Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Demolition of Ganey Tal settlement in Gush Katif, Gaza, during Israel’s disengagement, Aug. 22, 2005. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.
Three Israelis with direct ties to the move deconstruct lessons learned from the 2005 pullout when it comes to possible “land for peace” deals in Judea and Samaria.
Yeshivat HaKotel in the Old City of Jerusalem prepares ahead of the expected start of the fall 2020 semester. Credit: Courtesy.
In a typical year, more than 12,000 yeshivah and seminary students arrive from aboard annually to study individually and as part of programs around the country.
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.”
A rendition of a bridge along the route of the new “American Road.” Credit: Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation.
Dubbed “The American Road,” the new highway is being hailed as one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by Jerusalem in the last several years.
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.
This isn’t the first time that garbage has been an issue. Here, dumping outside the Palestinian village of Rammun, Dec. 8, 2014. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
“We find it implausible that the Palestinian Authority managed to hide thousands of trucks dumping garbage over the side of a cliff along a major highway for weeks on end,” said Regavim, which is pressing for cleanup and a resolution to the situation.