Jerusalem – Miriam Adelson said that Sara Netanyahu told her to defend her husband, Israel’s prime minister, against critics or be responsible for Israel’s destruction, an Israeli television channel reported. Adelson, the publisher of the Israel Hayom daily and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, said this sometime after January 2017 during questioning by police […]

Jerusalem – The recently published study “Israel, Jews and Peace in Palestinian Authority Teachers’ Guides” by Dr. Arnon Groiss of the Center for Near East Policy Research showed that Palestinian teachers’ guides promote an attitude towards the “other” based on delegitimization, demonization and war indoctrination instead of peace education. Aimed to check the attitude of […]

Jerusalem – A private Israeli company on Tuesday inaugurated the largest solar project in the country, reported the Israeli financial daily Globes. Located in the Negev Desert, the Ashalim solar-energy project is the size of a small town, and is currently producing enough energy to power an estimated 70,000 households, according to the report. Shikun […]

Jerusalem – Two people and 76 others were injured during violent protests on Friday along the Israel-Gaza border for a 73rd consecutive week, this time consisting of 6,200 Palestinians against Israel Defense Forces stationed there. Ali Sami Al-Ashqar, 17, was killed east of Jabalia City, while Ashati refugee camp resident Khalid Al-Raba’i, 14, was killed […]

Jerusalem – Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in clashes Friday with the Israeli military along the Gaza border, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Israel Defense Forces said approximately 6,200 Palestinians participated in what the army called “especially violent” protests. The IDF said demonstrators threw explosive devices at its soldiers. The Gaza Health Ministry, which […]

Jerusalem – As the election campaign heads into its final week, the two largest parties—Likud, and Blue and White—are appearing to focus on a familiar campaign strategy to drain support from smaller parties on the left and right to boost their own totals. “Blue and White has decided to focus on taking votes away from […]

Jerusalem – After expressing initial opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the possibility of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. “I’m sure Trump will take a much tougher position,” Netanyahu told reporters on Thursday in London, where he […]

Jerusalem – To mark the new school year that began this week, President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin today, Thursday 5 September / 5 Elul, opened the new education campus at the Eshkol Regional Council and met with fourth graders. The ceremony was attended by Director-General of the Ministry of Education Shmuel Abuav and head of the […]

The week-long program included classes in Hebrew and Torah, lectures, Shabbat activities, singing and dancing. More than 250 Nigerian youth and 20 adults gathered in Onithsa from Aug. 18-25 for a national week-long Jewish leadership and learning seminar organized by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization, activist and educator Danny Limor, and the Nigerian Jewish Youth […]

Asked whether the Polish government had bought controversial telephone-surveillance technology from the Israeli firm NSO Group, Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki tells opposition lawmakers that “everything that needs to be, will be clarified in due time.” Opposition lawmakers pressured Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday to clarify whether their government had purchased Pegasus, a telephone-surveillance […]