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Trump backers launch effort to gain votes in Israel

There are currently approximately 350,000 people in Israel who hold the right to vote in the US presidential election and the Trump campaign is wasting no time trying to gain their support.
August 16, 2016
Yarden Gerbi

Israel wins first medal in Rio

Israel’s Judoka Yarden Gerbi won a bronze medal in the under 63-kg Judo competition on Tuesday after beating her Japanese opponent Miku Tashiru, winning Israel its first Olympic medal in the 2016 Rio Games.
August 10, 2016
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Several injured in drone crash

Several Israelis were lightly injured on Tuesday when an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed into an empty building in Wadi Ara, in northern Israel, and started a fire.
August 9, 2016
Tel Aviv police

Suspect shot by police during drug raid

A man was shot dead in south Tel Aviv Wednesday night by policemen after he pulled a gun as a police unit attempted to arrest him during a drug bust.
July 28, 2016
Border Golan Syria

Israel transfers aid to Syria for the first time

After treating thousands of wounded Syrians during the course of the last five years in its medical facilities, Israel is now transferring aid for use by Syrian rebel forces and civilians.
July 28, 2016
Netanyahu

Netanyahu urges Israeli Arabs to take active role in society

In a video produced in English and Hebrew, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for his pre-election remark that Arabs were going to the voting booths 'in droves,' saying he was misunderstood, and now asked Arabs to integrate into Israeli society 'in droves.'
July 27, 2016
Manali resort India

Israeli woman raped in India

A 25-year-old Israeli woman says she was raped by two Indian men after hitching a ride on a trek in the Himalayas near the popular northern Indian resort town of Manali.
July 25, 2016
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Tel Aviv school educators arrested on abuse charges

An extensive investigation spanning a number of years and numerous individuals, has finally resulted in the arrest of five teachers and a principal from Tel Aviv on multiple charges of alleged sexual assault and abuse.
July 25, 2016
Jonathan Pollard

Pollard seeks eased parole terms

A US judge said she was unlikely to grant Pollard's request that she direct the US Parole Commission to eliminate some parole restrictions, including monitoring of work computers and his whereabouts, along with a curfew.
July 24, 2016
MFA Director General Dore Gold

Top Israeli official meets with president of Chad

In its continued effort to pivot away from Europe where anti-Semitism dominates, Israel has been working to strengthen and even re-establish ties with numerous countries on the African continent - including some that are Muslim.
July 24, 2016
Dore Gold

Israel renews diplomatic ties with Muslim African nation

In a groundbreaking move and furthering its efforts to cement relationships with African countries, Israel renewed its ties, after a 49 year hiatus, with the Republic of Guinea, a predominantly Muslim country in West Africa.
July 21, 2016
Hanin Zoabi

Israel approves bill enabling ousting of inciting lawmakers

Lawmakers drafted the bill after three Arab fellow members of Israel's parliament visited the families of Palestinian terrorists who had attacked and murdered Israelis, and after several of them voiced support for Hezbollah.
July 20, 2016
Danny Danon

Israel demands world act against Iran’s missile program

Responding to Iran's latest missile launch, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said that the test proves that Iran continues to act in defiance of the Security Council, and chastised the international community for burying its head in the sand.
July 19, 2016
David Govrin

Israel sends new ambassador to Egypt

Israel has appointed David Govrin as its new ambassador to Egypt, and he has arrived in Cairo on Sunday to begin his diplomatic mission, replacing Haim Koren, who has served as Israel’s ambassador for the past two years.
July 18, 2016
Israeli start up

Israeli startups raise $1.7B in 2nd quarter of 2016

Israeli start-ups raised $1.7 billion in the second quarter of 2016, which is more than half of the financing raised in the first quarter, according to an IVC Research Center and KPMG report released on Wednesday.
July 14, 2016
Cameroon aid

Israel sends emergency aid to Cameroon

Israel has sent emergency aid to Cameroon to help it combat the outbreak of avian influenza which has spread swiftly throughout the country, paralyzing the poultry industry, jeopardizing the livelihood of many and causing great harm to the economy.
July 14, 2016
New cars Gaza

Israel enables entry of new cars into Gaza

Although Hamas is known to confiscate goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel in order to use them for terrorism purposes, Israel has recently been working to ease the restrictions, this time deciding to allow new cars in.
July 13, 2016
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayraul

Israel furious after French FM meets with Hezbollah

While even most Arab countries recognize Hezbollah in its entirety as a terror organization, the European Union only lists its military wing on its terrorist blacklist, enabling French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault to meet with Hezbollah politicians.
July 13, 2016
State Department Spokesman John Kirby

US opposes new Israeli NGO transparency bill

In what appears to be a gross misunderstanding or misrepresentation of a new Israeli bill requiring transparency by NGOs receiving foreign funds, the Obama administration has voiced 'concern' the legislation will erode Israel's democracy.
July 13, 2016