Israel’s Noa Kirel finishes third at Eurovision

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel finished in third place at Saturday night’s Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool behind Sweden and Finland. Read more

EU Parliament condemns incitement in PA textbooks, urges funding freeze

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the Palestinian Authority for incitement to violence, hatred and antisemitism in its school textbooks for the fourth consecutive year. Read more

Israeli president meets with Arab leaders on sidelines of Charles III’s coronation

Israeli President Isaac Herzog mingled with an array of national leaders, including those from a string of Arab countries, at a reception at Buckingham Palace on the sidelines of King Charles III’s coronation in London this weekend. Read more

National Security Minister reiterates call to ease gun permits for Israelis

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday reiterated his call to make it easier for civilians to obtain a license to carry firearms, describing it as one of his “overarching goals.” Read more

Israeli Foreign Minister to press EU on Iran during Brussels trip

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is scheduled to travel to Brussels today to meet with his E.U. counterpart Josep Borrell and other high-ranking officials. Read more

Veterans of Israel’s War of Independence say the Holocaust was not why they fought

Many see the creation of the modern-day State of Israel as part of a historical narrative in which Israeli independence was a reaction to the Holocaust. Read more

‘Kosher’ electricity is coming to Israel

“Kosher” electricity is coming to Israel. Read more

Funeral of British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee

British-Israeli terror victims Maya and Rina Dee were laid to rest on Sunday afternoon, as their mother fights for her life. Read more

Screams as Iron Dome takes out rocket

TPS report 10:30pm AEST:  In the last hour, a heavy rocket barrage was fired at Israel’s northern border from the direction of Lebanon. Some rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, but there was a number that fell within Israeli territory. Read more

South African activist changes after not finding ‘Black Only’ restrooms in Israel

Desperate to find a restroom after a nearly nine-hour flight from Johannesburg, South African university student Klaas Mokgomole grabbed his carry-on and hurried off the plane…writes David Karsh. Read more

Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount

Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited the compound that houses the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, a move condemned by Palestinians as provocative and, despite warnings, it could lead to violence. Read more

15th century Swiss knight’s graffiti found on Mt Zion

The Israel Antiquities Authority’s Michael Chernin and Shai Halevi recently discovered graffiti dating back to the 15th Century on a wall in the “King David Tomb Complex” on Mount Zion, Jerusalem. Read more

Nearly 4,000 people ran the 2022 International Bible Marathon

Israel’s 2022 International Bible Marathon was held over Sukkot. Read more

Israeli organisation rescues Holocaust survivor from embattled Donetsk Province

A few days before Yom Kippur, Naftali Rabinovitch, who serves as the Israeli United Hatzalah Chief of Operations in Ukraine, received an urgent phone call. Read more

Netanyahu hospitalized after feeling ill on Yom Kippur

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu took ill during the final Neilah prayer Yom Kippur and on Wednesday evening in a synagogue in Jerusalem and was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital. Read more

Treasure of 44 Byzantine gold coins discovered in Northern Israel

A treasure of 44 pure gold coins was recently chanced upon and discovered in archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at the site of Paneas (later known as Banias), within the Hermon River Nature Reserve in the northern tip of the country, prior to connecting the adjacent Druze holy site Maqam Nabi Khadr to the national electricity grid. Read more

Khamenei blames hijab riots on ‘Zionist regime’ and US

The recent riots in Iran in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini are “plots by the US and Zionist regime [Israel],” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has claimed. Read more

South Korea ratifies free trade agreement with Israel

South Korea’s National Assembly ratified on Tuesday a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Israel, the final domestic procedure needed for its implementation and the first-ever FTA between Israel and a country in Asia. Read more

Qatari envoy loses bid for UN Human Rights post

Qatar’s ambassador Hend Al-Muftah lost her bid to become chair of the upcoming United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, in wake of an outcry over her tweets calling Jews “our enemies” and gays “disgusting.” Read more

Burial cave from time of Pharaohs discovered on Israel’s coast

A burial cave from the time of Pharaoh Ramses II, containing dozens of intact objects and which has been untouched for some 3,300 years, was recently unexpectedly discovered in the Palmachim National Park on Israel’s coast. Read more

Israeli startup develops world’s first non-invasive treatment for the enlarged prostate

Israeli startup company NINA Medical has developed the first technology of its kind in the world for the non-invasive treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Read more

Iranian general: New suicide drone designed to attack Haifa, Tel Aviv

The new Iranian “Arash 2” suicide drone has unique capabilities that were developed specifically for targeting Haifa and Tel Aviv, Commander of Iran’s Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioomars Heidari said on Iranian national TV. Read more

As Israel mourns 50th anniversary of 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, Fatah celebrates it

Israel is marking the 50^th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre with a series of memorial events, while the Fatah, led by Mahmoud Abbas, has chosen to celebrate it. Read more

Hamas executes five citizens, two for collaborating with Israel

The Hamas-controlled Ministry of the Interior in the Gaza Strip announced Sunday that five residents of the Gaza Strip, including two suspected of collaborating with Israel, were executed. Two of the residents were executed by a firing squad and three were hanged. Read more

Tel Aviv University brain cancer breakthrough

Dramatic results in Israeli glioblastoma research show that eliminating the astrocytes, a major class of brain cells, surrounding the tumours or inhibiting their ability to supply energy to the glioblastoma cells resulted in cancer cell death and tumor regression within several days. Read more

President Herzog staying at same Swiss hotel as Herzl

President Isaac Herzog and the First Lady of Israel are staying at the Grand Hôtel Les Trois Rois (Three Kings Hotel) in Basel, in the same room in which Theodor Herzl slept during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901. Read more

For the first time, IAF Air Defence appoints female battalion commander

Lt. Col. Revital Barzani made history on Tuesday when she became the first-ever female battalion commander in the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) Aerial Defence Corps. Read more

1,200-old rural estate discovered in the Negev

A 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate, the first of its kind in the Negev, was exposed in the archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) prior to the expansion of the Bedouin town of Rahat. Read more

Archaeological evidence of intensity of Roman assault that led to destruction of Second Temple

New computer-based research by the Israel Antiquities Authority provided evidence for the location of the Roman ballista firing machines that bombarded Jerusalem in the summer of 70 CE and the intensity of the assault that led to the destruction of the Second Temple. Read more

Israeli scientists develop new molecule to prevent age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

A new molecule developed by Israeli scientists at Hebrew University in Jerusalem may prevent age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s with a constant renewal of cell vitality in diseased tissues. Read more

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