Daily Archives: July 26, 2021
Israel Navy commander appoints new submarine flotilla commander
The Israel Navy appointed a new commander of its submarine flotilla on Sunday.
Col. Uri (full name not released) took up his position during a ceremony at Haifa Naval Base attended by the Israel Navy...
Israeli airlines launch first direct flights to Morocco
Two Israeli airlines, El Al and Israir, launched the first regular direct flights from Israel to Morocco on Sunday.
Israir Flight 61 took off first at 8:15 a.m, followed by El Al flight 553, which...
Palestinian man who saved Jewish family granted permanent Israeli residency
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has granted permanent residency to A., a Palestinian man who saved the lives of three members of the Mark family following a terrorist attack in 2016.
The father of the family, Michael,...
Amir Hayek named Israel’s first ambassador to United Arab Emirates
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Sunday the appointment of Amir Hayek as Israel’s first ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
Amir Hayek. Source: Twitter.
Hayak has previously served as director-general of the Economy and...
Avishag Semberg takes bronze in Israel’s first-ever Olympic medal in taekwondo
Israeli athlete Avishag Semberg won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday. The medal is Israel’s first at the Tokyo games, its first in taekwondo and its 10th...
‘Ben & Jerry’s will regret the day they boycotted Israel’
The decision by ice-cream giant Ben & Jerry’s to pull its business beyond the Green Line means that under U.S. law its parent company, Unilever, has lost the right to protect the brand’s trademark...
Shield of David program battles anti-Semitism through Krav Maga and education
Cameron Kholos, a Jewish student at the University of Colorado Boulder, had been taking martial arts for more than 10 years and wanted to teach other Jewish students self-defense.
“I was really into Krav Maga,”...