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There are thousands of lone soldiers currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Lone soldiers have no family in Israel and most of them are new immigrants. Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that aids new immigrants from the United States and Canada, has helped lone soldiers for decades and is also expanding it help to lone soldiers from other countries as well. Marc Rosenberg, Vice President o...

Thirty years of the Oslo accords and it is not dead and continues to shape the reality in the territories. This, according to Dr. Ronnie Shaked, an expert on the Palestinians from the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Oslo was irreversible and that there was a de-facto Palestinian state which Israel need...

Israel's population nears 10 million on eve of Rosh Hashana, Israel allows delivery of armored vehicles, but not weapons, to Palestinian Authority, heavy rains contaminate beaches in Tel Aviv area with heavy runoff  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 14th Armored Brigade stationed along the Sinai front in October, 1973, engaged in among the fiercest and most significant battles during the Yom Kippur War. Now, for the first time, the stories of the heroism and courage of the brigade members on the battlefield will be presented in an innovative artistic format, the play "14." that will be staged on September 13th, at the Yad LaShiryon armore...

Protesters demonstrate outside justice minister's home ahead of pivotal High Court hearing on petitions challenging judiciary overhaul law. National security adviser confirms contacts with Palestinians as part of Saudi deal. Morocco earthquake toll nears 2,500.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Professor Danny Chaimovitz published his groundbreaking book “What a Plants Knows” a decade ago when he was a professor of plant biology - before he was the President of Ben Gurion University of the Negev - he was pretty confident it would be updated as science and research evolved. Now, he’s published the second edition of his book, in Hebrew, to update it on What plants hear because today r...

IDF confirms Palestinians attempted to launch rocket from West Bank into Israel, Israel offering rescue and humanitarian aid to Morocco after deadly earthquake, demonstrations continue over judicial reform See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coalition members warn no majority for Haredi IDF exemption bill. Dina Zilber says Supreme Court can overturn basic laws. UAL head Abbas says PM ignoring proposals to stop Arab violence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A large pro-judicial overhaul demonstration is taking place on Thursday night  close the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. Called  the “Liberty Demonstration” by its organizers, the protest claims the judiciary  “doesn’t have the authority to nullify the people’s choice” and is calling on them not to “drag the state into a constitutional crisis.” Among the speakers is finance minister Bezalel Smotrich ,...

The Hashomer Hahadash  (or New Guardians) organization held a conference Wednesday, attended by ministers and politicians, including Knesset member Mansour Abbas , head of the United Arab List. The organization started as a small group of volunteers which helped farmers in the Negev and Galilee, who were the victims of theft and vandalism. Today the group has grown considerably  and works in close...

Former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit dies at the age of 84. President Herzog says there is no solution to current crisis in Israel without dialogue. Four 1,900-year-old swords discovered in Judean Desert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most unique and largest collections of shofars are now going on display here in Israel. They include some pretty rare shofars including one made from a horn of a unicorn, or so they claim. These are on display at the Biblical Museum of Natural History near Beit Shemesh. Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke with Rabbi Natan Slifkin, founder and director of the museum about the extraordinary s...

Coalition and opposition members say no compromise reached on judiciary overhaul. Islamic Jihad member killed during IDF operation in Tulkarm area refugee camp. IDF lone soldier Sergeant Maxim Molchanov, killed in truck-ramming attack last week, to be laid to rest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Israelis arrested in Cyprus suspected of raping a British tourist. Troops enter Jenin, arrest 3 Hamas gunmen. Troops destroy illegal settler structures near Yitzhar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Britain, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has tapped Jewish lawmaker Grant Shapps as his defense secretary, after Ben Wallace formally handed in his resignation. The 54-year-old Shapps, who has no military experience, was previously serving as minister for energy security and net zero. Commenting on the pick, David Mencer, a political consultant and former Director of UK Labour Friends of Israel, tol...

Last month, during a visit to the Stella Maris monastery in Haifa, President Yitzhak Herzog spoke out against the spate of attacks on Christians in Israel, particularly in Jerusalem’s Old City.  "In recent months we have seen very serious phenomena towards the Christian denominations in the Holy Land," said Herzog.  The president called for greater understanding of the histories of the religious c...

Advocate Jonathan Jakubowitz, the founder of the Israeli Immigration Policy Center, said that yesterday’s rioting by supporters of the Eritrean government in Tel Aviv exposed the truth that thousands of these people were not asylum seekers and were not fleeing for their life. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the Israeli government could not forcibly deport people and had to find a policy tha...

Government moves to deport scores of illegal migrants from Eritrea who rioted in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu pays official visit to Cyprus, Imam and 13-year-old boy murdered in Arab town in underworld feud See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

   Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron dropped a proverbial bombshell Wednesday when he announced that he would seek election as the next Supreme Court president. Elron’s decision to throw his hat into the ring flies in the face of the so-called “seniority method” that has always been used to select the court’s president, and drew fiery rebukes. Some senior justice system officials who described Elr...

One Israeli killed, five others injured, among them soldiers, in Palestinian truck ramming attack near Maccabim crossing. Attacker shot and killed by Israeli security forces. Iran accuses Israel of trying to insert defective parts into its missiles See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distal Atbaryan has launched a campaign to gain control over the Government Press Office, reportedly saying in private that she wants the authority to deny press credentials from foreign journalists who are critical of Israel. The GPO, which acts as the voice of the government, also has a large office and facilities that caters to mainly foreign corresponden...

Thirty years after the Israeli government approved the first part of the Oslo Accords, declassified minutes from that cabinet meeting reveal the doubts of government ministers, of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and of then-IDF chief of staff, Ehud Bark, on entering into an agreement with the PLO. Despite his concerns, Rabin still implored the ministers to approve the agreement: "The business i...

IDF force neutralize Palestinian who attempted car ramming attempt near Hebron. Israeli police rescue Beit Shemesh mayor from Haredi Orthodox rioting. Former senior security officials petition High Court against probe into spyware use See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Israeli government has approved in a telephone referendum a funding framework to extend humanitarian assistance to refugees from the war in Ukraine. The cabinet approved an across-the-board budget cut for government ministries of 0.06 percent, in order to cover the estimated 40 million shekel cost of extending until the end of the year the humanitarian assistance, including health care coverag...

Flight with 130 Israelis onboard makes unscheduled stop in Jedda. After diplomatic blowout from revelation of meeting between Israeli, Libyan foreign ministers, Prime Minister Netanyahu says all secret diplomatic contacts, and publication of them, must get prior approval from his bureau. Defense Minister Gallant discusses Lebanon border tensions with UN chief See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...