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Palestinian Authority

Despite Unprecedented Revenues, PA Still Playing Poor to Donors

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The PA's net income for the first 10 months of 2021 totaled NIS 11,391,800,000, reflecting a rise of NIS 1.798 billion in comparison to 2019.

Headline / Israel / Archaeology

First-Ever Remains of Sanhedrin Era Building Uncovered in Coastal City of Yavneh

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In the intervening years between the Great Revolt in 70 CE and the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 130 CE, Yavne became the most important Jewish spiritual center in the country.

Government / Business and Economy

15-20% of Israel’s Work Force Are Govt. Employees

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The average in the US in 2019 was 13.3%, as opposed to 2.15% in the UK.

Police and Crime / Jerusalem

5 Arabs Arrested for Robbing Har Nof, Jerusalem Synagogues and Homes

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In one robbery, the gang members broke into a synagogue where they took the silver adorning the Torah scrolls.

The Temple Mount

New Record: 10,000 Jewish Worshipers Visit Temple Mount in 3 Months

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Jewish worshippers are enabled only limited access in time and space during their visits to the Temple Mount.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

4 Arabs Indicted for Attacking Israeli Homes in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Of November 5, the four suspects fired fireworks directly at homes in the Old City of Jerusalem and immediately fled the scene.

Terrorism / Left vs. Right / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria

How Embarrassing! Left-Wing Org Promotes Arab ‘Victim’ Who Turns Out to be a Terrorist

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The wounded Arab “farmer” touted by Yesh Din was a terrorist who had stabbed a soldier and served time in jail.

US / History / Antisemitism

Newly Revealed Einstein Letter Offers Glimpse of ‘Extreme Anti-Semitism’ in 1930’s US Academia

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The letter was written when Einstein was living in Princeton, New Jersey, several years after the Nazi rise to power and his decision never to return to Germany.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Israel Aerospace Industries and UAE’s EDGE Will Jointly Develop Advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two will jointly design a first-in-class series of 170 modular-unmanned surface vessels (m-USV) for a range of military and commercial applications.

Israel / Science and Tech

New Israeli Tech Exposes Liars Through Facial Muscles

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The technology has detected 73% of the lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles,

Police and Crime / Israeli Arabs

Police Arrest 4 Arabs in Possession of Centuries-Old Torah Scroll

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The four were arrested on suspicion of trading in antiquities and holding property suspected as stolen.

History / Holidays & Observances / Business and Economy / Diaspora / Jerusalem

18th Century Esther Scroll Written by Teenage Girl Revealed in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is a very significant historic discovery, as Scrolls of Esther inscribed during that time period by women are few, and it sheds light on the important position that religious women occupied in Italian Jewish community life.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jordan

Israeli Forces Foil Attempt to Smuggle Weapons from Jordan

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The IDF has recently detected an increase in the number of smuggling attempts in this area of the Jordan Valley.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Egypt

IDF Thwarts Massive Drug Smuggling Op on Egyptian Border

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Unlike recent similar incidents, the clash with the smugglers did not include an exchange of fire.

Israel / US / Travel / Business and Economy

Ford Outfitting its New Trucks with Israeli Water-from-Air Tech

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Watergen’s Mobile Box, which is capable of extracting clean water from the air, made its world debut on the Ford Ranger pick-up at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas last week.

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel-British Partnership to Boost Groundbreaking Research on Aging

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tel Aviv University held a hybrid conference last week on the multidisciplinary aspects of aging research, including molecular aging, social aging, age-dependent diseases and interventions, and life quality.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Egypt

IDF, Egyptian Army Discuss Security Near Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Egyptian army has been contending with Islamic terrorism in the area in recent years.

Headline / Coronavirus

Israeli Researchers Identify COVID-19 Proteins that Damage Blood Vessels

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Coronavirus patients are up to three times more likely to have a stroke or heart attack.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Approves Plans for City's Tallest Building

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Marom Tower will have 40 floors, 80,000 square meters of office and commercial space, a hotel and conference facilities. The first 8 floors of the tower will host a cultural center, art galleries and a museum.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Archaeology

Ammunition-Packed Syrian Bunker Exposed in Golan Heights

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli authorities operating to clear old minefields in the Golan Heights have recently exposed a Syrian bunker packed with ammunition that was left behind by Syrian troops retreating as IDF forces advanced during the 1967 Six-Day War.

