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19-year-old dies after suffering from heatstroke, two others hospitalized

A 19-year-old and two 50-year-olds collapsed on Friday after suffering from heatstroke, all within an hour of each other.

Jerusalem academic institution holds conference against sexual assault

While the Eilat incident was extreme, much less offensive instances of sexual violence occur on a regular basis.

MK Rafi Peretz, 2019.
Rafi Peretz launches cooperation initiative with UAE

The initiative aims at bringing to Israel, and more specifically Jerusalem, thousands of tourists, hi-tech companies and exchange students.

The Market House Hotel
Israel's hotel sector expected to bounce back within five years

Industry experts predict hotel revenue rates to return to 2019 levels by 2025 thanks to Israel's resilience.

HEAR THE call of the High Holy Days in the Old City’s narrow alleyways.
Israel readies for High Holy Days without foreign visitors

Country’s major tour operators hope traffic will pick up again by next summer

By JOSHUA ROBBIN MARKS/THE MEDIA LINE
04/09/2020
Israeli-American citizen can be extradited to US to face fraud charges

Aryeh Greenes fled to Israel nearly a decade ago after being charged in US District Court in Los Angeles with bank fraud.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
04/09/2020
May rains on the Kinneret, May 5, 2020
Kinneret at highest level in 27 years

The report noted that a contributing factor to the precipitous rise has been heavy rain falls over the past two years.

04/09/2020
Halting West Bank annexation resurrects the ‘67 line: 10 things to know

The absence of sovereignty has always placed a shadow of danger over the settlement enterprise.

As Israelis start new school year, 3,000 Bedouins are still stuck at home

Some 3,000 children from the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi al-Na'am were forced to stay home, as the rest of the country's youth made its way to schools earlier this week.

YEHORAM GAON
Yehoram Gaon releases album of ‘piyutim’

Proceeds from sales of the album will go to support nonprofit organizations for lone soldiers.

The Israeli roots of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run'

Israeli studio engineer recalls being in the trenches with the Boss when he recorded his rock & roll masterpiece ‘Born to Run,’ released 45 years ago

03/09/2020
Tesla is trying to enter the Israeli insurance market - report

Tesla established its own independent insurance company in 2019, currently only available to its clients in California.

Netanyahu will keep making diplomatic moves without telling his ministers

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Netanyahu will always have an excuse to keep his defense minister and foreign minister out of the loop. All he has to do is say the Americans asked to keep it private.

03/09/2020
Caucus threatens sovereignty bill over silent West Bank settlement freeze

Yesha Council launches campaign against Netanyahu over building

Tel Aviv Dance Festival goes digital

The annual festival will present nine world premiers of local choreographers.

By ORI J. LENKINSKI
03/09/2020
Tal Mashiach joins pianist Gadi Lehavi, drummer Ofri Nehemya at Jerusalem Jazz Festival

Together they make up the GTO Trio, which is due to perform at the museum at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

03/09/2020
Ori Lenkinski brings ‘Jackie’ to Mahaneh Yehuda

SINCE MAKING aliyah in 2007, Canada-born, New York-bred Tel Avivian Lenkinski has become a fixture on the local dance scene.

03/09/2020
Yasmeen Godder premieres new works at the upcoming Israel Festival

Her new works Practicing Empathy #1 and Practicing Empathy #2 by 2, will premiere at the upcoming Israel Festival.

By ORI J. LENKINSKI
03/09/2020
TV highlights: Streaming the cinematheques, girls gone bad, ‘Love Fraud’

Launched in late August, Yes Cinematheque features a great many movies you’ll love, including classics that you can never watch too many times.

Children are returning to school in Israel amid the coronavirus pandemic. August 24, 2020.
Thousands of Israeli kids expected to drop out of school over poverty

52,830 first graders beginning their education this week are poor, the Latet NGO warns

MAYOR MOSHE LION (center) and MK Ze’ev Elkin (second from left) cut the ribbon at the opening of a r
Grapevine; What's Moshe Lion's secret?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Mahaneh Yehuda shuk goes to ballot to elect new committee and chairman

The first and major task of the next Mahaneh Yehuda chairman will be to restore balance.

03/09/2020
This week in Jerusalem; A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week.

03/09/2020
A drone drops hundreds of bags of grass in the skies of Tel Aviv
Drone drops hundreds of bags of cannabis in Tel Aviv

The bags were dropped by the "green drone" Telegram group, which advocates for the legalization of cannabis in Israel, with "free love" being the group's slogan.

El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport in Lod
Israelis should take advantage of 'staycation' amid COVID-19 pandemic

There is neither a Hebrew word that is its equivalent nor is there such a concept in Hebrew.

By HEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ
03/09/2020
El Al to fly first cargo flight to Dubai by an Israeli carrier

El Al, Israel's flag carrier, said the new route will be an "import and export" link to Dubai and further east.

By REUTERS
03/09/2020
New theatrical performance revisits Eichmann trial 60 years on

Each member of the core performance triad approached the court case from a very different angle, thereby providing Dekel-Avneri with plenty of room for interpretive maneuver.

03/09/2020
Arrivals - How one artist is inspired to do good

“My art is about emotion. It doesn’t matter what the painting is of – it can be about Jerusalem, about the Torah – whatever it is, it is really about what I’m feeling."

By YAKIR FELDMAN
03/09/2020
The 92-year-old ongoing story of a ‘brissing gown’

In future generations, seven grandsons, and 10 great-grandsons would also have their brit in the gown.

By JONATHAN HOMA
03/09/2020
'The Convert' - A conversion into the unknown

Though The Convert is far from a happy story, it is refreshing to read a new novel about European Jewish life outside of the context of the Holocaust, and this refugee tale still resonates strongly.

By BEN FISHER
03/09/2020
Michael Oren's 'Night Archer' hits the bulls-eye

Oren is a master of the short story. He grabs your attention and carries you along to a conclusion that is often an emotional shock.

What is the lure of travel?

The trip to Tilbury Docks in London took six weeks – the holiday of a lifetime.

UAE airline begins to sell tickets to Israeli citizens

El Al Israel Airlines on Thursday extended its suspension of flights to the end of August and said it reached cost-cutting agreements with the country’s main labor union.

By OMRI RON
03/09/2020
Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel: Homey and high-end

An exceedingly pleasurable stay at Jerusalem’s renovated and corona-ready Inbal Hotel.

By ERICA SCHACHNE
03/09/2020
The Story of Pesach - the double entendre exhibition in September

It was, true to its name, originally scheduled to open for Passover 2020, to mark a year since the passing of the esteemed Israeli artist Pesach Slabosky, who died on the eve of the holiday.

By SHARON FEIEREISEN
03/09/2020
Hazorfim - Creating original silverware for your Yom Tov table

An elegantly arranged holiday table, the gleam of new silverware – all at affordable prices. Hazorfim, now celebrating 70 years in business, is preparing for the holiday season with new collections.

By AILEEN KRAUS
03/09/2020
Nahariya - The story of Israel's disappearing shops

Three stores in Israel's coastal town look ahead to a bleak future.

By DIANA BLETTER
03/09/2020
Night safaris in the Negev show Israel's diverse desert wildlife

“There is a whole world out here in the Negev Desert. When people think of the desert, they think it is something dead and lifeless."

By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ
03/09/2020
Lapid: Primaries for Yesh Atid leader will take time

Says Shelah fit to be PM but are Ya'alon, Cohen, Barbivai

03/09/2020
AVICHAI MANDELBLIT
A-G: Start of trial may not disqualify Netanyahu from remaining PM

Yariv Levin: Doesn't make sense that we destroy settler houses, but not those of terrorists.

Armed Palestinian arrested after infiltrating into Israel from Gaza

An explosive device and a knife were found near the man who crossed the border fence near Kibbutz Ein Haslosha.

Davidic dynasty symbol found in Jerusalem: Once in a lifetime discovery

They did not expect to find anything this special when they began digging near what is now the Armon Hanatziv Promenade

03/09/2020
Cabinet to lock down 30 ‘red’ cities as virus spikes

Gamzu begs public: ‘Stop insanity – morbidity has risen to another level’ • Edelstein to ‘Post’: Can’t promise total lockdown will be prevented

Two new streaming services filled with Israeli and Jewish movies and shows

Both ChaifFlicks and Izzy have excellent arthouse Jewish movies, short films and documentaries. As for television content, it’s not as ample at the moment, though both services are working on it.

By LIOR ZALTZMAN/JTA
03/09/2020
Thousands of pensioners protest against Pension cuts in Tel Aviv on May 21, 2019.
Israel's looming pension crisis needs a solution

The looming pension crisis seems far away but it is real, and the day in which it will erupt is getting closer every day.

By ERAN PELEG
03/09/2020
The earthquake that hit Yesh Atid, the impenetrable party - analysis

Shelah never liked key decisions Lapid made like forming a political bond with Naftali Bennett in 2013, moving rightward and making gestures to Orthodox voters.

02/09/2020
Amid heatwave, students sent home for arriving in shorts deemed too short

"School is a place that should be engaged in education and maintaining the health of students, not the length of pants."

