Israel Air Force welcomes first female flight squadron commander

The Israel Air Force welcomed its first female flight squadron commander on Tuesday, heralding her as “a role model and an inspiration for thousands of women in the State of Israel.” Read more

Israeli rhythmic gymnast qualifies for 2020 Olympics, earns six medals in world championship

Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after being awarded a bronze medal in the all-around world championships on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read more

British Labour Party adopts anti-Israel policies, including first formal one on BDS

The British Labour Party voted in on Tuesday several anti-Israel policies, including what is believed to be its first formal policy regarding BDS. Read more

Erdoğan compares Israel to Nazi Germany; Netanyahu dismisses comments

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israel to Nazi Germany on Tuesday, even comparing Jews in Europe during World War II to the situation in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Gantz spurns Netanyahu meeting, says he will lead unity government

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz rejected on Thursday afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call to join a unity government under the Likud leader’s leadership, stating that he would be prime minister of a potential unity government. Read more

Netanyahu calls for ‘strong Zionist government’ in post-election speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed supporters at Likud Party headquarters early Wednesday morning and urged for the formation of a “strong Zionist government.” Read more

Trump: US ‘locked and loaded’ following attack on Saudi oil field

Tensions in the Middle East soared on Sunday, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning on Twitter that the United States “has reason to believe we know” who is responsible for a crippling attack on a Saudi oil field on Saturday and is “locked and loaded pending verification.” Read more

BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti to speak at UK Labour Party Conference festival

Palestinian activist and co-founder of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti will speak on a panel at an event taking place alongside the British Labour Party Conference. Read more

Netanyahu calls for emergency election committee meeting on ‘voter fraud’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for an emergency meeting with the head of the Central Election Committee, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melcer, to discuss possible voter fraud in this week’s election. Read more

Bennett reveals alleged details of soon-to-be released Trump Mideast peace plan

Yamina candidate Naftali Bennett revealed on Sunday what he claimed were the details on how the long-awaited U.S. Mideast peace plan would divide the West Bank between Israel and the Palestinians. The alleged plan, which Bennett revealed on social media complete with a map, gives over 90% of Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Secret diary of Jewish teen killed by Nazis to publish after nearly 70 years in bank vault

The Holocaust diary of Polish Jewish teenager Renia Spiegel will finally be published after being sealed away in a New York bank vault for nearly 70 years, CNN reported. Read more

Trump administration assures ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran in force

The Trump administration assured on Thursday that its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran will continue, said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin amid mixed signals that U.S. President Donald Trump could meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without preconditions and could even relax some sanctions in exchange for negotiations—both possibilities the secretary rejected. Read more

More than 100 Jewish lawyers in Texas request new trial for Jewish death-row inmate

More than 100 Jewish attorneys in Texas sent to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin last week a 13-page brief requesting a new trial for a Jewish death-row inmate scheduled to be executed on Oct. 10, following claims that he was sentenced by a racist judge. Read more

Four Israeli universities among top 50 producers of worldwide entrepreneurs

Four Israeli universities are ranked among the top 50 undergraduate programs in the world that produce the most successful entrepreneurs, according to a new study by the market-data company PitchBook. Read more

Mashaal: Hamas will thwart Israeli annexation of Jordan Valley

Hamas will do everything in its power to stop Israel from annexing the Jordan Valley, former Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said on Wednesday. Read more

Jordan Valley council head hails sovereignty announcement

Israeli residents of the Jordan Valley hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Tuesday that he plans to extend Israeli sovereignty to the area if he is re-elected on Sept. 17. Netanyahu’s pledge was widely criticized in the Arab world, and also by some Palestinian Jordan Valley residents. Read more

Netanyahu: U.S. recognition of strategic areas is ‘changing the course of Jewish history’

If voters stay home on Tuesday, the Blue and White Party will be forming Israel’s next government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Read more

McDonald’s to acquire Israeli customer-service tech startup Apprente

McDonald’s has signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-founded customer service automation startup Apprente Inc. Read more

Ceremony at Living Memorial site in Jerusalem pays tribute to 9/11 victims

An annual ceremony was held at the 9/11 Living Memorial site in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to honour victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Read more

ICC judges order review of refusal to investigate Israeli forces over ‘Marmara’ incident

International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges on Monday ordered the prosecutor to reconsider her refusal to open an investigation into the 2010 storming of the Mavi Marmara ship, the AP reported. Read more

Dershowitz: Obama broke promises made on Israel

Professor emeritus of Harvard University Law School and noted Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz claimed last week that former President Barack Obama lied to him about supporting Israel and is now reconsidering his Democrat Party affiliation, according to a report in One America News. Read more

Israel ‘very close’ to launching military operation in Gaza, says Israeli minister

Israel is “very close” to launching a military campaign in the Gaza Strip in which the leaders of the terrorist organizations in Gaza will be “wiped out” and their forces “destroyed,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday. Read more

Israeli teen, father stabbed during visit to Qalqilya-area dentist

An Israeli teenager was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant during a visit with his father to a dentist near the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in Samaria. Read more

Rabbi on ground in battered Bahamas organizes supplies, volunteers for relief efforts

As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need. Read more

Early election votes by Israeli diplomats, emissaries abroad show drop in turnout

Early voting for Israeli diplomats and emissaries around the world in Israel’s second round of elections this year ended on Friday with a low turnout compared to the results in April. Read more

After opposition, Netanyahu acknowledges possible Trump-Rouhani meeting

After expressing initial opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the possibility of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more

Trump open to meeting with Iran’s president at upcoming UN General Assembly

U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that he was open to meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more

Netanyahu once again vows to annex settlements in Judea and Samaria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday his earlier pledge to annex all the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Read more

Republic of Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Australia’s neighbour The Republic of Nauru has formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Read more

UN secretary general intends to raise Hadar Goldin issue in sideline meetings

The parents of Israel Defense Forces’ soldier Hadar Goldin, whose remains have been held captive by Hamas since “Operation Protective Edge” in 2014, met on Thursday with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the world body’s headquarters in New York to press for escalated international efforts in securing their son’s return. Read more

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