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Leading up to the Shavuot holiday, it’s a good time to get some Israeli wines and pair them with a good cheese/fruit platter. Reporter Arieh O’Sullivan spoke with wine sommelier David Rhodes who gave us some good pointers about which red, rose and white wines go with Shavuot dishes. (photo: Hadas Parush/flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cabinet approves 17 million shekels for development of Western Wall plaza and tunnels, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount, drawing condemnation from Arab states and Palestinians See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the rarest books of all times was sold by Sotheby’s yesterday for 38 million dollars and will be donated to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.  It is the Codex Sasson, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible, written around the year 900 and is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. Dr. Neriah Klein, scholar and lecturer in bibl...

Jerusalem celebrates 56th anniversary of reunification, security forces brace for possible clashes with Arabs, Israel sells Holland over 300 million dollars in advance artillery See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A massive security operation is in place in Jerusalem for Thursday’s march of the flags when tens of thousands of Jews  will march through the Old City to the Western Wall to celebrate Jerusalem Day - Israel’s liberation of  east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. On Wednesday, National Security minister Itamar  Ben-Gvir ,after  a meeting with top police officials ahead of the march, said that Jer...

Hamas threatens Jerusalem Day march. Jerusalem population approaches one million. Man in 60s dies in fall from cliff in Ein Gedi nature reserve See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayors threaten court action to thwart municipal tax fund. Fears of  interest rate hike next week. Maccabi Haifa clinch 3rd successive championship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local authorities strike against municipal tax fund bill. Finance minister Smotrich: bill will bring down cost of living. Dima Bushnak(19) shot dead in Salame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Turkey is heading  for a run-off vote after President Tayyip Erdogan led over his opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's election but fell short of an outright majority to extend his 20-year rule of the NATO-member country. Neither Erdogan nor Kilicdaroglu cleared the 50% threshold needed to avoid a second round, to be held on May 28, in an election seen as a verdict on Erdogan's increasi...

The government has approved apportioning an overall sum of NIS 13.6 billion ($ 3.72 billion) in coalition funds in 2023-2024. According to the proposal, the state budget for 2023 will include a dedicated sum of NIS 5.7 billion, as well as a dedicated sum of NIS 7.9 billion in 2024.    The final decision regarding coalition funds was met with opposition by Finance Ministry officials, who warned tha...

Egypt-mediated ceasefire holding, ending 5-day Gaza conflict. Islamic Jihad military  wing says 11 of its commanders were killed in Israeli military campaign. Israel's Noa Kirel with entry "Unicorn" places 3rd at Eurovision song contest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ceasefire efforts continue as firing continues. Head of Islamic Jihad rocket unit killed in overnight strike in Khan Yunis. Israel says 4 of Gaza civilian fatalities from IJ fire.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Isabel Kershner  is a correspondent for The New York Times in Jerusalem, covering both Israeli and Palestinian politics and society. Previously, she was a senior editor at The Jerusalem Report. Her new book, The Land of Hope and Fear , is described as a  rich, wide-ranging portrait of the divisions among Israelis today. Isabel Kershner spoke about the book with KAN's Mark Weiss. (Photo; Getty Imag...

Rockets fired at southern Israel  a day and a half after IDF launched operation against Islamic Jihad in Gaza Strip. Shooting attack outside ancient synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, leaves at least four dead, including two Jewish worshippers, and several injured. Israel advances to Eurovision final See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The IDF killed three senior Islamic Jihad figures in overnight strikes in the Gaza Strip, as part of an operation dubbed, "Shield and Arrow." Special directives were issued for communities up to 40 kilometers from the Gaza Strip; other municipalities in central Israel ordered the opening of bomb shelters as a precaution for retaliatory rocket fire. With Israel on alert, Col. (res.) Itamar Yaar, a...

Israel braces for response after IDF killed three top commanders of the Islamic Jihad terror group in the Gaza Strip. Residents of the south instructed to remain close to bomb shelters. US ambassador to Israel Tom Nides to leave post this summer  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The European Union has  canceled Tuesday’s planned Europe Day reception  in Tel Aviv in order to prevent  national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, from participating and speaking during the event.  "Regrettably, this year we have decided to cancel the diplomatic reception, as we do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the EU stands for," the EU said in a st...

Among the individuals and projects being highlighted during Israeli Excellence Week is "Now Me," a new initiative spearheaded by two women, Mei-Gal Avinoam and Dana Pinhasov, who were both wounded during their IDF service, and based on the challenges each of them faced in their own recoveries and rehabilitation of their lives, have founded a program to specifically provide support to IDF disabled...

In Syria, major drug smuggler, family members killed in apparent Jordanian strike. Israeli security forces arrest terror cell responsible for attempted bus bombing. EU mulls way around controversial minister Ben Gvir's participation at event See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel returns Jordanian parliament member arrested in April attempting to smuggle over 200 weapons into the West Bank, 18th consecutive week of anti-judicial reform protests staged across country Saturday night, illegal school demolished in Judea See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli security forces operating in Nablus kill terrorists responsible for Jordan Valley attack in which Dee family members were murdered during Passover holiday. IDF soldier lightly wounded in stabbing attack in Huwara; assailant neutralized. Demonstrations and traffic disruptions during day of protests against government's judiciary overhaul plan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Quiet returns to border with Gaza after ferocious strike of over 100 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad after one of its leaders died in prison from a hunger strike.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rockets fired at southern Israel after hunger-striking Palestinian security prisoner dies. Syria accuses Israel of overnight strike on Aleppo airport. President Herzog to fly to UK for King Charles coronation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The murder of a young mother and her two infant sons in Taibe brought the number of deaths by crime and violence in the Arab community since the start of the year to 64 – compared to 25 for the same period last year, a stark statistic for a national security minister who campaigned on a pledge of restoring governance and personal security. Dr. Thabet Abu Rass, co-executive director of the Abraham...

The High Court has yet again delayed a decision on evacuating the Bedouin encampment of Khan Al Ahmar. On Monday  morning the court heard arguments in yet another round of the  petition by the right-wing NGO Regavim demanding implementation of demolition orders issued by the state in 2009 to evacuate the illegal Bedouin outpost on Route 1 east of Jerusalem, in an area of the West Bank under full I...