IDF evacuating civilians from Gaza border region

The Israel Defence Forces is evacuating civilians from towns and villages located near the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Read more

Israeli security cabinet greenlights ‘offensive phase’ of Gaza operation

Israel’s Security Cabinet, early on Sunday morning, made a series of decisions marking the start of the offensive phase of “Operation Swords of Iron,” ordering the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the “destruction of the military and governing capabilities of Hamas and [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad.” Read more

Five arrested in Jerusalem for allegedly spitting on Christians

Israeli police on Wednesday arrested five Orthodox Jews on assault charges after they allegedly spat at Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City. Read more

High-level Saudi delegation due to arrive in Ramallah

A Saudi delegation will arrive in Ramallah on Tuesday to meet with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas amid an ongoing U.S.-led diplomatic effort to normalize relations between Riyadh and Israel. Read more

Israeli aid team in Morocco saves lives

Israeli United Hatzalah volunteers working in earthquake-stricken Morocco have pivoted from search and rescue to treating victims. Read more

Israel angered as UNESCO designates Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”
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Israeli High Court battles Justice Minister over judicial selection committee

The government requested on Thursday that the High Court of Justice cancel the injunction it published earlier in the day requiring Justice Minister Yariv Levin to explain his reasons for not convening the Judicial Selection Committee. Read more

Israeli population pushes 10 million as Jewish New Year approaches

Israel’s population will pass 10 million in 2024, according to data the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published on Wednesday ahead of the Jewish New Year. Read more

Israel’s United Hatzalah on the ground in quake-stricken Morocco

An Israel-based United Hatzalah advance team arrived in quake-stricken Morocco and began preparing for a wide operation. Read more

Mahmoud Abbas’s antisemitic rant draws condemnation

Mahmoud Abbas, who is at the same time president of the Palestinian Authority, chairman of the PLO and chairman of the Fatah movement, shared his theories about Ashkenazi Jews on Aug. 24, claiming they are the descendants of Khazars and that Adolf Hitler had Jews slaughtered not because they were Jews but because of their “social role” as moneylenders. Read more

UNESCO prepares to label biblical Jericho sites as ‘Palestinian’

Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz sent a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay asking her to prevent ancient Jericho from being listed as in the “State of Palestine.” Read more

Hamas to restart weekly Gaza border riots

Hamas has decided to restart the “Great March of Return” at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel. Read more

Palestinian terrorists open fire on Arab school using Israeli curriculum

Terrorists affiliated with the Palestinian Authority opened fire at a new Arab school in the Kafr Aqab neighbourhood of northeastern Jerusalem on Wednesday because it will be teaching the curriculum of Israeli Arab schools. Read more

Israelis arrive home after emergency stop in Saudi Arabia

The 128 Israelis whose flight from the Seychelles was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Monday night arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday afternoon. Read more

Malfunction forces flight carrying Israelis to land in Saudi Arabia

An Air Seychelles flight carrying Israeli passengers to Tel Aviv was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Saudi Arabia over a technical problem. Read more

Israel’s Cabinet approves A$1.3b for eastern Jerusalem

Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a five-year, 3.2 billion shekel (A$1.3 billion) to invest in the residents of eastern Jerusalem. Read more

Millions allocated for Jerusalem security over High Holidays

Israel’s Ministry of National Security has allocated A$50 million to bolster security in eastern Jerusalem over the upcoming Jewish high holidays, which begin on Friday, Sept. 15, with Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Mezuzah scroll in Nahariya hospital replaced with antisemitic note

During a routine inspection of a mezuzah at Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya, hospital personnel discovered that sacred parchment had been stolen and replaced with an antisemitic note. Read more

Israeli youth at risk while playing online games

According to the first survey of its kind in Israel, published by the country’s Ministry of National Security, more than 40% of Israeli youth playing online games have been exposed to inappropriate content. Read more

Saudi Arabia appoints first-ever envoy to Ramallah and Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia has appointed its first-ever non-resident envoy to the Palestinian Authority, who will double as consul general to Jerusalem. Read more

Israeli study on tanning may open path to preventing skin cancer

Israeli researchers have proposed a new theory for why the body’s tanning process does not occur immediately after exposure to the sun’s rays but only after a few hours or even days. The discovery will serve as a foundation for further research, potentially making skin cancer preventable. Read more

Israel announces $27 billion high-speed rail project

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a mammoth 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) plan to link the north and south of the country by rail. Read more

Real Madrid opens Jerusalem soccer clinic

Spanish superclub Real Madrid has opened its youth training camp in Jerusalem, welcoming teenage soccer players from Israel, Morocco, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Read more

EU Commissioner commits to PA funding freeze over textbook incitement

The European Union official who oversees aid to the Palestinian Authority has voiced support for conditioning the release of funds on the removal of incitement and antisemitism from P.A. textbooks. Read more

Please can we get our antiquities back?

Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Read more

Over 3,600 terror attacks in first half of 2023

The escalation in Palestinian terrorism that started over a year ago shows no signs of abating, data from Rescuers Without Borders (Hatzalah Judea and Samaria) published on Tuesday indicates. Read more

Opponents of judicial overhaul launch ‘Day of Disruption’ across Israel

Protesters in Israel today launched another “Day of Disruption” over the judicial reform effort of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Read more

Three victims being treated following Palestinian shooting attack

Breaking: Magen David Adom and Israel Defence Force medical workers report three injured in this morning’s shooting attack at the Tekoa Junction in the Gush Etziyon region south of Jerusalem.
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Israeli firm pulls water from air in Ukraine after dam collapse

The Israeli company Watergen has deployed its water-from-air generators to the Ukrainian city of Kherson following last month’s dam collapse in nearby Nova Kakhovka. Read more

Israeli Security Cabinet votes to save Palestinian Authority

Israel’s Security Cabinet on Sunday night voted in favour of a series of economic and defence measures to boost the Palestinian Authority. Read more

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