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42-Year-Old Israeli Man Shot Dead In Ukraine After Soldiers Suspect Him Of Being Russian Hit Man

42-Year-Old Israeli Man Shot Dead In Ukraine After Soldiers Suspect Him Of Being Russian Hit Man

JERUSALEM — BDE: An Israeli Jewish man was shot dead Monday near Kyiv the capital of the Ukraine. The man is the first known Israeli… Read More ›

Foreign Ministry says working to rescue Israelis in Ukraine but hands are tied

Foreign Ministry says working to rescue Israelis in Ukraine but hands are tied

Diplomats working around the clock to repatriate all nationals stranded in warzones as 4,500 Israelis have reportedly fled the country but another 7,000 still stranded… Read More ›

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets Damascus

Alleged Israeli airstrike targets Damascus

The airstrike comes just a day after Syrian state media reported that Israel had fired a number of surface-to-surface missiles from the Golan Heights towards… Read More ›

Israel weighs its neutrality on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Israel weighs its neutrality on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Analysis: Political experts say Lapid’s recent comments suggest Jewish state is about to break its years-long neutral stance on Russia, having come under criticism from… Read More ›

Israel ‘preparing’ for next COVID wave, health minister says

Israel ‘preparing’ for next COVID wave, health minister says

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz tells Ynet new variants can still develop in places vaccines are scarce, hence national coronavirus response systems, such as masks, must… Read More ›

In 1st comments, Israel backs Ukrainian ‘sovereignty,’ with no mention of Russia

In 1st comments, Israel backs Ukrainian ‘sovereignty,’ with no mention of Russia

Statement from Foreign Ministry expresses support for ‘territorial integrity’ of Ukraine; Israeli ambassador to Kyiv says he is prepared ‘with all options’ for potential evacuation… Read More ›

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 ›