Monday, 14 December 2020 | Starting next term, the curriculum for Moroccan primary school students will include Jewish history and culture—a significant first in the region. On Thursday, Morocco made headlines around the world, as US President Donald Trump announced that the kingdom was the fourth Muslim-majority nation to normalize ties with Israel since August.
Continue Reading »Monday, 14 December 2020 | A rare cache of artifacts dating back more than [1,000] years has been uncovered in the northern city of Tiberias, including perfectly preserved clay molds for candles. The trove was uncovered during an archeological excavation conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and offers historians further understanding of the people
Continue Reading »Friday, 11 December 2020 | In yet another stunning step towards peace between the Jewish state and its neighbors, US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that the North African nation of Morocco is next in line to join the growing circle of peace with Israel. This brings the Mideast peace tally to four in four:
Continue Reading »Friday, 11 December 2020 | Israel’s largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center, announced on Thursday it was prepared to start vaccinating staff for COVID-19 as soon as next week. Pending the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the hospital simulated the inoculation of its personnel with Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, the first shipment of
Continue Reading »Friday, 11 December 2020 | A group of hackers believed to be acting as Hamas’s cyber wing has recently carried out attacks against Arabic-speaking targets in the Palestinian Authority (PA), United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey, Israeli information security company Cyberizen said Wednesday. The hackers sent victims fictitious messages claiming to have information about burning
Continue Reading »Friday, 11 December 2020 | President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday hosted the launch of the Beresheet 2 project, the second Israeli spacecraft to be launched to the moon. Minister of Science and Technology Yizhar Shai, Founder of SpaceIL Kfir Damri, CEO of Space IL Shimon Sarid and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries Boaz Levy also
Continue Reading »Thursday, 10 December 2020 | The streets of Israel are resounding with the joyful phrase, “Chag Hanukkah Sameach!” as loved ones and perfect strangers wish each other a happy Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication or Festival of Lights). Tonight, in homes across the Promised Land and in Jewish communities across the world, families will celebrate the
Continue Reading »Thursday, 10 December 2020 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel will begin administrating coronavirus vaccinations on December 27 and that Israel was ready to vaccinate 60,000 people a day. Speaking at a televised address to the nation just hours after the first batch of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in the country, the
Continue Reading »Thursday, 10 December 2020 | A previously unknown letter written by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, describing his vision for the nascent state was recently discovered, approximately 69 years after it was first sent. The 1951 missive to a Swedish journalist was kept by the recipient’s granddaughter, who is the current Swedish ambassador to
Continue Reading »Thursday, 10 December 2020 | At a time when Arab journalists from the Gulf are visiting Israel and saying that they are looking forward to working with their Israeli colleagues, Palestinians are continuing to incite hatred against the Israeli media and threaten Israeli journalists. The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PIJ)—a group dominated by loyalists of Palestinian
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