The Environment / Ukraine / Science and Tech / Russia

Israeli Company Planting Vertical Farms in Russia and Ukraine

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Vertical Field’s indoor farm is a mobile unit that grows leafy greens such as lettuce, oaky green lettuce, spinach, and basil.

Government / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Approves NIS 30 Billion Economic Plan to Close Gaps in Arab Society

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett said, “Our goal is to reduce the gaps in education, welfare, women’s employment and the economic-municipal sphere in particular."

Terrorism / Government / PFLP

Fallout in Cabinet from Benny Gantz’s Declaration that 6 Organizations Linked to the PFLP

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Labor leader Merav Michaeli and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz both demanded of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that he ensure they never be surprised by such an announcement again in the future.

Government / Israeli Arabs

The Israeli Cabinet Approved Multi-Year National Plan to Deal with Crime in Arab Sector

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Among the goals of the program are the disbanding of criminal organizations, reducing the effects of crime and violence in Arab society and reducing the economic means available to criminal organizations.

Israel / Police and Crime / Social Media

Following Complaint on Incitement, Police Launch Investigation Against Facebook Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israel Police has opened an official investigation into Facebook Israel and its CEO for aiding and abetting Fatah’s incitement to terror, following a complaint filed by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) in May.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA’s ‘Arab Culture Week’ Honors Terrorists, Prisoners as Cultural Heroes

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

PA Arab culture is one of terrorism, and at its heart is the killing of Israelis.

Israel

Man Killed in Fall from Hot Air Balloon in Northern Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The victim was a crew member who for some unknown reason hanged on to the balloon during takeoff and fell from a height onto the road.

Featured / US / Antisemitism / Arts and Entertainment / Social Media

Anti-Israel Bots Attack Billie Eilish for Saying ‘Hi Israel’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“This coordinated attack on Billie Eilish is another example of how social media is used nefariously to manipulate public opinion and to attack and harass any artist, entertainer, or influencer that says anything positive about Israel.”

Government / News Briefs / Jordan

Israeli Minister of Energy and Jordanian Minister of Water Sign Deal to Double Water Supply from Israel to Jordan

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The agreement that will secure the doubling of the annual water supply from Israel to Jordan throughout the coming year, with the possibility of an additional year.

Israel / Science and Tech

3rd Stage of Israel’s National Drone Initiative Takes Off to Tel Aviv Area

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The drones will carry out different kinds of tasks on flight paths assigned by the joint control system, including the delivery of sushi, security missions for an emergency facility, ice-cream deliveries, and flights to deliver donated blood, platelets and plasma from the Magen David Adom (MDA) Blood Bank to Sheba-Tel HaShomer Hospital.

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

90% of Seriously Ill Covid Patients in Israel Under 50 Not Vaccinated

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Out of a total of 102 people in that age group who are seriously ill from Covid, 92 are unvaccinated.

Coronavirus

Israeli Study: Chance of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccine Extremely Rare

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study’s findings show that it is a relatively rare side effect even in the population group at the highest risk, young men.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Tourism in Israel on Road to Recovery, But That Road is Long

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israel Ministry of Tourism is working on an outline to allow vaccinated tourists to visit Israel from the beginning of November.

Police and Crime / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Itamar Ben-Gvir Visits Arab Village of Kafr Qassem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ben-Gvir declared that “Whoever runs armed militias – his place in prison.”

Police and Crime / Bedouin / Archaeology

Police Catch 5 Bedouin During Antiquities Theft in Southern Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

It is illegal in Israel to excavate antiquities sites without a license, and offenders can face up to five years in prison under the law.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bank Leumi USA Sold to Valley National Bank for $1.2 Billion Valuation

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The merged bank will be the 29th largest bank traded on the U.S. stock exchange.

The Knesset

Knesset Committee Debates Increases in Supplementary Income Allowances for Senior Citizens

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The change will benefit those who receive income support, and includes other populations that were not previously eligible.

Israel / Coronavirus

11% of Israeli Children Recovering from COVID-19 Suffer from Long-Term Symptoms – Study

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study found that the older the child, the higher the chance of the child contending with Long COVID.

