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Terrorism / IDF & Security

Bedouin Terrorist Who Murdered IDF Soldier is Convicted

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Kukia's father, Boaz, said at the court on Tuesday that the family expects the State Prosecutor’s Office to demand the death penalty for the terrorist.

Government

Netanyahu Calls on All European Countries to Follow UK in Labeling Hezbollah a Terror Group

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hezbollah was established in 1985 during the Lebanese civil war and is committed to the destruction of the State of Israel. It is funded and supported by Iran.

Headline / Terrorism

Terrorism in February: 1 Murder, 146 Stoning Attacks, 65 Firebombs

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

These statistics do not include the hundreds of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) thrown by Arab terrorists at IDF soldiers securing the border with Gaza.

Featured / The Knesset

US Honors Knesset for Employment of Disabled Persons

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The Knesset serves as an example for the public and private sectors, and many people from Israel and abroad visit the Knesset to learn from our experience in this field.”

On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Number of Israeli-Arab PhD Candidates Has Doubled in Past Decade

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The increase in the number of Arab graduate students joins the significant growth of Arab students who are studying for an undergraduate degree.

South America

2 Israeli Women Killed in Boat Accident in Chile

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Another four Israelis were severely injured in the accident, and 10 others sustained light injuries.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Critically Wounded IDF Soldier Exits ICU

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanel Felber was critically wounded in a terrorist attack at the Givat Assaf Junction in December.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy

Israel's Rafael Unveils New Smart Bunker Buster

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new projectile, named Rocks, is an advanced, stand-off range air-to-surface missile, which can be launched at a distance sufficient to allow attacking personnel to evade defensive fire from the target area.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / The Courts

Terrorist Gets 30 Years for Causing Israeli's Death

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Eliav Gelman was standing at a hitchhiking station at the Gush Etzion Junction when the terrorist attempted to stab some other people.

Business and Economy / The Environment / Science and Tech

Israel Sets New Record in Using Renewable Energies

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel's renewable energy innovation has received global recognition, with innovative ideas such as converting wind into electricity, technologies for clean water and other inventions.

Featured / Politics / Government / History / Elections / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Rivlin Turns to Bible for Lesson on Democracy, Political Culture

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“There is nothing more Jewish than pointed disagreement. And there is nothing more democratic than pointed disagreement. It is possible, important and perhaps even crucial to discuss and to insist on a culture of disagreement."

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Business and Economy

PA's Mahmoud Abbas Complains Israel Guilty of 'Piracy' After Deducting Terror Funds from Tax Transfer

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel's UN Ambassador Danon: “No country in the world should pay the vile terrorists that murder its people. The blood money the PA gives to terrorists reflects its culture of terror and incitement."

US / Politics / Boycott / BDS

Pro-BDS American Lawmaker Rashida Tlaib Caught Using Israeli Tech

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tlaib has also stated that she supports a one-state solution -- a bi-national state of “Palestine” -- to replace the State of Israel.

Health and Medicine

Israeli Doctors Restore Vision Using Placenta Membrane Transplant

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“During pregnancy, the [placenta] membrane prevents the fetus from being rejected from the womb and vice versa, and allows them to coexist."

Headline / Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / United Nations (UN)

UN Special Coordinator 'Appalled' by Murder of Ori Ansbacher z'l

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority leadership leadership failed to condemn Ansbacher’s murder -- but they did criticize the Israeli forces for entering the nearby mosque during the search for the terrorist.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Judea & Samaria

IDF Broadens Project that Boosts Arab Business in Hebron Area

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Door to Door Project was launched for the purpose of helping Arab business people transfer their merchandise from Judea and Samaria to other areas in Israel directly and quickly and at a low cost.

Featured / Terrorism / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

Ori's Friends Launch 'To Be a Free People in Our Country' Initiative In Her Memory

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ori's friends called on “youth, children and adults, to take a walk this week all over our beautiful country."

