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Terrorism / Druze / Israeli Arabs

Haifa Terrorist Identified as Druze, Most of the Victims Were Arab

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Druze community renounced the terrorist and ordered that no one go to his funeral.

Headline / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Fires Rockets Barrages Past Haifa into Lower Galilee

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents in those regions report hearing the booms from the rockets and interceptions.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Sirens Blare in Haifa for First Time Since January

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Images and video posted to social media appeared to show an unidentified object being intercepted over the city.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US / News Briefs

Confused Biden to Israel: ‘Don’t Move on Haifa’!

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The U.S. president was apparently referring to Rafah, Hamas' last terror stronghold in Gaza.

Photo of the Day

Waiting for the Train

By Photo of the Day

The Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel.

Israel / Business and Economy

Energean Announces New Gas Discovery Off Israeli Coast

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A commercially viable deposit containing an estimated 13 billion cubic meters of natural gas was found at the Zeus-01 drilling site, the company says.

Featured / Israel / Police and Crime / The Courts / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Conference: Steep Decline in Public Trust in Courts, Police

By Jewish Press News Desk

"I don’t want to think about where we would end up if we continue down this slippery slope.”

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israel Plans 30-Minute High-Speed Train from Haifa to Tel Aviv

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Project to cost NIS 12 billion ($3.8 billion) • Another plan in works is connecting Beersheva to major points in country.

Terrorism / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Muslim Riots Reach Haifa

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

At least 16 rioters were arrested for throwing stones and attacking police officers.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Oldest Evidence of Growing Olives for Food Discovered under Haifa's Sea

By Jewish Press News Desk

Olives are a key component of the human diet, culinary culture, and economy of the Mediterranean region.

Featured / History / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Haifa U: Flourishing Canaanite Palatial Site Suddenly Abandoned 3,700 Years Ago – Now We Know Why

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recognizing past earthquakes can be extremely challenging in the archaeological record, especially at sites where there isn’t much stone masonry and degradable construction materials.

Israeli Arabs

Calls to Kidnap Soldiers, Attack Shin Bet at Haifa Protest

By Jewish Press News Desk

"If these ungrateful protesters hate Israel so much, then they should go move to Syria, Lebanon or Egypt. They won't be missed."

Israel / Business and Economy

Israel Officially Approves Privatization of Haifa Port

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel has yet to find a buyer for the port, although the Chinese have reportedly expressed interest in the issue.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israel ‘Disgusted’ by Vandalism at British War Cemetery in Haifa

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Vandals smashed and drew swastikas on gravestones of Commonwealth soldiers killed during the two World Wars.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / China

Israel Restricts Airport Tender to NATO Members, and in the Process Cuts Out China

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The move by Israel comes amid growing international concern over Chinese involvement in construction projects and the fallout from its trade war with the United States.

Politics / Travel / On Campus / Education / Germany

Haifa U to Award Honorary Doctorate to Chancellor Merkel

By JNi.Media

Throughout her years in office, Merkel strengthened the friendship between Germany and Israel.

Israel / Travel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Six Goose-Beaked Whales Spotted on Israel's Northern Shoreline

By JNi.Media

"We saw a rare thing: the whales were in a restive state and swam in a group of six, when they are usually a reclusive species."

Police and Crime / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

MK Zoabi: Internal Affairs in Police Pocket

By JNi.Media

On May 28, the police announced that the Officer suspected of beating Jafar after his arrest had taken a compulsory leave of absence. Apparently the same officer has now been reinstated.

Photo of the Day

Welcome to Jisr az-Zarqa

By Photo of the Day

Photos of the beautiful beaches of Jisr az-Zarqa.

IDF & Security

IAF Pilot Killed in Helicopter Crash

By Jewish Press News Desk

The pilot reported a technical malfunction before the crash.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Local

Haifa Chemicals Employees Protest Layoffs

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant ammonia tank was deemed a major health, environmental and security hazard for years.

