‘US taps Hamas ally Qatar to build port in Gaza’
At America’s request, Hamas ally Qatar has agreed to take charge of operating and financing the temporary pier on its way from the United States to the Gaza coast, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Tuesday.
Qatar consented...
Religious women in territories armor up
Religious women living on the frontlines in Judea and Samaria are taking up arms to defend their homes, particularly after the Oct. 7 massacre.
Srugim, a news site catering to the religious Zionist community, reported...
Israel’s Muslim community grows by 2.5 percent, marrying even younger
As of late 2017, the Muslim population in Israel stood at 1.562 million, representing 17.8 percent of the country’s general population. It was also an increase of 38,000 people in relation to the previous...
Two Israelis killed by Palestinian in shooting attack at Barkan Industrial Park
Two Israelis were killed and third moderately injured during a shooting attack at the Barkan Industrial Park early Sunday morning, in Samaria approximately 16 miles east of Tel Aviv, and just outside the Jewish...
Be’ersheva home destroyed by powerful Gaza rocket, family miraculously saved
A medium-range grad rocket fired by terrorists in the Gaza Strip destroyed a home in Be’ersheva, Israel’s third largest city, deep inside Israeli territory.
The Red Alert warning system was activated at 3:39am in Be’ersheva...
Netanyahu, Chinese vice president talk economic cooperation at conference
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan chaired the fourth annual Meeting of Israel-China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation, where eight joint agreements are expected to be signed related to innovation, science...
Group of incoming members of U.S. Congress spend five days touring in Israel
A bipartisan delegation of incoming members of Congress returned to the United States on Friday following a five-day visit to Israel.
Reps.-elect Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), Elaine Luria (D-Va.), David Trone (D-Md.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Susie...
SWC Welcomes Airbnb’s Reported Reversal on Removing West Bank Listings
“If confirmed, this is welcome news and we will inform our constituency of 400,000 families that we are dropping our boycott of Airbnb," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Associate Dean and Director...
Israel votes in favor of UN resolution censuring Russian annexation of Crimea
Israel voted in favor of a U.N. General Assembly resolution on Monday condemning the Russian occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
The resolution calls on Russia to withdraw armed forces from what the signers call “temporarily...
Knesset opposition cheers news of upcoming elections
Opposition members in the Israeli government cheered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Monday that there will be elections next year.
“In April, we will win,” said Avi Gabbay, leader of the largest opposition party Zionist...