Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Israel

Uzbekistan Signs Agreement With Israeli High-Tech Firm To Help Fight Water Shortage

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JERUSALEM (JNS) — The government of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israel-based company Watergen in an effort aimed at harnessing and using the company’s ...

Women Singers Not Welcome At Charity Concert Promoting Unity Among Israelis

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — A tribute concert later this month for Shlomo Artzi, a man sometimes described as Israel’s Bruce Springsteen, was supposed to be a show of unity honoring an Ortho...

Challenges To Israel’s Air Defenses ‘Growing More Complex,’ Says IAF Head

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JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom) — Speaking at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Defense Command officers on Wednesday, Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin warned that t...

Bennett Says He’ll Sit In The Opposition To Avoid A Third Round Of Elections

JERUSALEM (JNS) — New Right Party leader Naftali Bennett said on Saturday that he would be prepared to sit in the opposition if it meant an opportunity to help Israel avoid a third...

Discord Between Blue And White, Likud Erode Hope For National Unity Government

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JERUSALEM (JNS) — Coalition talks continue with Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who is trying to use the most of the 28 days that Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has give...

New Israeli App Helps Find Graves In Cemeteries

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) - A new Israeli application called Gravez helps you locate and see the graves of your loved ones buried in Israel from any cell phone. To locate the grav...

Hundreds Protest Outside Israeli Prison Where Children of Filipina Workers Are Being Held

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JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — Hundreds of students, their teachers and parents protested outside a prison near Tel Aviv where two Israeli-born children of Filipina workers are being hel...

Netanyahu Says Lack Of Response Encourages Iran Aggression

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister says Iran is becoming increasingly aggressive in the region due to the lack of response to its recent actions. Speaking at a military ce...

‘Super-Juicy’ TV Show About Benjamin Netanyahu In The Works

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The life of Benjamin Netanyahu may be coming to your television soon. The British production company Fremantle is developing a show based on the political and ...

Judge Approves ‘Surgical’ Search Of Netanyahu Aides’ Phones

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court Judge Ala Masarwa on Wednesday approved “measured” and “well-defined” searches of cell phones belonging to aides of Israeli Prime Mini...

Israel To Extradite Russian Hacker To US, Ending Hopes Of Naama Issachar Exchange

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana on Wednesday signed the extradition order of Russian hacker Aleksey Burkov, who is wanted in the United States on suspicion of...

Israel Rearrests Female Palestinian Activist In West Bank

JERUSALEM - (AP) - The family of a former Palestinian lawmaker says Israeli authorities have rearrested her just months after she was released from detention. Ghassan Jarrar, t...

The Deceased Wait For Burial As Israel’s Embassies Are On Strike

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — As of Wednesday morning, Israel’s embassies and consulates across the globe are on strike. “No consular services will be provided and no one will be allowed to...

New Trends In Israeli Street Names: More Women, More Sephardim And More Artists

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — Israel's streets all boast colorful names reflecting either meaningful figures in its brief history or other significant figures from the past 3000 years o...

Israeli Judge Halts Auction Of 11-Year-Old Holocaust Victim’s Letter Following Family Protest

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — A court in Israel has blocked the sale of a letter written by an 11-year-old Polish girl who was killed in the Holocaust following a protest by family members. ...

Gantz Promises To ‘Embrace All Streams Of Judaism’ As Prime Minister

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JERUSALEM (JNS) — Blue and White leader and Israeli prime minister-designate Benny Gantz said Tuesday that if he succeeds in becoming Israeli’s next premier, he will “embrace all s...

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Signs Interfaith Document At Vatican

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate joined with Christian and Muslim religious leaders in signing a joint document at the Vatican denouncing euthanasia and physician-assiste...

Israeli Embassies Increase Security Over Fears Of Iran Attack

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli embassies around the world have increased security and awareness over fears that Iran will attack Israel by targeting a diplomatic mission on foreign soil...

Facebook Sues Israeli Company Over WhatsApp Spyware

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook has sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highl...
Muslims seen at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem's Old City, on their way to pray on the second day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Jun 30 2014. Photo by Sliman Khader/FLASH90

Ben Shapiro: Build A Synagogue On Temple Mount

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JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, who is visiting Israel at present, recently expressed his opinion that a synagogue should be built on Templ...