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Knesset member Idit Silman meets with Terem Medical Clinic's CEO Natan Applebaum. Credit: Terem.

Ukrainian refugees to receive free medical services in Israel

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Israel’s Terem Medical Clinics will be providing free treatment to Ukrainian refugees who do not qualify to join a health fund. Earlier this week, Knesset member Idit Silman (Yamina), who chairs the Knesset’s Health Committee,...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid addresses a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Oliiver Fitoussi/Flash90.

Lapid: Israel condemns war, but it will not act as bypass channel of Russia...

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Israel will not act as a bypass channel of sanctions for Russia imposed by the West, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday, according to a report by Globes. In a meeting with Slovakian Foreign Minister...
Israel prepares a field hospital at Sheba Medical Center that will be transported to Ukraine on March 5, 2022. Credit: Sheba Medical Center.

Israeli field hospital for Ukrainian refugees to be named after Golda Meir

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Israel announced on Monday that it has officially approved a field hospital for refugees in Western Ukraine. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the humanitarian mission—dubbed “Kochav Meir” in Hebrew (“Shining Star”)—is named after the late Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Jan. 11, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as mediation efforts on war continue

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky separately on Monday as the Israeli leader’s mediation efforts continued. Bennett spoke with Putin for about an hour-and-a-half with the two...
Professor Gil Troy at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. Photo by Hanna Taieb.

American-Israeli historian to Bennett: ‘Give us some vision’

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American-Israeli professor Gil Troy called on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to “give us some vision” on Monday at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. In an interview with JNS CEO Alex Traiman, Troy...
Former Israeli minister of Health Yuli Edelstein attends a ceremony for the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Health in Jerusalem, July 13, 2021. Flash90

Yuli Edelstein: When it comes to security, Israel can only rely on itself

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When it comes to Israel’s security, the country can only rely on itself, Knesset member Yuli Edelstein said on Sunday at the Begin Symposium kick-off event in Jerusalem. The first-ever live symposium honoring the late...
The mausoleum of the biblical Esther and her cousin Mordechai in Hamadan, one of the most important Jewish sites in Iran, May 2002. Credit: Philippe Chavin via Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian Jews bought tomb of Queen Esther and Mordechai, Israel’s National Library reveals

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Ahead of the Purim holiday, Israel’s National Library has revealed an exchange of historical letters proving that Iranian Jews purchased the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in the Iranian city of Hamadan in 1971....
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at the Knesset, on March 8, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset passes controversial citizenship law in third reading

Israel’s Knesset on Thursday voted to renew a controversial law, first enacted in 2003, that prevents the granting of Israeli citizenship or permanent resident status to inhabitants of the Gaza Strip and Judea and...
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, Feb. 13, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90..

Israel to appoint first military liaison officer in Bahrain

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An Israel Defense Forces’ liaison officer will be stationed for the first time in the Bahrani capital of Manama, Kan News reported on Thursday. The officer will serve as a defense attaché, the report said, and the move...
The town of Yakir in Judea and Samaria, June 11, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Israeli settlement population up 16.5 percent in five years

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Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria have continued to grow over the past year, continuing a spurt of growth that began during the Trump administration, according to data compiled by WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com. According to the statistics, the...