Israel opens embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE approves embassy in Tel Aviv
January 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi officially on Sunday with the arrival of the Head of Mission Eitan Na’eh, Israel’s former envoy to Turkey. Read more
Police, residents clash in Haredi neighbourhoods over yeshiva shutdowns
January 25, 2021 by JNS
Clashes continued on Sunday in several Haredi neighbourhoods between residents and the police attempting to enforce Israel’s lockdown regulations. Read more
Another American of Palestinian descent appointed in Biden Administration
January 24, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Washington has announced the appointment of Maher Bitar to senior director for intelligence in President Joe Biden’s National Security Council. Read more
Israel closes skies as fear of COVID-19 mutations grows
January 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The government is poised to announce that it will completely close Israel’s skies to travellers, as the fear of the spread of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) mutation in the county grows. Read more
EXCLUSIVE – Suha Arafat: ‘Abu Mazen must leave Like Trump, Govt. has Nazi characteristics and is based on fear’
January 22, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“We also deserve a change of presidents like in the United States,” Suha Arafat, Yasser Arafat’s widow, told TPS in a phone conversation, and demanded that Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas leave after 15 years in power and four presidential terms in the US. Read more
IDF troops who served during Protective Edge sue Breaking the Silence and crew member for ‘spreading lies and fabrications’
January 22, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Breaking the Silence is facing legal action after two IDF soldiers who served during Operation Protective Edge filed a unique lawsuit in an Israeli court against the organization and Yaron Zeev, a former member of their tank crew, for defamation and “spreading lies and fabrications.” Read more
Yad Vashem launches IRemember Wall ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 22, 2021 by TPS-IL
“I should like someone to remember that there once lived a person named David Berger,” David wrote in his last letter, which he sent from Vilna in 1941. Read more
In a first, woman elected to head Israeli religious party
January 22, 2021 by Agencies
For the first time in Israel’s history, a woman was elected this week to head a religious party running for the Knesset, when Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe emerged victorious in the Jewish Home Party (Habayit Hayehudi) primary on Tuesday. Read more
Israel’s UN envoy steps into role of US ambassador
January 22, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Thursday assumed the role of ambassador to the United States, taking over from Ron Dermer, who held the position for the past seven years. Read more
A Holocaust Memorial Centre at Babyn Yar
January 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre (BYHMC) unveiled its plans for constructing one of the world’s largest Holocaust memorial centres. Read more
Benny Begin joins New Hope
January 22, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former minister and senior Likud figure and son of the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Benny Begin has announced he would be joining Gideon Saar, and the New Hope Party as a candidate for the Knesset in the upcoming elections. Read more
A new hall and apartments for the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation
January 22, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
The Brisbane Hebrew Congregation has overwhelmingly given the thumbs up for the design for its new communal hall. Read more
#everynamecounts
January 22, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
Together with volunteers from all over the world, the Arolsen Archives in Germany is building the largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazism. Read more
Egyptian and Jordanian message to Abu Mazen: ‘Israel warns of consequences for Hamas’ election victory’
January 21, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence chiefs who visited Ramallah this week and met with Abu Mazen warned the Palestinian Authority that Israel would not cooperate with a Palestinian government in which Hamas would be a partner,” a senior Fatah official told TPS. Read more
Israeli leaders welcome Biden
January 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli leaders have warm congratulatory messages to President Joe Biden on the first day of his presidency. Read more
Biden taps two additional Jewish nominees to senior posts in intelligence, health
January 21, 2021 by JNS
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has appointed former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the same role. Read more
Trump pardons Jonathan Pollard handler Aviem Sella
January 21, 2021 by JNS
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella, the former handler of Jonathan Pollard, a former civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy who sold U.S. military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon in the 1980s. Read more
Biden nominees stress that US will not be rejoining Iran nuclear deal anytime soon
January 21, 2021 by JNS
Several nominees for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team acknowledged on Tuesday that the United States isn’t ready to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Read more
Secretary Of State Nominee Blinken: US Embassy staying in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital
January 21, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and the US embassy will not be removed back to Tel Aviv, and Iran is only three to four months away from breakout time for a nuclear weapon, Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s selection as secretary of state, told the Senate. Read more
Tlaib calls Israel ‘racist’ for not offering COVID vaccines in Palestinian territories
January 20, 2021 by JNS
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip is run by the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hamas. Read more
30-day mourning period for Israeli Esther Horgen to be observed online
January 20, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Family and friends of Esther Horgen, the 52-year-old Israeli mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist last month, are organizing a Zoom event for the general public on Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, to mark her shloshim—the culmination of the traditional 30-day Jewish mourning period since her death. Read more
Israelis over the age of 40 now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine
January 20, 2021 by JNS
Israel’s Ministry of Health lowered the age of those eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine to 40 on Tuesday. At the same time, the ministry ordered the country’s four health management organizations to prepare to distribute a quarter of a million vaccines per day. Read more
Israeli Health Ministry: Level of antibodies generated by Pfizer vaccine higher than in those who contracted COVID-19
January 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The level of antibodies that the Pfizer-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine produces is higher than that found in those who contracted the virus and their bodies produced it naturally, the Israeli Health Ministry has found. Read more
Scott Morrison in video conference with Netanyahu
January 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has participated in a video conference of leaders including Scott Morrison hosted by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Read more
A PhD for Ruth at 88
January 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A Sydney educator who conceptualised and implemented important programs for Jewish day schools in the 1980s has been awarded a PhD in education by the University of Sydney at the age of 88. Read more
Minister of Education bans groups that degrade IDF, Israel from schools
January 18, 2021 by TPS-IL
Education Minister Yoav Gallant issued an order on Sunday banning organizations that degrade IDF soldiers or the state of Israel from lecturing or conducting activities in schools. Read more
Jibril Rajoub to US officials: I will work to ensure Abbas’s victory
January 18, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“Marwan Barghouti, a senior Fatah prisoner imprisoned in Israel, is determined to face Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] for the Palestinian presidency and is expected to run with the full support of Muhammad Dahlan, a Fatah official ousted by Abu Mazen,” said a senior Fatah official. Read more
Fatah official: ‘Criminal jackass’ Trump thrown into garbage bin of history
January 18, 2021 by JNS
Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub said in a recent interview that U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he referred to as a “criminal jackass,” had been thrown in the garbage bin of history, and that those Arab leaders that have normalized relations with Israel will share his fate. Read more
Parents of terror victim launch ‘Happy Birthday 2 You’ initiative to unite Jews around the world
January 18, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Bat-Galim Shaer and her husband Ofir have launched an initiative to bring Jews around the world in a unique way in memory of their son Gil-ad, who was kidnapped and murdered in 2014 by Hamas terrorists together with two other Israeli youths. Read more
Family of Israeli doctor found dead in IDF uniform: he was murdered
January 17, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Dr Avi Harlev, a senior doctor at Barzilai Hospital and an officer in the IDF’s reserves, was found dead on Tuesday night in the Lahav Forest, in the vicinity of his home in Har Hebron area. Read more
