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Israel weighing condemnation as Russia escalates against Ukraine

Israel weighing condemnation as Russia escalates against Ukraine

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz weighed what kind of statement to release that would not undermine military coordination with Russia… Read More ›

10,000 COVID deaths must trigger soul-searching for Israelis

10,000 COVID deaths must trigger soul-searching for Israelis

Opinion: Over past 2 years coronavirus has evolved, and so did our response, shifting from strict quarantines to ‘living with pathogen’; government called this infection… Read More ›

World-first Israeli study shows oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce PTSD symptoms

World-first Israeli study shows oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce PTSD symptoms

Half of the 18 IDF veterans in research made such good progress they were no longer deemed to have PTSD by end of a 60-session… Read More ›

Diplomacy is needed to explain Israeli neutrality on Ukraine – analysis

Diplomacy is needed to explain Israeli neutrality on Ukraine – analysis

Where does Israel stand on the crisis in Ukraine?   With between 160,000 to 190,000 Russian troops now believed amassed along the Ukrainian borders, and… Read More ›

Heavy traffic and long lines: Israel ‘back to normal’ after two years of pandemic

Heavy traffic and long lines: Israel ‘back to normal’ after two years of pandemic

Crowded streets, stores, and airport gate lines are first signs of declining panic among Israelis when it comes to COVID-19; although many sectors of economy… Read More ›

Israel’s battle for Sheikh Jarrah only serves Palestinian interests

Israel’s battle for Sheikh Jarrah only serves Palestinian interests

Opinion: Those who insist on evicting families from contentious Jerusalem neighborhood only harm Zionism, because no law will be able to convince international community Jews… Read More ›

Young Charedi Girl Miraculously Unscathed After Car Ambushed by Arabs

Young Charedi Girl Miraculously Unscathed After Car Ambushed by Arabs

  LOD — The violence in mixed Israeli cities continues. On Motzei Shabbos, a Chabad family was ambushed by a terrifying group of Arab rioters.… Read More ›

COVID-19 in Israel: Green Pass to be canceled as gov’t debates future restrictions

COVID-19 in Israel: Green Pass to be canceled as gov’t debates future restrictions

R rate drops to 0.68 • Positivity rate drops to 19% • Death toll stands at 9,710   Israel’s Green Pass system will no longer… Read More ›

The government’s Omicron triumph is the people’s loss

The government’s Omicron triumph is the people’s loss

Opinion: The heavy toll Israel had to pay due to Omicron is an outgrowth of Bennett and his government’s blunders, and now as he aims… Read More ›

Authorities forced to confront deep-rooted Sheikh Jarrah conflict

Authorities forced to confront deep-rooted Sheikh Jarrah conflict

With unrest becoming increasingly frequent and violent, Israeli authorities are forced to come face-to-face with the East Jerusalem neighborhood’s six decades of complexity Governance in… Read More ›

Israeli envoy: Russian invasion will remain a possibility until at least month’s end

Israeli envoy: Russian invasion will remain a possibility until at least month’s end

Foreign Ministry opens consular office in western city of Lviv as Jerusalem reportedly asks Moscow for assistance in evacuating its citizens in event of invasion… Read More ›

NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman Withdraws Support For Abraham Accords

NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman Withdraws Support For Abraham Accords

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the New York Democrat who has been less critical of Israel than other members of the progressive… Read More ›

Israel prepares to move Kyiv embassy, Russia claims troop withdrawal

Israel prepares to move Kyiv embassy, Russia claims troop withdrawal

The US, Canada and other countries have already moved their embassy operations to Lviv, in case of a Russian invasion.   Israel began preparations to… Read More ›

Sheikh Jarrah quagmire could reignite fighting in Gaza, senior source warns

Sheikh Jarrah quagmire could reignite fighting in Gaza, senior source warns

Source says further simmering of state of affairs in the contested East Jerusalem neighborhood ‘must be prevented’, slams lawmakers using situation to score political clout… Read More ›

Kahana mulls allowing civil marriage in exchange for repealing Law of Return

Kahana mulls allowing civil marriage in exchange for repealing Law of Return

The Law of Return was passed in 1950 and entitles Jews to the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship.   Religious Services… Read More ›

What’s in Russia’s global game of Chess for Israel?

What’s in Russia’s global game of Chess for Israel?

Analysis: The ongoing Ukrainian border standoff could help accelerate old and new threats alike but may also prove to be a boon for Israel and… Read More ›

The Israeli Company Turning Smartphones Into Brain Monitors

The Israeli Company Turning Smartphones Into Brain Monitors

JERUSALEM (JNS) – An Israeli company has turned standard smartphones into neurological monitoring machines backed by artificial intelligence and is about to expand significantly into… Read More ›

Palestinian, 17, said killed in firefight with IDF during West Bank home demolition

Palestinian, 17, said killed in firefight with IDF during West Bank home demolition

Four Palestinians wounded in clashes; troops entered Silat al-Harithiya to demolish floor of home belonging to terror suspect in killing of Israeli yeshiva student  … Read More ›

Sheikh Jarrah: ‘Palestine will burn for Jerusalem,’ Hamas warns

Sheikh Jarrah: ‘Palestine will burn for Jerusalem,’ Hamas warns

Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir moved his office to Sheikh Jarrah to decry the lack of police protection for Jews.   Religious Zionist Party… Read More ›

Israel to participate in Pfizer trials for dedicated Omicron vaccine

Israel to participate in Pfizer trials for dedicated Omicron vaccine

Experiment set to be held at Sheba Medical Center, with subjects over age of 60 who were not given 4th COVID jab; trials expected to… Read More ›