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

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

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