For the first time in its 107-year-old history, a team representing the State of Israel is dressed in blue-and-white jerseys and participating in the 21-stage Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
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Diplomacy Marches on its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare for UAE Delegation
Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing from Tel Aviv aboard an El Al Boeing 737 aircraft and in an unprecedented occurrence flying over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first-ever visit towards normalization between Israel and the UAE.
A Bumpy Approach to Start of School Year in Israel on Sept. 1

Illustration of Israeli students wearing protective face masks, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, in a school in Tel Aviv. AUgust 23, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/FLASH90
Teachers taking on new subjects, students going part-time, parents concerned with space and schedules—like other countries, kinks in the system due to the ongoing coronavirus are starting to show.
Group of 700-Plus Individuals from India Slated to make Aliyah

From left: First Pvt. Ayala Tova Hangshing; Minister of Aliyah and Absorption Penina Tamanu-Shata; Shavei Israel’s Coordinator for Bnei Menashe Tzvi Khaute; and Shavei Israel’s chairman and founder Michael Freund. Credit: Courtesy Shavei Israel.
The Bnei Menashe have continued to practice Judaism just as their ancestors did, including observing the Sabbath, keeping kosher, celebrating the festivals and following the laws of family purity.
Israel’s Coronavirus Coordinator Lays Out Plans to Combat Next Phase of Virus

Israeli Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
According to Israel’s coronavirus Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu, his main goal right now is to combat and contain the virus “without implementing a full lockdown on the country.” “I am not sure we will succeed, but I am trying,” he said.
15 Years after Disengagement from Gaza, Area Still Mired Violence
With Government Approval, Israel’s Gap-Year Programs Set to Reopen with Challenges Ahead
Outgoing UN Ambassador Danny Danon says World is Gradually Changing its Perspective on Israel

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon during a visit of U.N. Secretary General António Guterres at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Aug. 28, 2017. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
After five years in the halls of the United Nations and with an eye towards the future, he tells JNS: “I found out that at the United Nations, you have hostility towards Israel. There is a double standard, but you can create change.”
Jerusalem Highway Construction Aims to Modernize Traffic Flow around Historic City
Legal Battle over Eastern Jerusalem Property Highlights Attempts by EU to Undermine Israeli Sovereignty

Amal Sumarin, her sons and their attorney arrives for a court hearing regarding the JNF-KKL appeal to evict them from their family home at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 30, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
After a 30-year legal battle, a Jerusalem court has ruled that the Sumarin family must vacate a property located in eastern Jerusalem and return it to its rightful owners. The family has been supported by some 30 left-wing organizations with many funded by the European Union.