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Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:33:59 GMTCoronavirus in Israel: LGBT-phobic incidents spike to 1 every 3 hours in 2020
"LGBTQphobia does not disappear or diminish, but takes on a different form and adapts itself to the new reality to which we have become accustomed in the past year."
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:27:07 GMT2,000-year-old Western Wall stones get cared for ahead of Passover
Among routine restoration works, limestone-based grout is injected into fissures to repair cracks.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:36:47 GMTNetanyahu waving old and new flags in Eilat
"Many eyes are raised today to the ink flag, which symbolizes the brave spirit of those who freed Eilat 72 years ago," the prime minister said.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:26:37 GMTIsraeli Air Force officer, 105 years old, promoted to Colonel
The IDF said in a statement that Alex Ziloni has given “many decades of dedication to the State of Israel.”
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:22:00 GMTCoronavirus: Haredi, Arab cities had high unemployment during lockdown
The resort city of Eilat suffered from the highest unemployment rates in Israel during the third lockdown.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:11:43 GMTColel Chabad combats COVID-induced food insecurity for families
Some 200,000 Israeli families will be assisted through this program, which will include cards with which to purchase food, in addition to food boxes.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:03:18 GMTMagen David Adom has sampled over 4.1 million people in Israel
The medical service has worked in coordination with healthcare providers, the Health Ministry and the IDF's Home Front Command.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:29:52 GMTIs it true that a third of Israel's children are poor?
"The poverty index does not measure poverty, it harms the real poor."
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:46:27 GMTIsraeli Silicon Valley entrepreneur donates $25m. to BGU
The gift will be used for the new Guzik Cultural Center, a multi-use complex on the north campus of the university.
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:38:53 GMTFamed Israeli singer Eyal Golan's father passes away from COVID-19
Maya Golan, sister of Eyal, wrote on Instagram regarding the death of his father, saying "Baruch Dayan Ha'amet."
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:53:12 GMTShlomo Hillel, who spearheaded mass aliya of Iraqi Jews, dies at 97
Hillel, who was born in Baghdad, executed at least four undercover operations in the pre-and post-state years in various guises.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:51:34 GMTOsnat Ben Shitrit, 32, and her fetus die of COVID-19
“What will I do without you,” her husband said at her funeral on Sunday. She leaves behind four children.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:37:20 GMTAs Israel's malls reopen, excitement to go back to normal
As of about 10:30 a.m., shoppers were starting to fill Jerusalem's Hadar Mall, and some of the more popular stores already had lines to get in.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:58:23 GMTDamage to Israeli marine environment from tar spill extreme, experts say
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Environmental Minister Gamliel visit the area, vow to find those who are responsible for the disaster.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:53:37 GMTSophia Loren honored at Sam Spiegel Film School ceremony in Jerusalem
Sophia Loren honored at Sam Spiegel Film School graduation ceremony in Jerusalem by Hannah Brown
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:28:52 GMTIndependent cities forum defies COVID restrictions, to open grades 7-10
The forum published an outline for reopening schools two weeks before the Health Ministry's reopening guidelines stipulate.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:28:24 GMTWhy is Israel engaging in new construction at the Dimona nuclear site?
Hezbollah, Iran and Hamas have all at different times explicitly or implicitly made it known that in a larger conflict they might try to target Dimona.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:18:11 GMTAmos Oz’s daughter accuses him of severe abuse in new memoir
The violence continued until his death in 2018, she wrote.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:42:24 GMTIs Netanyahu offering COVID-19 vaccines in exchange for normalization?
Israel may send vaccines to a country it does not have official ties with.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:37:56 GMTLabor candidate struggles to enter Israel from US
Former MK Nachman Shai has been teaching at Duke.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:22:50 GMTRabbi Druckman, senior rabbis endorse Smotrich and Ben-Gvir
Mainstream Rabbi Druckman backs Religious Zionist Party, a union of the hardline National Union and ultra-nationalist, Kahanist Otzma Yehudit, but excludes the religious-Zionist party Bayit Yehudi
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:17:06 GMTIsraeli judokas capture 4 medals at Tel Aviv Grand Slam
Nelson Levy, Cohen, Butbol, Paltchik shine • Muki, Sasson brush off defeats • Iranian Mollaei snags silver.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:40:47 GMTCoronavirus: Israir to start ‘green flights’ on Tel Aviv-Eilat route
Starting from Tuesday, Israir will organize a flight a day reserved to those who are entitled to the green passport.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:39:21 GMTIsrael to link Leviathan gas field to Egyptian LNG plants, says Steinitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ahead of his meeting with Molla that Israel and Egypt have become an “energy hub.”
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:34:43 GMTState seeks plea bargain with allegedly insane would-be killer
Risha is accused of stabbing Lebel on Israel Remembrance Day next to the G Mall in Kfar Saba.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:31:52 GMTCourt: Halls don't have to return deposits for canceled corona weddings
Nearly a year after the coronavirus first began upending regular life, the court finally ruled that the law will not apply for agreements that were signed after March 12, 2020.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:01:25 GMTThe perfumes of Arabia: The Bible Lands Museum reopens
Yemen, one of the furthest lands described in the bible and associated with the legendary Queen of Sheba, is at the focus of an exhibition now reopened to the public.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:53:35 GMTAre UAE-supplied vaccines intended to prop up Abbas rival?
Egypt and Jordan have reportedly pressured Abbas to end his dispute with Dahlan and form a unified Fatah list to prevent Hamas from wining the parliamentary election.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:51:58 GMTWildlife Hospital cleans, treats animals after ecological disaster - Watch
The cleaning of the tar is done using special oils. It is a lengthy process that requires patience and an especially gentle hand.
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 16:27:29 GMTTeenager indicted for raping 10-year-old girl during burglary
The indictment details that after breaking into the room where the girl and her younger siblings were sleeping, the young man laid next to her and began licking and biting her face.