Terrorism / Israel / Police and Crime

Gilboa Prison Tower Unmanned at Time of Escape

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Originally it was thought the guard fell asleep, now it seems there wasn't a guard at all.

Government / Travel

El Al Offered $50 Million in Aid from Government, But There's a Catch

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Arkia and Israir have also been offered multi-million dollar grants by the government.

News Briefs / The Temple Mount

13% Increase in Jewish Visits to Temple Mount in Past Year

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Temple Mount Administration stated that it “concluded a fruitful year with positive progress” at the Jewish holy site.

Israel / Police and Crime / Islamic Jihad

Arrests Made In Connection To Gilboa Prison Break

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Relatives of some of the escaped terrorists have been arrested.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

SpaceIL Wants Science Experiments to Send Into Space on Beresheet 2

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Beresheet 2 is scheduled to be launched into space sometime towards the end of 2024.

Israel / Business and Economy

IAI to Again Produce F-16 Wings — For Lockheed Martin

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

IAI will use the F-16 Block 70/72 assembly line that the company established back in the 1980s.

Israel / Police and Crime

7 Year Manhunt for Get Refuser Ends with Arrest on the Streets of Tel Aviv

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The husband has been arrested, but has so far still refused to supply his wife with a Get.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Researchers Show that ‘Silent Mutations’ Can Predict Development of Cancer

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new study has implications for all areas of oncological research and treatment.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Border Police Launch Undercover Unit to Combat Crime in Arab Sector

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Commissioner of Police Yaakov Shabtai decided to establish another undercover unit that will operate against serious crime and terrorism among Arabs with Israeli citizenship.

Featured / Aliyah / Geulah

Record Numbers: 1000 North American Olim Arrive in Israel in August

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Since the beginning of the year, 18,520 Olim from around the world have made Aliyah.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

New Cars and Expanded Gold Trade: IDF Announces Easing of Restrictions on Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The quota of Gazan traders passing through the Erez crossing will be increased by another 1,000.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Government

‘Justice for Barel’: Activists Block Cargo on Way to Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Despite the escalation in violence, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government has kept the Kerem Shalom crossing open and is permitting the transfer of supplies to Gaza.

Terrorism / The Environment / Judea & Samaria

Arson Causes Mass Blazes in Gvaot, Gush Etzion

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

While firefighters were battling the blaze in two locations, another fire broke out in a third location.

Israel / On Campus / Education

IDC Herzliya Recognized as University, Renamed 'Reichman University'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"Were it not for Professor Uriel Reichmann, who envisioned and executed the IDC’s establishment with extraordinary talent and dedication, the IDC would have never existed."

Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Israeli-Developed Drone Securing Oil Fields in UAE

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The uniqueness of Israeli skimmers is that they operate around the clock, including in extreme heat conditions, and regularly scan large areas without the need for human intervention.

Israel / News Briefs / The Environment

Ministry of Environmental Protection: No Finding of Pollution Around Leviathan Gas Rig

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is the first review to be carried out and summarizes the findings of its impact on the sea, during the first year of operation of the rig.

Headline / Police and Crime / On Campus / Education / Cyber

Israel’s Bar Ilan University Hit by Ransomware Cyberattack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“From what we know so far, the event is a narrow one. Work and classes at the university are continuing as usual."

Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Magen David Adom (MDA) Begins Serological Testing for Covid on Children Aged 3 – 12

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The serological survey began today in Kiryat Ya’arim, as children from Israel’s ultra-orthodox sector returned to school for a new year of studies.

Headline / Israel / Coronavirus

Knesset Constitution Committee Approves Updated Restrictions on Foreign Travel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

As of Monday, 600,000 Israelis over the age of 60 have received their third vaccination shot.

Terrorism / United Nations (UN) / Hezbollah / Lebanon / IDF & Security

Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The UN secretary-general called on all parties to exercise utmost restraint, ignoring, as usual, that the attacks were instigated from Lebanon.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

PA Paid $1,183,257 to Terrorists Who Blew up the Sbarro, Murdering 15 Israelis

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Palestinian Authority pays a monthly alary to all the terrorists involved in the attack.

