The 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken at a joint Knesset-U.S. Congress event marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Read more

President Reuven Rivlin hosts The Jerusalem Unity Prize Award ceremony for Global Jewish Unity Day

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin hosted the winners of the third annual Jerusalem Unity Prize at the President’s Residence today as part of the annual Unity Day commemorations held around the world.  Read more

The Six Day War: Day Three

“The Temple Mount is in our hands.” Witness the dramatic moment when a 2,000-year-old dream became a reality. Israeli forces took control of eastern Jerusalem including the Old City and the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. This was seen by many as a profound moment in Jewish history. Read more

Six Day War: Day 2

Learn what prevented Israel from firing on the Jordanian army in Jerusalem on the second day of the war. Israeli troops had begun approaching the Old City of Jerusalem – the soldiers waited to find out what would happen at Judaism’s most holy site.  Read more

Nikki Haley blasts UN body’s ‘chronic anti-Israel bias’ ahead of Israel visit

A day before embarking on her first trip to Israel as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley demanded that the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) address its bias against the Jewish state. Read more

U.S. Senate unanimously passes legislation in support of Jerusalem embassy move

The U.S. Senate urged President Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promise of relocating the American embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, unanimously passing legislation in support of the move on Monday. Read more

Six Day War: Day One

Find out how big of a danger Israel really faced. With 200,000 Arab troops massing near its borders, Israel realised war was coming. What Israel did next has become one of the most talked-about actions in the history of warfare. Read more

eBay in Israel

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has met with eBay President and CEO Devin Wenig. Read more

Six Day War: Egypt Expels UN Observers – A War of No Choice

Egyptian President Nasser makes aggressive moves, amassing tens of thousands of troops along Israel’s border, and ordering the UN peacekeeping force to leave. Watch their astonishing response. Read more

The Six Day War: Why did Israel go to war?

Find out about the early steps that led to the 1967 Six Day War – a war that changed the future of Israel. Surrounded by enemy neighbours and only nine miles wide at its narrowest point, Israel was vulnerable. Read more

The Six Day War #1

Get a first look at the project that’s been 50 years in the making. June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War – a war that changed the course of Israel and the region forever. Experience the dramatic events of 1967 and how they transformed the State of Israel. Read more

WJC praises EU lawmakers for backing measures to combat antisemitism

The president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed a resolution adopted by the European Parliament which urges all European Union member states to take action against hatred of Jews. Read more

Three young Aussies head to ROI Summit in Jerusalem

Three Australians, Joshua Biggs of Sydney, and Matti Borowski, and Rebecca Kamm of Melbourne, have been selected to join more than 150 of the Jewish world’s leading young change makers from 31 countries in Jerusalem, for the 2017 ROI Summit, to seek knowledge, partnerships and inspiration that will empower them to help reshape the Jewish future. Read more

Former official: Palestinian Authority paid terrorists more than $1 billion in 4 years

The former director general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee Monday the Palestinian Authority (PA) has paid $1.12 billion to Palestinian terrorists and their families during the past four years. Read more

New Tel Aviv-Monash research centre for metabolic disorders

A major research collaboration between the new Department of Diabetes at Monash University and the newly established Sagol Centre for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Aging at Tel Aviv Medical Centre has been announced in Israel. Read more

Glorifying terrorists

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Project approved to build a cable car to the Western Wall

At a festive cabinet meeting held at the Western Wall in honour of the 50^th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification, Israel’s government approved a tourism project to construct a cable car to the Western Wall. Read more

Mother of slain teen confronts UN over Palestinian terror payments

The mother of Ezra Schwartz, an 18-year-old American who was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in 2015 during his gap year in Israel, spoke out at the United Nations Thursday against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) payments to terrorists and their families. Read more

A Jerusalem Day message..from Jerusalem

Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky sends a message for Jerusalem Day. Read more

Lauder praises Trump for underscoring Jewish people’s historic ties to Jerusalem

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has commended US President Donald J. Trump for underscoring during his official address at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem the Jewish people’s historic ties to the Land of Israel, and for declaring commitment to the security of the State of Israel and to helping Israelis and Palestinians reach a mutual and comprehensive peace agreement. Read more

“The ties of the Jewish people to this holy land are ancient and eternal” – President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump delivered an important address at The Israel Museum in which he spoke of the “unshakable bond between the United States and Israel.” Read more

President Trump lays a wreath at Yad Vashem

President Trump and his wife Melania visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem where they laid a wreath in memory of the 6,000,000 who died during the Holocaust. Read more

Trump keeps focus on Iran upon meeting Netanyahu, addresses intel leak to Russia

President Donald Trump continued his focus on Iran during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel on Monday, while also briefly touching on the intelligence situation with Russia.  Read more

Dinner with the Netanyahus and the Trumps

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara hosted a festive dinner with US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Read more

President Trump at the Western Wall

The Western Wall and the Holy Places Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz has spoken following the visit to the Kotel by President Trump. Read more

The meeting of the presidents

The U.S. President Donald Trump has held a working meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s residence in Jerusalem during which they spoke of the strong ties between the two countries, and about ways to advance a return to negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Read more

Welcome, Donald

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport telling him that as he has arrived in Israel from Riyadh, he hopes that one day he would be able to arrive himself at Riyadh. Read more

A breakthrough in the cause of delirium

A world-first study lead by Associate Professor Gideon Caplan at  Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital has identified a breakthrough in the cause of delirium. Read more

Israel State Archives makes available material from the Six Day War

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, the Israel State Archives, a unit within the Prime Minister’s Office, has made available material from the Six Day War. Read more

President Rivlin receives diplomatic credentials of new US Ambassador to Israel

Following receiving the new U.S. ambassador’s credentials, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin said: “It is time for the whole world to recognise Jerusalem as the official capital of the State of Israel.” Read more

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