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"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Egypt

Israeli FM Lapid and Egyptian FM Shukri meet in Brussels

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Egypt stress the need for Israel to restart peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

We're Going Back! SpaceIL Secures Crucial Funding for Launch of 2nd Lunar Probe

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Beresheet 2 mission calls for the breaking of global records in space history, including a double landing on the Moon in a single mission by two of the smallest landing craft ever launched into space.

Terrorism / IDF & Security

US Embassy Condemns Demolition of Home of Terrorist Who Murdered Israeli Yeshiva Student

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Muntasar Shalabi, shot at a group of Yeshiva students waiting at a bus stop in Samaria at the beginning of May, killing Gueta, 19, and wounding two of his friends.

Photo of the Day

Undercover (Former) President

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin roamed around Israel freely and in disguise together with Shin Bet agents.

Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jerusalem

Arab Organization Waives Millions in European Funds After Refusing to Disavow Ties to Terrorism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Burj Al-Luqluq stated that it completely rejects “conditional funding that affects the sanctity of the Palestinian national struggle.”

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus / Korea

Israel and South Korea Sign COVID-19 Vaccine Exchange Agreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The problem of Israel's soon-to-be-expired Coronavirus vaccines may have found a resolution.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Former Arab Member of Knesset Investigated for Incitement to Terrorism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Yazbak has shared posts on social networks that included content that encouraged and supported terrorists, including those who murdered children.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Israel Sends Aid to Cyprus to Help Fight Blazes

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Massive fires are raging north of the cities of Limassol and Larnaca and have affected at least six communities in the foothills of the Troodos mountain range.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Scientists Develop World’s Thinnest 2 Atoms Thick Tech

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new technology, enabling the storage of information in the thinnest unit known to science, is expected to improve future electronic devices in terms of density, speed, and efficiency.

Israel / Science and Tech

Drones Take Flight over City of Hadera in Test of Israel’s National Commercial Drone Network

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ultimately, the network will allow drones to fly all over the country in a multi-drone environment.

Headline / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria

2 B’Tselem Activists Arrested for Allegedly Torching Israeli-Owned Land

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

It appears that the two set fire to the land to prepare it for future agricultural activities as part of a move to illegally gain control of the area.

Palestinian Authority

Adalah Condemns PA for Killing of Political Opponent

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Nizar Banat was arrested in Hebron by PA security forces over the weekend and tortured to death. He died less than an hour after he was arrested.

Israel / Poland / Holocaust

Row Between Israel and Poland over Holocaust Property Restitution Escalates

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“We are not interested in Polish money and the very implication is anti-Semitic. We are fighting for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, for the pride of our people, and no parliament can enact laws aimed at denying the Holocaust,” Lapid stated.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Researchers Produce Water from Air in Polluted Area, Comply with WHO Drinking Water Standards

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Scientists discovered that water produced from air is affected from where the air originated.

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs

US Seizes Dozens of Websites Used by the Iranian Media and Terror Orgs

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Several of the sites are already back online after changing their domains.

Science and Tech

Israeli Scientists Invent Artificial 'Nose' to Detect Bacteria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The artificial nose uses chemical reactions and electrodes to “smell” bacteria.

Police and Crime

Police Arrest 20 Arabs Who Targeted Modi'in Illit Synagogues

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

During a search of the suspect's home and property the forces located stolen property from city synagogues and more property suspected of being stolen from other locations.

Israel / US / Interfaith Relations

Dramatic Drop in Young Evangelicals Support for Israel, Study Finds

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study did not discuss the reasons for the sharp decline in support for Israel.

IDF & Security / Government

Israel's NSC Head & Military Secretary to Continue Positions in Bennett Government

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bennett received his first security briefings in his office Sunday night from both men.

Coronavirus

Israeli-Developed Oral COVID-19 Vaccine in Preclinical Trial, Appears Effective as Booster

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

MigVax is seeking the financing necessary for it to launch Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials.

