State Of Arizona Opens Trade Office In Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The state of Arizona opened a trade and investment office in Israel.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday announced the opening of the office the previous day in T...
Israeli Navy Participates In Mediterranean Training Exercise With NATO
JERUSALEM (JNS) — NATO has recognized the Israeli Navy as a key medical-assistance partner in the Mediterranean following a drill held last month practicing emergency evacuations o...
Israel One Of Three Countries To Vote Against UN Resolution Blasting US Embargo On Cuba
UNITED NATIONS (JNS) Israel, the United States and Brazil were the only three countries to vote against a U.N. General Assembly resolution on Thursday to condemn the U.S. embargo o...
Report: Trump Refused Netanyahu Request To Fund PA Security Forces
JERUSALEM (JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump turned down a request several months ago by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the transfer of $12 million dollars to th...
Israelis Are Using Photos Of Greta Thunberg To Shame Each Other Over Plastic Utensils
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis who are concerned about a warming climate have a new tactic: using cut-out photos of the prominent teen climate activist Greta Thunberg to shame their co...
Israeli Paramedic Delivers 3 Babies In 48 Hours
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli paramedic for Magen David Adom in the Tel Aviv area delivered three babies in 48 hours.
Issachar Weiss, 24, started at 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the subur...
Israeli Robotics Delegation To Dubai Marks Warming Gulf Ties
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is greeting its triumphant teen delegation's return from the unofficial "Robotics Olympics" in a groundbreaking visit to Dubai.
The team...
Israel Frees 2 Jordanians Suspected Of Security Offenses
AMMAN (VosIzNeias) — Israeli authorities have released two Jordanian citizens who'd been detained for two months and returned them to Jordan.
Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Mir...
Israel Honors Immigrants In Honor Of ‘Aliyah Day’
JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — When Jay Schultz came of up with the idea for Aliyah Day while hanging out with some friends, never did he dream that a few years later it would be officia...
Fatah Official Says PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas Will Not Run For Re-Election
GAZA (JNS) — Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas will not run for re-election, senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub told Palestine TV on Monday.
Rajoub’s announcement cont...
Analysis: No Light On The Horizon For Israeli Coalition
JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — As British Jews watch with increasing trepidation the political impasse in their country and the possibility that elections will bring an anti-Semitic lead...
Israel Police Arrest Man For Threatening Netanyahu On Facebook
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country’s police commissioner to investigate a murder threat against him on social media, police a...
Israeli Charity Concert Cancelled Over Women Singers Controversy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A charity concert to benefit an Israel-based medical support organization was canceled following a public outcry over its exclusion of female performers.
Contr...
Cable Car Plan Approved To Western Wall [VIDEO]
JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) — Israel's Housing Cabinet approved Monday a controversial 1.4 km.-long cable car project which will enable visitors to access the Western Wall without suffe...
Uzbekistan Signs Agreement With Israeli High-Tech Firm To Help Fight Water Shortage
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
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
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
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...