Featured / Israel / France / Science and Tech

First Israeli Environmental Study Satellite Launched from French Guiana

By JNi.Media

The VENµS satellite has a scientific and a technological mission, with the scientific mission requirements defined by Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère, in France, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, and CNES; and the technological mission requirement defined by Rafael.

Featured / Health and Medicine / Obituaries / Sports

Israeli Boxing Champion Saves 5 Lives with Donated Body Parts

By JNi.Media

He could have chosen the easy service offered to an outstanding athlete. He preferred, instead, to serve as a combat soldier in the Sayeret Egoz special forces unit.

Featured / Op-Eds

The Regavim Plan for Restoring Order in the Negev

By Josh Hasten

Regavim seeks to safeguard Israel's national lands, restore law and order to the Negev, and give the Bedouin community hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Photo of the Day

The Sailor's Life for Me

By Photo of the Day

Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sara, accompanied by US Ambassador David Friedman, visited the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and addressed the crew.

Featured / Israel / Politics / Islamists / Religion / Asia

A First: Israeli Consul Invites Banglore Muslims to Iftar Celebration

By JNi.Media

Imam Ilyasi told the participants that his visit to Israel had helped clear many of his misconceptions about the treatment of Muslims in the predominantly Jewish country.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Local

US Aircraft Carrier to Dock in Haifa

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Haifa served as a base for the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the 1980s and 90s, but the Pentagon ended that in 2000 when the second intifada erupted.

Headline / Government / The Courts / Science and Tech

Digital Rights Groups Fight Back Against Biometric Campaign

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The idea to create a biometric database of every Israeli citizen has been controversial from the start.

Druze / Government

Ayoub Kara Appointed Minister of Communications

By Jewish Press News Desk

PM Netanyahu will be handing over this closely guarded ministry to Ayoub Kara.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Fire Department: Most of November's Fires were Arson

By Jewish Press News Desk

Many homes were burned down in the pyro-terrorist attacks.

Featured / Politics / Government / Holidays & Observances / Anti-Israel NGOs / Israeli Arabs

Arab NGO Demands Ending Passover​​ Ban on Chametz in Israeli Hospitals

By JNi.Media

As environmental and religious tit for tat go, in February Adalah fiercely condemned Israel's new 'Muezzin Law,' which set out to curb the imposition of Muslim calls to prayer on non-Muslims.

Headline / Op-Eds

World Shrugs as Hezbollah Prepares Massive Civilian Deaths

By Noah Beck

Hezbollah knows that civilian killed by Israel are a strategic asset. They reportedly offered reduced-price housing to Shiite families who allowed them to store rocket launchers in their homes

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Media / Islamists / On Campus / Education

Haifa U. Iran Expert: Trump’s Comments on Iran a Step in the Right Direction

By JNi.Media

Dr. Shahvar explains that the Iranian regime interpreted Obama’s policy as being weak and feeble. Only a strong and threatening policy will lead Iran to refrain from escalating its actions.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion / Israeli Arabs

After Weeks of Official Denial, Israeli Arab Charged with Religious Terror Spree

By JNi.Media

Reporters were called in for closed meetings and told it would be for everyone's benefit to not stress that an Arab resident of Haifa committed a 'nationalistic' crime.

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

Haifa U. Archeologists Excavate Golan Heights Roman Theater [3d]

By JNi.Media

Surprisingly, the theater appears to have formed part of a large sanctuary, played an important role in religious ceremonies.

Government / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Haifa Researchers say Cannabis Oil May Help Epileptic Children

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A new Israeli study finds medical cannabis can help improve behavior, alertness, language, communication, motor skills and sleep in epilepsy patients.

Government / History / News Briefs / Archaeology / Israeli Arabs

Israel Conserves Seal of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Builder of the Jaffa Clock Tower

By JNi.Media

The familiar seal of sultan Abdul Hamid II, builder of Jaffa's clock tower, is once again on display on the city’s famous landmark.

