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Israel no longer has chief rabbis after ministry fails to hold timely elections

The Religious Services Ministry failed to hold elections in time to reinstate the tenure of chief rabbis.

|ByELIAV BREUER
ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues.
Al Jazeera presenter Abdelkader Aiad works during a live newscast at a studio, in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2024.

Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau chief on shutting site in Israel: 'There are no security reasons'

After years of Israeli threats to shutter one of the most popular Arab networks, government follows through on threat at a critical time when Qatar acts as mediator between Israel and Hamas.

|ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
Israeli couple tries to smuggle iPhones into country to avoid taxation

Beersheba couple attempts smuggling 173 iPhones into Israel, arrested

Two residents of Beer Sheva were arrested in Israel on suspicion of trying to smuggle 173 iPhones, worth NIS 700,000, in an attempt to evade taxes

|ByWALLA!
ORN AND raised in Jerusalem, 48-year-old Dana Shemesh has been Israel's top female professional bodybuilder for almost two decades.

Israeli bodybuilder Dana Shemesh back and as good as ever

The previous Olympia Masters was held in 2012, but came back after a 11-year hiatus and was held in Romania for the first time.

|ByAVI KUMAR

Likud's Amsalem to join Israeli gov't this evening after delay - report

Amsalem has previously demanded control over the Government Companies Authority, which is currently part of the finance ministry.

MARCH 26, 2023
MK Dudi Amsalem reacts during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Will 2023 be the year that Israel regains deterrence on the media battlefield? - Opinion

Journalists should report the news, not be the news. Mainstream media shouldn't harbor antisemites masquerading as journalists.

JANUARY 24, 2023
ByAKIVA VAN KONINGSVELD
Likud party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on November 23, 2022.

Booking.com labels settlements, Palestinian towns ‘conflict-affected’

Booking.com has caused controversy in the Middle East as they began labeling hotels in occupied territories as hotspots for conflict.

OCTOBER 1, 2022
Employees work on computers at the new Booking.com customers site in Tourcoing

Untold News: Telling oft-overlooked positive stories on Israel

Advertising maven Marcella Rosen uses her experience to publicize sides of the Jewish state that many don’t get to see.

MAY 5, 2022
ByRACHEL COHEN
Marcella Rosen

Getting the news from Reel Israel

YouTube news show tells it how it really is

DECEMBER 22, 2020
Freelance journalist and Jerusalem Report contributor Judith Sudilovsky and Eric Narrow, Israel Communications Officer at the Jewish National Fund USA, on What The Israeli Papers Say

Lover of Israel

MAY 22, 2018
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin embraces Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes upon his arrival for a meeting at his residence in Jerusalem, ahead of the dedication ceremony of the embassy of Paraguay in Jerusalem, May 21, 2018

In case you missed it: Weekend news summary

Left your phone at home this weekend? These are all the major stories you missed!

AUGUST 6, 2017
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US President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence (L) and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster at the White House in Washington, US, July 18, 2017.

In case you missed it: Weekend news summary 499129

Left your phone at home this weekend? These are all the major stories you missed!

JULY 8, 2017
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Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

Grapevine: Saluting Hebrew Union College

“No piece of land in the State of Israel is without its sanctity and its significance.”

JULY 10, 2016
Dan Shapiro, the US ambassador to Israel, at Nevatim air force base

VIDEO: Father and daughter caught in Jerusalem balcony collapse

Perch holding pair on first floor of apartment building terrifyingly crashes to the ground without warning.

JANUARY 12, 2016
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Balcony collapses in Jerusalem

INNOVATION: High technology

Innovations in Israeli cannabis farming could lead to global solutions to feed the world

MARCH 4, 2015
The Flux team, a company which manufactures a hi-tech hydroponic growing system.