IDF & Security

IDF Welcomes Second Advanced Sa’ar 6 Patrol Corvette

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The ship was handed over at Thyssenkrupp (TKMS) marine systems dockyards in Germany to the Israel Navy about two weeks ago.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / North African States

In First, Moroccan Delegation in Israel to Promote Cooperation with Farmers

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A large delegation from Morocco will arrive in Israel to participate in the Agromashov 2021 agricultural exhibition’ in Jerusalem next week.

Terrorism / US / Gaza / Hamas / Media

At Least 8 Gazan Children Featured on NY Times Front Page were Killed by Terrorist Rockets

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The NY Times list of victims also included a Hamas terrorist, a name unrelated to the war, and children killed by Hamas.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

Agencies Catch 5 Bandits in Archaeological Site in Northern Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Khirbet Jahush is located in agricultural land between Kiryat Ata and Highway 70 in northern Israel and was inhabited from the Byzantine period to the Middle Ages.

IDF & Security / Lebanon

After 18 Hours, IDF Captures 2 Infiltrators from Lebanon

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The initial incident was feared to be a terror attack, and the IDF sent residents in the area into shelters and secure spaces.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy

Israel’s Defense Exports Reach $8.3 B. in 2020; 15% Growth in Deals

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Asia and the Pacific region led 44% of the deals, Europe followed with 30% of the contracts, North America with 20%, Africa with 4%, and Latin America with 2%.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Blaze in South Caused by Arson Balloon from Gaza, DM Says Israel will not Accept Breaches of Sovereignty from Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Gazan terrorists launched arson balloons toward Israel on Monday and set fire to a wheat field in the south, the first such officially documented attack since Operation Guardian of the Walls. There have been other suspicious fires that local farmers blamed on arson balloons. Firefighters from the Southern District fought the fire in the field […]

US / Palestinian Authority

PA Met Multiple Times with ICC in Violation of Conditions for US Aid

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

According to US law, to be eligible for funding from the Economic Support Fund (ESF), the PA must not “initiates an International Criminal Court judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians.”

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs

Mossad Chief: Israel Should Increase Activities against Iran

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Jerusalem is fearful of the new agreement that is taking shape between the Biden administration and Iran, which Israel believes will ultimately enable Iran to build nuclear weapons.

Terrorism / Israeli Arabs

Police Arrest Terrorist for Throwing Firebomb at Jewish home in Lod

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A number of terrorists threw several firebombs at Jewish homes on Thursday night.

Headline / Aliyah / Geulah

More Than 500 Jews from 20 Nations Arrived on Aliyah This Week

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The wave of new immigrants came despite the recent tensions with the Gaza Strip and Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Antisemitism / Diaspora

450 Organizations Worldwide Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"In many cases severe manifestations of racism and blatant antisemitism are presented as ‘legitimate criticism’ of the state of Israel and its’ government’s policies.”

Archaeology / Obituaries

Dr. Eilat Mazar, Famed Archeologist of Jerusalem, Passes Away

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Mazar directed excavations in the City of David and the Temple Mount’s southern wall.

Israel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Israel is Removing All Corona Restrictions Starting Next Tuesday, June 1st

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced today that he will not extend the restrictions that will expire next Tuesday, June 1st.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Police Arrest 33 Arabs Involved in Riots

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A second Israel-Arab was arrested for the firebomb that burned the Arab child in Yafo.

Israel / Asia

A Hint that Bangladesh and Israel May Establish Ties

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Bangladesh has removed from its passports the text “this passport is valid for all countries for the world except Israel.”

Featured / Terrorism / Israeli Arabs

What Symmetry? Muslims Torch 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes and 849 Jewish-Owned Cars

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Meanwhile some in the media are apparently not satisfied that enough Jews have been killed by Hamas to make it even.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Police Quell Riots on Temple Mount

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In a determined and quick operation, the police arrested seven suspects for disturbing the order.

Headline / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Rockets from Gaza

Ashkelon: 2 Israelis Killed in Rocket Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Two Israelis, including an 80-year-old woman, were killed Tuesday when a massive barrage of rockets hit the city of Ashkelon.