Op-Eds

Rescuing My Home And Neighborhood From The Haifa Fires

By Doron Shafir

We couldn’t sleep that night, thinking of all emergency personnel still involved in the battle for our beautiful city of Haifa, of the fire that refused to be put out, of our neighbors who all

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Palestinian Authority / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education / Judaism

Breaking the Silence: Teaching Hebron's Real Jewish History to Young Israelis

By JNi.Media

If students on the tour encounter foreign journalists, European MPs, or anti-Israel propaganda tours led by radical Left NGOs, they will be permitted to educate them, politely, about the hypocrisy of the delegitimization campaign against Israel.

The Muqata

New Netanyahu-Supertanker Corruption Scandal Brewing [Satire]

By JoeSettler

The Prime Minister used the Supertanker to wash his cars.... This is satire people... satire.

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

Cabinet Holds Special Meeting in Fire Plagued Haifa

By Jewish Press Staff

'We have come to Haifa and we have invited council heads from across the north whose communities were affected by the fires in order to give them clear message: All government ministries are committed to extending a hand to you quickly.'

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs

Live-Blog: Israel Battles #PyroTerrorism: Thursday, Nov. 24

By Jewish Press News Desk

JewishPress.com is blogging the efforts of Israel's firefighters and security personnel battling pyroterrorists.

Photo of the Day

Bennett on a Bike

By Photo of the Day

Bennett checks out the Haifa fires

Israel / Syria / Jewish / News Briefs

Before Yom Kippur, Israelis Pray for Syrian Neighbors

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Hundreds of Israelis gathered across the country on Monday to pray for the welfare of their Syrian neighbors the night before the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Attorney General Approves Interrogation of Arab MKs Zoabi, Zahalka on Corruption Charges

By JNi.Media

Police suspect that millions of dollars which had been reported as donations from abroad were, in fact, laundered funds of Israeli Arab citizens.

Video of the Day

Six-Year-Old Syrian Cancer Patient Leaves Israeli Hospital

By Viva Sarah Press

The little girl’s mother told the Israeli caregivers: “I would lie if I said that I expected the kind of humanity I discovered here."

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Massive Traffic Jams Collateral Damage of Internal War in Likud

By JNi.Media

The daily Yated Ne'eman cited MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) who accused Katz of acting out of revenge rather than caring for the services of his ministry.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa University Predicts Arrival of Jellyfish in Israel Using Sea Temperature and Lunar Cycle

By JNi.Media

Jellyfish caused a cascading blackout in the Philippines in 1999, and damaged the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California in 2008. Clogging can stop desalination plants and ship engines.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion / Germany / Holocaust

Coming Home: Jewish Secondary Schools Opening in Düsseldorf, Munich

By JNi.Media

On May 19, 1943, Germany was declared Judenrein (clean of Jews), with no Jewish high schools. Now we're back to three, and counting.

Video of the Day

Palestinians are a Thorn

By Video of the Day

The singer describes the "Palestinians" as thorns in throat of the Zionist, which parallels and interesting line from the Torah.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Meet Mohammed Zeidan, Israel’s Smartest Student

By Israel 21C

19-year-old achieves perfect score on Israel's college entrance exam.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Day Special: Ancient City's Latest Facts and Figures

By JNi.Media

The overall fertility rate (average number of children a Jerusalem woman is expected to bear in her lifetime) in Jerusalem is 3.91, far higher than the national average of 3.08.

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Is Jerusalem Truly Israel's Capital?

By JNi.Media

Since the international community relies on the 1947 UN partition plan regarding the legal status of Jerusalem, it refuses to recognize Israeli sovereignty over any part of the city.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Educators Should Watch for High-Functioning Autistic Children with Handwriting Difficulties

By JNi.Media

Prof. Sara Rosenblum: “The education system addresses reading skills, but there is insufficient attention to writing skills."

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Haifa University Discovers New Psychological Disorder: Maladaptive Daydreaming

By JNi.Media

Sufferers from the disorder spend about 60% of their waking time in an imaginary world they have created, without losing contact with the real world.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Judaism

Technion Rabbi Arrested at Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Dr. Elad Dukov of Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology was arrested Monday at the Temple Mount.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances

Trump Vodka Bottles Seized in Passover Scam

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Police found hundreds of Trump Vodka bottles with forged Passover-friendly stickers on them.