02/09/2020
Ultra-Orthodox men wearing masks walk around the neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, April 12, 2
Coronavirus in Israel: New daily record reached with over 3,000 diagnosed

Cabinet to convene on red city restrictions * Death toll nears 1,000

THE STAIRS Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will climb on Sunday inside the Jerusalem District Cour
Gov’t extradites man for ‘CEO identity theft’ scheme that netted €54m.

According to a Justice Ministry statement, David Sofer of Ashdod carried out his organized crime scheme between the years 2015 and 2017.

People at the movies (Illustrative)
Culture Ministry gives NIS 16 million to Israeli film industry

The budget will enable the Israeli filmmaking to continue and will provide jobs for an estimated 10,0000 for film industry professionals.

Moshe Lion: I've received Emirati offers to invest in East Jerusalem

"We have so much to offer, beyond just the Temple Mount," Moshe Lion added.

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz delivers a statement to the media at th
Cabinet approves Israel holding onto all bodies of Palestinian attackers

DM Gantz demanded change to the policy that until now was to only hold onto those who were Hamas members

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexual
High Court rules Malka Leifer fit for extradition

Leifer fled from Australia to Israel in 2008 after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced against her, and has evaded extradition since 2014 by claiming to be mentally unfit for trial.

Benjamin Netanyahu to speak at first-ever virtual FIDF national gala

Save your spot for the first-ever FIDF gala featuring top-ranked army officials and the stories of those who give their lives and save the lives of the people of Israel.

Ofer Shelah
MK Ofer Shelah challenges Lapid in Yesh Atid

Shelah criticized Lapid for not presenting a clear enough agenda on economic, security and political issues.

02/09/2020
Suspected infiltration along Eilat beach, September 2020
Eilat beach evacuated after infiltration from Jordan

Israel Police announced that it was deployed and on alert in Eilat due to a suspected security incident.

02/09/2020
aircraft
Israel, India close to signing billion-dollar deal for AWACs

With tensions rising between China and India, New Delhi wants two more early-warning systems from the Jewish state.

Divorced groups mock Netanyahu for wooing hated former MK

A Likud MK, who asked not to be named, said the decision to bring Mualem into the party was "awful."

02/09/2020
Flow(er) by HStern - earrings in Noble Gold with diamonds
HStern launches a new Collection

And at its center, the flower: FLOW(er)

Demonstrators gather in Tel Aviv on Sunday in support of a 16-year-old victim of a gang rape in Eila
Eilat gang-rape: 11 suspects indicted, four for rape, seven for assisting

Police revealed the entire story of how the brutal act came about.

11th stage of the Tour de France
Strategic affairs minister, Tour de France Israel team owner, talk PR

Strategic Affairs Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen spoke with Tour de France team co-owner Sylvan Adams regarding Israel's public image in light of the cycling event.

02/09/2020
A soldier and police officer were lightly injured in a ramming attack at Tapuah Junction
Two injured in suspected terrorist attack reported in West Bank

"We will not allow terror to raise its head – and we will fight the perpetrators and those who send them."

02/09/2020
Stones placed in remembrance lie on grave tablets on the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetary as the sun
Graves of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira, others desecrated

"In the afternoon, someone was seen walking around the tombs and apparently spray-painted four crosses on some of them."

SHULI RAND appears in ‘Rabbenu.’
‘Rabenu’ looks at Rabbi Nahman and his followers

More than 200 years after his death, Rabbi Nahman still wields an enormous influence over his followers.

Aitech cyber firm leases offices in O-TECH complex

Aitech has about 250 employees, of which around 150 are in Israel.

Mercantile, BIZCO team up to help grow businesses

In the coming days, the BIZCO project will be launched along with “Mobile Business Across Israel.”

Israeli youth demonstrate as they call on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare sover
Can Netanyahu trade halting annexation for erasing the ’67 line?

Netanyahu urged patience for the process to play itself out. Then he shored up his speech with some shoe leather politics.

money
Campaign seeks to provide financial aid to Israelis hit by coronavirus

In the most urgent cases, United Hatzalah will directly provide the gift cards to those in need.

01/09/2020
A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank April 7, 2019
Schools in red city Beitar Illit opened in defiance of coronavirus cabinet

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu strongly urged the cabinet on Monday to vote to keep all schools in red cities closed.

F35 Adir fighter jet
Amid talks with Israel, UAE pursuit of stealth jets rumbles in background

The United States has sold the F-35 to allies including South Korea, Japan and Israel. A previous sale to Turkey was canceled after Ankara purchased Russian air defense systems.

