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A medical worker test Elad residents for COVID-19 at a mobile testing station in the city, on June 24, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israel puts two cities on partial lockdown as coronavirus cases surge

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a partial lockdown on Tuesday on the haredi city of Elad in central Israel, and on five haredi neighborhoods in Tiberias. Non-residents are forbidden to enter the restricted zones for one week...
Blue and White Knesset member Yoaz Hendel speaks in the Knesset on May 13, 2019, during a Plenary Hall session. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Risk of capture too great for ministers to do reserve duty in their secret...

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Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel (Derech Eretz) and Culture and Sports Minister Yehiel Tropper (Blue and White) were informed recently that as government ministers, they are prohibited from serving in the Israel Defense Forces...
E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell, Oct. 7, 2019. Source: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

European, Israeli parliamentarians demand renewed EU-Israel dialogue

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In an unprecedented move, over 100 parliamentarians from Europe and Israel—including Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and Knesset member Zvi Hauser, who chairs the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee—have sent a joint letter...
The IDF's Skylark Unit prepares one of its drones for flight. Credit: IDF.

Israeli defense exports reached $7.2 billion in 2019, growth expected to slow

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Israel, one of the world’s largest exporters of military technology and expertise, exported $7.2 billion worth of arms in 2019—down from $7.5 billion the previous year due to the coronavirus, according to a Defense...
The winning team of the Jerusalem College of Technology Women’s Hackathon, June 19, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Women’s hackathon in Jerusalem results in solutions for pandemic’s acute needs

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Nearly 100 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Tal and Lustig campuses for women, comprised of religious and Ultra-Orthodox students, completed a 44-hour online hackathon in which they designed and marketed innovative solutions...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice Premier Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 14, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel steps up enforcement measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

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Israel on Monday approved a series of steps regarding the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including beefing up enforcement measures and authorizing the creation of a new national enforcement authority. Among the steps approved...
Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails as part of the 2011 prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas wave as they leave an Israeli military base outside Jerusalem, on Oct 18, 2011. Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90.

‘The terrorists you free today will return to murdering Jews’

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According to Israeli defense and security establishment estimates, about half of the some 14,000 terrorists to whom Israel has granted early release over the past 35 years resumed their terrorist activities. Many of the...
A animated video that glorifies Palestinian terror and features four real-life deadly attacks against Israelis was removed by TikTok. Source: Screenshot via Palestinian Media Watch.

New study reveals extreme anti-Semitism on TikTok

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The social-media platform TikTok is a growing hotbed of extreme anti-Semitism, according to a new report. Led by researchers Gabriel Weimann, a professor of communication at the University of Haifa and senior researcher at the...
Muslims visit at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?

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Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. “Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Students, faculty and clergy gather at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a vote to pass a BDS resolution on campus on Feb. 13, 2020. Photo by Ben Zavell.

New website lists Israeli professors who support BDS, oppose IDF service

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A new English-language website, launched by the NGO Im Tirtzu, provides the names Israeli professors involved in the BDS movement and other activities critical of the state. “Know the Anti-Israel Israeli Professor” lists 150 academics who accuse...