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Featured / Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Coronavirus

In Tel Aviv, the Coronavirus Brings Back Legendary Drive-In Theater

By Jewish Press News Desk

Each screening will welcome a total of 200 vehicles, movie audio will be transmitted in high quality via an FM radio frequency.

Government / Anti-Israel NGOs

Finance Minister Nixes COVID-19 Aid to Anti-Israel NGOs

By Jewish Press News Desk

The fund targets non-profit organizations that work with "populations in need of assistance" and who lost more than 25% of their income.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Set Fire to Municipal Building in Jaffa, Riots Continue

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The local residents are protesting plans to build a homeless hostel on the site of a former cemetery.

Headline / Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

124 North Tel Aviv Day Care Children Plus Their Parents Quarantined

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some of the parents are complaining that is unfair that they need to go into quarantine too, since they need to work.

Israel / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Tel Aviv Family, Rehovot Teachers Infected with Coronavirus

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents of the neighborhood have been asked to stay home, while people in direct contact with the family have to go into isolation.

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Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Hospitals Begin Return to Normal Activity as COVID-19 Numbers Drop

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 219, but the rate of new infections continues to plummet • Israeli Health Ministry reinstates elective procedures, surgeries and treatment at outpatient clinics.

Featured / Travel / Business and Economy

Tel Aviv Ranked 16th Most Economically Influential City in the World

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

Forbes magazine has declared the coastal city the second-best worth visiting in the world.

Israel / Antisemitism / Arts and Entertainment / Interfaith Relations

Quentin Tarantino Talks Israel: ‘My life here is so wonderful’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tarantino won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” and in his acceptance speech thanked his Israeli wife, Daniella Pick, in Hebrew.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Tesla Expected to Hit Israeli Roads, Launching in 2020

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The car’s starting price is expected to be around $72,300 (about NIS 250,000).

Israel / Business and Economy

Tel Aviv is World's First City to Require License Plates and Helmets for Shared Electric Scooters

By Arye Green / TPS

Approximately 150 scooter riders get injured every month across the city, and many pedestrians are hurt as well.

Israel / Travel

Tel Aviv Ranked 7th Best Destination For Foodies in 2020

By Arye Green / TPS

BBC’s Good Food Magazine wrote that Tel Aviv has exceptional street food, much of which is vegan-friendly.

Israel / Gaza / News Briefs / Islamic Jihad / Rockets from Gaza

Updated: No School on Wednesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Due to the ongoing rocket attacks by Islamic Jihad, school has been cancelled for the following Israeli cities...

Boycott / BDS

Lionel Richie Blocks CodePink After Attack for Upcoming Israel Concert

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

CodePink penned an open letter claiming that Richie's Sept. 12 concert in Tel Aviv ... “will act as an endorsement of Israel’s brutal systems of military occupation and apartheid.”

Police and Crime / Israeli Arabs

Arab who Stabbed Gay Brother in Tel Aviv Still at Large

By Arye Green / TPS

Some leftwing politicians claimed that the Arab-on-Arab stabbing was a result of the incitement of Jewish rabbis.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Anheuser-Busch to open cybersecurity unit in Tel Aviv

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“With increasing digitalization, we have to be prepared to defend against anything coming,” said AB InBev vice president of global security and compliance Luis Veronesi.

Israel / Business and Economy

Tel Aviv Ranked 10th Most Expensive City on the Planet

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The flourishing Mediterranean seaside city tied with Los Angeles.

Headline / IDF & Security / Rockets from Gaza

Watch: 2 Rockets Launched at Tel Aviv

By Jewish Press News Desk

At 9:05 PM the rocket alert went off in the Gush Dan / Tel Aviv region.

Video of the Day

Crossing the Lines to Samaria

By Video of the Day

From Tel Aviv to a guest house in the Shomron.

Featured / IDF & Security / Jewish / History

72 Years Connect Fallen Heroes Bracha and Ari Fuld

By JNi.Media

In 1946, German-born Bracha Fuld was the first female Jewish fighter killed in clashes with the soldiers of the British government, in Tel Aviv.

