South African foreign minister wants Israel designated an apartheid state

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says that Israel should be designated an “apartheid state”. Read more

Russia accuses Israel of ‘unconstructive and biased’ stance on Ukraine war

The position Israel has demonstrated in recent months in regards to the war in Ukraine “is not helpful” and the issue of the Jewish Agency’s activities in Russia belongs only to the legal level and is not a diplomatic issue, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Read more

Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Middle East accomplished most of the administration’s goals, but from Israel’s point of view, the results were a mixed bag, experts told JNS. Read more

Biden’s tweet on ‘Work with Israel is a Blessing’ deleted

A tweet posted on President Joe Biden’s official account summing up his visit to Israel and praising his work with the Jewish state was inexplicably erased shortly after being posted. Read more

Saudi Arabia lifts Israel flights ban

Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to “all air carriers”, signalling the end of its longstanding ban on Israeli flights over its territory – a key step toward normalisation between the two nations. Read more

US and Israel sign strategic partnership joint declaration

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in Jerusalem on Thursday and adopted the historic Joint Declaration on the US-Israel Strategic Partnership, known as the Jerusalem Declaration. Read more

Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’

Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Read more

Demonstrations during Biden’s visit in East Jerusalem banned

Several Israeli organizations have expressed rage after the police have banned their planned protests in eastern Jerusalem during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel’s capital later this week. Read more

More than 16,000 police officers to secure Biden’s Israel visit

The Israel Police announced on Sunday the completion of its preparations ahead of Wednesday’s visit to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden. Read more

Majority of Israelis don’t trust Biden administration on critical issues, poll shows

The vast majority of Israeli do not trust the Biden administration to take into account Israeli interests during its negotiations with Iran over a renewed nuclear deal or in other critical matters, a new poll shows. Read more

Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors elects Doron Almog as new chairman

The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors has elected Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog as the organization’s new Chairman of the Executive and Mark Wilf as its new Chairman of the Board. Read more

Israel welcomes 1 millionth tourist in 2022, in rebound from COVID-19

Just over four months since Coronavirus restrictions limiting entry into Israel were lifted on March 1, the one-millionth tourist in 2022 arrived on Sunday, indicating an apparent rebound of the industry heavily battered by the pandemic. Read more

Blog – The JNF Educators Tour: Galilee

We all start our day in our own preferred way and today proved no different. Read more

Israel and Poland restore relations after Holocaust-related spat

President Isaac Herzog has discussed with Polish President Andrzej Duda “the promotion of their countries’ bilateral relations” and agreed to restore the relations “to their proper course”. Read more

PM Lapid seeks to lead Israel’s government ‘as if elections were not being held’

Prime Minister Yair Lapid headed his first weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, after entering office on Friday. Read more

MDA to the rescue

While playing soccer with his children in the Jerusalem suburb of Pisgat Ze’ev, 49 year old Yohanan Mevorah suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed. Read more

Yair Lapid in Istanbul: Iranian attacks against Israelis a ‘clear violation of Turkish sovereignty by Iran’

In a further sign of Israel’s improving relationship with Turkey, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived in that country on Thursday and met with his counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Ankara. Read more

Report: Turkey’s intelligence organization nabs Iranian assassination team

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) arrested an eight-man cell that was working on behalf of the Iranian secret service to target Israelis in the country, Turkish media reported Thursday. Read more

Muslim paramedic joins op to rescue Jewish refugees from Ukraine

On Tuesday, two Jewish Ukrainian refugees began the final leg of their journey to a new home in Israel. In a collaborative operation run by the JDC, The Jewish Agency, and United Hatzalah, the two refugees, each suffering from a severe medical condition, were brought to Israel to receive medical care. Read more

Israel says building air defence alliance

Israel is building a US-backed regional air defence alliance, the Israeli defence minister says, adding that the apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks and could be boosted by President Joe Biden’s visit next month. Read more

Naftali Bennett explains decision to dissolve the Knesset

Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett held a press conference on Monday evening that was carried on all of Israel’s broadcast networks to explain his decision, revealed to the public just a few hours earlier, to call for the dissolution of the Knesset and the holding of new elections. Read more

Election in Israel: Coalition leaders optimistic

Leaders of Israel’s various coalition parties generally responded optimistically in response to Monday evening’s news that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has decided to dissolve the Knesset and call for new elections. Read more

Lapid to be Israeli PM ahead of election

Israeli parliamentarians will vote to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country’s fifth election in three years, following weeks of pressure on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s fragile ruling coalition. Read more

David Spitzer, AKA ‘Yigal’, one of the last Lehi fighters, passes at 92

David Spitzer witnessed it all – he was a member of the Lehi underground and fought the British occupation before the establishment of the State of Israel and 1948, and accompanied the young country through its next seven decades until he passed away on Saturday, at the age of 92. Read more

IDF bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attack

The IDF bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Gazan terrorists launched a rocket toward Israel. Read more

On the other hand

When the Hebrew Prophet, Isaiah, predicted that one day Israel would be a “light unto the nations” his prophecy must have seemed rather far-fetched. Read more

Israeli scientists uncover traces of fire dating over 800,000 years

Israel scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science, using an advanced, innovative method they developed to detect nonvisual traces of fire, have seen the usage of fire at least 800,000 years ago, one of the earliest known pieces of evidence for the use of fire. Read more

Israel contemplating fifth COVID vaccine as number of infections rises

Israel’s health system is contemplating the administration of a fifth Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, as the number of new cases has significantly risen in recent days. Read more

UN-mandated rights inquiry rebukes Israel: Report condemned by the US

An independent commission of inquiry set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council after the 2021 Gaza war says Israel must do more than end the occupation of land Palestinians want for a state. Read more

Women authors outnumbering the men in Israel

The National Library of Israel has presented its annual report on the Israeli publishing industry for the year 2021, which points to a resurgence in the Israeli book market, and indicates that for the first time, female authors published more books of Hebrew prose and poetry than their male counterparts. Read more

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