By REUTERS
02/09/2020
Minister Akunis: I'll promote annexation and oppose a Palestinian state

Netanyahu talks peace, but not sovereignty in settlement visit

A-G to High Court: Impose monopoly limits on foreign companies

If the Supreme Court follows Mandelblit’s view it will radically change the legal framework for such foreign companies.

Arial photos of IDF attack on Hamas terror targets in Gaza including tunnels, Aug 9, 2018
IDF says it struck 100 Hamas targets over 19 nights - WATCH

The targets which were struck across the Gaza Strip included 35 military complexes for weapons manufacturing, 30 underground infrastructures and 20 military observation posts.

Does Benjamin Netanyahu photobomb historical events? - analysis

Netanyahu's critics would call it ego. His defenders would say that he is the son of a historian, and he likes to be part of history.

02/09/2020
Israelis take part in a demonstration in support of the 16 year old victim of a gang rape in Eilat a
What do we know about the Eilat rape case, and what can we expect?

The maximum sentence for rape for an adult is 20 years, but courts often give sentences below the maximum for a variety of crimes.

Israel's electrical consumption breaks national record amid heatwave

Accompanying the rising temperatures have been rising electric bills, with the electric use for the country reaching an all-time high amid the heatwave.

A clay head dated to the 10th century BC, found at Khirbet Qeiyafa
Biblical scholars reject 'Face of God' claim

“Unfortunately, his argument is riddled with inaccuracies, and his methodology disregards available evidence on ancient coroplastic (terracotta) art and the study of religion in ancient Israel.”

Tel Aviv Municipality opens up public institutions to house classrooms

This is one of the many creative solutions the municipality has concocted for the education system amid the ongoing health crisis.

Waqf fills hole on Temple Mount, possibly hiding archaeological treasures

“The finds on the mountain reflect 3,000 years of Jewish activity at the site, and every pit dug in the site could shed light on thousands of years of Jewish history.”

01/09/2020
Myddleton Mayer Marketing to offer business services in Israel, UAE

Myddleton Mayer Marketing and Mishal Vernik Communications join in a new venture to offer marketing, business development and public relations services in the UAE and in Israel.

Sharifa Abu Muammar
Teacher killed in Ramle hours before start of school year

"Sharifa was a dedicated teacher to her work, students and staff – full of life, creativity and initiative."

Israel, UAE sign first cooperation agreement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the agreement, saying it will "help us promote mutual investments and broad cooperation."

01/09/2020
Netanyahu: Hello first grade – and Abu Dhabi

Netanyahu took a few moments from his customary first-day-of-school visit to speak about the Israel-UAE deal.

Back to school! Israel's leaders greet students throughout country

About 2.4 million students entered kindergartens and schools on Tuesday, as the school year began amid restrictions due to coronavirus.

Striking lab technicians demonstrate at Prime Minister’s Residence

The lab technicians have continued to carry out coronavirus tests but are only reporting on those that are positive.

Netanyahu met with UAE prince in Abu Dhabi in 2018 - report

The meeting was conducted in a "good atmosphere" and contacts were maintained after the meeting, according to diplomatic sources.

Women block King George St. in Tel Aviv in protest against rise in domestic v
'Mystic rabbi’ accused of sexual assault

Rabbi Netanel Shriki from Netivot has been accused of sexually assaulting women who sought his advice. He denies the allegations

Israeli firefighters arrive to help battle California wildfires

The fires have burned more than 1.46 million acres since they started on August 15, sparked by a siege of dry lightning.

By MARCY OSTER/JTA
01/09/2020
Electrifying start to Israel's Premier League season

Petah Tikva shocks Maccabi Tel Aviv in opener • Beersheba edges Netanya • Jerusalem tops Hapoel Haifa

Netanyahu pledges annexation, plans to open school year in a settlement

“The application of sovereignty is in the Trump [peace plan],” Netanyahu said.

Budget director Shaul Meridor attends a press conference with at the Finance Ministry office in Jeru
Katz says he was going to fire budget chief who quit

Katz said he would soon appoint a replacement for Meridor.

QUARTER TO AFRICA – multicultural roots music
Quarter to Africa deliver a pick-me-up with 'Falafel Pop'

“People know what falafel is, not just in Israel,” he explains. “But you can also mention it in England, or France or wherever and people know what it is and actually enjoy it. So why not?”

31/08/2020
ZIM, Konfidas launch cybersecurity consulting company

Levi, Konfidas’s founder, said that the maritime and logistics industries have witnessed an unprecedented rise in cyberattacks in recent years.

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