Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization honour victims of Mt. Meron tragedy
May 3, 2021 by TPS
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization (WZO) have paid tribute to those who died while participating in the Lag Ba’Omer festivities on Mount Meron last Thursday night. Read more
A father attends his son’s burial – a J-Wire photo story
May 2, 2021 by TPS
The funeral of Yedidya Hayut, age 13 in Kiryat Herzog. Read more
Israeli startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil
April 27, 2021 by TPS
An Israeli startup has developed technology to produce oxygen from the lunar soil. Read more
1,600-year-old mosaic chanced upon during development of neighbourhood in coastal Yavne
April 26, 2021 by TPS
A 1,600-year-old mosaic was recently found during archaeological excavations in the coastal town of Yavne carried out prior to the development of a new neighbourhood. Read more
Israeli life-saving optical tech enables automatic and immediate melanoma diagnosis
April 19, 2021 by TPS
Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a new optical technology that will enable an automatic and immediate melanoma diagnosis, saving many patients’ lives. Read more
Tik-Tok terrorism
April 18, 2021 by TPS
A Jerusalem court on Friday extended by four days the remand of an Arab suspected of the involvement in an antisemitic attack on an ultra-Orthodox Jew on the light rail in Jerusalem on Thursday, on Israel’s Independence Day. Read more
From Morocco to New Zealand: Jews from 60 countries participate in Yom Hazikaron ceremony
April 14, 2021 by TPS
A special Yom HaZikaron ceremony was held on Tuesday night by the Jewish Agency for Diaspora Jewry attended by participants from 60 countries around the world. Read more
Israel uncovers Iranian intelligence attempts to kidnap Israelis with social media baits
April 14, 2021 by TPS
The Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) and the Mossad have uncovered an operation through which Iranian intelligence operatives attempted to lure Israelis to travel to various countries abroad to harm or abduct them. Read more
Israeli researchers develop radioactive marker to detect tumours and replace biopsy
April 12, 2021 by TPS
More than 200,000 cancer patients and persons in remission live in Israel. Each year, nearly 28,000 new patients are diagnosed, approximately 400 of whom are children. Read more
War of Independence era weapons cache exposed in heart of Tel Aviv
April 7, 2021 by TPS
Police sappers were rushed to a location in the heart of Tel Aviv on Tuesday to defuse a stockpile of hand grenades and other explosive items dating from the period of the establishment of the state in 1948. Read more
Israeli cyber companies set new record with $1.5 b. in investments in 90 days
April 5, 2021 by TPS
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
IAF hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket attack
March 24, 2021 by TPS
The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of strikes against Hamas terror targets on Tuesday night in response to a rocket attack on Israel earlier in the evening. Read more
Three innovative Israeli-developed nanosatellites launched into space
March 23, 2021 by TPS
Three nanosatellites developed by Israeli scientists at the Technion in Haifa that will perform autonomous formation flights were launched into orbit on Monday on the Soyuz 2 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read more
Israel study shows excessive use of smartphones and social media leads to stress-related teeth-grinding, facial muscle pain
March 15, 2021 by TPS
A new study carried out at Tel Aviv University’s Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine has found that the excessive use of smartphones and social media can lead to problems sleeping, drowsiness and fatigue during the day, teeth-grinding, and pain in the mouth muscles and jaws. Read more
Israel develops world’s first laser and GPS guided mortar munition
March 15, 2021 by TPS
Israel unveiled on Sunday the “Iron Sting,” a networked precision fire system, a mortar munition that employs laser and GPS to engage targets accurately and prevent collateral damage. Read more
New Israeli study exposes coded language used by anti-semites on social media
March 2, 2021 by TPS
Anti-Semites are employing the use of a secret language, or “dog whistles,” to evade detection by algorithms on social media tracking antisemitism, posing challenges to law enforcement and social media platforms, a University of Haifa study has revealed. Read more
Purim in hospital
February 26, 2021 by TPS
The Jewish holiday of Purim is a favourite among children in Israel. Read more
Israel’s Mobileye, France’s Transdev ATS team up to deploy autonomous shuttles by 2023
February 26, 2021 by TPS
Jerusalem-based Mobileye, Transdev Autonomous Transport System (ATS), and Lohr Group, a mobility solutions manufacturer, have formed a strategic collaboration to develop and deploy autonomous shuttles. Read more
Israeli study finds natural disasters generate increase in charity, decrease in crime
February 17, 2021 by TPS
Human history is replete with extreme events, which bring chaos into our lives. Natural disasters leave a trail of destruction, causing suffering, costing lives, destroying houses, livelihoods, crops and infrastructures. Read more
MDA teams administered over 4 million COVID-19 tests since outbreak
February 5, 2021 by TPS
Magen David Adom (MDA) teams have sampled 4,042,947 people for Coronavirus (COVID-19) since the beginning of the outbreak in Israel in February 2020, the number equivalent to almost half of the country’s population. Read more
Israeli researcher reverses brain damage in worms. Humans next?
February 5, 2021 by TPS
A team of Hebrew University in Jerusalem researchers have successfully used genetic engineering as a first step to what one day may allow scientists to genetically repair damaged brain circuits in humans. Read more
PA plants trees to honour 35,000 Shahids, including suicide bombers
February 3, 2021 by TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a project to honour all Arabs who have died as so-called Shahids, martyrs killed while fighting the Infidel, since 1917 when the British Army liberated the land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire. Read more
Historical discovery in southern Israel offers glimpse into wardrobe of King David and King Solomon
February 1, 2021 by TPS
Groundbreaking research conducted by Israeli archaeologists enabled them to recover scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple from the time of King David and King Solomon, some 3,000 years ago, the first time that purple-dyed Iron Age textiles have been found in Israel, or indeed throughout the Southern Levant. Read more
Entrepreneurs from Syria, Libya, Iraq, Gaza participate in Israeli program to develop startups and social initiatives
February 1, 2021 by TPS
A group of young entrepreneurs from Arab countries is participating in weekly zoom meetings as part of a unique Israeli program for the development of startups and social initiatives. Read more
Yad Vashem launches IRemember Wall ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 22, 2021 by TPS
“I should like someone to remember that there once lived a person named David Berger,” David wrote in his last letter, which he sent from Vilna in 1941. Read more
Minister of Education bans groups that degrade IDF, Israel from schools
January 18, 2021 by TPS
Education Minister Yoav Gallant issued an order on Sunday banning organizations that degrade IDF soldiers or the state of Israel from lecturing or conducting activities in schools. Read more
With eye on Iran, Israeli envoy presents UN with 5-point plan to combat global terrorism
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan presented a five-point plan for combatting global terrorism to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, calling on members to unite in the global fight against all acts of terrorism. Read more
In first of its kind operation, Israeli doctors use micro-knife instead of open-heart surgery
January 13, 2021 by TPS
The catheterization unit at the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem marked a historic moment in the field of cardiology when its doctors performed a heart operation through catheterization and not open-heart surgery. Read more
Israeli woman injured in terror attack in serious condition: suspects arrested
January 4, 2021 by TPS
An Israeli woman who was injured in a rock attack on her car on Sunday is in serious condition after undergoing emergency surgery. Read more
PA Prime Minister Shtayyeh compares Jesus to suicide bombers
January 4, 2021 by TPS
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said that Jesus was “the first Palestinian self-sacrificing fighter” and the one who taught Palestinians “Martyrdom-death,” comparing him to suicide bombers. Read more
