10 things you didn’t know about this year’s ‘Miss Universe’ pageant
December 14, 2021 by Agencies
When it comes to the Miss Universe pageant, most people firmly belong in one of two categories: those who consider it to be a global celebration of women and beauty, and others who find it an old-fashioned, patriarchal event that belongs deep in the past.
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Edward Shames, last ‘Band of Brothers’ officer, dies at 99
December 7, 2021 by Agencies
Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 99. Read more
Israel and UAE sign historic agreement to enhance space cooperation
October 21, 2021 by Agencies
Israel’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Orit Farkash HaCohen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister for Advanced Technology Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri signed a historic agreement on Wednesday at the 2021 world Expo in Dubai for the cooperation in Space projects. Read more
Israeli study: Pfizer vaccine wears off after six months
October 8, 2021 by Agencies
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine loses considerable effectiveness six months after the second dose, according to new Israeli research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more
Palestinians share intended Shin Bet chief’s personal details on social media
September 30, 2021 by Agencies
Unknown Palestinians on Sunday posted the image and name of Israel’s next Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director on social media, slapping his face on a “wanted” poster. Read more
Iran’s UN rep calls Bennett’s speech ‘full of lies’
September 30, 2021 by Agencies
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
Witness reluctant to make Leifer statement
September 21, 2021 by Agencies
An ex-school counsellor did not want to make a statement against former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer because she thought she could be pursued for money, a court has heard. Read more
Israel commemorates 48th anniversary of Yom Kippur War
September 20, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli officials and bereaved families gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl on Sunday to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Read more
Third sister begins Leifer evidence
September 19, 2021 by Agencies
The third of three sisters who allege they were abused by former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has begun her evidence. Read more
Israeli court orders Hamas to pay $11.8 million to families of three slain teens; families to appeal
September 16, 2021 by Agencies
The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that Hamas must pay 38 million shekels (US$11.8 million) to the families of three Israeli teens murdered by the terrorist group in 2014. Read more
Israelis take to the streets on Yom Kippur
September 15, 2021 by Agencies
At Yom Kippur, Israel grinds to a halt. For 25 hours, schools, restaurants and businesses shut down, roads empty out as driving is prohibited, and there are no buses, no trains and no planes. Read more
First witness called against Malka Leifer
September 13, 2021 by Agencies
A hearing has begun to find if there’s enough evidence for former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer to stand trial on child sexual abuse charges. Read more
NSW man with Nazi flag in bedroom arrested
September 13, 2021 by Agencies
AAP: A central NSW man with the Nazi flag and a map of the state on his bedroom wall has been arrested by counter-terrorism police over a plan to make a 3D gun. Read more
Eichmann was turned in by anti-Nazi geologist, German paper reveals
August 26, 2021 by Agencies
Sixty years after infamous Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad agents and brought to Israel for trial, a German media outlet has revealed, for the first time, the identity of the person believed to have turned Eichmann in. Read more
‘There is more to Polish restitution law than Lapid portrays’
August 24, 2021 by Agencies
The question on everyone’s mind in Poland in recent days was what prompted Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to react in such a critical manner to their government’s decision to put a statute of limitations on property claims that date back more than 30 years?…writes Ariel Bulshtein. Read more
Israel offers Turkey emergency aid in wake of devastating floods
August 17, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz contacted Turkey’s defence attaché to Israel and the Turkish Defense Ministry on Sunday and offered to send a search and rescue delegation to help Turkey cope with the aftermath of devastating floods. Read more
Meet the first Israeli baby born in United Arab Emirates
The Israeli head of mission in Dubai, Ilan Sztulman, and his wife, Jackie, celebrated the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates with the arrival of their fifth child, Mia Sztulman Starosta Lembert. Read more
Israeli Foreign Ministry: EU sending representative to Raisi’s swearing-in ‘puzzling’
August 4, 2021 by Agencies
Israel is less than enthusiastic about the European Union’s decision to send a high-level representative to attend the swearing-in of Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday Read more
Israeli startup signs deal to map 18 million Australian buildings in 3D
July 30, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli startup GEOX has signed an agreement with the Australian government company that includes full 3D mapping of 18 million buildings across the Australian continent, based on aerial photographs. Read more
‘Ben & Jerry’s will regret the day they boycotted Israel’
July 26, 2021 by Agencies
The decision by ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s to pull its business beyond the Green Line means that under U.S. law its parent company, Unilever, has lost the right to protect the brand’s trademark in Judea and Samaria, the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center announced over the weekend. Read more
Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism
July 23, 2021 by Agencies
To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world. Read more
Iranian dissidents visit Israel
July 23, 2021 by Agencies
Ayelet Shaked visits Ben & Jerry’s Israel factory in show of support
July 22, 2021 by Agencies
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked yesterday visited the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel in a show of support of its CEO, Avi Zinger, who is fighting the parent company’s recent decision to halt sales in Judea and Samaria. Read more
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate up in arms over kashrut reform plan
July 22, 2021 by Agencies
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate announced on Tuesday that it plans to fight a reform seeking to strip it of its absolute authority to award businesses kashrut certificates…writes Hanan Greenwood. Read more
‘Fauda’ becomes first Israel TV show to be dubbed in Farsi
July 22, 2021 by Agencies
Critically acclaimed Israeli TV series Fauda is about to mark another historical achievement by being dubbed into Farsi. Read more
Which Israeli athletes have a shot at the Olympic podium?
July 21, 2021 by Agencies
Israel is sending its largest-ever Olympic delegation of 89 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics set for July 23 to August 8. And we’re sending 32 athletes to Tokyo for the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5. Read more
UAE becomes first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel
July 15, 2021 by Agencies
The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Tel Aviv officially opened for business in Tel Aviv on Wednesday in a special ceremony presided over by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja. Israeli and Emirati flags were raised outside the building. Read more
Shaked: ‘It will be easier for our government to work with current US administration’
July 14, 2021 by Agencies
The past three months have been the stormiest of Ayelet Shaked’s political life…writes Ariel Kahana.
Going the distance: Israeli couple in the running for Olympic gold
June 30, 2021 by Agencies
Qualifying for the Olympic Games is every athlete’s dream. Read more
Hamas leader: ‘God has decreed we must attack Tel Aviv’
Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, told a group of students and academics in Gaza on Saturday that the terrorist organization has the capability to demolish Tel Aviv and that Israel had only destroyed 3 percent of Gaza’s tunnel network last month during “Operation Guardian of the Walls.” Read more
