US Security Aid to Palestinians to End Thursday
Members of the Palestinian Authority security forces disperse a Hamas demonstration in the West Bank city of Hebron, Dec. 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Mussa Qawasma / File.
American security aid...
Ethiopian Israelis Demonstrate in Tel Aviv Against Police Brutality
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ethiopian-Israelis protesting against police brutality clashed with police forces on Wednesday after the mostly peaceful protest exploded into a violent clash between dozens of youths who...
Labor’s No. 2 Calls Gaza Strip Disengagement ‘Genius Move’
Maj. Gen. (res.) Tal Russo, No. 2 on the Labor Party’s Knesset list, is praising Israel’s 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip as a “genius move.”
Russo, who in 2005...
Palestinians Reject Invitation to Attend Mideast Peace Plan Meeting
Palestinian officials have been invited to a US conference on the Middle East hosted by Poland next week, a senior American official said on Friday, but top Palestinian officials...
Two Deputy Mayors, Billiards Champ Among Last 2018 Olim
Approximately 250 new immigrants (olim) from Ukraine arrived in Israel on Monday and Tuesday via flights chartered by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The flights were the...
Israeli Food Security Program Is Changing Lives
Just two years after an Israeli charitable organization teamed up with Israel’s welfare ministry to target the country’s growing poverty and hunger challenge, beneficiaries are crediting the program with...
Israeli PM Hails Burgeoning Economic Ties With Japan
Israel and Japan are currently negotiating free trade agreement, the financial newspaper Calcalist reported on Tuesday.
The report came as a delegation of senior Japanese businesspeople — led by Economy,...
El Al to Launch Orlando Route This Summer
El Al Israel Airlines said on Tuesday it was continuing to expand into North America with a nonstop flight during the summer months between Tel Aviv and Orlando.
The weekly...
American-Born Biologist to Head Ben-Gurion University
(JTA) — Daniel Chamovitz, a Pennsylvania native and former dean at Tel Aviv University, will assume the presidency of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Jan. 1.
He succeeds Rivka...
Some Israeli Parents Opting for ‘Dumb’ Phones for Kids
In recent months, more and more parents of elementary school-age children are taking steps to battle smartphone madness by giving their children basic mobile devices not equipped with internet...
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Trump Signs Proclamation Recognizing Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan
BY RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looking on, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the...
Humor: Folding Money
What would you do if you had $18,000 to burn?
We should all have such problems.
In case you were wondering, yes, that was me in...
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