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Staff from JLM Food Rescuers take and use food from the Givat Shaul food market that would otherwise be thrown out. Credit: Courtesy.

Agencies grapple with food security in the Jewish state, as they also cultivate new...

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In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of starvation because of economic struggles during the coronavirus outbreak are speaking “nonsense.” Israel, like...
Pastor Mario Bramnick, head of the Latino Coalition for Israel. Credit: Pictigar.com.

Pro-Israel Latino group urges Trump administration to back Israeli sovereignty

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The Latino Coalition for Israel is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to back Israel’s efforts to extend sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria. “Our Judeo-Christian foundations will be further restored by recognizing Judea...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly Cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 14, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu said to be furious at Gantz for blocking COVID-19 restrictions

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Israel’s Likud and Blue and White parties traded barbs following a meeting of top officials on Tuesday, each blaming the other of playing politics instead of focusing on the coronavirus pandemic. “The irresponsibility of Blue...
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Edelstein: Israel will likely have to initiate a full lockdown next week

In a tense meeting of top officials on Tuesday, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers don’t change within the next three days, “there would be no option but...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Tel Aviv University touts ‘unprecedented’ Hebrew paper by Saudi academic

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In what Tel Aviv University is calling an “unprecedented” development, the latest issue of one of its academic journals includes an article in Hebrew by a senior Saudi academic. The paper, titled “Contribution to Prophet Muhammad’s...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on July 5, 2020. Photo by Amit Shabi/POOL.

Israeli Cabinet approves $7 billion ‘Safety Net’ economic rescue program

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Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved the remaining elements of the “Safety Net 2020-2021” rescue plan for the country’s struggling economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cabinet approved a draft law for several...
Israeli Health Ministry General Manager Hezi Levy speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus, in Jerusalem on July 13, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s COVID-19 cases surge past 41,000, with 1,681 in the past 24 hours

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Israel saw 1,681 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total since the onset of the pandemic to 41,235, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Of the active cases, 177...
The Jewish town of Karnei Shomron in Judea and Samaria, on June 4, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Bill to extend sovereignty to entire Judea-Samaria proposed by Knesset lobby

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The Land of Israel Caucus of the Knesset proposed a bill on Monday to apply sovereignty to all Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, not just the 30 percent laid out in U.S. President...
A rendition of a bridge along the route of the new “American Road.” Credit: Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation.

Jerusalem highway construction aims to modernize traffic flow around historic city

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Jerusalem has started construction on parts of an NIS 3 billion (approximately $870 million) major highway that will eventually serve as a ring road around Israel’s largest city, with the goal of significantly alleviating...
Illustrative photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Court rejects Amnesty petition to revoke export license of Israeli spyware firm

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The Tel Aviv District Court ruled on Monday against an Amnesty International petition to cancel the export license of the Israel-based technology company NSO Group, whose spyware, Pegasus, enables the remote surveillance of smartphones. Amnesty...