Gov’t to approve sending Morocco normalization deal to Knesset for a vote
The government is expected to approve on Sunday sending the normalization deal with Morocco to the Knesset for approval. An initial declaration to resume ties...
Coronavirus: Officials may close airport to keep out coronavirus mutation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a proposal to the government on Sunday to prohibit the entry and exit of all foreign and Israeli passengers...
Ted Cruz: Reestablishing Iran deal may pose security threat to Israel
Cruz spoke about his belief that the negotiations regarding the Iran nuclear deal, which the United States had withdrawn from in 2018 under the Trump...
Police raid Bnei Brak following attack on officers enforcing lockdown
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox (haredim) extremists belonging to the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty on Thursday night surrounded and assaulted a vehicle driven by police officers who were...
Israel clears way for COVID vaccines to Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza
Israel has allowed 5,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine against coronavirus to be delivered to the Palestinian Authority for use by medical staff in...
IAF: ‘We need to be fit, sharp, and always ready to strike’
While it may seem as if Israel is going through a relatively quiet period along its borders at the moment, one branch of the IDF...
Ex-US ambassador: Joe Biden is Israel’s stalwart defender in the US, UN
US President-elect - about to be President - Biden will be inaugurated today. It's a fateful day for the United States, for American Israel relations, and I...
IDF strikes Hamas tunnel workshops after 2 rockets fired towards Israel
Rocket sirens were not activated because the rockets fell in open areas. ROCKETS ARE launched from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from...
Israel tops 4,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic
The cabinet meeting that was expected to take place on Wednesday has been moved up to Tuesday so that the government can determine next steps...
Hackers shut down synagogue website during MLK weekend sermon by Warnock
Hackers shut down an Atlanta synagogue’s live stream of Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock delivering a sermon to honor Martin Luther King, whose church he leads. Kent...
Rabbi Yisrael Lau infected with corona after receiving two Pfizer doses
His grandson described him as "feeling great." Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau has been...
What exactly is the Health Ministry sharing with Pfizer?
The agreement between Israel and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer was published by the Health Ministry on Sunday. In the past month, Israel has established itself as...
Israel Under CENTCOM: Why Does It Matter?
In another dividend of the recent normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states, the US Defense Department announced that it would include Israel in...
Travelers need more than COVID-19 vaccine
Israel is the only country that has anything close to a so-called green passport. Next week, Israel plans to roll out a program of documentation...
Netanyahu removes Trump from his Twitter banner photo
The photo was briefly replaced with a Hanukkah holiday-themed image last month, raising media speculation that Netanyahu had decided to distance himself from Trump. Prime...
Will US-Israel relations go down in flames with the Trump presidency?
Watching the riots in Washington from Israel, a couple of Israeli flags could be seen in the crowds. There were only a couple out of...
Hospital performs brit milah for son of woman suffering from stroke
Hadar Myerson (44) gave birth to her fourth child about three weeks ago and a few days after the birth she had a severe stroke...
Netanyahu condemns riots, but remains effusive about Trump
The riots in which participants stormed the Capitol building are the opposite of American and Israeli values, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, the...
Far-right protesters in Ukraine demand Israel apologize for communism
The far-right activists called on Israel and the Jews to assume responsibility specifically for Holodomor, a famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s....
IDF wrapping up Gaza border crisis probes – exclusive
After 14 criminal investigations and two convictions of the killings of more than 200 Palestinians during the 2018 Gaza border crisis, the IDF is likely...
Author omits ‘Merchant of Venice’ from anthology, citing antisemitism
Michael Morpurgo told The Guardian on Monday about the decision not to include the play in the “Tales from Shakespeare” anthology for children older than...
EU members warming up to Abraham Accords, FM reports
The Foreign Ministry sees positive trends in Israel-Europe relations and has even won over some of the Abraham Accords skeptics. “For years, European states connected...
1 millionth Israeli vaccinated falsely dubbed killer, KAN retracts
Contrary to initial reports, the one millionth person to get vaccinated, who was photographed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was never jailed for manslaughter, KAN...
Delivery of COVID vaccines to hospital halted out of concern of misuse
Currently, COVID-19 vaccines are reserved for at-risk groups such as the elderly, medical teams, and those who are 60-years-old or older. An Israeli man receives...
First doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Israel this month
The Health Ministry authorized Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, marking the vaccine's third regulatory authorization. Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only"...
