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 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett praying at the Willard Hotel in Washington on Wednesday.

A Shabbat to remember with Prime Minister Bennett - reporter's notebook

Bennett's surprise extended stay in Washington left him, and everyone who travelled with him, stuck in the capital over Shabbat.

  "Fakarouni" by Orly Portal.  Suzanne Dellal Center,  Tel Aviv August 26

Oriental dancer Orly Portal succumbed to populism and wronged her own dancers

The dancers had grace and improvisational skills that kept us interested in their rapid shifting compositions tinted with Oriental innuendos of a sensuous nature.

By ORA BRAFMAN
29/08/2021

Field to plate in bucolic Galilee: Israel’s epicenter

“The Galilee really is the center of the country," says Paul Nirens.

By DAVID ZEV HARRIS , MARK GORDON
29/08/2021
 Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn and Donald Pleasence in The Ambassador by Quentin Tarantino

Israeli-US film history is front and center in ‘The Ambassador’

It stars Robert Mitchum as Peter Hacker, the US ambassador to Israel, as he sets up meetings with members of the PLO to try to get direct negotiations going between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

COVID: Booster opened to all, jabbed with 3rd dose exempt from isolation

Morbidity is slowing down, but it is too early to talk about the end of the fourth wave, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said.

INDEPENDENT BUSINESS owners and workers from the tourism sector call for financial support

‘Thousands of businesses will go bankrupt if there’s another closure’

These businesses barely survived the third wave and are already operating in overdraft.

Sexual abuse by two rabbinic brothers suspected at Be’er Yehuda Yeshiva in Jerusalem

Rabbinical court of haredi rabbis rules that rabbis Yitzhak Tufik and Moshe Tufik committed ‘severe and obscene transgressions’ against their students

Netanyahu dines with state's witness against him in Hawaii

Netanyahu and Ellison were seen eating together at Nobu Lanai, a very expensive restaurant on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.

29/08/2021

Arab activists: Police not doing enough to combat crime

“We don’t need enhancement or reform. Instead, we need a process of rebuilding. We cannot build on what has already failed."

Herzog to welcome first-graders on September 1 in Modi'in

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will attend first grade classes to repeat the time-honored greeting "boker tov kita aleph."

Cyber hacking

Dozens of Israeli websites see hacker message from 'DragonForceMalaysia'

A month ago, the group claimed that they hacked into AcadeMe and leaked emails, passwords, first and last names, addresses even phone numbers of registered students.

Israel strikes Gaza following violent riots, incendiary balloons

Gazan 'Night Harassment Units' are rioting on the border east of Gaza City • IAF struck Hamas targets in response to incendiary balloons and violent protests.

Temple Mount: Maintenance begins on Mughrabi bridge amid tensions

Jordan is sensitive to any changes to the status quo and previous attempts to alter the bridge have met with protests and also conspiracies spreading about al-Aqsa being in danger.

Israeli journalist Josh Mitnick dies at 50

Since moving to Israel from New Jersey in 1997 with a master's degree in political science, Israeli-American journalist Josh Mitnick worked for a number of global publications.

Teen girl falls down manhole on main street in Jerusalem

"She just didn't see where she was going, and slipped," said a shaken construction worker at the scene.

Yair Netanyahu makes a stormy appearance at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, December 2018.

Yair Netanyahu has over NIS 1 million despite claim in defamation suit

Yair Netanyahu was ordered to pay a Walla News editor over NIS 250,000 in a defamation suit earlier this year.

Israeli Olympic medalists will not have to pay taxes on their awards

Olympic and Paralympic athletes will not have to pay taxes on their prizes, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman announced.

29/08/2021
Hadassah-University Medical Center's Prof. Yossi Karko (left) and Hannah Drori, chief of the hospita

Shmuel Yitzhaki appointed Dir.-Gen of Institute of Biological Research

Yitzhaki has been serving as acting director-general since Shmuel Shapira stepped down in March.

Real estate market

Israeli home prices rose 346% in a decade, fastest in the world

While Israeli home prices skyrocketed, salary growth and inflation rates place Israel among the best in the world.

29/08/2021

More workers quit their jobs during coronavirus - report

The percentage of job seekers who had quit their jobs was 22.3% in 2020, and currently stands at 22.6%, compared to 16.1% a year earlier and just 12.3% in 2014.

29/08/2021
APPLES AND honey: The classic Rosh Hashanah combination.

What foods are Israelis buying for Rosh Hashanah?

The Agriculture Ministry released data on consumption rates around the Jewish New Year.

Bennett comments on IDF strikes in Gaza

Before taking off for Israel, the prime minister deemed his Washington trip a success and commented on the IDF air strikes in Gaza that happened overnight.

IDF corona restrictions - should soldiers prepare for lockdown?

Soldiers require the approval of the Command Officer to leave the country and need a 24-hour isolation upon their return, pending a negative test.

Israeli MKs react to Bennett-Biden meeting on social media

The reactions were mostly split along coalition-opposition lines, as coalition MKs praised Bennett for his fruitful visit, while opposition MKs criticized his conduct.

By ELIAV BREUER
29/08/2021

Over 1,000 MDA teen volunteers take part in summer training courses

Magen David Adom gave summer courses for teen volunteers in order to improve their training.

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