Israel

2 Killed, Dozens Injured in Bus Accident

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A bus that collided with a van and then overturned on Route 443 between Modi’in and Jerusalem on Sunday resulted in the death of two women and the injury of dozens of others.

Israel / Police and Crime / Jordan

Jordanian Indicted for Stickups in Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In the first robbery incident, Guanma fled the scene with the sum of over NIS 10,000...

Government / Gulf States / UAE

Israel Launches 'Virtual Embassy' in Gulf States

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains more than 800 online channels in 50 languages.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Israeli Employers to Arabs: Want to Work for US? Don't Work With Anarchists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli employers have decided to step up their struggle against the phenomenon of illegal land grabs that endanger the security and future of their communities.

Israel / Business and Economy / India / Science and Tech

IAI Signs $93 M. Deal with India to Provide Services for Defense Systems

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The IAI’s Barak 8 Defense System can be used at sea or on land and is designed to intercept short to long-range threats.

Headline / IDF & Security / The Courts

IDF Indicts 5 Soldiers for Allegedly Assaulting Arab Terror Detainees

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The beaten Arab suspects were charged with aiding the terrorists who murdered two IDF soldiers.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

2 Bomb Attacks in the Shomron; No Injuries

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The IDF also discovered weapons and money in counter-terrorism operations.

Terrorism / Israel / The Courts

Israeli Farmer, Murdered in 2015, Finally Recognized as Terror Victim

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bar Kapara, 70, a farmer from Moshav Pedaya in the center of Israel, was brutally beaten to death in June 2015 by a group of Arab workers in his vineyard.

Government / News Briefs / Sports

PM Netanyahu Meets with Israeli Judo Champions

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This was Israel’s first-ever opportunity to host the prestigious match.

Headline / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Business and Economy / European Union

Palestinian Authority Officials Refuse to Meet Israelis at Davos

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The PA Finance Ministry decided "there is no benefit or reason at the time being to accept the Israeli request” for a meeting at Davos.

Featured / IDF & Security / Travel / Weather

Israel Navy Rescues Drifting French Sailor

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The sailor, Jean Francois Colas, 60, was taken to an Israeli hospital in Ashdod for further treatment.

Headline / Government / Africa

Making History: Israel and Chad Resume Diplomatic Relations

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“This is part of the revolution that we are doing in the Arab and Islamic worlds; I promised you that this would happen. There will be more major news."

Eye on "Palestine" / UK

UK: Bill Against Terrorist Incitement in PA Schools Introduced in Parliament

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Research shows that the word “peace” does not appear in any text used in PA schools.

IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Shin Bet: Detained Israeli Youths Suspected of Killing Arab Woman

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The suspects’ attorneys state the detainees have been subjected to harsh and improper forms of interrogation.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

IED Sent from Gaza Explodes in Negev

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is the third incident in which an improvised explosive device sent from Gaza landed in Israeli territory in the last week.

Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israeli Tech Companies Raise Record $6.1 B. in 2018

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli high-tech companies raised a record $6.1 billion in 623 deals in 2018, an increase of 16.5 percent compared to the $5.24 billion attracted in 2017.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / The Courts / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Prosecution Demands 18-Year Sentence for Killer of British Exchange Student in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Prosecution argued that the killer was mentally unstable and didn't murder Hannah Bladon out of Nationalistic reasons.

Judea & Samaria / Archaeology

Exhibition Displays 50 Years Of Stolen Archaeological Findings In Judea and Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In Judea and Samaria specifically, there is rampant destruction of ancient sites. The methods used by the antiquities looters to uncover and expose the findings are brutal, causing irreversible damage.

News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Number Of Olim to Israel Up 5% in 2018

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The country with the largest number of olim (immigrants to Israel) in 2018 was Russia.

Israel / News Briefs

Israel’s Population Approaches 9 Million

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel’s population at the end of 2018 stands at 8.972 million people, 2 percent more than a year ago,

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Tourism For 2018 Tops Records With Four Million Visitors

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

40% of tourists who arrived in Israel this year are returning tourists who have already visited Israel – proof that Israel is a desirable destination in the world.