Photo of the Day

US Navy in Israel. vs. US Navy in Iran

By Photo of the Day

Which country would you rather sign a treaty with?

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Haifa Arab Students Heckle Egyptian Lecture as 'Zionist Collaborator'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Egyptian researcher spoke to psychology students at Haifa University on co-existence. One Arab student shouted, "You are dancing on the blood of martyrs."

US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Texas A&M Kills $200 Million Arab University in Nazareth, Opens $6 Million Center in Haifa Instead

By JNi.Media

“To some degree it’s a chicken and an egg problem,” Texas A&M’s vice provost Michael Benedik said. “Why would we be getting a major gift to open a campus when we don’t have legal permission to even do it?”

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Military Exercise at Rambam Hospital Today

By Jewish Press News Desk

Home Front Command holds a military drill at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center between 8 am and 2 pm today.

Israel

False Terror Alarm Causes Panic on Train

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Passengers screamed "terrorist."A soldier shot in the air. Four people hurt trying to flee. In the end, it was a false alarm.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Kerry Committed to Return to 'Save' Israel from Violence

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The man whose blinders have contributed to the current violence now says he will return "soon" to "try to work to re-engage."

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.

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

3 Stone-Throwers Arrested in Haifa

By Jewish Press News Desk

Three Arab teens were arrested in Haifa Monday afternoon for throwing stones at motorists traveling in the center of the city.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Haifa: Arabs Throw Stones at Cars

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police report that Arabs threw stones at multiple vehicles in Haifa.

Photo of the Day

Tashlich by the Sea

By Photo of the Day

Taxhlich on the Kiryat Yam beach.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

ISIS Sign Displayed in Arab-Israel City East of Netanya

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs retain "freedom of expression" while Jews trying to pray on the Temple Mount are considered guilty of "incitement."

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs

Rocket Alert Siren Test in Haifa Area

By Jewish Press News Desk

Home Front Command tests rocket alert sirens in Haifa on Tuesday at 10:05 am.

Israel / NY / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Bloomberg Donates $100 Million to Cornell Campus of Technion University

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated the foundation carrying his name is donating $100 million towards a $2 billion the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, which is being developed with Israel's Technion University. The new campus is scheduled to open in 2017 and move from the small and temporary location since the Cornell-Technion project […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Qualcomm Co-Founder Donates $50 Million to Technion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Prof. Andrew Viterbi now has the honor of being the largest private donor to Technion.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Sports

Israelis Follow David Blatt to Cleveland for NBA Finals

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

All you need is a few days vacation and a few thousand dollars to show the Israeli flag at the big game.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Shows Off Terror Tunnel Threat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The terrorist organization's "exposé" to a friendly Lebanese newspaper also is justification for the IDF to bomb human shields.

Israel / News Briefs / Weather

Heavy Snow on Golan to Spread to the Negev Desert

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"He gives snow like wool; He scatters hoarfrost like ashes." - Psalms 147:16.

Israel / News Briefs / Weather

Snow on Thursday, Summer on Monday

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Even residents in Kfar Saba and upper Haifa may see snow, which also may fall on Ben Gurion Airport.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology

The Use of Fire May Have Begun In Israel 350,000 Years Ago

By Jewish Press Staff

If fire indeed was invented in Israel, will the Boycott Israel movement stop lighting matches?

Israel / News Briefs

Haifa Selected ‘Smartest’ City in The Middle East

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Haifa was crowned the ‘smartest’ city in the Middle East by the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona.

Israel / News Briefs / Ukraine

Shot Ukrainian Mayor Airlifted to Israel for Treatment

By JTA

The Jewish mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was airlifted to Israel early Tuesday morning for treatment for a gunshot wound shot in a suspected assassination attempt. Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes was shot in the neck while on his routine morning jog and initially was reported to be struggling for his life. Kernes underwent surgery at […]

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