Please note that our offices will be closed on June 12 for the Shavuot (Pentecost) holiday. We will resume normal operations, including news, on Thursday, June 13. Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | The rhythm of life in the Land of Promise is governed by a cycle of annual holidays—days set aside in the 12-month Israeli calendar to celebrate what Leviticus
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | The United Nations Security Council [UNSC] on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution aimed at reaching a three-phase cease-fire deal to end the Israel–Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The resolution was passed by 14 of the 15 permanent Security Council members, with Russia abstaining. Moscow claimed that the parameters of
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday night amid the Biden administration’s efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza and avoid a wider war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Shortly after touching down at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport, Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the Prime
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 11 June 2024 | In celebration of the Jewish festival of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), the aliyah [immigration to Israel] and Integration Ministry announced Monday that, over the past decade, 602 women named Ruth or Naomi have immigrated to Israel, drawing a connection to the biblical story of Ruth the Moabite and her mother-in-law
Continue Reading »Monday, 10 June 2024 | Israel will rename Saturday’s hostage rescue operation after Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, a member of the Israel Border Police’s “Yamam” National Counter-Terrorism Unit who was mortally wounded during the mission. Zamora, 36, from Sde David, a moshav [agricultural community] in southern Israel, leaves behind a wife, Michal, and two children.
Continue Reading »Monday, 10 June 2024 | War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday night announced his National Unity Party’s departure from the government set up in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 massacre and the ensuing Gaza war. Speaking at a press conference in Ramat Gan, Gantz said, “It was an easy decision to enter the
Continue Reading »Monday, 10 June 2024 | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Josep Borrell, on Saturday night condemned Israel for the attacks on Nuseirat in central Gaza, which took place while the four hostages were rescued from Hamas captivity. Borrell welcomed the release of Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv and Andrey
Continue Reading »Monday, 10 June 2024 | Likud Party lawmaker Danny Danon is slated to return to New York this summer as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations [UN], four years after leaving the diplomatic post to involve himself in domestic politics. Danon will replace Gilad Erdan, who took over in 2020 but has decided to wrap up
Continue Reading »Friday, 7 June 2024 | The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] disclosed the identities of nine terrorists eliminated early Thursday at a UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees] school in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. This revelation follows international criticism after Palestinian claims suggested 45 civilians were killed in
Continue Reading »Friday, 7 June 2024 | Madrid announced on Thursday it will apply to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice [ICJ]. “We take the decision because of the ongoing military operation in Gaza,” said Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares. “We want peace to return to Gaza and the
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