Israeli company goes head to head with Hezbollah in social media wars
A small web design company from Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel has launched an online campaign against the Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah after supporters of the Shiite organization threatened Israel that “the next war...
Bennett speaks with head of Spanish Jewish community
Education Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with the head of the Jewish community in Spain, David Hashuel, who updated him on the community's situation.
Bennett said that "I offered him any help required and we agreed...
Israeli Minister: Relations with Trump are more important than calling out Nazis
Israel must condemn Nazis but relations with US President Donald Trump are more important, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara, who lately has been one of the ministers closest to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told The Jerusalem...
After 3 days, PM condemns Charlottesville in vague statement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday afternoon condemned the neo-Nazi rally three days after it took place in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Outraged by expressions of anti-Semitism, neo-Nazism and racism. Everyone should oppose this hatred,” the prime...
Conservative, Reform movements escalate fight for Western Wall equal rights
After the Western Wall egalitarian area plan was cancelled in June and caused a rift with Diaspora Jewry, the issue of prayers at the Western Wall is expected to heat up again next week,...
Hundreds of north American Jews become Israeli citizens
"It's a real privilege and special moment in time that we have our own state and to be part of that endeavor is something that has always been part of my consciousness," said Jim...
Growing threats in Syria causing concern for Israel
Israelis still remember the trauma of the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Egyptian and Syrian armies surprised the Jewish state on its holiest day with a jointly coordinated military attack.
For a day or two,...
Australia’s Aristocrat buys Israeli game developer Plarium for $500 million
The Australian gaming company Aristocrat Leisure Limited is buying Israeli social gaming company Plarium for $500 million.
Plarium, headquartered in Herzliya, is a mobile, social and web-based game developer with five genre-specific studios and 1,200 employees in...
IDF soldiers take part in a unique collaboration to help children with autism
Soldiers, parents of autistic children, high school students and random volunteers joined forces in Tel Aviv to make life easier for people with autism and their caregivers.
Some 85 people took part in a 24-hour...
Seeing ‘opportunity’ to renew talks, Trump sends three envoys to region
With the Temple Mount crisis ended and calm largely restored, US President Donald Trump believes an “opportunity” has opened up to advance his peace initiative, and is sending three of his top envoys to...