Israeli gun licensing reforms to streamline approval for permits

Israeli authorities announced plans to streamline the approval process for gun permits aimed at clearing a backlog of requests. Read more

Brain activity can predict political orientation, Israeli researchers find

Political orientation between right and left can be predicted by differences in brain activity, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered. Read more

Moscow sends veiled warning to Israel over Iranian blast

Russia made an implied threat against Israel and the US on Monday while condemning a recent drone strike on an Iranian weapons facility. Read more

Jerusalem synagogue massacre: a look at the victims

The Jerusalem neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov was left in mourning after a Palestinian terrorist gunned down people outside the Ateret Abraham Synagogue on Friday night. Seven people were killed and three were injured in the deadliest Palestinian attack in years. Read more

Israeli president calls on Europe to fight online antisemitism

Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Brussels called on Europe to fight online antisemitism on Thursday, stressing that “the Holocaust was not conceived in a vacuum.” Read more

Mysterious handprint, moat discovered by Jerusalem’s Old City walls

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a moat and a mysterious hand imprint outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday morning. Read more

Israeli President on Judicial Reform: ‘Lack of Dialogue is Tearing Us Apart From the Inside’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned on Tuesday that national divisions over a controversial judicial reform plan are like a “barrel of explosives on the verge of exploding.” Read more

Netanyahu Pays Surprise Visit to Jordan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has paid a surprise visit to Jordan, where he met in Amman with King Abdullah. It was Netanyahu’s first foreign trip since becoming Prime Minister in December. Read more

New Ministers of Health, Interior Announced to Replace Aryeh Deri

The Shas party announced on Monday afternoon that Knesset member Haim Biton will replace Aryeh Deri as Interior Minister while Michael Malkieli will take the health portfolio. Read more

Netanyahu Fires Interior Minister, Opposition Slams Government ‘Circus’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired embattled government minister Aryeh Deri at the end of Sunday’s Cabinet meeting. Read more

Supreme Court disqualifies Deri from Israel’s government

The Israeli Supreme Court disqualified Aryeh Deri from participating in the government, setting the stage for a political crisis that could potentially topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. Read more

Israeli robot learning to smell

An Israeli technological breakthrough is enabling researchers to teach robots to detect and identify odours. Read more

Hidden treasure turns up to be a bomb

Tabor Yodla says it’s “a miracle” that nobody was hurt when he and a friend discovered a World War I-era bomb near his house on Sunday. Read more

Convert gets Israeli citizenship following five-year bureaucratic battle

David Ben Moshe’s five-year bureaucratic battle with Israel’s Interior Ministry — which at one point included a hunger strike — ended on Thursday as the former Baltimore resident received his long-sought Israeli citizenship. Read more

Jerusalem unveils mural of solidarity with Iranian women

Jerusalem unveiled a mural of solidarity with the women of Iran on Sunday afternoon opposite a shopping mall. Read more

Israeli Study Finds Nutrition More Effective Than Steroids for Treating Crohn’s Disease

A 15-year study by Israeli researchers found that nutrition is a more effective treatment for children with Crohn’s disease than the steroids commonly used. Read more

Israeli police to investigate celebrations for release of longest-serving terror prisoner

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir ordered the Israeli Police on Sunday to investigate celebrations for the release of Arab-Israeli Karim Younis, one of the longest-serving security prisoners jailed for terror. Read more

Possible High Court ruling on Interior Minister could topple Israeli government

In a marathon six-hour hearing on Thursday whose outcome could potentially topple Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, Israel’s High Court of Justice heard arguments for and against the controversial appointment of Aryeh Deri to several senior government positions. Read more

Israel’s population grew 2.2% in 2022

The Israeli population grew by 2.2% in 2022, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Read more

Knesset passes controversial ‘Ben-Gvir Law,’ paving way for new government to be sworn in

The Knesset passed the controversial “Ben-Gvir Law,” on Wednesday, giving Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir expanded authority over the Israeli Police. The vote ended a legislative blitz paving the way for Benjamin Netanyahu to have his government sworn in today. Read more

Israeli study confirms safety of COVID vaccines

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Tel Aviv University equipped a group of Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters, such as heart and pulse rates and sleep patterns, to evaluate the safety of COVID vaccines. Read more

Jerusalem bombings: police make arrest

Israel’s Security Agency (Shin Bet) has arrested the Palestinian allegedly responsible for the twin bombings of Jerusalem bus stops in November. Read more

Knesset passes controversial Deri, Smotrich laws, legislative blitz continues

The Knesset passed on Tuesday morning controversial legislation, clearing the way for two of Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies to finalise coalition agreements as a key deadline approaches. Read more

100 Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel on rescue flight

A group of 100 elderly Ukrainian Jews immigrated to Israel, landing at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday night. Read more

What are the next steps before Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is sworn In?

Wednesday night, shortly before a midnight deadline, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Israeli President Isaac Herzog to give formal notification that he has enough Knesset support to form a government. Read more

Israel donates generators to blacked out southeast Ukraine

The Israeli embassy in Kyiv transferred 17 large electricity generators to Ukraine’s southeastern region of Kherson, the embassy announced on Tuesday. Read more

Hamas denounces Israeli decision to not return terrorist’s body

Hamas denounced Israel’s decision not to return the body of Palestinian terrorist Nasser Abu Hmeid, who died of cancer while serving multiple life sentences in Israel. Read more

Israel to hold body of dead Palestinian terrorist as bargaining chip

Outgoing Defence Minister Benny Gantz decided on Wednesday morning not to return the body of a Palestinian terrorist who died of cancer while serving multiple life sentences. Read more

Students find 2,000 year-old candle

Three fourth-grade students “wandering around” Kibbutz Parod in northern Israel have discovered a 2,000-year-old candle made of clay, according to t0 the Israeli Antiquities Authority. Read more

Netanyahu ally Yariv Levin appointed temporary Knesset speaker

Likud MK Yariv Levin, a close associate of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, has been elected temporary Speaker of the Knesset. Read more

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