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Results 1 to 30Smotrich doubles penalties for pay-for-slay, withholds NIS 100m.
2023-02-02, 10:30Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed an order doubling the sum Israel deducts from the Palestinian Authority tax fees to protest its policy of providing financial stipends to terrorists, known in Israel as pay-for-slay. “Yesterday I signed an order doubling the amount,” he said in a...
Male sex drugs smuggled into Israel in barrels of pickles
2023-02-02, 08:41An attempt to smuggle 150,000 capsules of a male sexual performance-enhancing drug was foiled by Israeli customs agents, inspectors at Israel's Ashdod seaport and investigators from the Tel Aviv Customs and VAT Investigation Department at the Israeli Tax...
Netanyahu can't work on legal reforms due to conflict of interest - A-G
2023-02-02, 08:41Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can not involve himself in the legislation and process of the judicial reforms proposed in January, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara stated in a letter to Netanyahu on Thursday...
Throat cancer: Symptoms and causes for concern - explainer
2023-02-02, 08:41The World Cancer Research Fund recently published a list of causes responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancer cases worldwide each year. The organization believes that healthy eating, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight and stopping smoking can prevent about 40% of diagnoses, which...
Hundreds of gun permits to be approved monthly under Ben-Gvir licensing reforms
2023-02-02, 07:47Thousands of gun permits will be approved each month with a massive expansion of the National Security Ministry's licensing division, Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Thursday morning after a series of meetings on easing the licensing process over the week. Ben-Gvir reaffirmed his Tuesday...
Operation Break the Wave: 17 arrested in West Bank overnight
2023-02-02, 07:11IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Border Police forces arrested 17 people across the West Bank overnight on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activity. According to the IDF, during a proactive operation inside the city of Hebron, Israeli security forces identified a...
Israeli drones use free-falling bombs, can carry up to a ton
2023-02-02, 07:11Israeli armed drones use gravity bombs that produce no noise or smoke as they fall, making them hard for enemies to anticipate or evade, and the largest model of the aircraft can carry up to a tonne of munitions, the military says. After more than two decades of secrecy, Israel in July went public...
Former Wagner commander: 'I am sorry for fighting in Ukraine'
2023-02-02, 06:17A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway told Reuters he wanted to apologize for fighting in Ukraine and was speaking out to bring the perpetrators of atrocities in the conflict to justice. Andrei Medvedev, who crossed the Russian-Norwegian border on Jan. 13, says he...
Iran's UN envoy blames Israel for Isfahan drone attack -ISNA
2023-02-02, 06:17Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Thursday, vowing revenge for what appeared to be the latest episode in a long-running covert war. In a letter to the UN chief, Iran's UN envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani,...
Russian missile destroys Ukrainian apartment building, killing three
2023-02-02, 05:23A Russian missile destroyed an apartment building and damaged seven more in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and injuring 20, regional police said. Local authorities initially said Russia had fired a rocket but the police force later said an...
Prominent Jewish leaders criticize Israel’s new government
2023-02-02, 04:47WASHINGTON — A slate of 169 prominent American Jews, including former leaders of major mainstream Jewish organizations, called on US politicians not to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism, a signal of worsening relations between the new far-right Israeli government and the US Jewish...
NY family donates synagogue to IDF Search and Rescue Unit
2023-02-02, 03:52New York resident Florence Wolf and her family donated a new synagogue in Ramla to the IDF Homefront Command Search and Rescue Unit, Friends of the IDF (FIDF) announced on Monday. Wolf made the donation in honor of her late husband Cyrus Wolf, who was a pillar of the Five Towns Jewish community....
Joint training drill simulates Bnei Brak fire at housing complex for disabled youth
2023-02-02, 02:59A joint training drill simulating the response of combined emergency services to a residential building fire at a housing complex for disabled youth was conducted on Monday in Bnei Brak. The scenario was run by United Hatzalah, fire and rescue services, the Israeli Police, the municipality, Mayanei...
Ongoing challenges threaten the Abraham Accords’ survival- opinion
2023-02-02, 02:23When Israel’s President Isaac Herzog embarked on his recent visit to Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, the Israeli media was flush with positive coverage focusing on the “warm peace” with Bahrain, underplaying the fact that Herzog was going there to address the challenges with...
Terrorist may have infiltrated Psagot - IDF
2023-02-02, 02:23A terrorist is believed to have infiltrated the settlement of Psagot in the West Bank, the IDF Home Front Command reported early on Thursday morning. The military advised all residents to...
