Haley, Hagee show solidarity in visit to Israel, warn against revitalized Iran

Israel, you are not alone. … We represent 10 million-plus people in America and these people say to you Israel, we have your back.” Read more

Linoy Ashram wins gold, silver in European Gymnastics Championship

Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram was crowned European champion in the clubs exercise in the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Read more

Israel becomes first country to ban fur sales for fashion

Israel has become the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur for fashion (with a few exceptions), effective six months from now. Read more

Jordanian table-tennis player pulls out of match to avoid facing Israeli opponent

A Jordanian national table tennis player recently withdrew from the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia to avoid playing against an Israeli athlete, confirmed the Jordanian Paralympic Committee. Read more

Israel opens COVID-19 vaccines to teens aged 12-16

Israeli teens aged 12-16 can get vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) beginning on Sunday, the latest phase of the country’s battle against the pandemic. Read more

Shin Bet head warns of political violence

Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman issued an unusual warning on Saturday against the intense political climate in the country which he claims may lead to political violence. Read more

How did Hamas become the darling of the West?

In February 2009, I wrote an essay about a symposium at UCLA that marked the beginning of Hamas’s penetration into academic circles…writes Judea Pearl. Read more

Israeli researcher named National Geographic Society ‘Emerging Explorer’

The National Geographic Society has named University of Haifa professor Dr Aviad Scheinin as one of its “Emerging Explorers” in 2021—one of 15 individuals it described as changing the world “one idea at a time.” Read more

Netanyahu: Israel will get rid of Iran’s existential threat, even if US opposes

If faced with the difficult situation of having to choose between an Iran armed with nuclear weapons or a diplomatic clash with Washington following an attack on Iran, Israel would choose the latter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared. Read more

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend itself’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas on Israeli population centres and pinpoint Israeli airstrikes on Hamas installations in Gaza in retaliation. Read more

Chief rabbi calls out South Africa’s president over Israel ‘apartheid’ allegations

South Africa’s Sunday Times published an open letter by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who compared Israel to South Africa under apartheid. Read more

Simon Cowell drops planned appearance as judge on ‘X Factor Israel’

British media mogul and veteran music producer Simon Cowell has cancelled his planned appearance as a judge on the new season of “The X Factor Israel”. Read more

10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas

Over this past weekend, Arabs were shooting fireworks in the sky, supposedly in celebration of holding Israeli population centres hostage for 11 days with more than 4,000 rockets. Read more

Israel is removing all corona restrictions starting next Tuesday, June 1st

For the first time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, all restrictions in the State of Israel will be lifted. Health Minister Yuli (Joel) Edelstein announced today that he will not extend the restrictions that will expire next Tuesday, June 1^st. Read more

Biden’s skin-deep support for Israel

Until Wednesday, President Joe Biden had maintained a fairly supportive posture towards Israel in the face of the Hamas terror regime in Gaza’s launch of its newest round of war against the Jewish state. Read more

UN rebukes Hamas for bombing its aid for Gaza

Hamas’ mortar attacks on the crossings from Israel into the Gaza Strip while humanitarian supplies and personnel were being brought into Gaza are “unacceptable” and are “preventing vital humanitarian supplies from entering the Strip,” said Lynn Hastings, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine. Read more

A statement from Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an update on the continuing conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Read more

Preventable and predictable

When tragedy strikes the often-heard explanation is that it was “an act of God” and therefore unforeseen and beyond the ability of humans to prevent it. Read more

Scott Morrison says no to Durban 4

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has applauded Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia will not participate in the event to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Read more

First plane of Israeli medical aid lands in India

The first cargo plane with tons of medical equipment donated by Israel to the Government of India landed at Indira Airport in Delhi on Wednesday morning. Read more

Jerusalem police arrest 5 Arab rioters in Sheikh Jarrah

Jerusalem’s police arrested three Arabs in the city on Wednesday night during violent riots in the Shimon Hatzadik neighbourhood, also known as Sheikh Jarrah. Read more

Bob Carr targets Israel again

Former NSW Premier and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr has sent an email to “to all supporters of Palestine in the Australian Labor Party”. 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

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

Israeli startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil

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

Earth Day 2021: An unprecedented opportunity to restore our Earth

The coronavirus pandemic has presented us with one of the most acute challenges of our generation. Read more

Israeli cyber companies set new record with $1.5 b. in investments in 90 days

Israeli cyber companies broke an all-time record and concluded the first quarter of 2021 during which start-ups in the industry raising a total of $1.5 billion in 17 different transactions. Read more

‘Obsessive and biased’: Israel slams UN Human Rights Council following vote on anti-Israel items

Israel’s diplomatic leadership had harsh words for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following several resolutions it adopted against Israel. Read more

Dan Tehan to discuss trade with counterparts in Israel and Bahrain on zoom

In a first-ever webinar event, the Trade Ministers of Australia, Bahrain and Israel will be interviewed live on the importance of new markets in a post-COVID-19` world. Read more

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