Israeli News in English

Netanyahu: ‘Israel is irreplaceable power in the region’

"Israel is the one indigenous force in the Middle East that prevents the collapse of the Middle East," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry at a press conference on July 23.

Israeli right-wing leaders meet to discuss unity deemed critical for election success

Ayelet Shaked and Rafi Peretz held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss unifying the right-wing parties ahead of the elections.

US energy secretary Rick Perry signs cooperation deal in Israel

'The shared energy and technology goals of our countries remain a priority for the United States,' Rick Perry tweeted.

DAILY RECAP: Arab Bloggers Visit Yad Vashem; Israeli Police Shoot Terrorist; Ahmadinejad: I’m Not An Anti-Semite; More Top News

Here is a recap of the top Israel news stories on July 23, 2019.

Mossad attends job fair for ultra-Orthodox sector

For the first time, Israel's national intelligence agency attended a job fair aimed at the haredi sector.

New York Times Morgenthau obituary oddly omits his Jewish identity

The New York Times may, strangely, not wish to remember any of Morgenthau's history, but plenty of Jewish Americans and New Yorkers do

Member of the excavating team holding one of the inscription remnants from the Vilnius synagogue .

Hebrew inscriptions excavated at Great Synagogue in Vilnius

Among the finds recovered during the excavation was a prayer book that survived the Holocaust.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad rebrands: I’m not an anti-Semite

Iran's ex-president Ahmadinejad is working to change his public persona from tyrant to advocate for global freedom.

A speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran rejects international coalition to secure shipping in Gulf

'The enemies must enter negotiations and logical dialogue without imposing pressure,' says Iran's first vice president.

WATCH: Iranian model’s escape to freedom

Iranian model Neggzia had it all but had to flee harsh punishment for modeling attire that was too revealing for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Boris Johnson, self-described ‘passionate Zionist,’ to become British leader

Boris Johnson defeated Jeremy Hunt in a Conservative party vote for premier to replace Theresa May.

‘Israel is a dreamland,’ says visiting Arab journalist

'If only we would be able to bring hundreds of people from our countries so that when they go back, they can tell what they saw and felt.'

WATCH: Israeli terror fighting school shows off its talent

Israel put on a show at its school for fighting terror on Monday. The school teaches sniping and other special skills.

Houthis’ military capability reportedly growing more sophisticated

'In June alone, the Iran-aligned Shiite Huthis launched at least 20 missile and drone attacks' against Saudi Arabia, reports AFP.

speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Did Iran use Russian GPS spy tech to lure British tanker into its waters?

A global ship tracking intelligence service showed how the tanker 'took a dramatic turn to the north while passing through the Strait of Hormuz,' writes The Mail Online.

Trump says chances for deal with Iran vanishing

"It’s getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran," Trump said on Monday.

Israeli police shoot Arab terrorist who attacks with knife

Israeli police were forced to shoot an Arab man who lunged at them with a knife.

Losing a Child to the BDS Movement

The BDS movement and those who support it will not destroy Israel. BDS does, however, destroy vital interpersonal relationships.

WATCH: 9 story building goes boom as Israel detonates largest Illegal Palestinian structure

Gilad Erdan, Israel's Minister of Public Security, Strategic Affairs and Information, posted a tweet on Monday showing the detonation of the largest of the illegal Arab buildings in Jerusalem which was destroyed after Israel's Supreme Court gave the go-ahead.

Trump: Iran is a ‘total mess,’ ‘zero truth’ to spy claims

After Iran announced it arrested 17 Iranians allegedly recruited by the CIA, President Trump and other U.S. officials expressed serious doubts about the veracity of these claims.

WATCH: Palestinians spit on, attack Saudi journalist near Temple Mount

Palestinians threw chairs at Mohammed Saud, a Saudi blogger visiting Israel, cursing and spitting on him as he left the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Iran condemns ‘CIA plotters’ to death

'It’s part of the nature of the ayatollah to lie to the world,' Pompeo said, adding that he would take their statements 'with a significant grain of salt.'

Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn apologizes for ‘hurt’ caused to British Jews, launches website on anti-Semitism

The U.K.'s Labour Party launched an educational website on anti-Semitism, along with an apology video from leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Israeli startup paves way to Alzheimer’s cure, one algorithm at a time

Israeli scientist Shahar Barbash is making waves in the pharmaceutical world with a new approach that has chemistry Nobel laureate Michael Levitt on board.

WATCH: Artists4Israel beautifies nation’s bomb shelters

Artists4Israel Collective has brought artists from around the world to paint on an unusual surface, Israel's bomb shelters.

Israel’s under-20 basketball team wins back-to-back European championships

Israel repeated its European Championship victory in under-20 basketball.

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – July 22, 2019

Here is a recap of the top Israel news stories on July 22, 2019.

Israel only half implements law against PA funding terrorists

The amounts paid to live terrorists are being withheld, but not the NIS 700 million given to the families of dead terrorists.

