Shlomi Katzin, a resident of the Israeli city of Atlit, was scuba diving off the Carmel Coast last Saturday, when his dive turned into a very unexpected discovery: a 900-year-old Crusader sword. Katzin saw the ancient weapon on the seabed…
COVID has stopped many things in the world, but it hasn’t halted immigration to Israel, known in Hebrew as “aliyah”. And for the first nine months of 2021, immigration to Israel is up 31% over the same period in 2020—with…
German leader Angela Merkel on Sunday became the first German Chancellor to participate in an Israeli cabinet meeting, and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took advantage of the historic moment to warn Germany and the world about the Iranian nuclear…
The relations between Israel and Bahrain took another significant step forward last week, as the first-ever Bahraini ambassador to Israel presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Yet even as the focus was on Israel and Bahrain, Iran was…
The Hezbollah terror group fired 19 missiles at Israel on Friday, the largest such attack since the 2006 war between them, and warned of future attacks against Israel if conflict resumed. The IDF Twitter feed reported that 10 of the…
The war of words continued between Israel and Iran on Thursday, and the leader of Israel’s military forces confirmed escalation to military conflict is officially an option. In an interview with Ynet published Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated…