Monthly Archives: May 2023
Knesset panel approves state budget after marathon debate
Following a 15-hour debate, the Knesset Finance Committee approved the draft 2023-24 budget, which will now be sent to the Knesset plenum for second and third readings required to pass into law.
The budget passed...
Days after two Jews shot dead, Tunisian president compares Israel to Nazis
Two Jewish cousins were among those murdered on May 9 near a Tunisian synagogue. Four days later, Tunisian President Kais Saied compared the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.
“While Tunisians protected Jews during the Holocaust, today elderly,...
Israeli minister visits Druze security guard who was attacked at Mount Meron
Israel’s Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu on Tuesday visited the Israeli Druze security guard whose vicious beating by Jewish youth at Mount Meron on the Saturday before Lag B’Omer was caught on security cameras.
“I came on behalf of the...
Israeli fourth-graders show dramatic drop in reading ability
Israeli fourth-graders displayed a dramatic drop in reading proficiency in the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) published on Tuesday.
The study was conducted over two years during the COVID-19 pandemic in 57...
Israeli arrested for leaking season finale of HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’
A man from the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim was arrested on Monday for hacking into HBO servers and leaking the highly anticipated final episode of the hit series “House of the Dragon.”
The arrest...
What does Turkey’s election mean for Israel?
Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) declared on Monday that the country would be heading to a runoff election in late May, after incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure over 50% of the...
Netanyahu: Israel has changed the deterrence equation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the southern city of Ashkelon on Monday, where he praised last week’s “Operation Shield and Arrow” against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.
“I have come to Ashkelon...
Judicial reform architect says part will pass into law
Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman, a leading figure in the coalition’s judicial reform initiative, said on Monday that some of the legislative package would pass into law regardless of the outcome of negotiations with the opposition.
“I...
Protesters urge intifada at ‘Nakba Day’ in London
Protesters at an anti-Israel “Nakba Day” march in London on May 13 called for an “intifada” against Israeli “apartheid.”
Thousands attended the event on Saturday ahead of May 15, the day Palestinians observe the nakba—what they...
Israel’s Noa Kirel finishes third at Eurovision
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel finished in third place at Saturday night’s Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool behind Sweden and Finland.
The 22-year-old IDF veteran from the central Israeli city of Ra’anana was aiming to become the fifth...