The Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, Israel. Photo courtesy of American Friends of Magen David Adom.
Situated more than 50 feet underground in a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility in the central Israeli city of Ramla is the Jewish state’s version of Fort Knox.
The Sands of Samar, a dune expanse in the Arava region of southern Israel, near Eilat, on August 30, 2019. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.
In the middle of Israel’s barren Arava, more than an hour’s drive from a major city, a diverse group of over 1,200 university students from Africa and Asia have gathered to learn the latest in agriculture technologies from local farmers.
On Aug. 6, 2017, Efrat residents Eitan and Leora Ashman and their four children were making their final preparations for a family vacation the next day. That night, Leora heard some rumblings from the kitchen downstairs. “I heard some chairs banging around, and I thought it was the dog,” she told JNS. Leora rushed to the kitchen, where she found Eitan on the floor, unconscious. Medical personnel were immediately called, and Eitan was rushed to the hospital.
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.
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.
A briefing by Matanya Shapira. Credit: Emanuel Maimon.
The Sovereignty Movement recently organized a tour of Judea and Samaria for public figures, journalists, social media influencers and others to explore the complexities and dichotomies of life in the region.
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).
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.
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.
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.
