News from israel
Israel no longer has chief rabbis after ministry fails to hold timely elections
The Religious Services Ministry failed to hold elections in time to reinstate the tenure of chief rabbis.
Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau chief on shutting site in Israel: 'There are no security reasons'
Beersheba couple attempts smuggling 173 iPhones into Israel, arrested
Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh back and as good as ever
Cabinet oks 'price targeting' to lower housing costs
The plan will offer developers land at a 20% discount based on promises to sell it at the lowest possible price. Potential buyers will have to enter a lottery to get one of the discounted apartments.
Tech Talk: Haredim in hi-tech
The hi-tech and start-up sector is in a constant frenzy. Haredi men and women are taking advantage of this.
A Thin, Blue, Oleh line – police volunteer enlistment drive for Olim launched in Tel Aviv
Most people present were relatively new immigrants who were already too old to serve in the army and were looking to give back to the community.
Mayor Nir Barkat and Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef usher in Hanukka at Western Wall
“In Hanukka this year, we still must defend ourselves from our enemies, who seek to kill and expel us from this land,” said the mayor.
In poverty report, Arab sector sees improvement, while haredi sector gets poorer
The NII report further found that couples with two children whereby one parent works full time and the other works part time, both earning minimum wage, will not be able to escape poverty.
Treasury will give financially bleeding state hospitals another NIS 150 million
In the week since health minister Yael German of Yesh Atid resigned, government hospital directors have claimed they have no money to buy necessary equipment and to perform elective surgery.
Report: Michael Oren running with Kahlon's Kulanu party
A source close to Oren said in response that the former ambassador is examining several options in the public sphere and a decision will be made soon.
On CIA interrogation report, Cheney says ends justified the means
There is "no moral equivalence," Cheney asserted, in comparing CIA tactics after 9/11 to what "nineteen guys armed with airline tickets" inflicted on Washington and New York that day.
Start-up conference highlights growing tech scene in the capital
OurCrowd, a multimillion-dollar network of start-up investment, is located in Jerusalem, where over 800 of its investors and entrepreneurs converged on Tuesday.
Man passively euthanized in an 'unprecedented ruling'
The patient was afraid his ability to communicate with eye movements picked up by an electronic sensor would disappear, leaving him only with the ability to think.