Government / News Briefs / Religion / Israeli Arabs

On Christmas Eve, Israel's Christian Community Numbers 175K

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In 2018 more than half of the tourists who visited Israel were Christian, making a significant contribution to incoming tourism.

Headline / Government / Elections / The Knesset

BREAKING: Coalition Heads Move to Disband Knesset – Elections To Be Held in April

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel’s general elections will be held on April 9th, seven months ahead of their scheduled date in November 2019.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Palestinian Authority

IDF Demolishes Home of Killer of Duvdevan Soldier

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arab sources report that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has already ordered the home rebuilt.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Joins FATF Anti-Terror Financing Organization

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel is among the leading countries in the fight against money laundering and terror financing.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Gulf States / UAE

Oman to Allow El Al to Fly in its Airspace

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanyahu said that the relationship between Israel and the Gulf States is growing.

Business and Economy

PepsiCo Completes $3.2B Acquisition of SodaStream, Says Will Remain in Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We are excited to grow hand-in-hand with PepsiCo in the months and years to come.”

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Report: IDF Special Forces Team Spent Weeks Embedded in Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli team escaped under cover of heavy fire and were extracted via helicopter.

Headline / IDF & Security / Iran / Lebanon / Hezbollah

IDF Estimates a Dozen Hezbollah Tunnels Cross Into Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

While the operation has gotten off to a smooth start, the officer warned that the situation remains fragile.

Featured / Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas

Hamas Sentences Six Gazans To Death for Collaborating With Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Seven additional individuals were given life sentences which include intense physical labor.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Government / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Draft Law Deadline Pushed to January

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

After having no success in reaching a compromise with the ultra-Orthodox parties, an additional 45 days were granted for the measure by the High Court.

Judea & Samaria / Archaeology

Almost Fully Intact Clay Pomegranate From Tabernacle Time Found In Tel Shiloh

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

By Ilanit Chernick In an exciting and rare find announced on the eve of Chanukah, a small ceramic pomegranate dating back to the times of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) in the First Iron Age was found in ancient Shiloh, the ancient Shiloh Visitors’ Center said on Sunday morning. At the end of the pomegranate is a […]

US / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Hikind Warns Palestinian Authority That Holding US Citizen Will Result in 'Major Repercussions'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Any American citizen in the world, America stands by that person and will do whatever is necessary to protect that individual."

Israel / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Report: Leaders of Egypt and Saudi-Arabia Push Arab Nations to Forge Economic Ties with Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two leaders were attempting to convince as many Arab nations as possible to be neutral toward Israel and to accept economic relations with it.

US / Antisemitism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Calls For Counter-Boycott of Airbnb

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Airbnb’s policy is the very definition of anti-Semitism.

Headline / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government

Polls Show Majority Of Israelis Unhappy With Netanyahu’s Handling Of Gaza Flare-Up

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

74 percent of Israelis disapproved of how Prime Minister Netanyahu dealt with the confrontation with Hamas.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Former IDF CoS Benny Gantz: Covert Gaza Operations Likely To Continue Despite Death Of Officer

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The details of the operation remain under gag order, but it seems whatever its objective, something went seriously wrong.

Headline / IDF & Security

Eisenkot: ‘Israel Owes Lt. Colonel M. More Than Can Be Said’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“We knew he was an officer,” a neighbor said, “but no one knew what unit he served in, or that he was a Lieutenant Colonel.”

IDF & Security / Gaza / Government / News Briefs

Liberman, Bennet Clash Following Cash Payments to Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett said Israel "paid protection" to Hamas. Friday's violence showed the payment didn't even work.

Government / Antisemitism / France / Diaspora / Holocaust

Naftali Bennett Rebukes French President Macron For Praising Nazi Collaborator

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Marshal Philippe Petain was a French leader and Nazi collaborator in World War II.

Featured / Headline / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / Germany

Six to be Indicted Over Case 3000 'Submarine Affair'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanyahu has not been directly implicated, though he was questioned by the police in the matter.

