(JTA) — Anyone who has visited an Israeli beach is likely familiar with the popular beach paddle game known as matkot.
For millions of TV viewers and a live audience of 1,400 at NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” a trio of Israeli performers who...
(JTA) — A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded five people at a hamburger restaurant in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim before a policeman shot him dead.
One man was seriously injured and four had moderate wounds in the terror attack...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21C
• Published July 30, 2023
Nearly two years ago, divers Raffi Bahalul, Shlomi Katzin and Ehud Galili found an iron Crusader-era sword in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel.
It was encrusted with marine organisms, which protected the metal and left it in amazing...
(JTA) – Over the course of Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor’s career, she made her fair share of enemies — most notably the Catholic Church, after she ripped up a picture of the pope on “Saturday Night Live.”
But five years after that...
Israel’s Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions against the “reasonableness law” that the Knesset enacted this week, with a court date set for September, according to the NGO Movement for Quality Government in Israel.
While scheduling a hearing,...
The Biden administration said the Israeli government’s decision Monday to restrict the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down laws was “unfortunate” and said the United States remains hopeful that there can be compromise ahead.
Israel’s government has passed a law restricting the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down laws, it's the first piece of a proposed overhaul of the country’s judiciary.
The vote, which was boycotted by the opposition in Israel’s parliament,...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — In the coming days, Israel’s parliament is due to vote on a measure that, advocates on both sides say, will determine the country’s fate — or whether it can even survive.
It isn’t a peace deal or an attempt to unseat Israeli...
Brian Blum, Israel21c.org
• Published July 20, 2023
Originally published on Israel21c.org
Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon where bees die for mysterious reasons, caused alarm in recent decades and spurred a flurry of “save the bees” campaigns — because honeybees are needed to pollinate the...
Center for Israel Education
• Published July 20, 2023
July 20, 1949 — Syria, Israel Sign Armistice
Israel signs an armistice with Syria, the last of four Arab nations to sign such agreements at the end of the War of Independence. Israel signed agreements with Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan before opening negotiations...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his speech to a joint session of Congress, Israeli President Isaac Herzog made sure to repeatedly laud the warm ties between the United States and Israel. And he got the response Israeli leaders have traditionally received from...
(JTA) — Moroccan King Mohammed VI invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Morocco days after Israel recognized the country’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara.
“The invitation was sent in a warm, personal letter in which...
