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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison celebrating his election victory on May 18, 2019. Credit: Scott Morrison via Twitter.

Scott Morrison’s win in Australia foretells even stronger ties with Israel

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The surprise election victory of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last weekend not only shook up the country’s political landscape, but also potentially bodes well for another country thousands of miles away, Israel. “We have...
Jeff Seidel with students outside of his Student Information Center in Jerusalem. Credit: Jeff Seidel via Facebook.

‘It’s all for the Jewish people:” Four decades of the Jeff Seidel story

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Jeff Seidel is a left-hander who cheerfully admits to having a terrible sense of direction. “It’s the worst,” he says with a grin. “I get lost coming out of the shower.” But if there’s one...
A young woman with disabilities visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Disabled young adults bring prayers to the Western Wall

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The directorial staff of Shalva, an organization that provides transformative care for people with disabilities in Israel, is used to being called up about new ideas and projects. But when a friend of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă at the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Varna, Bulgaria, on Nov. 2, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Romania ‘remains committed to relocating embassy to Jerusalem’

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă called Israel’s Ambassador to Bucharest David Saranga to reiterate her commitment to relocating her country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. “My word is my word. I stand behind what I...
The city of Jerusalem marked the first anniversary of the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Israel's capital, and illuminated the walls of the Old City and the Chords Bridge in the colors of the American flag, May 14, 2019. Credit: Jerusalem Municipality.

US, Israel mark one-year anniversary since embassy opening in Jerusalem

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated one year since the U.S. relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. “Today marks the one-year anniversary...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

A particularly happy anniversary

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One year ago today, on May 14, 2018, the United States officially transferred its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Although the move could be viewed as merely the fulfillment of the Jerusalem Embassy Act...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton visit the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Aug. 21, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

US warns of increased risk of terror attacks in Israel on anniversary of embassy...

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The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem issued a security warning Monday night regarding increased risk of terrorist attacks over the next few days. According to the warning, which the embassy posted on its website, “terrorist groups may...
Workers prepare matzah, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Aviv matzah plant in Bnei Brak on April 14, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Nineteen ways you know it’s Passover in Israel

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If you’ve never heard an Arab calling out alter zachen (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you’ve never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. It’s part of the clean-up mania that grips the city in the run-up to...
A view of the then-future U.S. embassy in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, Feb. 24, 2018. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Report: US submits request to lease land for permanent embassy in Jerusalem

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The United States recently submitted a request to Israeli authorities to “begin preparing” the Allenby compound in Jerusalem for the construction of the U.S. permanent embassy in the country, reported Israel’s Channel 12. The outlet...
Logo of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.

International Union of Muslim Scholars urges imams to preach armed jihad against Israel

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On April 1, 2019, the International Union of Muslim Clerics (IUMS) proclaimed Friday, April 5, 2019 as a “Day of Support for Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and Gaza,” and urged Muslim preachers worldwide to devote their...