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The snow has fallen on the ski slopes of the Hermon mountain.
By Israel Hayom
Mount Hermon saw at least 30 cm (11 inches) of snow, raising hopes that Israelis would finally get to enjoy a winter wonderland before spring.
Taking a wrong turn into an Arab village, their car was quickly encircled by dozens of young Arabs who tried to open the doors of the car and kill them.
The first snow of the season fell on Mount Hermon on Wednesday, and the IDF was there.
Amid an arctic freeze, members of the Lone Star State opened doors to friends without power, cooked meals, arranged for medication pickups for the homebound, and, in one extreme case, mobilized to ensure that hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccines would not go to waste.
Israeli ski and snowboard on the Hermon Mountain in northern Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
To the disappointment of many children, not enough snow fell to close the schools.
By JNi.Media
“Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries are de-seeding the clouds entering Iran."
By Sandy Eller
Once the snow has begun to fall, you can start debating the age old question: Do you wait until the snow stops to start shoveling or do you go out and shovel a few times during a lengthier snowfall?
The rains in Israel have finally begun, for real.
Weather models indicate that Hebron and Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion will see snow on the ground by Friday night.
The storm predicted for Thursday and Friday will wallop the north, which has been drying up this winter.
More than 140,000 Israelis scoffed at blustery weather and visited national parks.
It is going to be a very windy Independence Day. Snow will fall on the upper slopes of the Hermon.
While there's not much snow left, there are bike trails, hiking trails and extreme mountain sleds.
Snow is uniting the American people, so to speak. An area in every one of the 50 states, including Hawaii, will see snow this week, according to the WeatherBell site. This week will be the first time since 2012 that even Florida will see snow. New York is expected to get another 3-4 inches today, […]
They rely on a verse from Jeremiah - "Seek the welfare of the city."
This is not a snowstorm. This is a blizzard, even by New York's standards.
The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.
"He gives snow like wool; He scatters hoarfrost like ashes." - Psalms 147:16.
Even residents in Kfar Saba and upper Haifa may see snow, which also may fall on Ben Gurion Airport.
Models indicate Israel is on target for one of those "once in 50 years" storms that hit every two years.
The current cold spell is expected to continue this week, weather forecasters said Sunday. There may be snowfall in Jerusalem on Thursday. Sunday evening is expected to be rainy throughout the country. Rain could cause flooding in southern Israel. Intermittent rain is expected throughout the week. An anticipated drop in temperatures on Thursday could turn […]
Heavy snow forces the Hermon ski slopes to close; Kinneret rises, but slowly.
Rain, rain, don’t go way, we prayed for it and will gladly get wet anyway.
If two inches of snow is enough to shut down New York, what happens when two feet fall?
The Kinneret rose 2 cm yesterday, and 4.5 centimeters in the past 3 days.
The Kinneret rose 2.5 cm, just in the past 2 days.
It's only Tuesday, but Shuk Machane Yehuda is packed with shoppers buying food and supplies to wait out the snow storm.
Last year's December snow, which fell over four days, from December 10--14, was considered a national disaster in Jerusalem, having forced the city’s shops, businesses, schools and roadways to shut down, accumulating up to NIS 300 million in losses.
Snow may fall, but not accumulate, in areas as low as Modi’in.
Snow will fall at altitudes as low as 2,000 feet above seas level. Accumulation in Jerusalem still a question mark.
Heavy snow will fall mainly in the north by mid-week, but even lower hills can expect at least a dusting.
Snow will fall on Gush Etzion, the Galilee and the Central Negev, followed by cold, cold temperatures.
Sometimes we get what we pray for.
By JTA
Check back in nine months to find out if rocket attacks have the same effect.
The second storm of the young winter is headed for Israel with more needed rain but no snow, except on the Hermon mountain. Forecasters predict that it will rain on Eilat, an event that usually occurs only two or three times a year, and that up to three inches of rain will fall in the […]
Jerusalem’s light rail system is back in operation for the first time since the “snowstorm of the century” shut it down and crippled the capital last Thursday, but the city’s problems are far from over. Thousands of cars are blocked in by plowed snow, and pedestrians often walk in the middle of the street instead of […]
Dozens of cars stuck and abandoned on Highway 443 due to the snow storm were ransacked over the weekend. Most of the thefts occurred near Shmuel's Tomb. Among the objects stolen from the cars were batteries, engine parts, and personal items left inside the vehicles.
