Tuesday, 22 November 2022 | As the number of remaining Holocaust survivors dwindles, Israel is setting aside 3.5 million NIS (US $1 million) to document Holocaust survivor testimonies and photographs, including processing them into a format for social networks. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, whose father is a Holocaust survivor, said in the announcement of
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 November 2022 | Nearly two weeks ago, hundreds of Iranian missiles armed with the lethal chemical thionyl chloride arrived at a warehouse in Al Qusayr, a city nestled in the mountains of western Syria with a bird’s eye view of the Lebanese border a mere 15 kilometers (9.3 mi.) southeast, the Saudi news
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 November 2022 | Azerbaijan is officially ready to take their place in the record books as the first nation of the Shiite Islamic sect to open an Israeli embassy, following Azerbaijan’s parliamentary decision on Friday to move forward with the plans. This contrasts dramatically with the majority Shiite country of Iran and the
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 November 2022 | In a blow to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, all 11 foreign national teams will compete for the World Team Championship alongside Israel in Jerusalem beginning on Sunday. The World Chess Federation (FIDA) did not even react to a letter demanding that the competition be relocated from Jerusalem. The
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 November 2022 | Israeli doctors performed life-saving surgery on Stephanie Fontanel’s baby, who was in fetal distress, after she arrived from Cyprus for care in the 28th week of pregnancy. “We went to five doctors and they all told us to have an abortion because of the severe defect the fetus was diagnosed
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 November 2022 | An Israeli-owned oil tanker was attacked by an Iranian drone in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Wednesday. The Pacific Zircon is a tanker bearing the Liberian flag but is operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping company, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer.
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 November 2022 | Israel’s Navy and Defense Ministry as well as Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a C-Dome system advanced interception test, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] announced on Thursday, marking a significant step toward introducing the naval version of the Iron Dome aerial defense system. The C-Dome is a more advanced version
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 November 2022 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extended condolences to Israelis on Thursday following this week’s Palestinian terrorist attack in Ariel and promised to work towards bringing about a “new age” in ties between Ankara and Jerusalem. In a phone call, Erdoğan and Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu discussed “ways to significantly
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 November 2022 | More than four times as many persons made aliyah [immigrated to Israel] from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company. A total of 32,494 Russian citizens immigrated to Israel under the Law of Return this
Continue Reading »Thursday, 17 November 2022 | Doctors from Wolfson Medical Center, who volunteer at the Israeli humanitarian organization “Save a Child’s Heart”, managed to save the life of a one-year-old Mauritian toddler with a complex heart condition. Little Raghav, nicknamed Samael, was born in April 2021 in Mauritius, an island nation in the Southern Indian Ocean.
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