JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s attorney general likely will wait until after national elections to announce whether or not he will indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption investigations, but the allegations could be central to the early elections.
Sources reported to be close to Avichai Mandelblit... Continue Reading ⇒
(TPS) — British aviation giant Virgin Atlantic is planning to launch a Tel Aviv route in September, according to a report on the Ynet website on Monday. Prior to that, the airline will also put on a special flight to shuttle British Eurovision fans to Israel when the song contest... Continue Reading ⇒
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will hold new elections in April after the heads of all six coalition parties announced Monday that they were dissolving the government. The current government’s term was set to end in November.
“Out of national and budgetary responsibility, the leaders of the coalition... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — This year hasn’t been an easy one. From shootings that claimed many innocent lives, including at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, to political turmoil in the United States and abroad, there have been many moments of sorrow.
(JNS.org) — Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday about the threat Hezbollah poses to the Jewish state, calling the terrorist group a “lifeblood” from Iran.
“Hezbollah has built a terror base inside a civilian population, with its... Continue Reading ⇒
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rona Ramon, the widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died on board the space shuttle Columbia, has died.
Rona Ramon, who became a public figure and established the Ramon Foundation to promote academic excellence and social leadership among Israeli youth, died on Monday... Continue Reading ⇒
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Israeli settlers, mostly high school students, took to the streets on Sunday morning, heeding a call by leaders of the settlement movement to protest outside of the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli military has uncovered and prepared for destruction a fourth attack tunnel that starts in Lebanon and stretches into Israel.
“The route of the tunnel is under the control of the IDF and poses no threat,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — “Yosef! Yosef!” wailed Rabbi Eliyahu Meirav, calling out the name of his stepson lying covered in a shroud on the marble slab before him. “You were righteous. I didn’t want to believe it. You were all heart, completely pure, a holy and wonderful boy.”
