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Day of abandonment: Kids escape parents on holidays by dumping them at the hospital

Day of abandonment: Kids escape parents on holidays by dumping them at the hospital

Israeli hospital staffs have been witnessing a growing phenomenon in recent years: Grownup children trying to get rid of their aging parents before long holidays… Read More ›

No forgiveness from the heat for Yom Kippur

No forgiveness from the heat for Yom Kippur

Weather during the holiest of Jewish holidays is expected to be hard on fasters this year, but Tuesday evening will be comfortable. Fasters, take note:… Read More ›

Yom Kippur poses issues for north London’s Jewish football fans

Yom Kippur poses issues for north London’s Jewish football fans

For many Jews, their ‘other’ religion is soccer   The Jewish community in north and northwest London is segmented along lines of religious observance, wealth,… Read More ›

Chief Rabbi Lau to Post: One cannot ignore the fact that Israel is a Jewish state

Chief Rabbi Lau to Post: One cannot ignore the fact that Israel is a Jewish state

In an interview with ‘The Jerusalem Post’, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau says the most important message for 5776 is: ‘Let’s start listening to one… Read More ›

Israeli developer of smartphones for elderly advances in international start-up contest

Israeli developer of smartphones for elderly advances in international start-up contest

E2C (Easy to Connect) wins Tel Aviv leg of competition held in 30 cities over 30 days.   While the ever-advancing realm of modern technology… Read More ›

New Delhi – India Turns To Israel For Armed Drones As Pakistan, China Build Fleets

New Delhi – India Turns To Israel For Armed Drones As Pakistan, China Build Fleets

  New Delhi – India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defense sources said, allowing the military to carry… Read More ›

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Israeli troops find teen’s body while on patrol near Hebron. Army checking whether grenade detonated in his hands   A Palestinian youth was killed in… Read More ›

Israel’s SodaStream offers to take in Syrian refugees

Israel’s SodaStream offers to take in Syrian refugees

Company boss says he can help 200 families resettle and work in Negev: ‘I refuse to stand by and observe this human tragedy unfold’  … Read More ›

Netanyahu: Putin meeting crucial to avoiding ‘misunderstandings’ at northern border

Netanyahu: Putin meeting crucial to avoiding ‘misunderstandings’ at northern border

Leaders meet on cooperation in Syria to avoid confusion and agree on protocol to allow Israeli action against Hezbollah in the Golan. Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Ynet readers donate NIS 300,000 for boy’s bionic hands

Ynet readers donate NIS 300,000 for boy’s bionic hands

13-year-old Assaf finds hope as funds raised to allow beginning of process to give him sophisticated bionic hands – but it’s still not enough for… Read More ›

Firebomb throwers given light sentences in hopes of ‘rehabilitation’

Firebomb throwers given light sentences in hopes of ‘rehabilitation’

Jerusalem District Court judge hands down 2-5.5 year sentences for E. Jerusalem youths convicted of synagogue arson and multiple firebomb attacks; prosecutor weighing appeal. A… Read More ›

Premature detonation of grenade kills Palestinian in attempted attack on Israeli soldiers

Premature detonation of grenade kills Palestinian in attempted attack on Israeli soldiers

Muhannas Mashraka dies when a grenade intended to harm Israeli forces explodes early.   A Palestinian man was killed on Monday night when a grenade… Read More ›

‘Israel, Russia to coordinate in air, sea, and electromagnetic arena’

‘Israel, Russia to coordinate in air, sea, and electromagnetic arena’

For first time, chiefs of staff from Russia and Israel hold direct meeting.   The IDF and Russian military will set up a joint working… Read More ›

Analysis: When Jews get administrative detention

Analysis: When Jews get administrative detention

The district court ruling affirming Meir Ettinger’s detention until at least February did little to clarify the confusing legal melee   When Jews like Meir… Read More ›

Rocket from Gaza hits open field in south; no injuries

Rocket from Gaza hits open field in south; no injuries

Sirens didn’t sound after solitary rocket strikes open field in Ashkelon region, just hours after Iron Dome batteries deployed   A rocket was fired into… Read More ›

Ramallah, West Bank – Palestinian Officers Disciplined After Video Of Beating

Ramallah, West Bank – Palestinian Officers Disciplined After Video Of Beating

Ramallah, West Bank – The Palestinian security forces disciplined eight officers on Sunday after the clubbing of a teenage boy by security forces was caught… Read More ›

Jerusalem – In Rare Move, Netanyahu To Bring Army Chiefs To Meet Putin In Moscow

Jerusalem – In Rare Move, Netanyahu To Bring Army Chiefs To Meet Putin In Moscow

  Jerusalem – IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Herzl Halevi will accompany Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a lightning trip… Read More ›

IDF dispatches Iron Dome to southern Israel

IDF dispatches Iron Dome to southern Israel

Anti-missile defense battery sent to protect Sderot, two days after rocket hit Gaza border town   The IDF on Sunday deployed Iron Dome batteries in… Read More ›

Israeli arrested in Japan railway arson case

Israeli arrested in Japan railway arson case

Anti-nuclear activist, who is grandson of former Israeli ambassador to Japan, arrested on and admits to one of seven suspected Tokyo train arson charges. Tokyo… Read More ›

‘Thank God we were saved. It was a miracle’

‘Thank God we were saved. It was a miracle’

A couple and their five-month-old baby emerged unscathed Sunday morning from a shower of rocks after the two vehicles in which they were driving were… Read More ›