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Report: Some prisoners at Gilboa facility were ‘aware of escape plot’ in advance
A number of prisoners at the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel were apparently aware of an escape plot by six incarcerated terrorists, a police investigation into the breakout has reportedly found.
According to a report...
Alignment of Egyptian-Israeli interests apparent in meeting of leaders on key regional issues
The Sept. 13 meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula is a dramatic public encounter on Egyptian soil that signals a new alignment...
Why is Israel’s government making concessions to the Palestinians?
In what appears to be a string of concessions to the Palestinians despite continuing rocket fire, violent border riots in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian incitement and terrorism in Judea and Samaria, the Office...
Gantz holds security briefing with IDF officials, talks about confronting terror groups
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz toured the Israel Defense Forces Central Command on Tuesday and held a situation assessment with senior commanders.
According to a statement by Gantz’s office, he was joined by IDF Chief...
Bennett says he won’t sit down with Mahmoud Abbas, rules out Palestinian state
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that for now, he has ruled out a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the creation of a Palestinian state.
“My perception is different than...
Soviet Jewish activist and refusenik Ida Nudel dies in Israel at age 90
Ida Nudel, a leading activist and Zionist who sought permission for 16 years to leave the former Soviet Union and move to Israel, died on Tuesday at the age of 90.
Nudel was born in the former...
President Isaac Herzog receives the credentials of the new ambassadors of Bahrain, Mexico, Spain,...
President Herzog to the ambassador of Bahrain: “Brave states take brave steps. The Abraham Accords were the fruit of both vision and power. The growing partnership between our countries is a model for the whole Middle...
In Estonia’s miraculous Jewish rebirth, a Yom Kippur message of hope
What do you do with a new year that just doesn’t feel new? This question is top of mind for Jews around the world as we gather to celebrate High Holidays that seem to herald not...
Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim
Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto.
“We are here as the family for a person we...
Israelis take to the streets on Yom Kippur
At Yom Kippur, Israel grinds to a halt. For 25 hours, schools, restaurants and businesses shut down, roads empty out as driving is prohibited, and there are no buses, no trains and no planes.
Known as...