US / Government / Left vs. Right / The Knesset

Knesset's Land of Israel Lobby to Bennett: Stop Herzog’s Appointment as US Ambassador

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Herzog is “actively striving to promote the dangerous idea of ​​the two-state solution.”

Government / Coronavirus

Some Cabinet Members Furious Synagogues Exempted from New Green Pass Rules

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ministers were Avigdor Lieberman, Omer Barlev, Yifat Shasha-Biton, and Orna Barbivai.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Petach Tikva Stabbing Now Believed to be Terror Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Initially thought to be a criminal incident, the police changed its line of investigation to include suspicions of terrorism.

Israel / Iran

WATCH: Iranians Visiting in Israel – ‘We Love You’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Their visit was arranged by the Institute for Voices of Liberty (iVOL).

Politics / Government

Netanyahu Slams Bennett's New Budget, Calls it ‘Abbas Tax’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli government's new budget introduces a whole slew of new taxes on the recovering citizens.

Terrorism / UK / Iran

British Blame Iran for Attack on Israeli-Operated Ship In Gulf

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A British national was one of those killed in the Iranian attack on the ship.

Jerusalem / Jordan

2 Bazooka Rockets from Six-Day War Found in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Workers found the weapons as they were preparing the ground for the Jerusalem Light Rail.

Israel / News Briefs / Japan / Sports

Israel Celebrates Olympic Bronze Medals in Judo

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel beat Russia 4:1 in the group event that was held for the first time this year, and 11 of its team members were awarded a medal.

IDF & Security

Two SA’AR 6 Class Corvettes Handed Over To The Israeli Navy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The SA’AR 6-class ships will form the “backbone” of the Israeli Navy for the next 30 years.

Government / Coronavirus

Merav Michaeli: 400 Inspectors Will Enforce Mask Mandates on Buses

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli government has also announced that there will be greater enforcement of indoor mask mandates in place for public spaces.

IDF & Security

First Time Ever: IDF Drafts Israelis on the Autistic Spectrum

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Today, there are 53 new Israeli soldiers, sailors and airmen who are officially diagnosed as being on the spectrum.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / Anti-Israel NGOs

Report: NGOs Aiding Terrorists in the Gaza Strip

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The NGOs have been helping Hamas claim that their dead terrorists were innocent civilians, or that civilians killed by Hamas were killed by Israel.

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Amir Haik Appointed First Israeli Ambassador to the UAE

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Haik will replace diplomat Eitan Na’a, who has served as interim commissioner in Abu Dhabi for the past six months.

Travel / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / North African States

Two Israeli Airlines Launch First Ever Direct Flights to Morocco

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israir flight left Tel Aviv at 8:15 A.M. local time with about 100 people on board, including the Israeli businessman Rami Levi.

France / Aliyah / Geulah

160 New Immigrants to Israel From France Amid 137% Surge in Aliyah

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel has seen a 137% jump in the number of new immigrants from France so far during 2021 compared to the same period last year.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Scientists Devise Novel Method for Rapid Repair of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The researchers are now exploring commercialization options and hope that will help functional recovery and accelerate nerve repair following injury.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / Asia

New Israeli-Japanese Agreement Paves Road for Boost of Lunar Industry

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli startup will produce oxygen from the lunar surface by means of a soil-fed reactor in addition to other various metals.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA Devises New Way to Pay Terrorists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"Every prisoner or Martyr will be given an ATM card that will enable it to go and withdraw [salaries] at any time, day or night – this will make things easier for them."

Antisemitism / Africa

Congo: Bill Seeking to Block Candidate with Jewish Father Prompts Backlash

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Katumbi’s grandparents were murdered in Auschwitz. His father, Nissim Soriano, a Greek Sephardic Jew, fled Rhodes and settled in Congo’s Katanga province where he married the granddaughter of the local King Msiri.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israel Unveils Plan to Teach Hi-Tech Starting from Kindergarten

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The program will begin with a pilot for middle-school pupils in the upcoming school year and will expose them to computer science, robotics and other fields, in order to advance technological excellence, and deepen the scientific thinking among Israeli students.

IDF & Security

Israeli Air Force Leads First International Drone Exercise

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The first week of training will focus on training international crews to operate the Israeli “Zik” (Hermes 450) RPAV.

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