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Netanyahu accuses media of bias in coverage of judicial reform
Israel’s premier on Monday called out “leftist” and “biased” media for what he said was their one-sided coverage of the government’s proposed judicial reform.
Speaking before a Knesset faction meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed...
Judicial reform: Override clause passes first Knesset reading
Israel’s coalition took an important step toward realizing its judicial reform plan on Tuesday, with a key bill passing the first of three votes needed to become law.
The bill, an amendment to Israel’s Basic...
Former Arafat aide and oldest Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli jail
A former aide to Yasser Arafat and the oldest Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail was released on Monday after serving 17 years for arms smuggling, according to local media reports.
Fuad Shubaki, 83, was...
Hebrew University bars use of educational platform to encourage students to protest
Administrators at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have barred staff from using the Moodle educational platform to encourage students to protest against the Israeli government’s judicial reform plan.
The move came in response to a...
Time to ‘snapback’ sanctions on Tehran, experts say
Leading Israeli and American experts on Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons capability are calling for immediate sanctions on the clerical regime and opposition to a renewed concessionary atomic accord with the Islamic Republic.
The recent...
Meet Team Israel’s 14-year-old batboy from Baltimore
It was a muggy, cloudy day in Miami, but it was comfortable in the air-conditioned stadium with a retractable roof, where Team Israel was taking batting practice on March 13 ahead of its second...
Saved by the Feds? US government steps in to help customers of Silicon Valley...
There was a tongue-in-cheek scene in the 1964 children’s film “Mary Poppins,” in which young Jane and Michael Banks, demanding their tuppence (“two pence”), inadvertently cause a run on an English bank. Chaos ensues...
Oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible to be displayed at Tel Aviv museum
The oldest near-complete edition of the Hebrew Bible, a manuscript from a millennium ago, will be on display on March 23-29 at the ANU—Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, the museum announced...
Israel comes from behind to win 3-1 in World Baseball Classic
Team Israel’s first game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic against Nicaragua on Sunday was supposed to be its easy game before playing powerhouse teams Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. But it took a come-from-behind...
Chabad rabbi in Cape Coral, Fla., reports congregation resolute after building attack
Rabbi Yossi Labkowski, director of Chabad of Cape Coral, Fla., wants to make it clear that he and his congregation “will not cower,” despite an attack on their synagogue following Shabbat-morning services on March...