Anti-Israel marchers in the centre of London espouse antisemitism
June 4, 2019 by TPS-IL
Some 1,000 people marched in the anti-Israel Al Quds Day parade in central London on Sunday, calling for Israel downfall and spreading antisemitic incitement. Read more
President Rivlin ‘deeply shocked’ by German Official’s recommendation that Jews hide their identity
May 27, 2019 by TPS-IL
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said he was “deeply shocked” by a statement made by Dr. Felix Klein, the German antisemitism commissioner, that it would be preferable for Jews not wear a kippa, a Jewish head covering, in public in Germany out of fear for their safety. Read more
Al Jazeera suspends two over Holocaust denying clip
May 20, 2019 by TPS-IL
Al Jazeera announced Sunday that it has taken disciplinary action and suspended two of its journalists over a video they produced which promoted Holocaust denial. Read more
Eurovision contestants hit the orange carpet in Tel Aviv
No sign of Kate Miller-Heidke in this video but TPS met some of Eurovision’s competitors… Read more
Poland cancels visit of Israeli delegation on way to discuss restitution of Jewish property lost during Holocaust
May 14, 2019 by TPS-IL
Poland has cancelled the visit of an Israeli delegation that was slated to land in the country on Monday to negotiate the restitution of Jewish property lost during the Holocaust. Read more
Gaza update
May 5, 2019 by TPS-IL
Three Israelis killed in the current rocket attacks… Read more
66 Years After Being Composed, Jazz Suite Inspired by Israel Visit Comes to Life
April 16, 2019 by TPS-IL
Ben-Gurion University on Sunday hosted the first Israeli performance of the King David Suite, written 66 years ago by legendary jazz composer Lionel Hampton as a tribute to Israel’s first Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog and celebrating Israel’s emergence. Read more
Analysis: Hamas achieves victory, surpasses PA diplomatically
April 1, 2019 by TPS-IL
Israel and Hamas have agreed on a formula to calm the tensions on the Gaza border which entails Hamas’ cessation of violence in return for broad Israeli humanitarian concessions. Read more
Netanyahu thanks Romania and Honduras for embassy move to Jerusalem
March 25, 2019 by TPS-IL
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening thanked Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă who announced that her country will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and Honduran President Juan Hernandez who announced his country will upgrade its diplomatic presence in Jerusalem. Read more
Romania will move its embassy to Jerusalem
Romania will relocate its embassy to Jerusalem, Romanian Prime Minister
announced yesterday. Read more
Purim in Israel
March 22, 2019 by TPS-IL
The cameras were out to record Purim in Israel…in Bnei Brak, in Holon and with tight security in Hebron. Russian Holocaust survivors videoed celebrating the festival in music and dance. Read more
Holocaust survivors celebrate Purim in Jerusalem
March 21, 2019 by TPS-IL
Holocaust Survivors who immigrated from the Soviet Union celebrate Purim in an organized event by “Kesher Hadorot” association in Jerusalem. Read more
Just in time for Purim: Persian jar decorated with mask found in Jerusalem’s Old City
March 21, 2019 by TPS-IL
A fragment of a clay jar decorated with a human face dating back to the Persian period was discovered in the Givati parking lot excavation in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, the first time such a vessel was found in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem or any site in the Judean Hills. Read more
Ari Fuld’s supporters run the Jerusalem marathon – a video report
March 18, 2019 by TPS-IL
Friday’s Jerusalem marathon had numerous groups running together to support a cause. One group ran to continue the legacy of Israel advocate Ari Fuld, recently murdered in a terror attack. Read more
Netanyahu calls on all European countries to follow UK in labelling Hezbollah a terror group
March 4, 2019 by TPS-IL
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on all European countries to follow the United Kingdom and completely proscribe the Hezbollah terror organization. Read more
Polls show Gantz won’t be Israel’s next prime minister
A poll conducted at the beginning of the week after several right-wing parties joined into a block and after Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience and Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid merged into the Blue and White party shows that Gantz will not be Israel’s next prime minister. Read more
Leifer stays in prison
February 19, 2019 by TPS-IL
The bail plea for the accused sexual abuser Malka Leifer has been denied in Jerusalem and the former principal Adass Israel school in Melbourne will remain in prison…a video report. Read more
Israeli Minister suspected of intervening in case of alleged Australian sex abuser Malka Leifer questioned again
Israeli Deputy Minister of Health Yaacov Litzman was questioned by the police on Thursday and again on Sunday on suspicion that he intervened on behalf of alleged Australian sex abuser Malka Leifer and pressured psychiatrists into declaring her unfit for extradition. Read more
Arabs seize control of and illegally build at holy archaeological site
Arab residents of the village Nabi Samuel have seized control of the Tomb of the Prophet Shmuel (Samuel) and the nearby archaeological site, and have begun to pave a new and illegal parking lot while destroying valued archaeological findings. Read more
Hamas, Pro-Palestinian orgs side with Malaysia’s boycott of Israeli para-swimmers
January 14, 2019 by TPS-IL
The Malaysian government announced last week that it would deny Israeli para-swimmers visas for the 2019 World Para Swimmers (WPS) Championship slated to take place in Kuching in July, prompting the International Paralympic Committee to intervene. Read more
Israel unveils ‘Dare to Dream’ logo for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation unveiled yesterday the official logo for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest that will be held in Tel Aviv in May. Read more
Israel to demand US$250 billion from Arab countries for Jewish property left behind
Israel is preparing to demand compensation from several Arab states and Iran which forced Jews to leave after 1948 and following the establishment of the State of Israel, Israel’s Hadashot TV reported. Read more
UNRWA tweets, then removes post glorifying PFLP terrorist
December 26, 2018 by TPS-IL
UNRWA, the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, deleted a tweet on Monday that had glorified a terrorist, with the organization blaming “brief, unauthorized access” to its Twitter account for the incident. Read more
Netanyahu, Trump discuss Syria following US withdrawal announcement
December 21, 2018 by TPS-IL
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with United States President Donald Trump Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria. Read more
Palestinian killer of British exchange student to get away with 18 month sentence
December 21, 2018 by TPS-IL
Jamil Tamimi, a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem who stabbed a British exchange student to death on the Jerusalem Light Rail in April 2017, will serve only 18 months in jail after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors who were concerned he could escape punishment altogether as he suffers from mental illness. Read more
Ashkelon hacker sentenced to ten years prison over US bomb threats
A 19-year-old Israeli-American teenager has been sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison and fined NIS 60,000 (A$22,000) after being convicted in June on multiple counts of bomb threats to airports, schools and Jewish centres in 2016 and 2017. Read more
Netanyahu takes Defence Ministry: says now not time for early elections
November 19, 2018 by TPS-IL
Now is not the time to go to early elections while Israel is amidst one of the “most complex” security situations it has known in its history, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday evening at a press conference in Tel Aviv as he declared he would take up the post of defence minister vacated by Avigdor Liberman last week, when he resigned over the government’s Gaza policy throwing the coalition into crisis. Read more
Man killed, two seriously hurt in direct rocket hit in Ashkelon
IDF hits 80 targets in Gaza after night of rocket fire
October 28, 2018 by TPS-IL
The IDF struck some 80 terrorist targets in Gaza overnight in response to 30 rockets fired at Israel, a military spokesman said early Saturday morning Read more
IDF, civil search and rescue units head to Jordan to assist in flood rescue efforts
October 26, 2018 by TPS-IL
IDF and civil rescue teams have been dispatched to Jordan after a bus carrying 37 schoolchildren and seven teachers was swept away by flash floods on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea. Read more
