Before flying to India, foreign minister to meet US energy envoy Amos Hochstein in Jerusalem and talk by phone with Secretary of State Antony Blinken

5 people injured in Ukrainian capital, 3 civilians killed elsewhere; 21 Russian cities cancel military parades for Victory Day citing ‘security concerns’ or ‘current situation’

War monitor says Amman likely behind bombings that targeted home of Merhi Ramthan near its border and drug factory in southern province of Daraa

Crooning in 1968 from the peak of newly-captured Mt. Hermon, a soldier offers his love a kingdom dipped in a sea of gold

The European Union announced Monday that it has cancelled plans to mark Europe Day in Israel, after the Israeli government selected National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) to represent the Jewish state. In a statement released by the European Union”s mission to Israel, the EU said it would not “offer a platform” to someone

Yana Blum, the 25-year-old driver who was involved in the Independence Day traffic collision in which one-year-old Ma”ayan David Domnovitch was killed, has been transferred from Soroka Medical Center to the Ohalay Kedar detention facility to continue her remand. The Be’er Sheva Magistrate’s Court extended Blum’s detention until tomorrow (Tuesday), when she will receive another

Footage showing male passengers telling her the bus is only for them, driver suggests she takes another line; operating company says it will prevent repeat of incident

Report says national government and sports federation are working to convince Bali’s governor to reconsider boycott of Israelis, but he won’t budge

Terror organization says it will take action if Ahmad Sa’adat not returned to general quarters; move comes same day Shin Bet announces arrest of 6 group members for bomb plot

‘Real national calamity,’ president says after Hanan Abu Hait shot dead in suspected criminal feud; Knesset National Security Committee won’t meet as part of Otzma Yehudit boycott

Rachel Shwekey, the mother of the famous musicians Yaakov, Yosef Chaim, and Moshe Dovid Shwekey, passed away overnight at the age of 77. Recently, Mrs. Shwekey suffered from severe pneumonia, and her condition had recently deteriorated. She passed away late Sunday night in Miami, where she resided. A native of Poland, Mrs. Shwekey came from

Iranian judiciary’s website claims one of the accused confessed on social media to publishing the insults

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur explains underlying political resonance of Khan al-Ahmar petitions; religion reporter Canaan Lidor on Lag B’Omer

Former finance minister says negotiations serve Netanyahu’s efforts to pass budget, dent international opposition to his efforts to neuter the judiciary

Institutions offering access to exhibits, workshops and tours in an event timed to coincide with the school Lag B’Omer vacation

Kyiv’s ambassador to meet with minister Monday for talks on confab; First Lady Michal Herzog invites Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska to Jerusalem

With the onset of Lag BaOmer this week, the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization is preparing for a particularly “busy season” of weddings over the next several weeks. The organization”s teams of volunteer rabbis and bridal educators have no fewer than 365 weddings planned between mid-May and the end of June. On Lag BaOmer itself when the

United Hatzalah on Monday lauded the Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs” unanimous approval of the bill unifying emergency phone numbers and dispatch centers. The bill, which aims to create a single, unified phone number for medical emergencies was put forward in the previous Knesset by then Health Committee Chair MK Idit Silman, MK Moshe Gafni,

Gary Jacobs joins Steve Savitsky to discuss Jacobs’ experience in the key position and his current educational endeavors.

Tamar Weissman, a Torah scholar and sustainable farmer, discusses how the septennial commandment to leave the land fallow elevates one’s broader experience of Torah observance.

A botched bus bombing attack south of Jerusalem two months ago was the work of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group, Israel”s Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed Monday, adding that the plot was directed by operatives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. On Monday morning, Israel”s military censor cleared for

Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948 was not only the birth of a state — it was also the birth of Israeli radio.

Citing classified assessment and Israeli military official, Washington Post says Iranian proxies in Iraq are working with Quds Force to ferry arms across border, including drones

Security agency says 6 Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine members planned more attacks on Israeli targets; says they were directed by terror group leaders in Gaza, Lebanon

For several weeks now, children, teenagers, and adults in Israel have been gathering tree branches, logs, and wooden crates for their Lag B”Omer bonfires. They work like skilled engineers, erecting tepee-shaped towers that rise thirty-feet high into the sky. The heat of the blaze is so intense, I have to be careful that my beard

Lebanese operative known as Abu Ali said to ply poor Syrians with provisions to enlist them to gather intel for terror group, including man arrested by IDF troops in January

Envoys to meet, decide on response to ‘provocation’ of far-right minister’s appearance at bash; diplomat: ‘Israel forcing European countries to respond to a crisis no one wants’