Featured / US / Politics / Jerusalem / South America

Pence Pushed Paraguay to Keep Embassy in Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

"The Vice President strongly encouraged President Abdo Benitez to follow through with Paraguay’s previous commitment to move the embassy."

IDF & Security / The Courts / News Briefs / Intifada

Palestinian Sentenced to 23 Years for Tel Aviv Stabbings

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“The defendant embarked on a killing spree which he had planned for some time. He injured four Jews simply for being Jews.”

Israel / Global / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv University #8 in the World for Most Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs

By JNi.Media

The new ranking is one spot up from last year, while TAU remains the only non-American university in PitchBook's top ten.

Headline / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arabs in Rabin Square Rally: 'With Spirit and Blood We'll Redeem You, Palestine'

By JNi.Media

Im Tirtzu activists recorded Israeli Arabs shouting, "With spirit and blood we'll redeem you, Palestine," "Rest in peace, martyr, we continue in your path," "Israel is a terrorist state," and "An Arab Palestine from the sea to the River Jordan."

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Gaza Envelope Residents Protest in Tel Aviv: The South Is Burning

By JNi.Media

Hundreds of protesters blocked the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv, carrying signs reading "There's a ceasefire but the south is on fire."

Featured / Israel / Travel / Media / United Nations (UN)

Tel Aviv Celebrates 15th Anniversary of UNESCO's 'White City' Proclamation

By JNi.Media

Since receiving the title, every year the city of Tel Aviv celebrates the proclamation with a series of White Night events that connect to Tel Avciv's DNA of a Nonstop City.

Headline / Politics / The Courts / Religious & Secular in Israel / Chabad

Court Sides with Chabad in Rabin Square Event Hearing: No Reason Not to Keep It Separate

By JNi.Media

Judge Vardi suggested that the Tel Aviv municipality cancel its decision to forbid the separate-sexes event, and interrupted the hearing to allow the municipality to consult on the matter.

Israel / Antisemitism / Africa

Watch: Johannesburg Man Attacks El Al Passengers: 'Jewish People Are Wicked'

By JNi.Media

The man had been refused entry into Israel and sent back to SA on the next plane.

IDF & Security / Government / The Courts / Intifada

Court Refuses to Revoke Citizenship of Arab Terrorist

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Court: "What [the terrorist] did, though severe, is not unusual or extreme."

Weather

Sderot Under Water as June Rains Flood Negev

By JNi.Media

"The whole city became Venice. Everything is flooded, the playground, there are ten cars stuck in the puddles."

Featured / IDF & Security

40 IAF Planes Practiced Extreme Long Range Sorties over Greece

By JNi.Media

"Our ability to take all our units and fly a great distance, perform a task and return, is substantial."

Featured / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / The Courts / Media / Judea & Samaria

Habima Square Shabak Torture Exhibit Lets Passersby Experience Duma Prisoners' Agony

By JNi.Media

The performance was based on the testimonies of Shabak interrogators in the Central District Court in Lod during the early trial proceedings.

IDF & Security / Eastern Europe

A First: IDF Participating in NATO Eastern European Exercises

By JNi.Media

Nineteen countries participate in the maneuvers, with about 18,000 soldiers spread around Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Arts and Entertainment

Shakira Not Coming to Israel This Summer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli media jumped the gun on their initial report.

Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Volkswagen Launches Tel Aviv Mobility Innovation Center

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Volkswagen Group became the latest global automobile concern to open a local innovation center when it officially opened its Konnect campus in Tel Aviv Tuesday.

Photo of the Day

Got the Gold

By Photo of the Day

Israel's Sagi Muki receives the gold medal during the European Judo Championship.

Government / Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / China

Hainan Airlines Adds Third Direct Route to Israel, From Guangzhou to Tel Aviv

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Roundtrip fares will start from $622 in tourist class, and $2582 in business class. The flight will last for almost 11 hours on Boeing Dreamliners.

Business and Economy / China / Local

Beijing Technology Hub to Open Satellite Office in Tel Aviv

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

It was the ”innovation and openness to new ideas” in Tel Aviv that attracted Z-Park to open its 11th overseas liaison office here, company officials said.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Cognitive Dissonance: INSS Recommends 2-State Solution While Admitting Inevitable Hamas Takeover

By JNi.Media

It is disheartening that recommendations for the preservation of Israel's "Zionist vision of a Jewish, democratic, secure, and ethical state" while ignoring Hamas' Hitlerist designs on the Jewish State's very existence.