Judea & Samaria / Archaeology

Arab Caught Smuggling Ancient Coins from Jordan to Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Antiquities theft and smuggling is a known phenomenon that has plagued ancient sites across Israel, especially Judea and Samaria, for years.

Government / Business and Economy

October Sets All-Time Monthly Record for Incoming Tourism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“These excellent statistics ... are a direct result of the intensive work we are doing at the Ministry of Tourism.”

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / Government / The Knesset / Health and Medicine

Knesset Mulls Legislation That Could Bar Unvaccinated Children From Schools

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Non-vaccinated children are exposed to various diseases and may lead to outbreaks of infectious diseases which could end in death.”

News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Cornerstone Laid for New Neighborhood in Migron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We are here, first and foremost, thanks to the families of Migron that did not give up."

Headline / Government / Jerusalem / South America

Netanyahu Welcomes Bolsonaro Statement Affirming Intent to Move Brazil’s Embassy To Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

If Bolsonaro goes through with the move, Brazil will become the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following the United States and Guatemala.

Israel / US / Police and Crime

Israeli Police Officers Sue City of Durham for Discrimination

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

 By Yona Schnitzer Two Israeli volunteer police officers, Moshe Eyal and Itay Livneh have filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina city of Durham and its police chief, Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis, over a memo in which she stated that she has “no intention to participate or initiate an exchange with Israel,” as part of the Durham […]

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Government / Russia

Russian Defense Ministry Warns 'Hot Heads' to Refrain from Provocative Actions in Syria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"At present, Russian advisers are preparing Syrian military personnel for combat work on these modern air defense systems."

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / News Briefs

IDF Drone Strikes Southern Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The group of terrorists were about to launch incendiary balloons into Israel.

Headline / Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / China

Netanyahu and Chinese Vice President Wang Launch Israeli Innovation Center

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“It is called the grand opening for innovation and peace center because the idea is that peace and innovation absolutely go together, innovation is an engine of peace, not only of progress.”

US / Aliyah / Geulah / Sports

10 American Baseball Players Slated To Make Aliyah, Help Israel Reach 2020 Olympic Dream

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Several of the players also represented Israel in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, where Team Israel made it to the quarterfinal.

Israel / Syria / Russia

Russian FM: Any Change In Status Of Golan Heights Would Be Violation Of Int’l Agreements

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tensions between Russia and Israel has increased ever since the Syrians shot down a Russian plane.

Featured / Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Terror Balloon Discovered on Jerusalem's Emek Refaim Street

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Sappers neutralized the balloon and collected evidence from the site.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Edward Snowden to Speak at Israeli Conference

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Snowden will speak via a secure video-link from his secret hideout in Russia.

Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / Palestinian Authority

Qatari Fuel Arrives at Gaza Border Crossing

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority may not let the fuel trucks into Gaza.

IDF & Security / Syria / Druze / News Briefs

Israel's Supreme Court Reduces Sentence for Druze Spy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In August 2012, Makat was released from prison after serving 27 years for previous security offenses.

Israel / Interfaith Relations

Evangelicals Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Some 500 Christians evangelicals from around the world gathered for a Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Incendiary Balloon Discovered in Jerusalem Suburb Backyard

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Residents of the town of Givat Ze’ev discovered a terror balloon in their backyard.

IDF & Security

IDF Ombudsman Issues Dire Warning on State Of Readiness For War

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ombudsman recommended that commission be established to fundamentally restore the organizational culture in the IDF.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Israeli Tourism Figures Continue to Surge

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Some 3.1 million tourists visited Israel between January and September.

Israel / News Briefs / Jordan

Israeli Woman Dies on Hike in Kingdom of Jordan

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The 30 year-old Israeli woman died while on an organized trip to Jordan.

Israel

David Keyes Taking Leave of Absence to ‘Clear His Name’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The decision comes after at least 12 women came forward earlier this week accusing Keyes of sexual harassment.

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