Israel’s Noa Kirel rides ‘Unicorn’ to Eurovision grand final
Pop singer says she did the ‘maximum to represent the country with pride’ at international song contest in Liverpool, will compete for the top prize Saturday night
Pop singer says she did the ‘maximum to represent the country with pride’ at international song contest in Liverpool, will compete for the top prize Saturday night
Israeli singer Noa Kirel advanced to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held on Saturday night, after a successful performance of her song “Unicorn” at the semifinals which were hold on Tuesday evening in Liverpool. Other countries which advanced to the finals are Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Sweden,
Columnist E. Jean Carroll laughs, cries after verdict also finds former US president defamed her; Trump, who’s acquitted of rape, pans ruling as ‘disgrace’ and ‘witch hunt’
Ronen Bar also reveals Gaza strike killed Islamic Jihad leader behind gruesome 2004 murder of Hatuel family, as Netanyahu warns terror groups against launching multi-front battle
Three terrorists opened fire on Tuesday evening outside the synagogue in the Jewish community complex in Djerba in Tunisia, while Lag Ba’Omer celebrations were being held there. The hundreds of Jews who were in the compound locked themselves inside when they heard the shots being fired in the middle of the celebration. It is believed
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, on Tuesday sent a sharply worded letter to the members of the UN Security Council ahead of the Council’s closed-door meeting on the issue of the escalation in Gaza, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. In his letter, Ambassador Erdan made it clear that the
Arrivals from Russia said to account for three-quarters of total 18,610, with sharp drop in arrivals from US, UK, France and South Africa
The President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto visited the Western Wall while in Israel. “Despite the difficulties in the world, I am very happy to visit the Holy Land of Israel. It is a great privilege,” Ruth said. Ruto and his wife, together with a large delegation from Kenya, visited and prayed at
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar revealed this evening (Tuesday) during the statement he made after the cabinet meeting that the security establishment thwarted an attempt to manufacture rockets in Jenin that would be used to attack Jews living deep inside Israel. Bar spoke about Tariq Muhammad Ezzedine, one of the Islamic Jihad leaders who was
Former President Donald Trump was found liable on Tuesday for sexual abuse and defamation by a federal jury in writer E. Jean Carroll lawsuit and ordered to pay over $5 million in damages. Carroll”s suit had accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. A nine-member jury,
The MDA reported that a call was received at 21:25 at MDA”s 101 Emergency Call Center in the Jerusalem Region of a bus that was set alight in the Issawiya neighborhood in Jerusalem. The driver evacuated himself to a nearby MDA team in the gas station in Lochamei Hagetaot St. in Jerusalem. MDA EMTs and
US Embassy in Jerusalem careful to stress its commitment to Israel’s security, while EU emphasizes importance of sides adhering to commitments made at recent regional summits
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In apparent suicide, former soldier said to shout ‘Allabu akbar’ at crossing near Beit Yatir settlement before guards open fire
The US embassy in Jerusalem issued an updated statement this evening (Tuesday) following its initial call for all sides to ‘de-escalate’ as Israel prepares for a round of conflict with terrorist organizations in Gaza. The updated statement reads: We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of Palestinian Islamic
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth tells Israel National News that the elimination of three Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza is not a new policy but rather something they have done in the past. He adds that the government was elected in November on their pledge to use such measures to protect the citizens of Israel. “This
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a press conference this evening (Tuesday) together with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet chief Ronan Bar at the end of the cabinet meeting that dealt with Operation Shield and Arrow. “This morning, the State of Israel carried out a decisive and justified
Birthright Israel called its first second generation participant a measure of the program”s stunning and historic success this week. Brooke Rubinoff, 20, of the Toronto suburb of Thornhill, Ontario, is in Israel this week with a Birthright Israel group from Canada. Rubinoff”s parents participated in program in 2001. Today Brooke received a certificate from the
Just a short while ago, we observed Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day and Yom HaZikaron, Israel”s National Remembrance Day honoring who lost their lives to war and terror and last, but not least felt the joy of Israel”s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut. However, we are suddenly in the midst of a military operation in the
Other projects set to receive millions of shekels include education program to counter Jewish assimilation abroad and advice on Orthodox family purity
The auction of a collection of Nazi linked jewels by a major auction house is going ahead despite criticism by leading Jewish groups. British auction house Christie”s announced on Tuesday it will not cancel the planned auction of the $150 jewelry collection belonging to Heidi Horton, The Guardian reported. Her husband, Helmut Horten, made a
A spokesperson for the US embassy in Jerusalem said that the Biden Administration calls on all sides to ‘de-escalate’ following the killing of three leaders of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization last night as part of Operation Shield and Arrow. “We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of
A Jewish woman who appeared to be attempting to commit suicide was shot dead after she dressed as a terrorist and appeared to attack a security force on Mount Hebron Tuesday evening. The young woman dressed in black clothes and arrived on foot from the Yatir settlement towards the security guards at the Metzadot Yehuda
7 years plus 6 weeks of waiting They pledged a name to R’Shimon, but right now the baby Shimons life is in danger&hellip. 7 endless years. 7 years of achingly empty arms, painful silence, dashed hopes and fervent tefillos. 7 years of exorbitantly expensive treatments. Of filling oceans with their tears and never giving up
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Adam Adel al-Ketnani is 74th member of Arab community killed this year in violent incidents
An Australian parliamentary inquiry into banning Nazi symbols heard from various Jewish community and other minority groups who criticized the government for being decades behind the curve on banning the hate symbols. The Australian Senate”s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, which held a hearing for public consultation as it considered a national ban on
Thousands attend Lag B’Omer torchlighting ceremony at the Bnei Akiva compound in Meron.