As year to Soleimani’s assassination nears, IDF preps for attack
Iran accuses Israel of trying to provoke war by attacking Americans. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Thursday any U.S. or Saudi military strike...
300 Ethiopian immigrants the first to make aliyah to Israel in 2021
The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah. New Ethiopian immigrants are seen at Ben-Gurion Airport on one...
Israeli research: ‘Natural compounds’ could kill COVID-19 spike protein
The news comes against the backdrop of both skyrocketing infection in Israel and a mass vaccination campaign. The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a drop...
Coronavirus vaccine: How will it affect the future of flying
Here are factors to consider as the vaccine begins its rollout. PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR Neal Imperial addresses Filipino students at Ben-Gurion Airport as they wait to...
Israel performs first-ever augmented reality, 3D eye socket surgery
“The innovative technology utilizing a 3D printer and augmented reality resulted in a both a particularly accurate execution of the operation, and a significant reduction...
Eight losses, victories in Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020
The largest victories were more about what did not happen, then what did. A protester holds a placard as she stands next to Israeli soldiers...
Coronavirus vaccines in Israel a big hit: ‘A year of emotion in one vial’
Israel is plowing ahead with vaccinations. How are Israelis responding to the shot? A health care worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)...
IDF reveals it attacked 50 targets in Syria throughout 2020
176 rockets were launched from Gaza, IDF yearly report finds An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation...
Israel’s hottest 2020 status symbol: A Pfizer vaccine
Israel leads the world in its rate of vaccination so far, with 7.44% of the population already vaccinated. An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19...
Jonathan Pollard: Former Jewish spy lands in Israel 35 years after arrest
Jonathan Pollard made aliyah early Tuesday morning, landing in Israel 35 years after he was arrested for passing classified information to an ally. He and...
Israel opposes any and all versions of Iran Deal, says PMO – exclusive
The US under President Donald Trump left the Iran deal in 2018, in favor of a “maximum pressure” sanctions regime against the ayatollahs’ regime. Netanyahu...
Israel to be soon hit by a destructive and deadly earthquake, study shows
"It could be in ten years or in several decades, but it could also be next week, and we need to constantly be prepared for...
Rabbi Teitelbaum, Satmar Hasidic leader, tests positive for COVID-19
The Satmar community has been implicated in a number of large gatherings over the last several months, in defiance of state and city guidelines. The...
Israel reports 4,513 new cases, highest daily tally in nearly 3 months
The Health Ministry reported 4,513 new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily tally in nearly three months. The figure came as Israel entered its...
Why Israel remain the biggest winner ten years on after the Arab Spring
It’s early January 2011. A group of middle-aged men sit around a table in a cafe just off Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the center of...
Man’s fatal heart attack likely unlinked to vaccine he took hours before
"We share in the grief of the family," Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy said. An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (photo credit: MARC...
Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization deal estimated within one year
Confronted with the assertions, the Foreign Ministry had no official comment. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (photo...
Ankara’s media spin on ‘reconciliation’ with Israel continues – analysis
The spin continued this week, for the third week in a row, as Ankara keeps talking about better relations with Israel. U.S. Vice President Mike...
What’s behind Erdogan’s statement that he wants better ties with Israel?
“If there were no issues at the top level (in Israel), our ties could have been very different." Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a...
Israel speeds vaccines, locks down in hope of March exit from pandemic
Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Turkey hopes for better relations with Israel, Erdoğan says
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the joint opening ceremony of museums in Konya, Tunceli and Bursa provinces via teleconference, Dec. 24, 2020. (DHA Photo)...
How Israel and the US combined media and military power to prevent war
US President Trump tweeted threats against Iran and US and Israeli submarines were reported to be on their way towards Iran. US AIR FORCE maintainers...
86% of Blue and White voters won’t vote for Gantz in next elections-poll
A new poll found that, across the political spectrum, large percentages of Israelis will not vote for the same parties that they voted for in...
Why Moroccan-Israeli peace faces multiple security challenges
REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Peace with Israel is not a risk-free strategy. MOROCCAN SOLDIERS are seen on an earth wall that separates areas controlled by Morocco and...
‘Sad Christmas’ as Bethlehem copes with COVID-19
Christmas celebrations have been limited to religious rituals due to the coronavirus. Christmas in Bethlehem has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, December 24,...