A new poll taken after Israel’s attorney general announced that he will indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges shows that Netanyahu would not be able to form a right-wing government if elections were held today, and that 68 percent of the Israeli public wants him to resign now or after he is formally indicted.
Low-cost airline EasyJet recently announced it is launching a new, thrice-weekly direct flight route from Tel Aviv to Nantes, the sixth largest city in France, starting in April.
The iconic tefillin stand run by Chabad of Chevron at Me’oras Hamachpeila disappeared briefly Monday evening, following a disagreement with the vaad running the location.
IDF paratrooper Joseph Brikman, a Crown Heightser who overcame personal hardships to join the IDF and now helps haredi youths connect with the IDF, wrote a Facebook post discussing the recent ceremony during which he received his red beret.
The Chabad connection behind Israels’ recent Lunar launch goes back to Soviet times, and trails through a Chabad family. The story ends with a mathematical engineer, who is now guiding the lander as it travels through space on its’ 8 week flight.
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, a Chabad rabbi, served as rabbi and colonel in the US Army. Now his grandson, Joesph Brikman from crown Heights serves as religious paratrooper in the IDF’s Chetz brigade.
Watch Live at 8:45pm as Israels’ SpaceIL moon lander launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch is the beginning for the moon lander named “Beresheet,” which will spend 8 weeks maneuvering in space before landing on the moon.
Scheduled for launch tonight, Israel’s “Beresheet” moon lander has a long and perilous flight to the moon. Watch the flight plan, and marvel at how complex space travel can be.
Israel‘s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is set to blastoff from Florida on Thursday in the first privately-funded lunar mission, as the Jewish state seeks to become only the fourth nation to reach the surface of Earth’s natural satellite.
A delegation of the heads of the the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, led by Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, Rabbi of central Tel Aviv, Rabbi Avraham Schreiber, rabbi of the Shavei Shomron settlement, and Rabbi and Yirmiya Cohen, a Chief Rabbinical Justice in Europe and Jerusalem, met yesterday with Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Susanne Vassum-Rainer.
The IDF soldier who was injured by a bomb thrown by Arab rioters in the Gaza Strip Sunday has been identified as Yoadd Zaguri, an American immigrant and lone soldier. Hundreds of Arab rioters gathered on the Gaza-Israel border Sunday evening, hurling rocks and explosive devices at Israeli soldiers while rolling burning tires at the security fence. An explosive device thrown at a group of soldiers exploded near Zaguri, injuring him.
Syrian report claim at least two Iranian Revolutionary Guard members have been killed and others injured after Israel hits targets near border. Israel has refused to comment on the alleged strikes.
Two women killed in a massive traffic accident involving a bus that was en route to Jerusalem have been identified as sisters from the haredi city of Modiin Illit. The accident was a mishap involving a second vehicle, and not terror related.
An Arab from Hevron was arrested for last week’s brutal murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher. The suspect was caught in a mosque in Al-Bireh, an Arab village adjoining Ramallah. Authorities pinpointed his location following forensic evidence collected at the scene by police and the Shin Bet security service.
Hundreds gathered at the Tekoa cemetery in the eastern Gush Etzion area south of Jerusalem to pay their respects to Ori Ansbacher, whose remains were found in the Ein Yael area next to the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem Thursday night.
The body of a 19-year-old girl was found Thursday evening in a forested area of Ein Yael, near the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem. The woman had been reported missing Thursday afternoon, and was found with stab wounds on her body.
A revolutionary campaign under the title ‘Mezuzah Week in Tel Aviv’ has recently been launched by the Central Chabad of Tel Aviv, where residents will be able to check the Mezuzot of their homes free of charge and purchase kosher mezuzahs.
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