Monthly Archives: October 2022
British prime minister resigns after 45 days in office
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday just 45 days after assuming office, amid a political firestorm set off by her economic plan that was panned by investors, sent the pound and stocks...
Three Israelis charged with helping Hamas plot attacks
Three Israeli citizens from the North were charged on Thursday with a range of severe security offenses, including spying for Hamas and gathering information on Israel’s Cellcom cellular network.
The prosecution’s Cyber Division charged the...
Israel, Bahrain sign accord on agricultural cooperation
Israel and Bahrain on Wednesday signed an agricultural cooperation declaration on the sidelines of the first-ever International Summit on Food Technologies from the Dead Sea and Desert that took place in Eilat.
The conference, an...
Israeli ambassador to New Zealand casts first early ballot in national election
Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby on Thursday became the first of approximately 4,500 citizens living abroad eligible to cast an early ballot for the Jewish state’s Nov. 1 national election.
Yaakoby subsequently took...
Three of Fortune’s most powerful women in startups are Israeli
Three Israeli women—Eynat Guez, Adi Tatarko and Daphne Koller—are included on Fortune magazine’s “The 15 Most Powerful Women in Startups” list for 2022.
All three head so-called unicorn companies, valued at $1 billion or more.
Tatarko, ranked eighth on the...
IDF launches week-long drill in northern Israel
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday the launch of a planned week-long military exercise in northern Israel.
During the drill, local civilians will see increased military traffic and may hear explosions, according to the...
US at UN: Russia using Iranian UAVs against Ukrainian civilians
The United States, United Kingdom and France on Wednesday jointly raised the issue of Iran’s transfer of attack drones to Russia at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, according to a statement by...
Hamas leaders ‘turn the page’ in meeting with Assad in Damascus
A Hamas delegation met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in Damascus, in the latest bid by the Gaza-based Palestinian terrorist group to “turn the page” with the dictator, according to Reuters.
“We consider it...
Parashat Bereishit: Beginning Anew With the Right Mindset
SAN DIEGO — With Bereishit We Begin Learning Torah…
With our holiday season behind us, we begin anew by recounting the Seven Days of Creation, reading the story of the very first Shabbat – Hashem’s Shabbat....
Gantz: Israel supports Ukraine, but no arms sales
Israeli policy regarding Ukraine has not changed and while Jerusalem stands with the embattled European country and with NATO, it has not offered Kyiv any weapons, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told European Union ambassadors...