Israel enters third COVID-19 lockdown
Israel entered a countrywide lockdown on Sunday night, the country’s third nationwide Coronavirus (COVID-19) closure in 10 months. Read more
IAF bombs Hamas targets in response to rocket attack
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Friday night bombed several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired at Israel earlier in the evening. Read more
Israeli scientists develop gene therapy to treat loss of hearing in children
December 24, 2020 by TPS
Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a gene therapy for deafness, a breakthrough that may help in the treatment of children with hearing loss. Read more
Israeli tech that helps the sight-impaired to read receives top innovation award
December 17, 2020 by TPS
The Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, a leader in personal, Artificial Intelligence-driven innovations, has been named a CES 2021 Innovation Awards Best of Innovation Honoree, in the Accessibility category, for its small OrCam Read digital reader. Read more
The women’s Chanukiah
December 16, 2020 by TPS
The Women of the Wall gathered together at the Kotel on Monday night to light a Chanukiah. Read more
Ancient oil lamp workshops discovered in Israeli neighbourhood under construction
December 15, 2020 by TPS
Excavations during the construction of a new neighbourhood in Ramat Beit Shemesh unearthed dozens of pottery oil lamps, two bearing the symbol of the Temple menorah. Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Now peace with Morocco
December 11, 2020 by TPS
Breaking: US President Donald Trump announces on his Twitter account that there is normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco.
House Committee approves elections on March 16
December 10, 2020 by TPS
The Knesset’s House Committee approved a bill dispersing the Knesset for its first reading, another step toward the fourth round of elections in Israel in two years’ time. Read more
UAE Sheikh purchases half of Jerusalem’s soccer team
December 8, 2020 by TPS
Another historic phase in the rapidly unfolding Abraham Accords was recorded Monday when Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) royal family, purchased 50% of the Beitar Jerusalem football club. Read more
Top women diplomats from Israel, UAE, Bahrain come together in trailblazing event
December 6, 2020 by TPS
The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s “Women in Diplomacy Network” together with the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Bahrain held a first of its kind panel examining the role of women in diplomacy 20 years after the adoption of UN Resolution 1325. Read more
Israel protests comparison between modern-day Hungary and Holocaust
November 30, 2020 by TPS
Israel’s embassy in Hungary sharply rejected any “use and abuse of the memory of the Holocaust for any purpose” following an op-ed published in Hungary comparing its state to that of Jews in the Holocaust. Read more
Gaza’s strawberries
November 29, 2020 by TPS
Farmers in Gaza hope to export 1,100 tons of strawberries to Europe and Israel this season. Read more
Israel unveils NIS 1 billion plan to develop area near Gaza Strip
November 23, 2020 by TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened on Sunday the council heads from the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip to update them on details of the over NIS 1 billion plan to “strengthen civilian resilience” in the city of Sderot and the communities in the area. Read more
IAF bombs Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket attack
November 22, 2020 by TPS
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Saturday night numbed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on the city of Ashkelon earlier in the evening. Read more
Hamas not happy PA resuming coordinating with Israel
November 19, 2020 by TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced it was resuming its security and civilian coordination with Israel, six months after PA head Mahmoud Abbas froze them. Read more
PA paid over $371,000 for murder of 4 Israeli children and 9 adults
November 12, 2020 by TPS
Since his arrest by Israel in November 2002, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has paid terrorist Muhammad Naifeh ‘Abu Rabia’ NIS892,200 (approx. A$363,300) in reward for his acts of terrorism, according to a report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Read more
PA leader Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19 in Israeli hospital
Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the PLO’s Executive Committee and chief negotiator with Israel for the past 20 years died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday after contracting Coronavirus (COVID-19) last month and after his health condition deteriorated.
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Report: Trump administration to ramp up pressure on Iran before end of term
Elliott Abrams, the US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, met on Sunday in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Over 40,000 send flowers for Shabbat to ‘COVID-19 heroes’ as part of Shabbat Project
November 9, 2020 by TPS
Thousands of bouquets of flowers were delivered in time for this past Shabbat, including to Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, doctors, frontline healthcare workers, volunteer first responders, Lone Soldiers, elderly people who are isolated during the pandemic, and others. Read more
Israel to build new community near Gaza Strip area
November 9, 2020 by TPS
Israel will build a new community in the Sdot Negev Regional Council area, adjacent to the Gaza Strip, the government announced Sunday. Read more
‘Long and Warm Relationship’: Israel’s leadership congratulates Biden, thanks Trump
November 8, 2020 by TPS
Israel’s leadership congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and thanked President Donald Trump for his historic contribution to the Jewish state after Biden declared his victory on Saturday.
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Court denies Rabin’s assassin leave for son’s Barmitzvah
November 5, 2020 by TPS
A court in Beer Sheva on Wednesday denied a request by Yigal Amir to be allowed to attend a bar mitzvah for his son over the weekend. Read more
Israeli team on way to help Czech Republic fight COVID-19
November 3, 2020 by TPS
An Israeli team of specialists is being dispatched to the Czech Republic to help it contend with a serious wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. Read more
Israel unveils new rapid COVID-19 tests
November 3, 2020 by TPS
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein unveiled on Monday a new Israeli-developed Coronavirus (COVID-19) test that will shorten the processing time in the laboratories from eight hours to four and will be safer and based on robot activity. Read more
Israeli doctor develops world’s first treatment preventing fetus from contracting CMV virus during pregnancy
October 29, 2020 by TPS
Israeli Dr Keren Shachar-Nissan, a senior physician at the Schneider children’s hospital, has developed a treatment that prevents a fetus in utero from contracting the CMV virus that the mother has. Read more
1,700-year-old boundary stone bearing name ‘Kfar Nafah’ found in Golan Heights
October 28, 2020 by TPS
A 1,700-year-old boundary stone, inscribed with the name “Kfar Nafah” (Nafah village) in Greek, was uncovered last month in an archaeological excavation led by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) near the Nafah IDF army base in the Golan Heights. Read more
History in IAF as it gets its first female F-35 pilot
October 25, 2020 by TPS
Capt. S made history when she became the first female pilot to join an Israeli Air Force (IAF) Adir F-35I squadron and was appointed Deputy Commander of the 116th “Lions of the South” Squadron on Thursday. Read more
Israel, Lebanon launch talks on maritime border
October 15, 2020 by TPS
Representatives from Israel, Lebanon, and the US met on Wednesday at a United Nations base at Rosh Hanikra on the border and launched discussions aimed at reaching consensus on a common Israel-Lebanon maritime boundary. Read more
Israeli EMT with Corona brings medical relief and joy to other patients in Corona hotel
October 15, 2020 by TPS
TikTok: Antisemitism is ‘abominable,’ has no place on platform
October 15, 2020 by TPS
Some 96% of videos that violated TikTok’s community guidelines were removed before a user reported them, 90% were removed before users watched them, and hate content is monitored by technology and 10,000 content experts, a representative of the social media giant told the Knesset.
