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Ukrainian Refugees Burst into Applause Upon Arrival in Israel

Refugees from Ukraine touch down at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the early hours of March 8, 2022. Photo: Josh Hasten.

Refugees from Ukraine touch down at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the early hours of March 8, 2022. Photo: Josh Hasten.

IAȘI, ROMANIA—Daria Garn was exhausted. After five grueling days traveling from war-torn Kyiv, Ukraine, through Moldova with her two young sons, she had finally arrived at the Romania International Airport in Iași, where she was waiting to board a flight to Israel. As tears welled, Garn, 29, told JNS she was forced to leave her husband behind as he had been unable to secure the proper paperwork to join her. Following Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, most Ukrainian adult males have been forbidden to leave the country.

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Pence, Friedman Receive Honorary Doctorates at Ariel University

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at Ariel University for an awards ceremony on March 9, 2022. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at Ariel University for an awards ceremony on March 9, 2022. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were awarded honorary doctorates at Ariel University on Wednesday evening.

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Knesset Christian Allies Caucus Aims to Bridge Israel’s Political Divide

Christian community leaders from Israel and around the world attending a session on the Israeli Knesset as part of the Israel Allies Caucus. Credit: Josh Hasten.

Christian community leaders from Israel and around the world attending a session on the Israeli Knesset as part of the Israel Allies Caucus. Credit: Josh Hasten.

In working to strengthen the Israeli legislature’s ties with Israel’s Christian friends, the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus will simultaneously strive to transcend the polarization in Israeli politics, according to the caucus’ new co-chair, former Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud).

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Government Ending Talks to Move Ahead with E1 Corridor Construction East of Jerusalem

View of the Israeli flag and the area known as E1 on Jan. 2, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

View of the Israeli flag and the area known as E1 on Jan. 2, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have reportedly ordered the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria’s higher planning council to halt discussions on the authorization of construction to connect the city of Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem via the E1 corridor.

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FIFA Under Fire for Spate of Anti-Israel Incidents, Breaching Ethical Codes

FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Credit: Taljat David/Shutterstock.

FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Credit: Taljat David/Shutterstock.

The UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) volunteer organization sent a formal complaint to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) this past week, calling on them to take action towards eradicating discrimination in sport, following numerous anti-Israel incidents last month at an official FIFA event.

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With Uptick in Bedouin Crime, Calls Grow for Israeli Government to Take Back Control of South

View of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90

View of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90

Israel’s Sovereignty Movement, headed by Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover, organized a tour of the Negev Desert on Dec. 28 for journalists, think-tank professionals and influencers to get a glimpse into the lives of the 300,000 Bedouin who live in that region.

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10th Flag Football World Championships Touch Down in Israel (COVID Gets Intercepted)

Team Panama at the 10th Flag Football World Championship in Israel. Photo by Josh Hasten

Team Panama at the 10th Flag Football World Championship in Israel. Photo by Josh Hasten

Thirty-nine teams from 23 countries around the world gathered in Israel this week for the International Federation of American Football’s (IFAF) 10th Flag Football World Championship, hosted by the American Football in Israel (AFI) organization at the Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem.

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Israeli Startup Helps Businesses in Judea and Samaria Navigate Economic, Political Challenges

Ora Uziel, an artist from Samaria. Bikurim helped subsidize her e-commerce website. Credit: Bikurim.

Ora Uziel, an artist from Samaria. Bikurim helped subsidize her e-commerce website. Credit: Bikurim.

Lenny Goldberg, who immigrated to Israel back in the 1980s from New York, runs a small business out of his community of Tapuach in Samaria. Goldberg’s company, called “Luna-na,” caters to birthday parties, summer camps and other special events for children and adults alike throughout the country by providing a variety of inflatable bouncy castles and other similar entertainment play devices for his clients.

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