Video of the Day

Egypt's Phantom Airline

By Video of the Day

EgyptAir owns an unmarked commercial airline called Air Sinai, which flies to Israel, under the radar.

Israel / Business and Economy

Israeli Startup Tempting US Tech Workers to Tel Aviv

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“If you’re into startups, you should come to Tel Aviv. It’s that simple."

IDF & Security / Government

Special Needs Soldiers Marching On In IDF

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Soldiers with Asperger syndrome or autism are also used in some of the IDF’s most secret units for technological development.

Headline / Government / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Cabinet Passes Mini-Market Shabbat Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister Aryeh Deri said, "We want to prevent a change to the status quote, to prevent the Shabbat from turning into a national shopping day."

Israel / Police and Crime

One Killed in Car Explosion on Tel Aviv Highway

By Jewish Press News Desk

It appears to have been a targeted criminal assassination.

Government / Travel / Business and Economy / Eastern Europe

Meet Ioana Isac from Romania, Israel’s 3 Millionth Tourist

By JNi.Media

“This is a special day and an historic milestone as we break the 3-million-tourist barrier and set a new all-time record," Minister Levin said.

Video of the Day

Efrat's Mayor Gets Booed at Rabin Memorial

By Video of the Day

Organizers wanted to open the rally up to not just those on the left side of the political spectrum.

Photo of the Day

Standing with the Kurds

By Photo of the Day

Rally opposite the US Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Featured / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Arts and Entertainment

Ramallah Film Festival Dumps Director Who Shot in Tel Aviv

By JNi.Media

Doueiri, who is on the record as opposing boycotting Israel, has been arrested in September 2017 in Beirut.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Jerusalem

US Jerusalem Consulate Breaks with Tradition, Condemns Terror Attack

By JNi.Media

The separation between the consulate and the embassy used to provoke serious disagreements between the teams at the two missions.

Featured / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Report: Tel Aviv Becoming R&D Mecca for Corporate Giants

By JNi.Media

Visa, Barclays, Amazon, Renault and Bosch have joined more than 70 international R&D centers in Tel Aviv, a city where one out of every 10 jobs is in the high-tech sector.

US / Government / Media / Jerusalem / Local

Conan O’Brien Jokes His Way Through Journey in Holy Land

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Conan, an Irish Catholic, said he was looking forward to visiting the ancient sites in Israel, and said he would travel to Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

Featured / Government / Travel / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Science and Tech

Tel Aviv–Jerusalem High-Speed Train Passes First Test Ahead of April 2018 Opening

By JNi.Media

The new, high-speed railway has been criticized by the political left and the Palestinian Authority for passing through about 4 miles of Judea and Samaria, most of it through tunnels.

Photo of the Day

The Prime Minister's Home

By Photo of the Day

Which is more impressive, the austerity or the book collection?

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs

Jaffa Economy Hurting as Jewish Customers Stay Away Fearing Violence

By JNi.Media

"We must not allow the extremists harm our shared life," Motran, who had seen his store windows be crashed twice in recent weeks, announced. "Jaffa welcomes to all the people of Israel."

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Radiohead Withstands Pressure, Will Play Tel Aviv Wednesday

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“I stand with Radiohead and their decision to perform. Let’s hope a dialogue continues... "

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

Move Over Britney Spears

By Photo of the Day

Sarit Hadad has been rocking massive crowds in Jerusalem all week long on the walls of the Old City.

Headline / US / Politics / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Anti-Israel NGOs

Ambassador Friedman Eats Humble Pie in J Street Meeting

By JNi.Media

Last February, facing a serious challenge to his nomination from members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who are allergic to comparisons to things Holocaust, coming from the right or the left, Friedman bowed down and kissed the PC ring.

