Israel-based aviation company Eviation Aircraft Ltd. unveiled a fully-electric passenger plane at the Paris Air Show taking place this week. Named Alice, the plane can fly up to 1,000 kilometers at a speed of 440 kilometers per hour on a single charge, according to the company.
The Shin Bet revealed an attempt by Iranian intelligence to set up an espionage infrastructure in Israel and arrested Taar Shafoot, a Jordanian citizen born in Hebron.
Jewish Communities in the West Bank found themselves without water Wednesday, after their main water line was sabotaged in the Hebron Hills.
Immigration New Zealand, an official government website, published a fact sheet with a map of the Middle East that showed a “Palestine,” but not Israel.
Israeli security forces recently recovered Torah scrolls stolen from a synagogue in central Israel and hidden in a barn inside a Palestinian Authority village.
A yeshiva in Sderot, Israel, suffered a direct hit from a rocket launched from Gaza. No injuries were reported, despite significant damage to the building.
Sirens were sounded on Wednesday night, shortly after midnight, in the Eshkol Regional Council of southern Israel. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed that one rocket that was fired from Gaza into Israeli territory was intercepted by the Iron Dome.
Moldova’s government announced on Tuesday that it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The announcement followed fallout from a constitutional crisis and power struggle that ended last week with a constitutional court’s suspension of the country’s elected president, Igor Dodon.
Two girls, ages four and seven, were killed in a car crash Thursday, which occurred on the Arava road, Route 90, near Ein Yahav. The victims of a fatal accident in southern Israel have been identified as new immigrants, who moved from France to Israel three months ago.
Baruch Dayan HaEmmes: Nechama Rivlin, the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, was Niftar on Tuesday morning at the age of 73, on the eve of her 74th birthday.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pushed back against comments made by coalition allies over the weekend regarding the role of religious law in the State of Israel, saying that the country would not become a theocracy.
Two projectiles were launched Saturday from Syria towards Mount Hermon, the IDF reported. The IDF retaiated by attacking a munitions site in Alken, Syria in South West Damascus.
A man was very seriously wounded in a stabbing attack on Friday morning in an area in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem. The man was stabbed in his upper body and Magen David Adom paramedics are making efforts to save his life. A short time later, reports were received about an 18-year-old who was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in the vicinity of the Hurva Synagogue.
The IDF, in an effort led by the Northern Command and the 91st Division, completed the destruction of an attack tunnel that was dug by the Hezbollah terror organization, crossing into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The attack tunnel was dug from the Shi’ite village of Ramiyeh and was exposed by the IDF last January as part of Operation “Northern Shield”.
The 21st Knesset has been dissolved, less than a month after it was sworn in. The Knesset approved the Knesset Dispersion Law on Wednesday evening by a majority of 74 to 45.
Russia on Tuesday rejected the US peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the upcoming economic conference in Bahrain is an attempt by the US “to substitute the genuine peace process with imposed economic incentives.”
The special committee discussing the dissolution of the Knesset determined on Monday evening that the elections for the 22nd Knesset will take place on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
