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Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum, after almost all votes were counted

Some 47.5% of voters supported the government's proposal while 52.5% said no, according to local broadcaster RUV's estimates. Final results are expected later on Sunday.

Tourists queue for a hot dog from Baejarins Beztu Pylsur stand ahead of a referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union, in Reykjavik, Iceland, August 29, 2026.
Late poet Amir Gilboa’s rich oeuvre is celebrated at the festival.

Metula's Israeli Poets’ Festival returns to Jerusalem with all disciplinary guns blazing

Hanan Markovich, CEO of the Haifa Economic Corporation.

Israel's one-center economy is a national security risk – opinion

Officers' Pool, Ein Jilabun.

The secret northern pool: A short summer route leading to a cool spring


Docaviv Galilee showing the best of documentary cinema

This year’s edition will feature about 20 movies by leading filmmakers from Israel, including premieres as well as a rich selection of the best documentary cinema from the past year.

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"Salvations and Miracles”: Rabbi Meir Eliyahu Pinto Visits Graves of Righteous in Northern Israel


Returning home: The ice cream chain reopens its branches in the north

"We Won't Let the War Defeat Us": The popular ice cream shop from Sasa reopens its war-closed branches and announces two new locations in Kabri and Daphna'le complex in 2025.

 Buza Ice Cream Chain

Despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah, residents of Israel's North hesitate to go home

After October 7, 2023, some 60,000 residents of northern Israel fled their homes. Many are still hesitant to come back.

 Homes in Kiryat Shmona are seen damaged by Hezbollah rockets.

Gov’t announces program to return residents to North starting March 1

Benefits will include housing stipends and compensation for property damage, aiming to support recovery and long-term regional growth.

 Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Ze'ev Elkin (R) shake hands amid press conference at Finance Ministry. January 5, 2025

Katz: Israel will act if Hezbollah does not withdraw beyond Litani River

"If Hezbollah does not withdraw beyond the Litani River, there will be no agreement — and Israel will act on its own to ensure the safe return of the northern residents to their homes," he noted. 

Defense Minister Israel Katz visits the North. January 5, 2025.

Haifa Film Festival brings joy back to the city

The opening ceremony combined a warm embrace of cinema with a somber reflection on those who lost their lives and were kidnapped on October 7.

 Master of ceremony at Haifa opening Lior Ashkenazi (left) with Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav.

'We went for a bad deal': Former Northern Project Coordinator criticizes Lebanon ceasefire

"In my opinion, the agreement was made hastily," Marom noted.

A war between Israel and Lebanon (illustrative)

Stone Age artifacts from a land that sank 9,000 years ago were retrieved from the seabed

An average of 50 square miles of land were lost every year between 8000 BCE and 6500 BCE.

 Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of Stone Age artifacts on the seafloor of the North Sea. Cromer, Norfolk.

Clearing the way for evacuees to return, IDF clears ordnance in North

IDF personnel cleared military equipment from over 40 communities in northern Israel that were used as military assembly points.

 IDF soldiers operate to remove military equipment, ordnance from northern communities. December 22, 2024