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In historic first, Israel Air Force flies above Dachau camp in Germany

A joint drill by the Israeli and German air forces on Tuesday included a historic flyover above the Dachau concentration

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Secular Jews are starting to understand the haredi Orthodox — thanks to Israeli television

Cracks in the secular-religious divide have begun to appear, and I believe much of the credit for the happy fissure belongs to Israeli television, writes Rabbi Avi Shafran.

“At 4 a.m., Israeli rocker Aviv Gefen was still crying, head in hands, in the empty Haifa-area amphitheater where he had performed the previous late May evening. Staff members urged him to go home.

In a televised interview days later, the popular performer described what had happened. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, he had performed in a venue empty of anything but amphitheater staff and a videographer. He had dedicated a song “with love” to the community of Bnei Brak. The densely populated haredi Orthodox community there was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus.

“I leave the stage,” Gefen recalled, “and I see on my telephone, without exaggeration, 420 messages. I start opening them, scrolling, and learn that someone had given my number to all of Bnei Brak. And I cried. And I could not leave the empty amphitheater. I started to cry. The love, the division in the nation, suddenly everything came together. The love I received came from people I had denigrated since I was 19. People who now erupted with love and with tears.”

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What Israel can teach the world about beating a pandemic

Instead of falling victim to the Covid-19 crisis, Israel faced it head on. Now as corona wanes in Israel, we look back on how it achieved victory over this first outbreak with relatively few deaths.

Politics | Opinion

Dear Europe – the Israelis are not your Jews

It is revealing how they address their complaints against Israel, doing so in terms of “punishment,” as to a misbehaving child. Opinion.

Politics | Opinion

Israeli Sovereignty, Not Appeasement, Is the Key to Lasting Peace

It is long past time for Israel to apply sovereignty to large swaths of Judea and Samaria.

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Israelis Adjust To New Normal With Creativity, Digitization, And Cautious Optimism

In Israel, one of the first countries to lock down and then reopen, there is a common desire for a familiar routine.

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For first time, Israelis recovered from coronavirus outnumber those still sick

Over half of the 15,782 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have regained their health; death toll climbs to 212, including Bnei Brak rabbi; condition of girl, 11, improves

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Hamas Arrests Palestinians in Gaza for Zoom Video Chat With Israelis

Palestinian police officers loyal to Hamas march during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City, April 29, 2019. Photo: Reuters / …

This is why there will never be peace with these people.

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: If I survived Metzad, You Can Survive the Corona Lockdown (Judean Rose)

Part of living through the coronavirus lockdown means being a light unto the nations.

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Elder Of Ziyon - An Israeli Arab, and proud to be a Zionist

From Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Israel Arabic" Facebook page:

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Israeli Orthodox Jewish Female Runner Wins Miami Half Marathon, Her First US Race

Beatie Deutsch, center, receiving her first place award after the Life Time Miami Half Marathon. Photo: Facebook. Beatie Deutsch, an …

This might seem incredible. But if you’ve spent any time in the Orthodox community, it’s not even slightly surprising. And she has five kids!

Politics | Media Bias

Israelis Are Under Attack, Media Is MIA

  Israelis have just suffered at least three terror attacks in under 24 hours. Details are still coming in, but here's what we know so far: In the

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UNPACKED - Why Do Israelis Love EDM?

UNPACKED – Why Do Israelis Love EDM? In this final episode of Israel Phenomenology, Chloé takes another look at Israel’s music scene and asks why Israelis are so hardcore about electronic dance music (EDM). With its repetitive beat, it can seem l

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Israeli search & rescue squad expands across the Americas

ZAKA volunteers perform rescue and recovery in Israel and abroad; new units are starting in key Western cities.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

CHAREIDIM REFUSE Jordanian Demand To Remove Yarmulka And Tzitzis, Women To Remove Head-Coverings

Almost 100 Israeli deputy mayors who were attending a conference in Eilat were scheduled for a tour of Petra, Jordan on Tuesday morning. Instead of

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

WATCH: Sderot Resident Gives Reporting Crew The Jewish Mother Treatment | Israellycool

An elderly resident of the beleaguered town of Sderot looks after a television crew

I love this!

Politics | "Apartheid" State?

Apartheid Fails Everywhere in Follow-Up Story on Murdered Arab-Israeli Alia Maasarwe | Israellycool

Remember Arab-Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe who was murdered in Melbourne, Australia in January of this year, and whose death was grotesquely politicized by the likes of then ABC Australia journalist Jennine Khalik?

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'Russia is constantly trying to arrest Israeli citizens'

Russia will continue to use Israeli citizens as bargaining chips to advance their own political and diplomatic objectives, says former

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Remembering Danny Lewin H'yd: The very first victim of 9/11

Danny Lewin, veteran of the IDF’s elite commando team, outstanding graduate of Israel’s Technion and MIT  PhD student at MIT will be forever remembered for his attempt to prevent the hijacking of Flight 11, becoming the very first victim of 9/11.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Group of Israelis Brutally Attacked in Warsaw by Arab Men Shouting 'Free Gaza'

Israeli Yotam Kashpizky after being beaten by a group of Arabs in Warsaw, Poland, September 8, 2019. Photo: Facebook screenshot. …

But the left keeps feeling is that hating Israel isn’t Antisemitism, which is absurd: it’s just the latest excuse in the centuries long history of Antisemitism.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Amnesty breaks its own rules on how to avoid stereotyping people

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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ENOUGH! Israeli mother who lost her daughter gives victim-playing Rashida Tlaib a MUCH needed dose of reality

Suck it up, Rashida.