FBI investigating George Santos for alleged sick dog scheme
2023-02-02, 02:23The FBI is investigating George Santos, the New York congressman who has admitted to fabricating much of his resume, on allegations that he stole $3,000 raised for a homeless Navy veteran’s cancer-stricken dog, reports announced on Wednesday. The Navy veteran reportedly told investigators that...
German city freezes relations with Iran following relentless pressure
2023-02-02, 00:34The international effort to bring a largely recalcitrant German city council in Freiburg to freeze its partnership with the Iranian regime in the city of Isfahan led to a victory on Tuesday for Iranian dissidents and a small political party who have campaigned since 2020 for the abolition of the...
Abu Dhabi health dept., Israeli health org pledge to cooperate on research
2023-02-02, 00:34Abu Dhabi's Health Department on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Maccabi Health Services' Khan Sagol Maccabi Research and Innovation Center pledging to increase cooperation in healthcare research and technological innovation, the organizations announced. Goals of the memorandum The...
Russia is obsessed with preventing military support for Ukraine- analysis
2023-02-02, 00:34Russia is putting out messaging designed to dissuade more support for Ukraine after seeing the deluge of western reports about sending tanks and possibly warplanes to Ukraine. After a year of war Moscow’s war aims appear to lack clarity. While it initially envisioned a short war where it would...
Netflix's 'You People' wasn't funny at all to my Black and Mexican Jewish family
2023-02-01, 23:58As a couple that is two parts Jew, one part Black, and all parts lovers of comedy, my husband and I sat with hopes (maybe not high ones) to watch Netflix’s “You People.” It’s not often that we see our cultures represented together in buzzy movies, especially not ones set in...
Neanderthals hunted, butchered elephants, study reveals
2023-02-01, 23:04Neanderthals frequently hunted and butchered elephants in Europe thousands of years ago, a recent analysis of marks made on straight-tusked elephant bones reveals. The evidence comes from the Neumark-Nord 1 site near Halle, Germany, where 3,122 bones, tusks, and teeth – thought to come...
Netanyahu should cancel his upcoming trip to Washington - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10The United States and Israel just concluded their largest-ever joint military exercises, with Israeli jet fighters escorting American B52s, submarines of both nations far below the surface and a whole lot of hardware in between. Operation Juniper Oak 23 was a clear message to Iran of America’s...
Israel's response to terrorism is creating terrorism - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10During the Second Intifada, when there were many suicide bombers and many volunteers joining their ranks, Israel’s security forces began profiling those willing to kill themselves in order to kill the Zionist enemy. Initially, the thinking was that the people willing to kill themselves to kill...
Future sex abuse from men in power needs prevention - Editorial
2023-02-01, 22:10Israel Bar Association (IBA) head Avi Himi resigned Tuesday from his post at the helm of the influential body. For opponents of Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s far-reaching judicial reform, Himi’s resignation could not have come at a worse time: in recent weeks he has become the face of opposition...
Israel needs a new offensive policy against those inciting terrorism - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10The murderous terrorist attack that tore through Jerusalem last Friday evening served as a stark reminder of the terrorism challenges faced by Israel. The shooting, in which seven civilians were murdered, was the latest and worst of several gun attacks over the past year and marks a peak in the...
The Davai comedy group brings 'under construction' to Israel
2023-02-01, 22:10Ever feel like letting loose? Ever get the urge to act just plain silly, but are put off by the demands of “acceptable social behavior?” Well, as Mr. Shakespeare posited in the appropriately named play “As You Like It” – “all the world’s a stage.” If that really is the case, why shouldn’t we pull a...
50 Nations meet to discuss Russia, leaving Germany in a predicament
2023-02-01, 22:10Now that we are marking the eleventh month since Russia invaded Ukraine, Western countries are grappling with a difficult dilemma that could decide the fate of the war. On the one hand, they are determined to aid Kyiv in its fight against Russia’s army, while on the other, their ambivalence, which...
European nations fear Iranian backlash - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10In a major move, the European Parliament approved adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the European blacklist of terrorist groups and tightening sanctions against Iran. The decision does not oblige the European Union to take action against the IRGC. But it comes at a time...
The world is watching Israel's diplomacy efforts - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10Since Benjamin Netanyahu won the elections in November, his government has been described by the international mainstream media as the most right-wing government in the history of Israel. Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, designated as Israel’s national security minister, was previously...
Will the National Security Council fulfill their duty? - opinion
2023-02-01, 22:10The head of the National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, must feel the heat of a difficult dilemma these days. The politician in him is surely pushing to defend the legal reform. On the other hand, the professional response required by someone in his position necessitates a systematic analysis of...
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