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Eating Knesset candy and drinking the Kool-Aid
Photos that emerged last week of Israeli lawmakers munching on candy for two white nights in a row served as a perfect metaphor for the kindergarten-like atmosphere of the Knesset as a whole and...
Chill out about global warming
At the United Nations Climate Summit (aka COP26) last week in Glasgow, U.S. President Joe Biden declared that climate change is “the existential threat to human existence as we know it.” Based on that...
Israel’s UK ambassador: ‘I will not be intimidated’ by pro-Palestinian protesters
Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely said on Wednesday that she would “not be intimidated” after facing angry pro-Palestinian protesters outside of a debate held at the London School of Economics.
After a...
Israeli defense minister says left-wing threats force him to change his phone every two...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed on Tuesday that he regularly replaces his phone due to threats against his life by left-wing activists.
“It pains me to say it, but I replace my phone every...
Uri Geller Museum: A (bent) spoonful of celebrity fun in Jaffa
Two thousand twisted pieces of cutlery adorn a 1976 Cadillac parked in the new Uri Geller Museum in Jaffa. A Guinness World Record-winning bent spoon, weighing 11 tons, dominates the museum courtyard.
Bending spoons through psychokinesis is,...
Report: UK cuts UNRWA funding by more than 50 percent due to incitement
Britain has cut its funding of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees by a little more than 50 percent, according to a report in The Guardian. Having invested some $57 million in the U.N. Relief...
Sheikh Jarrah family agrees to return home to Jewish owners
With an Israeli High Court decision in the Sheikh Jarrah-Shimon HaTzadik eviction dispute still pending, another Arab family living in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood has reached an agreement with the Jewish owners of its home to...
Erdan holds event at UN to bolster relations between Israel and Africa
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan held a program on Monday to showcase Israel’s technology and boost ties between the Jewish state and Africa.
The event, held in collaboration with Innovation: Africa and its founder...
Moroccan airline to start Tel Aviv-Casablanca flights
Moroccan national airline Royal Air Maroc announced on Tuesday that it is launching regular flights to Israel.
The flights will start on Dec. 12 and fly between Casablanca and Tel Aviv, reported the Moroccan News Agency...
Lapid meets with J Street-led Democrat trip, including vocal critics of Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with a visiting congressional delegation of Democrats on Monday organized by J Street.
The delegation was comprised of Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Ct.) Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Melania...