Birthright Israel will welcome 12,658 enthusiastic participants from US and Canada for its upcoming summer session, running from mid-May until September. The program, which is a gift of a 10-day educational tour of Israel, will welcome an additional 3,058 participants from 24 other countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Australia, France, Russia, England, Italy, Hungary, Germany and

“&hellipWe float on the river of time Hold steady, hold steady The sea comes, calls the summer Forced out the cold Don”t follow the change of the tides Hold steady, hold steady Storm for hours and rainy days And all our lives we”re told The stream will take us home Sunrays touch the coastline Warm

In order to deny the Holocaust occurred, deniers use a myriad of strategies to convince the uninformed that the Germans did not murder six million Jews. One argument they advance, is that if the Holocaust actually happened, the information would have been extensively known during WWII. It would have been as well-known as D-Day, the

Man says he suffered a broken nose at the hands of officers after he was detained in van for taking sign from anti-overhaul protesters; force says he resisted lawful arrest

Lack of regulations or enforcement allows companies to fudge official reports and avoid paying for disposal, with goods still being smuggled to Palestinians for burning

Jordanian media sources are reporting that fighter jets, apparently Jordanian, attacked a purification plant near the town of Kharab al-Shaham, in the suburbs of Daraa in southern Syria, early Monday morning. According to Kan News, local activists reported on social media networks that the target of the attack was a purification plant containing a drug

The rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) has deepened, according to a report by Ma”ariv Monday morning, prompting the prime minister to attempt a rapprochement. “It is difficult to assess where this is heading,” officials cited by the report said. “There is currently a rift between the

The civil war that broke out recently in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur is endangering the Bnei Menashe community, necessitating their immediate rescue and resettlement in Israel, according to a Jewish group promoting immigration for crypto-Jews abroad. Michael Freund, the Founder and Chairman of the Jerusalem-based nonprofit organization Shavei Israel which works to facilitate

Officials say probe is in its early stages, but Mauricio Garcia appears to have expressed interest in white supremacist ideology

Police do not yet know whether the collision was intentional

Two oil tankers recently seized by Iran are anchored off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Sunday. The photos from Planet Labs PBC showed the Advantage Sweet and the Niovi being just south of Bandar Abbas

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to visit Israel in June and the planning of her trip is underway, i2NEWS reported on Sunday, citing officials who spoke to the Maariv newspaper. No official date for the visit has yet been set. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Italy in March and met Meloni, saying during

Most of the funds will go to yeshivas and teachers at Haredi educational institutions

US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met on Sunday night with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid long-standing tensions between the White House and the kingdom, The Associated Press reported, citing the state-run Saudi Press Agency. The state news report said only that the men reviewed “strategic relations” in a

The B’Tsalmo organization has sent a letter to the Knesset Ethics Committee requesting that it order the suspension of MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash-Ta”al) and hold back his salary after he supported a boycott of Israel. The complaint comes after Cassif last week met with members of the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Belgium and

Police said to suspect 24-year-old killed as part of feud between local crime families, as country’s murder rate skyrockets

A Channel 13 News poll conducted by Professor Camil Fuchs and published on Sunday evening found that the previous coalition wins 63 Knesset seats, compared to 52 for the current coalition. The poll shows that, if elections were to be hold today, the National Unity Party, headed by Benny Gantz, would win 29 seats while

The head of Iran’s athletics federation resigned on Sunday over a sporting event featuring women without the mandatory headscarf, AFP reported, citing state media. “Hashem Siami resigned from his post due to the controversies that arose from the endurance (running) race organized in Shiraz” in Iran’s south, the official news agency IRNA said. Images from

Report says minister also insisting on being part of security deliberations from which Netanyahu has so far sidelined him

The Arab League on Sunday welcomed back Syria’s government after a more than decade-long suspension, AFP reported. The pan-Arab bloc froze Syria’s membership in November 2011 over the bloody government crackdown on protesters. “Government delegations from the Syrian Arab Republic will resume their participation in Arab League meetings” starting Sunday, said a unanimous decision by

Top Budapest official would be first Hungarian figure to visit Israel since swearing-in of new hardline government, with Netanyahu and Orban long having close ties

12 flights nixed in coming months, reportedly under the directive of company’s new Orthodox controlling shareholder

More details emerged on Sunday about the gunman who killed at least eight people and wounded a half-dozen more at a Dallas-area outlet mall. The gunman, who was shot dead by police after the massacre, was identified as a 33-year-old suspected neo-Nazi sympathizer named Mauricio Garcia, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News. Garcia,