Mossad chief meets with Biden, NSA Sullivan on renewed Iran nuclear deal

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met on Friday in Washington with Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to discuss security issues in the Middle East and the US’ attempt to renew the nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. Read more

A father attends his son’s burial – a J-Wire photo story

The funeral of Yedidya Hayut, age 13 in Kiryat Herzog. Read more

Netanyahu donates blood for Meron victims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem to donate blood as part of the national blood drive in wake of the Mt. Meron disaster. Read more

Former U.S. Middle-East adviser talks to AIJAC

David Schenker, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former high-ranking White House and Pentagon official dealing with the Middle East, including as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs where he was the principal Middle East advisor to the Secretary of State, was the guest of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) at its latest webinar. Read more

Meron: Aftermath

Following the deaths of 45 ultra-orthodox in Meron, Israelis queue up to give blood…and President Reuven Rivlin lights 45 candles…a J-Wire photostory. Read more

Dozens killed, injured in apparent stampede during Lag B’Omer in Meron

Israel is in shock and dismay following the death of 45 and the injuring of some 150 people during Lag BaOmer festivities at Mount Meron on Thursday, one of the worst disasters in the country’s history. Read more

Austen Tayshus take six

Comedian Austen Tayshus aka Sandy Gutman finds himself once again the subject of a painting entered for the prestigious Archibald Prize. Read more

Russian Jewish chess player to challenge world champion for title in UAE

Russian Jewish chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi will challenge the current world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, for the title in Dubai later this year after winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament on Monday with a round to spare. Read more

Scott Morrison addresses UIA Major Donors

Australian Prime Minister was the keynote speaker at the UIA Major Donors function in Sydney tonight. Read more

European Parliament condemns UNRWA for incitement in teaching materials

For the first time in history, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for inciting hatred in its curricula and demanding that the content to “removed immediately.” Read more

First-ever Arab woman to serve as Hebrew University Vice President

The Australian Friends of the Hebrew University has congratulated Professor Mona Khoury-Kassabri on her ground-breaking appointment as Vice President for Strategy & Diversity at the Hebrew University. Read more

Large-scale study finds strong connection between corona and strokes

Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological ones. Read more

Arab MK Equates ‘Palestinian Trauma’ with Holocaust

Palestinian Arab society is suffering from trauma and stress, just like the Jews are following the Holocaust, said Arab Member of Knesset (MK) Ibtisam Mara’ana, calling for a “mutual recognition of each other’s pain.” Read more

Halimi case: Rivlin writes to Macron

President of Israel Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin yesterday sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron of France regarding the decision that the accused in the murder of Sarah Halimi ז”ל is unfit to stand trial. Read more

IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis

In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicentre of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation. Read more

France’s justice minister aims to change law after court ruling on Halimi murder

France’s Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti plans to introduce a bill to change French law after a court ruled that the 27-year-old man who killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi in a 2017 antisemitic attack would avoid trial. Read more

Report: Thomas Nides likely to be US ambassador to Israel

Former U.S. State Department official Thomas R. Nides is likely going to be nominated by the Biden administration to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Read more

Two Israelis injured in firebomb attack in Benyamin

Arab terrorists threw Molotov cocktails into a structure at Oz Tzion in the Benyamin region on Wednesday night, setting fire to it and lightly injuring two Israel. Read more

Toyota affiliate teams with Israeli startup to create electric commercial vehicles

Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors Co. and the Israeli startup REE Automotive announced on Tuesday their partnership to develop electric commercial vehicles to transport people and goods. Read more

Noa Tishby takes action to offset book’s carbon footprint

Israeli-American actress, producer and activist Noa Tishby has partnered with the financial-services company Aspiration to offset the carbon impact of her debut book Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. Read more

‘Fictional and preposterous’: Israel rejects HRW report accusing it of apartheid

Israel rejected a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) accusing it of apartheid and crimes against humanity as “a collection of lies and fabrications, bordering on antisemitic” and in an attempt to promote boycotts against the Jewish state. Read more

Kerry denies claim he informed Iran of Israeli strikes in Syria

U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations that he had discussed covert Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Iran’s foreign minister. Read more

Surprise for Vic

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian addressed 330 guests at the NSW Board of Deputies Yom Ha’azmaut cocktail party and followed her message on Israel’s 73rd birthday with a surprise presentation to CEO Vic Alhadeff. Read more

Israel to EU: we are not preventing PA elections; concerned about Hamas

Israel will not prevent the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) elections from taking place, but Hamas’ growing strength in the elections and its impact on security stability is worrying, a top Israeli official told European diplomats. Read more

HRW’s ‘Apartheid’ report denies Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish State – NGO Monitor

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, titled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution,” is an attempt to deny Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state, NGO Monitor stated. Read more

After Israel vows massive blow, Hamas holds fire

A quiet night passed over Israel’s south on Monday night and Gaza-based terrorists did not launch rockets at Israel after the Israeli government promised a crushing blow if they attacked again. Read more

Defeating odds, Israeli team crowned FIBA Europe Cup champion

Israeli Basketball Premier League club Ironi Ness Ziona has been crowned the new International Basketball Federation Europe (FIBA) Cup champions, after beating Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski and earning their first title in a European club competition. Read more

After days of rockets on southern Israel, Hamas gets an ultimatum

As part of its power struggle with Fatah, Hamas has been enabling smaller Gazan terror factions to fire rockets at Israeli border communities since Friday. Read more

Israeli startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil

An Israeli startup has developed technology to produce oxygen from the lunar soil. Read more

Hamas: Jerusalem Day will be turning point in fight against Israel

The 28^th day of the Muslim month of Ramadan, on May 9, will be the turning point in the “great battle against the Judaization and control of Jerusalem, and the attempt to divide the use of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal threatened. Read more

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