The Knesset officially enacted a national day to celebrate Aliyah on Tuesday, with broad multi-partisan backing. The bill passed its first reading on March 30 with unanimous support and became law after its second and third readings. Yom HaAliyah will be marked on 7 Cheshvan (October-November), coinciding with the week of the Torah...

Five Israeli firefighting aircraft were deployed on Sunday and Monday to help the overwhelmed government of Cyprus extinguish a massive forest fire. “Last night I ordered that three of our firefighting aircraft, out of our fleet of 13 or 14, be sent to help them, and the planes are now in Cyprus,” Israeli...

An independent Iranian newspaper said it was shut down by authorities after criticizing the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The publication, Ghanoon, had run afoul of the IRGC for publishing an article critical of the force’s seizure of 10 U.S. Navy personnel in January, the Associated Press reported. The article compared a video showing the detained...

Israel’s all-girl rhythmic gymnastic team won its first-ever gold medal at the European Championships on Sunday. The team also earned a silver medal for its ribbons routine and a bronze in the overall competition, which this year took place in Holon, Israel. The gymnastic team from Belarus edged out the Israeli team in the...

The Dutch parliament passed a non-binding motion to end government funding for organizations that call for a boycott of Israel, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported Thursday. The motion was co-signed by three lawmakers, one of whom is a prominent member of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Netherlands’ largest party....

Ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to Sub-Saharan Africa next month, Ethiopia’s ambassador to Israel expressed support for the Jewish state and its expanding ties on the African continent, The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. Helawe Yosef Mengistu told the Post that African countries are turning to Israel for help in combating...

In the wake of a debunked claim last week that Israel had cut off water supplies to Palestinians in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Ministry claimed that a rabbi authorized Jews to poison wells belonging to Palestinians, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. In a statement, the PA’s Foreign Ministry cited a...

An Israeli minister is advocating for the construction of an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip in order to facilitate the import of goods to the territory, the Associated Press reported Monday. Yisrael Katz, Israel’s transportation minister and one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top deputies, told reporters that he...

Obama administration officials concluded that particles of uranium found at Iran’s Parchin military base and revealed in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report on the country’s past nuclear activities were likely tied to the regime’s nuclear weapons program, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Sunday. The admission further underscores concerns that the IAEA’s investigation...

The mother of a Palestinian who murdered two Israelis in the Old City of Jerusalem last October was photographed flashing a victory sign when revisiting the site of the deadly attack, Israel Hayom reported Thursday. Suhair Halabi has been outspoken in her support of her son Muhannad, a member of Palestinian...