Government / Elections / The Knesset

Knesset will Elect Israel’s Next President in 23 days

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

There are those that hope Netanyahu will take up the mantle, to break the deadlock in forming a coalition government.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

2 Engineers Arrested in Mt. Meron Tragedy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Police’s Internal Affairs has already announced it will probe the police’s conduct.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

Fearing Israeli Anti-Terror Law, PA Banks Close 35,000 Accounts of Terrorists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The banks were notified that if they continued to operate these accounts and process payments from the PA to terrorists, it would be a violation of Israeli law, exposing them to civil and criminal liability.

Police and Crime / Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s Police Arrests 3 Arab Rioters

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Dozens of protesters threw rocks and bottles at police forces.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

IAF Hits Targets in Syria, Syrian State Media Reports

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The IAF reportedly carried out strikes in the coastal area of Latakia.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

These Israel Startups Are Helping to Improve Americans’ Health

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is the beginning of a new era for digital health, and the involvement of Israeli startups in the American health market has become more significant than ever.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Startup to Produce Oxygen from Lunar Soil

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

While oxygen is needed for human life, most of it is used for the spacecraft’s launch and travel, as it is a vital component for fuel combustion.

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey

Israel ‘Recognizes the Terrible Suffering and Tragedy of the Armenian People’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The State of Israel has yet to officially recognize the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 during World War I as genocide.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE / Coronavirus

Israel and Bahrain Sign Agreement to Mutually Recognize Vaccine Certificates

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The identification process will be carried out digitally and will facilitate a quick entry into both countries and is expected to strengthen tourism, trade and economic relations between the two countries.

Police and Crime / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Arab Water Theft Again Plaguing the Jews of Mt. Hebron

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The stolen war was diverted to private reservoirs, repackaged and sold by the thieves.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Gulf States / UAE

Israel, UAE Ink Healthcare Agreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two countries agreed to promote cooperation on health issues, including a common fight against global epidemics, cybersecurity and data protection, medical education, digital health, artificial intelligence, innovation, technology integration, and personalized medicine.

Israel / Jewish / US / Iran

Danny Danon: American Jewish Leadership Must Choose Between Support for Iran Deal or Support for Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Jerusalem believes that Washington is dashing toward a deal with Tehran and that the most it can do is mitigate the circumstances.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Israeli Special Forces Arrest Wanted Senior Hamas Terrorist in Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The operation ended without any Israeli casualties, and the wanted terrorist, in his 50s, was taken for questioning by security officials.

Eye on "Palestine" / Elections / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

11 Parties Running in PA Elections Erase Israel in Their Logos

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel banned candidates running in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections from holding a press conference in Jerusalem on Saturday, and detained three of them.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Social Media / Israeli Arabs

Remand of Suspected Arab TikTok Assailant Extended

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This new violent anti-Semitic trend is developing in tandem with the Muslim month of Ramadan.

Syria / Iran

Exposed: 36 Iranian-Funded Militias Operating in Southern Syria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

These militias are deployed throughout southern Syria and operate in all three southern provinces, in Quneitra which adjacent to the border with Israel, Daraa, and Sweida.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Russia

Israel and Russia Sign Pact for Cooperation on Combatting Crime, Terrorism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation, the culmination of years of negotiations.

Sheba Medical Center

Israeli Researchers Introduce Novel Probiotic Yogurt-Based Treatment for Inflammatory Conditions

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Probiotics are widely perceived as helping immune functions, affecting balanced microbial populations in the digestive system and potentially protecting the body against bacterial infections.

IDF & Security

Iron Dome Celebrates 10 Years Since Its First Combat Interception

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Iron Dome has over 2,500 combat interceptions of rockets with an interception success rate of 90%.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE

Day After Etihad Lands in Israel, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Announces NIS 89 Flights to Tel Aviv

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The flights from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv will be available three times per week in April, moving to daily flights in May.

Israel

World’s Jewish Population in 2019 Resembled that of 1925

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released in a special survey ahead of Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Heroes and Remembrance Day.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Iran

Israel’s National Security Council Warns of Iranian Terror Attacks

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

With Israelis vaccinated and travelling again, they will become more easily accessible targets for Iran.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Israel and Slovakia Sign Defense Export Agreement for 17 Radar Systems

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The radar detects airborne threats, classifies them, calculates their threat level and provides essential data that enables systems to neutralize multiple threats simultaneously.

Hamas / Coronavirus

Hamas Leader in Judea and Samaria Dies of COVID-19

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Sheikh Omar Barghouti was one of three terrorists who murdered an Israeli in 1978. He was captured and spent 27 years in prison until his release as part of the Jibril Deal in 1985.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

IAF Hits Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Rocket Attack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Gazan rocket landed near Be'er Sheva during Netanyahu's visit.

Gaza

Israeli Authorities Seize Gold Bars Smuggled in Tomatoes from Gaza

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The gold was being smuggled from Gaza to someone in the Palestinian Authority.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon

IDF Captures 3 Infiltrators from Lebanon

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

African work migrants are seeking new ways to illegally enter the country, even by crossing the dangerous border with Lebanon.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israel Testing National Commercial Drone Network

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel is testing a flight control system for managing commercial drones traffic in urban areas.

Government / The Knesset / Coronavirus

​Israel Spent $790 M. on COVID-19 Vaccines

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The improvement in Israel’s situation vis-à-vis the Coronavirus is attributed to its success to rapidly vaccinate its population.

IDF & Security / US

Israeli and US Navies Conduct Joint Patrol in Mediterranean

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This joint show of force took place just a week after Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets escorted two American B-52 bombers through Israeli airspace.

Bedouin

Illegal Bedouin Construction in Negev Grows by 1,200%

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A new Bedouin outpost was recently established at the entrance to the city of Arad and eastward towards Masada and the Dead Sea.

Headline / Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA to Give Murderers of 5 Israeli Family Members a 50% Pay Raise

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The PA already paid each terrorist $100,000 for murdering the Fogel family.

Travel / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Coronavirus

UAE, Israel Discuss Establishing Quarantine-Free Travel Corridor

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Foreign Ministries of the two nations are negotiating terms of the agreement with the aim of finalizing and implementing the agreement in April 2021.

Headline / Government / On Campus / Education

Israel's 10th University to be Established in Tzfat (Safed)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tzfat currently has more than 2,000 students in the Faculty of Medicine, the Tzfat Academic College and the School of Nursing.

Business and Economy

Israel Moving Quickly to Smart and Secure Payments in Commerce

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

By July 31, 2021 the acquiring of transactions at all businesses, other than exceptional cases, will only be possible via the EMV standard.

Israel / Travel / Coronavirus

Israel Deploys Rapid COVID-19 Testing at Ben Gurion Airport

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The test has a 100% success rate in identifying people who are infected.

US / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Mike Pompeo at Award Ceremony: ‘Many More’ Countries to Join Abraham Accords

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Pompeo received the Global Leadership Award from human rights icon Natan Sharansky and CAM Executive Director Sacha Roytman-Dratwa.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA Plants Trees at a Girls’ School in Honor of Terrorists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Among the “heroic prisoners” the PA honored are the cousins Karim and Maher Younes who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980.

The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Conversion / Giyur

Uproar as High Court Recognizes Reform and Conservative Conversions

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

MK Mai Golan wrote that the court ruling means that “an illegal infiltrator can undergo a reform conversion in 10 minutes and receive Israeli citizenship.”

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Science and Tech

Israel’s Mobileye, France’s Transdev ATS Team Up to Deploy Autonomous Shuttles by 2023

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The three companies will initially test vehicles on roadways in France and Israel, aiming to ready technology designs for production by 2022.

Featured / Terrorism / Palestinian Authority

PA Paid Over NIS 500 Million in Salaries to Terrorists in 2020, 3.25% of Annual Budget

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The PA pays terrorists in a roundabout way so that there's explicit no reference to the salaries at all in their budget.

Israel / Business and Economy

GDP in Israel Shrank by 2.4% in 2020, Less Than Feared

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel Minister of Finance Yisrael Katz stated that this number is “another proof of the strength of the Israeli economy.”

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