Israel – Interim regulations drawn up by the Israel Police will add new restrictions on civil protests, Haaretz reported. Under the regulations, any gathering of more than 50 people will require a permit, as will marches. The regulations were updated in June, and their specifics were disclosed to the Association for Civil Rights following a [...]

After extreme sanction is announced, US-based man agrees to formally end religious marriage after over a decade

Rodrigo Zalazar posts picture of himself with celebratory emojis standing on train tracks leading to entrance of notorious concentration camp

Washington – The “fundamentals” of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted Monday, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President Donald Trump’s reelection. Exhibiting no such concern, senior adviser Kellyanne Conway declared to reporters, “The fact is, the fundamentals of our economy [...]

Talks in France come as Iranian top envoy continues globetrotting tour that has already taken him to Sweden, Norway, Finland, and will include China too

Several men seen in video footage smashing car's windows with rocks, striking Haredi driver, until cop shoots in air to scatter attackers

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petira of R’ Yehoshua Ben Paz, a yungerman who was pulled out of the waters in Tel Aviv last night.
ZAKA divers were called to the beach last night after a man entered the waters with a friend and disappeared into the surf. ZAKA was later able to recover the body of R’ Yehoshua Ben Paz, a 24-year-old yungerman from the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Yerushalayim.
The Levaya of R’ Yehoshua Ben-Paz who drowned in the Tel Aviv beach last night, will leave from his parents’ home at the Assam complex in Bnei Brak at 3:00 PM, and will continue front there to Yerushalayim, where he will be buried on Har Hamenuchos.
R’ Ben-Paz leaves behind a wife and two young children.

A Palestinian teen, resident of eastern Jerusalem, was indicted on Tuesday for an attempted lynch of a Jewish man who was driving on Salah ad Din Street at Israel’s capital, Hebrew-language media reported.
Last week on August 10, the 17-year-old allegedly exerted violence against the vehicle of the victim on the eve of Jewish holiday Tisha Be’ Av, which coincided this year with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Washington – Rep. Ilhan Omar said that Israel’s decision to bar her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib from visiting the country last week was an unprecedented step in the U.S.-Israel relationship, and hinted that Congress should consider the move when allotting the approximately $3 billion in aid the U.S. supplies to Israel every year. “Denying a [...]

Israel is facilitating the emigration of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to other countries, a senior Israeli official said on Monday.
The Jewish state is reportedly considering allowing Gazans to fly from an Israeli air field near Gaza, the official said, according to media reports. The official is part of the delegation currently with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Ukraine.
Israel is helping coordinate with other countries to find new homes for the emigrants, the official said, adding that more than 35,000 Palestinians left Gaza last year.

Liberman insists move only technical, not a sign of ideology, after Likud slams right-wing faction for forging deal with centrists pushing to unseat Netanyahu

Athens officials say they are monitoring the oil ship Adrian Darya 1 as it continues to sail toward port of Kalamata

After bombshell report saying Shaked sent feelers to Netanyahu claiming she could make criminal probes go away if PM let her back into Likud, Yamina head goes on media denial blitz

PM insists Blue and White's place in his next coalition would be 'in addition to, not instead of' Likud's 'natural' right-wing partners, likely making such a pairing impossible

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A small but significant number of Sabras pursue a dream that transcends patriotism, buying large tracts of cheap rural land on which to live eco-friendly alternative lifestyles

US announced Monday it had tested a ground-launched nuclear-capable cruise missile previously banned under 1987 treaty with Soviets that expired earlier this month

Withdrawal of jihadist group from Khan Sheikhoun in country's northwest marks significant loss, weakening opposition's grip on Idlib, its last major stronghold

Ogen, a provider of interest-free loans to immigrants and the needy, now seeks to broaden its scope by offering more people low-interest loans as an impact-investment bank

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