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Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, two days after the general election, Nov. 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy

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More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country. The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
Watching the military airshow as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Can Israeli resilience inspire alienated Americans?

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Israelis had a rough week. The country was subjected to a barrage of nearly 1,000 rockets and missiles fired at it by Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists. Though for the most part, the Iron Dome air-defense...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Credit: Zbitnev/Shutterstock.

Democrats’ attitudes towards Israel reach a tipping point

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The history of the pro-Israel movement in the United States was always predicated on one goal: creating a bipartisan consensus in favor of support for the Jewish state. And for many years, it succeeded...
From a video of Vladimir Kozlovsky, who was kidnapped by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine, praying in a synagogue in Luhansk after being released, Aug. 25, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Pro-Russia forces in Ukraine free captured Israeli man

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Russian official media reported that an Israeli national who was abducted by pro-Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine has been freed and is on his way to Israel. According to Russian Television and Radio, Vladimir Kozlovsky...
Israel’s Nimrod Ryeder starts his journey toward gold, defeating Poland’s Robert Henek in jiu-jitsu at the World Games in Birmingham, Ala., on July 15, 2022. Photo by Larry Brook.

Israel has noteworthy top-15 overall finish at the World Games

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Despite a final two days of podium near misses by Israeli athletes competing in acrobatic gymnastics and wakeboarding at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, the leader of the Israeli delegation was “speechless” at how well...
Daria Atamanov (being held) celebrates her medals in rhythmic gymnastics. Photo by Larry Brook.

World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver

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On the first day of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Team Israel took a group photo at the city’s iconic statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge. Miniature statues of Vulcan are being presented...
Illustrative: Two fencers square off in a match. Credit: Fotokostic/Shutterstock.

Libyan fencing team withdraws from competition to avoid Israeli athletes

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Libya’s national fencing team has pulled out of the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing Israeli opponents in the competition, reported Middle East Monitor. The team was scheduled to go head-to-head...

Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows

With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Of the 177,307 children born in...
Swastikas graffitied on a Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim near Strasbourg, France. Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock.

Hebrew University survey: More than half of Israeli Jews, Arabs expect European anti-Semitism to...

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Timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s European Forum reveals a new survey that says Israelis expect anti-Semitism in Europe to worsen. As for the future of Israeli-European relations, sociologist and...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaled. Source: Twitter.

Meeting with Mayorkas, Shaked aims for Israel to join visa waiver program by 2023

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked met with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday in part to discuss Israel’s efforts to join the Visa Waiver Program. “We are both determined to promote the exemption...