An indictment was filed today (Tuesday) against Yana Blum, the driver accused of causing the collision in which 10-month-old Ma’ayan Domnovitch on Independence Day two weeks ago. According to the indictment, the test performed on Blum after the accident found an amount of alcohol 2.5 times higher than the legal limit, as well as an
A group of 111 new olim (immigrants) from Ethiopia fulfilled a lifelong dream on Tuesday, landing at Ben Gurion Airport on a flight chartered by The Jewish Agency for Israel. They now join the more than 95,000 Ethiopians who have made Aliyah (immigration to Israel) to Israel with the help of the Israeli government and
‘Collateral damage’ includes 2 kids of Islamic Jihad’s West Bank commander; dentist, wife and son living below another senior fighter; 2 sisters living near 3rd terrorist
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem vowed that the terrorist organization which rules Gaza would take part in the response to the assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders overnight. “Hamas is part of the joint operations room of the factions that are leading the response to this crime. We will participate in the response against Israel,” Qassem’s
Military says men targeted were operatives in terror group who were en route to carry out a guided missile attack on the Gaza border
The IDF confirmed this evening (Tuesday) that IAF aircraft struck a terrorist squad that intended to fire anti-tank missiles at Israel in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip. “A short while ago, an IDF aircraft struck a terrorist squad belonging to the Islamic Jihad terror organization. The squad was taking Anti-tank guided
The political-security Cabinet convened this evening (Tuesday) to discuss Operation Shield and Arrow and the possibility that the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip will launch a significant response to the assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders overnight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: “Last night we embarked on Operation
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State witness Ari Harow tells court PM asked him to set up meetings with Arnon Mozes in bid to get favorable coverage in exchange for a law that would hobble a competing paper
Virginia resident Hatchet Speed also discussed with undercover FBI agent plan to ‘wipe out’ US Jews and his belief that Jewish people control Joe Biden
Amid IDF Operation “Shield and Arrow”, United Hatzalah is raising its level of alert and preparing for a possible security escalation in southern Israel. During a situational assessment held in the organization”s temporary Command and Control Center on Mount Meron, key officials and division heads decided to immediately reinforce the southern branches of the organization
Two arrests have been made in separate incidents of antisemitic verbal abuse in the heavily Jewish Stamford Hill section of London. In the first incident, a Jewish woman who was walking on a Stamford Hill street on May 2 was accosted by the suspect who told her, “One day I will kill all you Jews!”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about Operation Shield and Arrow for the first time this afternoon (Tuesday) following a security assessment at the Kirya, the military headquarters in Tel Aviv. “Those who hurt us should know that we will hurt them,” Netanyahu stated. The Prime Minister said that Iran is behind the Islamic Jihad terrorist
A university in Pennsylvania has condemned antisemitic symbols discovered in one of its classrooms last week. According to Susquehanna University President Jonathan Green, two swastikas were found on a whiteboard in a classroom in Apfelbaum Hall, The Daily Item reported. “Let us be clear: this is an antisemitic symbol of hate,” Green said in a
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and his wife were overnight guests at St. James’s Palace, where attendants walked in front of them to ensure they did not trip lights on
Special European Parliament committee calls for punishment for those who used software to spy on politicians and journalists; recommends setting up lab to help those targeted
Analysts suggest Damascus’s former allies have recognized that 12 years of shutting Assad out had little practical effect on conflict
The Canadian government was urged at a committee hearing to use its Magnitsky Law to target human rights violators internationally with sanctions. The Magnitsky Law “provides for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” B”nai Brith Canada submitted the recommendation to the Standing
Coming from a diverse range of identities and professional fields, selectees are united in ‘shaping the future of Zionism,’ the organization says as it releases the inaugural list
Yaron Blum, the former coordinator for negotiating the return of POWs and MIAs, addressed the start of Operation Shield and Arrow in the Gaza Strip overnight in an interview with Reshet Bet and praised the timing of the operation. “There has been a lot of work over the years by all the heads of the
The Ra’am party and the Islamic Movement this afternoon (Tuesday) condemned the killing of three leaders of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza overnight. “We condemn the Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir government’s attack on family homes in Gaza and the killing of women and babies in order to solve the coalition crises,” Ra’am said in its statement.
In a sign of Ukraine invasion’s toll on armed forces, Red Square parade smallest in years with no military flyover; 24 Russian cities cancel May 9 events altogether