Israel bows in memory of the 6 million annihilated in the Holocaust
A two-minute siren wailed across Israel on Thursday, as the country stood still to commemorate the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
Holocaust Remembrance Day events got underway on Wednesday evening at a...
Kantor Antisemitism Report for 2020 reflects Jew-hatred, tropes exacerbated by pandemic
The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Humanities, in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, released the Antisemitism Report for 2020, the year of the...
Israel’s 24th Knesset sworn in under cloud of coalition crisis
Israel’s 24th Knesset was sworn in on Tuesday with less than the customary fanfare due to coronavirus restrictions on the number of attendees and the political crisis that is threatening to lead to a fifth round...
Senior Israeli health official says virus is ‘dying out,’ credits vaccine
The head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus was “dying out” in the country, albeit slowly.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Public Health at Israel’s Health...
Israel welcomes inaugural Abu Dhabi-Tel Aviv flight in official ceremony
The first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday with the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel on board for an official reception along with his...
Former MK Hanin Zoabi to be indicted on fraud charges
Israel’s attorney general announced on Tuesday that former Knesset member Hanin Zoabi of the Balad Party will be indicted on fraud charges.
Zoabi is accused of forging documents submitted to the State Comptroller between 2013...
Israeli president tasks Netanyahu with forming next government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate on Tuesday to form the country’s next government.
In his address, broadcast from the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Rivlin noted that in the seven...
Key witness resumes testimony in Netanyahu corruption trial
The former CEO of Israel’s Walla news website on Tuesday resumed his testimony before the Jerusalem District Court in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.
Ilan Yeshua is a key witness for the prosecution in Case...
Strained Saudi-US ties will likely bring Gulf kingdom closer to Israel
American-Saudi ties have been growing increasingly strained in recent months—a development that will likely see the Sunni power draw even closer to Jerusalem, Israeli observers have told JNS.
Professor Eyal Zisser, vice rector of Tel...
Victim’s family calls to revoke citizenship following terrorist’s release from prison
Arab Israeli terrorist Rushdi Hamdan Abu Mukh was released from prison on Monday upon completion of his 35-year prison sentence.
According to local media reports, following his release, Abu Makh, a member of a cell that abducted...