The Jerusalem municipality, along with the municipalities in Gush Etzion have decided that there will be no school again on Monday. It was decided that the road conditions are too icy for safe travel. Intercity buses have begun running again on a limited basis, but local Jerusalem transportation is still not running.
Torrential rains and the "snowstorm of the century” last week have left Jerusalem with 51 percent of its annual amount of precipitation, according to observations by the Israeli Meteorological Service, and the winter has barely begun. Be'er Sheva, where many areas still are flooded, now has accumulated 63 percent of is annual rainfall and more […]
NASA satellite photo from this morning.
In an effort to help reopen the roads in and around Jerusalem, the Dead Sea Works sent 100 tons of Dead Sea salt to Jerusalem yesterday, to spread on the roads, according to a report in The Marker. No word yet on whether they included a complementary package of Dead Sea mud, or Ahava skin […]
By Shalom Bear
Up to 60,000 households lost electricity during the snow storm, and Israelis are beginning to question the lack of preparedness in advance.
According to the Hermon Mountain website there are 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) of snow on the upper Hermon and 1 meter (3.2 feet) of snow on the lower part of the mountain. The Kinneret rose 10 centimeters since Wednesday.
Residents of Yitzhar and Har Bracha are currently being evacuated from their homes - not because of another Disengagement, but because there's no electricity and no heat. Six buses are transporting the residents to temporary shelter in Petach Tikva.
The train connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, and the only ground transportation currently connecting the two cities at the moment, has gotten stuck near Lod (which is near Ben Gurion Airport). It's been stuck there for the past 3 hours (currently 10:50 PM). Highways 1 and 443 have been shut down due to snow and […]
Highway 1 to Jerusalem was shut down on Saturday evening a mere hour after it was reopened to buses and taxis. The Ministry of Transportation decided that using the road was too risky because of icing conditions. The tunnel road connecting Gush Etzion to Jerusalem has been shut down too.
By Shalom Bear
The massive snow storm knocked out electricity, and shut down the main highways to Jerusalem.
Chief Rabbi David Lau said has urged Jerusalem families to open their doors and host drivers and passengers stranded in the mammoth snowstorm that has closed highways out of the city and buried the capital under 18 inches of snow. He also said that efforts to rescue people stranded on highways must continue during Shabbat, […]
The snow in Jerusalem Thursday no only did not stop Arabs from attacking Jewish motorists with rocks but also helped them to do sin by disguising the rocks as snowballs. Pelting drivers with snowballs is a dangerous hobby all over the world because if they are like ice, the projectiles can easily break a window […]
The snowstorm’s delay of Kerry’s meeting with Netanyahu finally gives Abbas a chance to explain why Israel must not exist as a Jewish state.
Snow began falling shortly before midnight in Gush Etzion, which includes some hills higher than all other locations south of Tzfat (Safed). Snow also was reported in Kiryat Arba, and 10 snow plows are on standby Jerusalem is expected to be covered with white in the morning. The snow is expected to reach the southern […]
Israelis have prayed for rain in a dry November and now are getting the dividends in spades, thanks to a rare early winter storm “from Russia with love.”
One unique event in Israel is the reaction of people to the first rains. There is almost a festive atmosphere when the first drops fall after a long and dry summer, and people can say, ”Thank God for rain."
By Orat@Muqata
Two people have reported snow in the late May-early June, though in both cases, it was hearsay.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Police arrest everyone involved in the anti-Semitic attack in Jerusalem.
By Hadar Sela
This short film made by Oz Segev of Ma’ale Gamla last week, shows some of the swollen streams of the south and central Golan Heights which all drain into the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
Snow and rain cover Israel.
Palestinians evil ambitions are not even constrained on the holiest site to Judaism.
In several locations, including the Golan, Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Beit El, Ofra, Tel Tzion and other locations in Judea and Samaria, schools are closing at noon in anticipation of wintry weather. Drivers are advised to exercise caution on the roads and to check weather and local reports for potential road closings before setting out on […]
Seven men – including 4 rabbis - happened upon by an Israeli paratrooper in a closed military zone on the Hermon mountains on Monday, were on a mission of their own – to safeguard the sanctity of the Jews of the city of Metulla.
June 19, 2026 
