300 Intel drones to light skies over Jerusalem at Israel Independence celebration

Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel,  joined Israel for Wednesday night’s 70th-anniversary celebrations, bringing along 300 Intel drones to help put on a massive light show in the skies over Jerusalem. Read more

Transitioning from mourning to celebration, Israelis kick off 70th-year joy in Jerusalem

Following a solemn remembrance of Israel’s fallen on Wednesday as part of Memorial Day commemorations, Israelis kicked off celebration of its milestone 70th anniversary on Wednesday night in Independence Day festivities at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Read more

Israel honors its fallen soldiers and victims of terror on Yom Hazikaron

Memorial sirens sounded at 11 a.m. in Israel to honor the memories of 23,646 Israeli soldiers, police and security officers, and 3,134 terror victims who have fallen since the beginning of Israel’s history. Read more

Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Kiddush cup is up for auction

A silver-plated Kiddush cup used by the Lubavitcher Rebbe is going up for auction. Read more

IDF destroys ‘long, high-quality’ Hamas terror tunnel reaching into Israel

The Israel Defence Forces identified and destroyed a “long and high-quality” Hamas terror tunnel running from Gaza to approximately 65 feet inside Israeli territory in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council area in Israel, according to a report by the IDF on Sunday. Read more

US state confronts campus antisemitism

South Carolina became the first America state to pass legislation to protect students from antisemitic acts. Read more

Current world Jewish population still falls below pre-Holocaust figures

According to figures released on Tuesday by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Jews alive today is still lower than it was in 1939, prior to the Holocaust. Read more

In Yom Hashoah speech, Netanyahu says Israel is ‘steadfast’ in preventing Iranian aggression

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Jewish state remains “steadfast” in preventing Iranian aggression amid ongoing threats. Read more

Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem right after U.S.

Guatemala will purportedly move its embassy to Jerusalem just two days after the expected opening of the new U.S. embassy in Israel’s capital in May. Read more

Spelling error allows banned Irish mayor into Israel

A spelling snafu at Ben-Gurion Airport enabled Dublin Mayor Mícheál Éamonn MacDonncha to enter Israel, despite his presence on a blacklist for entry to Israel. Read more

Israel’s Labor Party cuts ties with U.K. Labour head over antisemitic incidents

Israel’s opposition Labor Party has cut ties with the head of the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, over concerns regarding antisemitism and his relationship with the Jewish community. Read more

Report: Israel notified US ahead of Syrian airstrike

Israel reportedly informed the United States in advance of its airstrike in Syria early Monday morning, two U.S. officials told NBC News. Read more

Israeli airstrikes target Gaza following breach of border, planting of explosives

Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked terror targets in northern Gaza early Monday following the infiltration on Sunday of three Palestinian terrorists who planted improvised explosive devices on the border fence with Israel. Read more

Israel’s chief rabbi: Jews have a ‘moral obligation’ to help end the genocide in Syria

Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that Israel has a “moral obligation” to intervene in what he called a genocide being committed against the people of Syria by its president, Bashar Assad. Read more

Amid antisemitism scandal, U.K.’s Corbyn criticised over Seder with far-left group

Amid an ongoing antisemitism scandal, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was heavily criticised by Jewish leaders for attending a Passover Seder hosted by a radical far-left Jewish group. Read more

Poll: 20 percent of Central, Eastern Europeans do not accept Jews as fellow citizens

About one-fifth of people polled in Central and Eastern European countries say they do not accept Jews as fellow citizens and do not want Jewish neighbours.

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Saudi crown prince: Israelis have a right to their own land

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said in an interview on Monday that Israelis are entitled to live peacefully in their own land—a remarkable statement from one of the kingdom’s most powerful men. Read more

Amid criticism, Netanyahu freezes UN deal to resettle African asylum-seekers in Western countries

In a dramatic turnaround, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen a plan reached with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the deportation of African migrants just hours after it was announced. Read more

Mass march on Gaza border may only be the beginning

Friday’s “March of Return” on the Israel-Gaza Strip border ended in a way that made it clear that the Hamas-organised march was only the first act in a play that is expected to drag on for months…writes Yoav Limor.

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US blocks UN statement calling for inquiry into IDF actions during Gaza border riots

The United States blocked a draft UN Security Council statement on Saturday expressing “grave concern at the situation on the border” following the ‘Land Day’ protest march in which some 30,000 protestors violently rioted at the Israel-Gaza border. Read more

French authorities arrest two suspects connected with Holocaust-survivor’s murder

French police discovered the charred body of a Holocaust survivor covered with stab wounds after a fire broke out in her Paris apartment on Friday. The local Jewish community fears the murder was motivated by antisemitism, reported Israel Hayom. Read more

Taylor Force Act signed into law as part of massive spending bill

The Taylor Force Act, legislation that seeks to cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it ends its payments to terrorists and their families, has been passed by Congress as part of a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill. Read more

Jewish journalist in Colombia forced to resign for refusing to cross herself on air

A Colombian Jewish journalist was forced to resign as anchor of a daily TV newscast after refusing to cross herself on air. Read more

Soldier-slapping Palestinian teen gets eight months in jail

Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen who generated international headlines for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers late last year, has been sentenced to eight months in jail by an Israeli military court. Read more

Israel officially confirms 2007 strike destroying Syrian nuclear reactor

The State of Israel has formally acknowledged that its air force blew up a Syrian nuclear reactor between September 5 and 6, 2007. Read more

Technion analysts: Cats could help in development of anti-HIV drugs for humans

Researchers at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have uncovered the mechanism that enables Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, or FIV, proteins to become drug-resistant—a phenomenon not yet observed in the AIDS-causing HIV-1 virus, which affects millions of people worldwide. Read more

Israeli, Iranian soccer stars pose together on social media to bridge nations’ divide

An Israeli soccer player and the captain of the Iranian national team took to the Internet to show that the people of Iran and the people of Israel do not harbour hate. Read more

Billionaire Elon Musk lights drinks on fire in Jerusalem

Founder of SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink billionaire Elon Musk uploaded a video to Instagram and Twitter this week of himself lighting cocktails on fire in a Jerusalem bar. Read more

Jerusalem terror attack

An Israeli security was killed Sunday after being stabbed by a terrorist in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.  The terrorist, a West Bank Palestinian, was shot dead by an Israeli policeman. Read more

Late physicist Stephen Hawking had a complicated relationship with Israel

Stephen Hawking, celebrated physicist and award-winning author with strong opinions on Israel, passed away on March 14 (interestingly, on “Pi Day,” as it is known) at the age of 76. Read more

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