President Herzog establishes Israeli Climate Forum

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has announced the establishment of the Israeli Climate Forum, which will lead discussions about the climate crisis and Israel’s role in the fight against it. Read more

Israel sees lowest COVID-19 positive rate since Mid-July

The fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) wave in Israel is apparently fading away, as the country recorded the lowest COVID-19 stats in months. Read more

Scuba diver discovers 900-year-old Crusader sword off Israeli coast

Shlomi Katzin, a resident of the coastal town of Atlit in the north, was scuba diving last Saturday off the Carmel coast when he was amazed to discover ancient artefacts on the sea bed, apparently uncovered by waves and undercurrents that had shifted the sand. Read more

Israel can’t ignore China’s threat to the free world

Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to re-evaluate its attitude towards the world. Read more

Anti-Israel bots attack Billie Eilish for saying ‘Hi Israel’

Singer and songwriter Billie Eilish was recently attacked on her social media platforms by a suspected network of anti-Israel bots after she said “Hi Israel” in a promotional video for her new album. Read more

World’s largest Byzantine-era winepresses discovered in Israel

A massive and impressive Byzantine-era wine factory, the largest ever discovered in the world, was recently exposed near the coastal city of Yavneh, in the centre of Israel. Read more

Third stage of Israel’s National Drone Initiative takes off to Tel Aviv area

Israel’s National Drone Initiative, which first began its flights over urban areas in January 2021, has launched its third phase, with the participation of five companies operating autonomous drone networks. Read more

Iran’s bombs at centre of German Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Jerusalem

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended an Israeli government meeting on Sunday in Jerusalem, held especially for her at the King David Hotel, her seventh visit to the Jewish state as she steps down as chancellor after 16 years. Read more

Bennett cautiously declarers victory over 4th COVID-19 wave in Israel

The Corona Cabinet, the ministerial committee on fighting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, met on Sunday night and lauded their supposed success in fighting the virus in Israel. Read more

Bennett: Israel at ‘Critical Stage’ in Battle with COVID-19

Israel is at “a critical stage” in its battle with the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, while expressing satisfaction at the decline in the number of serious cases in the country. Read more

Harris aides attempt to address backlash after exchange with college student on Israel

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has been in touch with pro-Israel and Jewish organizations after an exchange this week with a student in Virginia who accused Israel of ethnic genocide. Read more

Lapid inaugurates embassy in Bahrain, Iran calls visit ‘stain that cannot be erased’

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Jewish state’s embassy in Bahrain on Thursday, a year after the two countries signed the Abraham Accords to normalize ties. Read more

The false accusation of ‘Israel apartheid’

The campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel has recently moved into a higher gear with the increased use of one particularly vicious falsehood. Read more

Iran’s UN rep calls Bennett’s speech ‘full of lies’

Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, assailed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying that the speech he delivered was “full of lies.” Read more

Five dead and 38 wounded in bus crash in northern Israel

United Hatzalah volunteers are currently treating a large number of injured on Highway 89 near Hurfeish due to a bus accident. A private car and bus crashed into one another. Read more

At UN, Bennett warns world Iran’s nuclear program at a ‘watershed moment’

Demarking a clear distinction between himself and his predecessor, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that one of the most dangerous problems in the world today is political polarization. Read more

Departing words as PM Bennett leaves to address the United Nations General Assembly

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the media before flying to New york where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. Read more

The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco

According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, this was merely a “technicality” that would be reversed. Read more

Israeli Foreign Minister: Delay in US aid to Iron Dome – ‘technical’

The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, experienced a significant diplomatic setback on Tuesday when the US Congress decided to withhold military aid from Israel and refused to vote on funding for its Iron Dome defence system. Read more

Elad Tena appointed new head of Israel National Information System

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced the appointment of Elad Tena to lead Israel’s National Information System called “Hasbara” in Hebrew, which comes from the word for “explanation.” Read more

The hate-fest that is Durban rears its ugly head again

Next week, the United Nations is set to reinforce infamy. In the wings of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, it is to hold a 20th anniversary summit of its so-called World Conference against Racism that took place in Durban, South Africa, four days before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more

As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays

With Jews around the world set to begin the High Holiday season, the small Jewish communities in six Gulf states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are planning to take part publicly in some of the traditional holiday rituals for the first time in decades. Read more

The Taliban’s Palestinian partners: Implications for the Middle East peace process

The Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, followed by the ISIS-K bombing that killed 13 U.S. military personnel and scores of civilians, underscores the far-reaching implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The mujahideen’s takeover of Kabul, following a 20-year U.S. counter-terror campaign against Al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups in Afghanistan, has reenergized the global jihad’s slow and determined war against the West…write…Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh. Read more

Jenin terrorist leaders: these are the terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison

These are the terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison in the north of Israel on Monday night. Read more

In Israeli first, doctors separate twins with conjoined skulls

Doctors at the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheva have made Israeli medical history, successfully separating twins that had been conjoined at the head. Read more

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah: Israel’s population grows to 9.39 Million

Israel’s population stands at 9,391,000 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and grew by 146,000 over the past year, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) annual pre-Rosh Hashanah report on Israel’s population shows. Read more

2.4 million Israeli students return to class amid COVID-19 wave

Some 2,458,000 Israeli children from kindergarten through high school returned to class on Wednesday and began the school year, amid a high Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate in the country. Read more

Seven hospitals warn of collapse as COVID-19 stats remain high

Doctors and nurses from seven hospitals across Israel staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Health on Sunday warning of a systemic collapse as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers in Israel remained high. Read more

Appeasement

I was brought up to despise the word appeasement. It was the ideology favoured by much of the British aristocracy and political leaders before the Second World War. Read more

Secord raises Israeli approach to Covid vaccinations at NSW Parliamentary hearing

Israel’s vaccination rates and its roll-out of a third Pfizer booster jab were canvassed at a recent NSW Health budget estimates hearings by the NSW Labor Opposition. Read more

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