Israel / Politics / Arts and Entertainment / Health and Medicine / Asia / Sports

1,500 Mats to Cover Rabin Square Wednesday as Israel Celebrates International Yoga Day

By JNi.Media

An official ceremony at 8 PM will include a message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Government / Travel / Business and Economy / China

As Chinese Tourism Grows, Tel Aviv-Shanghai Route to Open

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

In the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of tourists and business people visiting Israel from China.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Travails of Travels

By Moshe Herman

Yishai details the hilarious, yet arduous, travails of travels that he's had in between Moscow, Tel Aviv and Turkey. Join Yishai for candid thoughts about the Jewish people, American Jewry, Israel and the globe.

Headline / Op-Eds

Want a Path to Peace? Pound the Table at Abbas

By Jonathan S. Tobin

If Trump really believes the missing ingredient for peace has been a master real estate dealmaker, he’s wrong. But his willingness to pound the table at Abbas is nevertheless significant.

Photo of the Day

The Dragon Boats Carnival

By Photo of the Day

The "Dragon Boats Carnival" in Park HaYarkon in Tel Aviv.

Headline / US / Politics / Government / Jerusalem

Ambassador Friedman to President Rivlin: Trump's Commitment to Israel Rock-Solid

By JNi.Media

'I am so grateful to President Trump for giving me ... the unequivocal and unambiguous mandate to support the State of Israel in every way, and in all ways.'

Featured / Israel / NY / Travel / Business and Economy

Iceland's WOW Air to Offer Tel Aviv – New York $149 RT Flights

By JNi.Media

Bring your own food and water, and download a movie on your iPad or laptop ahead of the flight.

Featured / Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Islamists

Israel Considering Increasing Entry Permits for Ramadan

By Jewish Press News Desk

There is always a significant upswing in Islamic terror attacks in Israel during Ramadan.

Featured / Israel / US / Politics

Rabbi Boteach Reveals Bannon's Whiteboard of Dreams

By Jewish Press News Desk

Of most interest to our readers are the words "Tel Aviv to Jerusalem"

Featured / US / History / Jerusalem

Bennett to Trump: Move Over This Embassy

By JNi.Media

'We want you to be the first nation on earth to move its embassy to Jerusalem,' Bennett said.

Ari and Jeremy

Israel Inspired: The "Holy City" of Tel Aviv?!?

By The Land of Israel

From being a New Jersey lawyer to an internationally recognized leader who has changed the face of Tel-Aviv. Ari Abramowitz interviews Jay Shultz who shares his journey on today's Israel Inspired.

Video of the Day

10 Things I Hate About Israel

By Video of the Day

Did this guy just visit Israel and say he hated it?!

Photo of the Day

The Lifeguard Tower Hotel

By Photo of the Day

A lifeguard tower or a hotel suite?

Photo of the Day

Ni Hao

By Photo of the Day

Chinese workers kick off the Tel Aviv light rail.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Israeli Scientists Invent Fast, Accurate Test to Diagnose Malaria in Less than 4 Minutes

By Israel 21C

Parasight diagnostic platform can detect malaria and ID the species in less than 4 minutes, using machine learning and computer vision.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / China

China and Israel Celebrate 25 Years of Diplomatic Relations

By Jewish Press News Desk

The link between the Israeli and Chinese peoples is an ancient one, dating from the Jewish community in Kaifeng a thousand years ago.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Photo of the Day / Jerusalem

Enterprising Builder Thrilled About US Embassy Move to Jerusalem

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Public glee over Trump Administration's statements that the U.S. Embassy will be moved to Jerusalem.

Video of the Day

Sneak Peak: The New Highway 1 - Coming Soon

By Video of the Day

The new section starts from Sha'ar Hagai and goes until the entrance of Jerusalem.

Photo of the Day

Bye-Bye Dizengoff Square

By Photo of the Day

Workers are currently destroying Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.

Politics / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Aliyah / Geulah

Young Professional Olim Prefer Tel Aviv

By JNi.Media

Immigration to Tel Aviv has come to be characterized by youth: approximately 9,500 of the new immigrants are between the ages of 18 and 35, joining a third of Tel Aviv's population that is of the same age group.

Photo of the Day

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

By Photo of the Day

Rainbows after the first rainstorms in Israel.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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