Turkey warns it will retaliate if US imposes sanctions over S-400s

Turkey's foreign minister said his country would take action against the U.S. in the event of sanctions.

Opinion: Time for Europe to get over ‘worst deal ever’

Europe's insistence on sticking with the Iran nuclear deal rather than backing Washington could ultimately prove self-defeating.

Trump peace team returning to Mideast

Jared Kushner and Jason Greeblatt, among others, will visit Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and three Gulf countries in a follow-up to the Bahrain economic summit.

Iran may be moving weapons to Syria and Lebanon by sea

Israeli observers say Iran is attempting to supply weapons to its allies Hezbollah and Syria by sea.

WATCH: IDF soldier’s murderer handed life imprisonment

IDF soldier Ronen Lubarsky was killed during an operation last May. His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday.

Iranian soldiers shoot Netanyahu, Trump target faces in military exercises

Iran has taken to using target faces with pictures of Netanyahu and Trump for their training exercises.

Israel demolishing Palestinian structures in eastern Jerusalem considered security risk

Israel is pulling down 13 structures in eastern Jerusalem built close to the separation barrier.

Ayelet Shaked appointed party leader, seeks united right-wing bloc

The former justice minister announced at a press conferences Sunday she will serve as chairwoman of the New Right party, with ally Naftali Bennett stepping aside to make way for her leadership.

Omar and Tlaib’s coming Israel visit underscores need for better tools to combat BDS

Opinion: Israel's current method of countering visits by BDS supporters is ineffective.

‘Slaughter the Jews’ written in Arabic on ‘Little Western Wall’

Arabs desecrate the 'little Western Wall' on Saturday.

Raising a Torah scroll as part of prayers for the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz at the Western Wall

Jews fast, begin mourning period for Temple’s destruction

The annual three-week mourning period concludes with another fast on the ninth day of the month of Av, when the destruction itself is mourned.

UN may be biased, but it has a weakness for Israeli products

For the UN to choose Israeli innovation 'is a demonstrable vote of confidence in our capabilities and an economic lever for the local industry,' said Danon.

Opinion: Key aspect of Trump proposal would endanger Israel

A corridor linking Gaza to the PA-run area would physically connect and significantly strengthen two hostile anti-Israel regimes.

Left-wing Jewish group baits 2020 Democratic candidates to condemn ‘occupation’

The group has approached several leading Democrats to voice support against a term that has often been used by anti-Israel groups in the attempt to delegitimize Israel.

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – July 21, 2019

Here is a recap of the top Israel news stories on July 21, 2019.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee praises Jewish state, blasts PA during Israel trip

U.S. politician Mike Huckabee commented on the situation in Israel during his trip to the country last week.

Attacker gets 30 months for beating victim he thought was Jewish

The assailant yelled 'I want to kill all of the Jews,' as he viciously beat someone he thought was Jewish.

‘J’accuse — The New Yorker is trying to silence me,’ says Dershowitz

Since David Remnick took over as editor, left-wing politics have trumped non-partisan literature, Dershowitz writes.

Ayelet Shaked poised to lead right-wing alliance, reports say

Ayelet Shaked, a favorite to lead voters to the right of the Likud, will make an announcement regarding her election plans on Sunday evening.

Survey: 40% of young European Jews targets of anti-Semitism in past year

Almost half of European Jews between the ages of 16 and 34 have considered emigrating because they don't feel safe.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WATCH: ‘I love Ilhan Omar…and so should you’

If you want US President Donald Trump to win the next election, you should really love Ilhan Omar. Youtube personality Paul Joseph Watson explains why.

WATCH: Trump – Iran nothing but trouble

President Donald Trump told reporters on July 19 on the White House South Lawn that "Iran is nothing but trouble."

WATCH: Hezbollah deploying forces along Israel’s borders as Gulf heats up

Hezbollah told The Daily Beast that it plans to strike Israel first if the U.S. acts against its sponsor, Iran.

Britain mulls sending nuclear sub to Gulf after Iran swipes tanker

British foreign secretary says he will announce measures after Iran seized two British oil tankers.

Qatar’s cash injections to Hamas now done secretly, report says

Israel wants the cash delivered quietly so as not to arouse public disapproval, Gaza sources say.

First-of-its-kind high-tech hub opening in Judea and Samaria

The center, called “BinyaminTech,” will host entrepreneurs and a variety of high-tech startups.

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

Von Stauffenberg tried to kill Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944, during a meeting at his headquarters in what was then East Prussia.

Israel Police watching over Jews on the Temple Mount

Most religious Zionists support freedom of religion on Temple Mount

81.9 percent of those asked favored handing over the Waqf from Jordanian control to Israeli authority.

UK calls Iran’s seizure of ship a ‘hostile act’; Iran releases video of capture

Britain denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a 'hostile act' on Saturday, rejecting Tehran’s explanation that it had seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.