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Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Forces Foil Galilee Terror Plot

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The main suspect planned a combined shooting and bombing attack on Jews praying at the graves of religious figures, authorities said.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Hamas / Israeli Arabs

13 Arab-Israelis Planning Terror Attacks for Hamas Arrested

By Pesach Benson / TPS

During the arrests, police seized weapons, ammunition and vests intended to be used in the attacks.

Israel / The Environment / Photo of the Day

Ancient Olive Tree Goes Up in Flames

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's northern district saw huge fires on the outskirts of Nof Harim that consumed about 1,000 acres and led to the evacuation of about 5,000 residents.

Israel / News Briefs / The Environment / Weather

Kinneret Up One Meter Since Winter's Start

By Jewish Press News Desk

More than half that volume of water came from just the past 5 days of rain.

Featured / IDF & Security / Religious & Secular in Israel

Golani Brigade to Get Haredi Company as 7,600 Haredi Officers and Soldiers Serve in IDF

By JNi.Media

According to the plan, which is being formulated in collaboration between the IDF HR division and the Golani Brigade, the special Haredi company will be added to the ranks of the brigade come March 2019.

Featured / Israel / Archaeology

New Interactive 'Sanhedrin Trail' Yields Ancient Oil Lamp Adorned with Menorah

By JNi.Media

This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail," in which dozens of stones on the trail will transmit information and activities to hikers’ mobile phones.

Rejuvenation with Eve Harow

Rejuvenation: An Agricultural Revolution

By The Land of Israel

From the current drought, the U.N. vote on Jerusalem, the land of Israel and much more today on Rejuvenation Eve Harow.

Featured / Jewish / Government / History / Archaeology

Galilee Excavation Reveals 2,000 Year-Old Stone Vessel Workshop

By JNi.Media

The discovery provides fascinating evidence of the central place of ritual purity in the daily lives of Galilean Jews during the time of the Second Temple.

Featured / Druze / Jewish / Government / Archaeology

1,800 Year Old List of Synagogue Donors Discovered in Galillee Village

By JNi.Media

'No one can argue with the written artifact. There was an ancient synagogue here and the synagogue was built in its current form in recent centuries.'

Government / History / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Local

Israeli Researchers Discover Thousand-Year Old Stalactite Cave in the Galilee

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has revealed a beautiful and rare coral cave in the lower Galilee, via photographs taken recently on site.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / Israeli Arabs / Iraq / ISIS

Arab-Israeli Couple Arrested, Accused of Joining ISIS

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An Arab-Israeli couple has been indicted on accusations of visiting an enemy country and joining ISIS.

Israel / News Briefs / Photo of the Day / Science and Tech

Island Reappears in Drying Lake Kinneret While Jordan Keeps Siphoning

By JNi.Media

Jordan, which hasn't made an investment in water preservation, will continue to receive more than a billion and a half cubic feet of water every year.

Israel / Jewish / History / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Rare Roman Period Frescoes Discovered in Galilee

By JNi.Media

The New finds precede the earliest mosaics discovered at the site by a hundred years.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

High School Students Help Discover a Unique 1,600 Year Old Pottery Workshop in the Galilee

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“There is no other known discovery like this. It is simply one of a kind,” said IAA geologist Anastasia Shapiro.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

A New Luxury Hotel in the Upper Galilee Set On Attracting More Tourists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Galilion hotel features 120 luxury rooms, a large conference center, a health spa and a swimming pool.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Israeli Arabs

SanDisk to Open R & D Center in Israeli Arab City

By Jewish Press Staff

The flash-storage company's Israeli division will hire dozens of workers, most of them Arabs.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Alert Woman Helps Foil Terror Stabbings in Northern Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A female employee at a gasoline station suspected two young Arabs, who turned out to be would-be terrorists, and called the police.

IDF & Security / Druze / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Arab Terrorists Attack Israeli Drivers in Upper Galilee

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab terrorists targeted Israeli drivers in stone-throwing attacks in Upper Galilee on Monday night.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Police Charges Five Hilltop Youth with Arson of Church at the Kinneret

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The suspects belonged to an infrastructure that tried to disrupt the May 2014 visit of Pope Francis.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Missile-Alert Sirens in Northern Israel an Apparent 'False Alarm'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sirens sounded shortly after 4:30 p.m. from the northern border with Lebanon to the Lower Galilee.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

5,000-Year-Old Seal in Galilee May Depict First Known Music Scene

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Woodstock was not so original, according to Israeli archaeologists.

