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Hezbollah and Lebanese flags. Credit: Arthur Sarradin.

Lebanese leader reprimands Hezbollah for exposing country to ‘unnecessary risk’

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Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Monday issued a thinly veiled warning to Hezbollah, just days after the Iranian proxy dispatched three drones towards an Israeli natural gas installation, according to Reuters. “Lebanon considers that any action...
A plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Feb. 28, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Knesset votes to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

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Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday approved a proposal to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism. The vote passed by 33 to 5, according to the Knesset website. The motion was submitted by...
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks to essential and frontline workers and military families attending the Fourth of July celebration on July 4, 2021, on the South Lawn of the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Katie Ricks.

White House confirms Biden to arrive in Israel on July 13

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The White House on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia between July 13 and July 16. The trip will “reinforce the United States’ iron-clad...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Biden to visit Israel, PA in July ahead of anticipated regional summit in Saudi...

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U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 14-15 before heading to Saudi Arabia for a prospective multilateral summit intended to gather the leaders of numerous regional...
U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Credit: Joe Biden/Twitter.

Biden delays planned trip to Israel, Mideast until July

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U.S. President Joe Biden has postponed his trip to Israel and its neighbors, and is likely to travel to the region in July. According to NBC News, which first reported the development, it remains unclear as to what caused...
The junior women's fencing teams from Israel, Poland and the United States (gold, silver and bronze winners) at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, April 2022. Source: Facebook.

Israel’s women’s fencing team wins gold at junior world championship in Dubai

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Israel’s national women’s fencing team took home the gold medal at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In the junior women’s team épée, Israel won first...
A top-level Israeli medical and governmental delegation landing in Ethiopia on April 12, 2022. Photo courtesy of SID-Israel.

Israelis fly to Ethiopia to alleviate humanitarian crisis

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The world has taken little notice of the civil war that has been raging in Ethiopia for the last two years. This greatly troubles Ethiopian-born Israeli parliamentarian Gadi Yevarkan, who this week is leading a...

Poll: Americans becoming less pro-Israel, more pro-Palestinian

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While Americans continue to favor the Israelis over the Palestinians, 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, according to a new Gallup poll. That percentage of Americans who side with the Palestinians represents...
Israeli Knesset members Avi Dichter (Likud) and Nira Shpak (Yesh Atid) attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, March 21, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli Knesset members make first official visit to Indonesia

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Israeli Knesset members Avi Dichter and Nira Shpak were in Indonesia on Monday to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference. This is the first time Israeli MKs have visited the country, with which Israel has...
The store in central Israel where thousands of people in need go shopping for free in a respectful experience. Photo courtesy of Shani and Osher Shukrun.

The Israeli supermarket where you can shop for free

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A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help them. Each time, she’d raise 300 to...