Court upholds freeze on accounts of terror-linked Ra’am charity
The Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday rejected a request to unfreeze bank accounts belonging to a charity controlled by the Islamist Ra’am Party, ruling that Israel’s Bank Leumi had presented sufficient evidence substantiating...
Catholic Church in Israel calls on Christians to protest Nationality Law
The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, which represents the Roman Catholic Church in Israel, issued a statement on Monday blasting Israel’s new Nationality Law and called upon followers to protest it.
The Church seemed to take...
Netanyahu: Arab countries now see Israel as an ‘indispensable ally’
The Arab world’s perception of Israel is undergoing a seismic shift, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Addressing a 200-strong crowd in Jerusalem at the kick-off event of the Christian Media Summit and inauguration...
Messianic Jews barred from Jewish marriage in Israel, rabbis rule
A Messianic Jewish couple have been barred from being married under a traditional Jewish ceremony in Israel because the country's rabbinical court deemed them converts to Christianity. In a ruling made Tuesday, three senior...
PM Netanyahu calls for dismantling of UNRWA
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), accusing it of anti-Israel incitement and saying he had conveyed his message to the U.S....
Ben-Gvir: Reverse decision to allow Palestinian workers into Israel
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday called on National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi to reverse a decision to allow some 8,000 Palestinian laborers to work in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria...
Rabbi Steinsaltz launches new english translation of Torah
A new English translation of the Torah by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz and the Koren publishing house has recently been completed and is scheduled to hit books stores in September 2018.
The translation of the...
Haredi leader’s ultimatum: IDF draft law or ‘we quit’
Yitzhak Goldknopf, leader of the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ), said that “if the new recruitment plan isn’t settled, the government will fall apart,” speaking of a haredi conscription law the ultra-Orthodox parties are...
Israel signs multimillion-dollar deal to sell Iron Dome radars to Czech Republic
Israel signed an agreement on Thursday to sell the Czech Republic eight Iron Dome air-defense systems in a contract worth $125 million, announced Israel’s Defense Ministry.
The Israeli Aerospace Industries subsidiary ELTA will provide eight ELM-2084 Iron...
Facing Iranian cyber attacks, Albanian premier meets Israeli cyber chief
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met on Monday in Jerusalem with the director general of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, Gaby Portnoy. The two discussed Iranian cyberattacks against Albania, which have led it to sever...