by Marcy Oster | Apr 15, 2019 | International, Israel, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Beresheet 2 project will launch effective immediately, SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on April 13. In a statement posted on Facebook in both English and Hebrew, the South African born billionaire said: “We are going to actually put a new... read more
by Staff Report | Apr 11, 2019 | International, Israel, News
“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said April 11 after watching the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet’s unsuccessful lunar landing attempt from SpaceIL’s control center in the central Israeli city of... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Apr 10, 2019 | Elections, International, Israel, News, Politics
(JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu appears likely to win a fifth term as Israel’s prime minister as right-wing parties apparently have maintained their majority in the nationwide elections held April 9. With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party... read more
by Marcy Oster | Mar 25, 2019 | International, Israel, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A long-range rocket fired from Gaza scored a direct hit on a home in central Israel, injuring 7 including two infants. Following the early March 25 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as Defense Minister, announced that... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Mar 22, 2019 | International, Israel, News
(JTA) — President Donald Trump tweeted that the United States should recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic... read more
by Marcy Oster | Mar 18, 2019 | International, Israel, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli father of 12 shot during a terror attack in the West Bank died of his wounds. The death of Rabbi Achiad Ettinger of Eli on March 18 brings to two the number killed in the March 17 attack at the Ariel and Gitai junctions in the northern... read more
by Marcy Oster | Mar 13, 2019 | International, Israel, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A member of the Genesis Prize advisory board resigned in protest over the decision to move forward with plans to honor Robert Kraft with the “Jewish Nobel” despite the New England Patriots owner being charged with soliciting a prostitute. Rivka... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Mar 1, 2019 | International, Israel, News
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to court on corruption charges — he says he’s innocent. Netanyahu was indicted in three cases Feb. 28 pending a court hearing. It’s the first time in Israel’s history that a sitting prime minister faces... read more
by Marcy Oster | Feb 28, 2019 | International, Israel, News, Politics
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases, the first time a sitting prime minister will face criminal charges. Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced on... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Feb 27, 2019 | International, Israel, News
(JTA) — Israel is the 10th healthiest country in the world — 54 spots ahead of the United States. The Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, published Feb. 24, ranked 169 nations based on factors such as life expectancy and access to sanitation and medical care.... read more
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