The purpose of the tunnels discovered in Operation Northern Shield was to penetrate Israeli territory and kidnap and murder civilians and conquer the northern part of the Galilee, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday.
A rare stone mask dating back some 9,000 years was discovered several months ago by a hiker in the Hebron Hills area, the Israel Antiquities authorities report.
“Nevsu”, an Israeli sitcom about a young multiracial couple and tensions that prejudice cause in their marriage and daily life, won the International Emmy for best comedy at a ceremony in New York on Monday night.
Converting toilet waste into cooking gas may not sound like a smart idea at first, but an Israeli company has done just that and on Monday launched its Bio-Toilet to mark World Toilet Day.
Moshe Lion was elected mayor of Jerusalem Tuesday following a dramatic turnaround that saw him trail the secular challenger Ofer Berkovich throughout the night by as much as 10 per cent before a late surge saw him declared the winner by some 6,000 votes or a 3% majority shortly after 1 a.m.
Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai’s European tour, which begins in Vienna, is being targeted by anti-Israel boycott movements that have called for her to be given “warm BDS welcome”.
In a run-down corner of northeast Jerusalem, just over the 1949 armistice line that separated Israel and Jordan, supermarket magnate Rami Levy is planning to open what he calls the first Israeli-Palestinian mall at the Atarot Industrial Zone. It will, he says, be a meeting point for Israelis and Palestinians that he hopes will become an island of coexistence.
The Holocaust was a crime that “has no equal” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday morning as she visited the Yad Vashem -World Holocaust Remembrance Centre.
“Forever Pure”, an Israeli documentary about the controversial Beitar Jerusalem’s hardcore fan club, known as La Familia, won an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary category on Monday night.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be questioned in his residence in Jerusalem by the Lahav 433 serious crimes unit for the 12th time on Friday, Israeli media reported Tuesday night.
