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The people are arriving cold and exhausted after trudging by foot from war-torn Ukraine across the border into Poland, said Dr. Dorit Nitzan, who left for Poland last week with a delegation of physicians, nurses and social workers through the NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief organization.
“The needs are immense and we are doing our best in a…
Two policemen were lightly to moderately wounded on Sunday during a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, Israel Police said.
The suspected attacker, 19, from East Jerusalem, was shot dead.
The attack took place at the Bab Huta Gate in the Muslim Quarter at around 4:30 am.
The suspect approached police officers stationed at the gate, pulled…
Defense Minister Benny Gantz attempted to divert part of the world’s attention from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to what he said was another threat to world peace, seeking to rally the international community against Iran amid speculation that a new pact over its nuclear program may be in the offing.
Gantz called in a Monday Facebook post for…
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced that it downed several Iranian drones heading for the Gaza Strip last year.
Two aircraft were intercepted by F-35 jets far from Israel’s borders in March 2021, the IDF said in a statement. According to Channel 12 news, a third drone was downed using electronic warfare means.
“The interception of…
Most of the harried travelers arrived at the airport in Iasi, Romania on Thursday after days of traveling with only one or two suitcases — an entire lifetime of possessions and memories distilled into a couple of bags.
They had come from numerous cities, towns and villages across Ukraine — fleeing the Russian invasion of their country.
When…
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from 18 countries co-signed a letter calling for the reduction of funding to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) if the latter continues to refuse to change its educational material that includes anti-Semitic incitement to violence and the demonization of Israel.
The letter sent to European Commission…
Avi Zinger was so upset after Ben & Jerry’s pulled the rug out from under him that he never picked up the phone to speak with them. Instead, he’s taking them, and their parent company Unilever, to a U.S. district court.
The longtime Israeli manufacturer and distributor of the Vermont-based ice cream company’s products wants his license…
Iran is the biggest threat to regional security, and the US will do everything possible to prevent it from securing nuclear weapons, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie tells Israel Hayom in a special interview during a farewell visit before stepping down as head of CENTCOM, which Israel joined last year after being reassigned from the US European Command…
Israel’s Border Crossings, Population and Immigration Administration reported Friday that 1,408 foreigners with Ukrainian passports have arrived in the Jewish state since the Russian invasion began last week.
The authority said 79 of them were refused entry.
Ukraine has about 43,300 people who identify as Jewish and about 200,000 who are…
Israel and Germany announced new strategic cooperation that is being hailed as a significant upgrade in relations amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the two leaders “have agreed on the creation of a new…
As the world is shaken by Russia’s war on Ukraine’s sovereignty, the battle for the future of the Middle Eastern order continues. Israel’s critical operational interests in Syria have remained unchanged, but there is no guarantee that the conditions in the northern arena will not change following the war in Europe.
Since Russia agreed to enter…
Israeli law enforcement arrested on Thursday a suspect in the stabbing incidents that took place in the Palestinian village of Hizma near Jerusalem the day before.
The suspect, a man in his 20s, was arrested by undercover operatives and Border Police officers in cooperation with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the IDF.
He is…
Israel is preparing to set up a field hospital to help wounded Ukrainians, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said on Thursday.
“It will be operated by civilians; preparations are underway in the Health Ministry,” Horowitz told Kan Bet. “There are many volunteers, medical professionals and medics who want to go.”
The field hospital will be…
The West is missing a critical component of the story when it comes to the persecution of Middle East Christians, said Farhad Rezaei, a visiting lecturer at Toronto-based York University, during a Zoom presentation on Feb. 22. And that missing element is Iran.
In the presentation — sponsored by The Philos Project, a Christian group advocating…
A Russian airstrike hit Kyiv’s main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, knocking out some state broadcasting but leaving the structure intact.
After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the interior ministry said equipment had been damaged and “channels won’t work for…
Israel will not be limited by an agreement between world powers and Iran at any time, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.
“The agreement does not obligate us, and the date in another two-and-a-half years, which allows Iran to install countless centrifuges, certainly doesn’t obligate us,” Bennett said in a speech at Mossad…
An Israeli medical team on Ukraine’s border with Moldova said tens of thousands of refugees are crossing over in need of medical and psychological support after harrowing journeys to safety.
The team, from the United Hatzalah emergency response organization, started treating people on the ground on Monday after arriving the night before.
The…
Saudi political analyst Ahmad Al-Rokban, the director-general of the media department at Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University, said in an interview that Iran is “the most dangerous country in this day and age.”
According to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Rokban told Iraqi Al-Ahd TV earlier this month that…
