S. President Joe Biden wrote in an op-ed published on Saturday night in The Washington Post. Read more

Mazal Tov! Quentin Tarantino, wife Daniella welcome new girl

American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his wife, Israeli singer Daniela Pick, welcomed a baby girl to the world on Sunday. Read more

France elects Jewish woman speaker of National Assembly

A Jewish lawyer and mother of five is the newly elected speaker of France’s National Assembly and the first woman to ever hold that position. Read more

Apple to expand Palestinian R&D centre in Rawabi

Apple announced the expansion of its R&D centre in the Palestinian city of Rawabi, which already employs 60 engineers. Read more

Israeli youth soccer team reaches European championship semi-finals for first time

Israel’s national youth soccer team made history over the weekend by becoming the first Israeli team to qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA Under-19 European Championships in Slovakia. Read more

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