News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Sports / Israeli Arabs

'Settler' Girls vs. Galilee Arabs in Soccer Playoffs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Girls, ages 10-13, from Efrat in Gush Etzion will square off against girls from the Galilee Arab village Sakhnin tonight in a playoff game that will determine which group will advance to the semi-finals in the girls' league. "We are involved with soccer and not politics," one of the Efrat girls said. "We really want […]

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Negev Bedouin and Galilee Arabs Join Rock-Throwing Hat Festival

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Bedouin rock-throwers the area of the city of Hura, north of Be'er Sheva, lightly injured a bus passenger in a rock-throwing attack Monday afternoon. In the north, Israeli Arabs hurled rocks at a bus near Nazareth, in the Lower Galilee, causing damage to the bus but no injuries.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Hezbollah / Rockets from Gaza

IDF Reporting Mortar Landed in the North

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Late Sunday night in Israel, a mortar landed in the northern Galilee.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Home Front Command Drill Simulating Rocket Attack in the North

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Home Front Command will carry out what it called a routine drill Tuesday through Thursday in the Western Galilee to maintain preparedness for rocket attacks from Hezbollah or Syria. The exercise will include the distribution of gas masks. A siren will be activated in all parts of the Western Galilee at 10:15 a.m. Israeli […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Remains of Independence War Soldier May Have Been Found

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli military spokesmen revealed Sunday that human bones were found in northern Israel two weeks ago and be those of a soldier who has been listed as “missing” since the war for Independence in 1948. “The bones were transferred to investigators with the IDF's missing persons branch. The identity of the bones is under investigation,” […]

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs / Judaism

Israelis to Munch 15,000 Tons of Apples this Rosh Hashanah Season

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Apples area mainstay of Rosh HaShanah, when Jews dip them in honey and bless it as sign of a sweet year, which this year should be very sweet if 15,000 tons apples can do the trick.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Northern Israel Arab Kills Wife, Daughters and Himself

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israeli Arab from the Galilee, in northern Israel, shot and killed his divorced wife, two daughters, another man and himself early Sunday. A third daughter is in critical condition. The murderer shot his wife and another identified person at a nursing home where she worked. Their eight-year-old daughter was shot but survived, while two […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Alabama Prof. Uncovers 2,000-Year-Old Village in Northern Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

”Shikhin,” in northern Israel, is mentioned many times in the Talmud. Its location had not been known until a US-led team of archaeologists found it, along with an ancient synagogue.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5773

Power for Israel's Message of Responsibility in Arab Village

By Jewish Press Staff

The Musmus village council announced that the police alone would bear responsibility for the consequences of the visit.

A Soldier's Mother

The Blessings of Rain

By Paula R. Stern

People are complaining about floods and traffic and the cold and through it all, there is this amazing joy.

News Briefs

Republican Congressman Skinny-Dipped in the Sea of Galilee

By Jewish Press Staff

Rep. Kevin Yoder, 36-year-old first-term Republican from Kansas: “A year ago, my wife, Brooke, and I joined colleagues for dinner at the Sea of Galilee in Israel. After dinner I followed some Members of Congress in a spontaneous and very brief dive into the sea and regrettably I jumped into the water without a swimsuit."

Photo of the Day

Exposed

By Jewish Press Staff

A drought in Israel in 1985 caused the water level in the Sea of Galilee to fall lower than usual. On January 24, 1986, the remains of an ancient boat were discovered. Archaeologists carefully extracted the remains and preserved them in a museum at Nof Ginosar, near Tiberias. A cooking pot and a lamp were […]

Israel / Archaeology

Stunning Synagogue Discovered in Huqoq

By Malkah Fleisher

A monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman period (ca. 4th-5th centuries C.E.) has been uncovered in archaeological excavations at the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq in Israel's Galilee.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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