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YEMACH SHEMOM: Palestinians Shoot Fireworks As Thousands Attend Levaya Of Dvir Sorek HY”D [SEE THE VIDEO]

Thousands of people accompanied the funeral procession of Corporal Dvir Sorek (19) which took place in the regional cemetery in Ofra on Thursday night. Sorek was found murdered early on Thursday mo…

ANIMALS.

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Elder Of Ziyon - Are there “Arab Jews?”

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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Steve Kramer - Who Are the (Jewish) Israelis

Steve Kramer – Who Are the (Jewish) Israelis There is concern today by many in Israel that some Israelis are unappreciative of their Jewish heritage. Author and journalist Shmuel Rosner has challenged this by suggesting a new paradigm for most of us

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Should American Jews Speak Hebrew? – Tablet Magazine

Before 1948, David Ben-Gurion used to joke about Zionism’s future: How will we know when we have become a real country like the rest of the world? When Jewish thieves and Jewish prostitutes conduct their business in Hebrew—and Hebrew-speaking policeme

For me the answer is absolutely "yes." Yet I don't speak fluent Hebrew. I've tried to learn many times. The reality, at least for me, and I imagine many others. is that it's very difficult to learn a language unless you're immersed in it, or have a special aptitude for languages. I wasn't blessed with that ability. But should we all learn it? Yes.

News | The News

Man Allegedly Flashes Female Jogger. She's A Former Israeli Soldier. Then This Happens. | Daily Wire

Last Thursday morning, a single mother of two was jogging along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts when she was allegedly flashed twice by a man running the other way, who didn’t know one crucial fact about the 6’1” woman:

She was a former soldie

Yup.

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Report: Israel intelligence foiled 50 Islamic State, Iranian attacks in 20 countries

Report says a dozen terror attacks were thwarted in Turkey in past 3 years, despite Erdogan's public posturing against Israel, and even when diplomatic ties were severed

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

10 tips to survive the boiling Israeli summer like a local | ISRAEL21c

An essential traveler’s guide to protecting yourself from the sun and staying hydrated (without wasting water!), Israeli-style.

News | Standing With Israel

Gal Gadot on Why She is a Proud Israeli Who Tries to Spread the Truth About Israel to the World | Israellycool

If you weren't already enamored with Gal, I'm guessing this should do it

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This Week's Sanity Report from Israel June 2 2019

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 2 2019 The highlights include: Israelis are testing a new treatment for incurable blood cancer. Surgeons at an Israeli NGO have saved their 5,000th non-Israeli child. Jews in Hebron hosted an Iftar feast fo

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Two female Israeli engineering students help bring clean water to Uganda

Two female Israeli engineering students help bring clean water to Uganda h/t Israelfirst Two female Israeli engineering students help bring clean water to Uganda; Two young Israeli female students Selda Edris and Mayes Morad build purification device for

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Israel Museum Exhibit Features New Sections Of Astronaut Ilan Ramon's Diary | Technology News

A new, unique display called 'Time and Space' links the diary to an ancient text from biblical times. | NoCamels

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Haters Attack Aladdin Actor Mena Massoud For Posting About Israeli Restaurant | Israellycool

Aladdin actor Mena Massoud recently posted a video showing him enjoying food at an Israeli restaurant - which he identified as such. Unhinged hilarity ensued

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israeli entrepreneurs less prone to 'tantrums' than Americans: Tusk Ventures CEO | The Times of Israel

Bradley Tusk, often called the 'fixer' as he helps startups navigate the quagmire of regulation to grow their businesses, is recording a podcast on Israeli startups

History | History

Rashida Tlaib’s Lies Remind Us Why Israel Must Exist; The myth that Palestinian Arabs helped Jews in WW2; You know you’re a Zionist when...

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

News | Media Bias

BBC Erases Non-Israeli Jews from Entebbe Hostages | HonestReporting

The BBC's story of the Entebbe crisis counts 94 Israelis, erasing the non-Israeli Jews also held hostage. Rather than correct, the BBC doubles down.

Travel | Israeli Culture

18 Little-Known, Amazing Things About Israel As It Turns 71!

From the largest dog cemetery to kosher stamps, we rounded up some more obscure but fascinating facts about the country ahead of Independence Day

Travel | Israeli Culture

Women’s Day: What Makes Israeli Feminism Different Than All Other Types Of Feminism?

Travel | Israeli Culture

Taking Care Of Business: Essential Tips On How Best To Work With Israelis | Technology News

Organizational consultant Osnat Lautman wrote the book on Israel's unique business culture and how to navigate it.

Travel | Israeli Culture

Here’s why, despite it all, Israelis live longer

An average lifespan of 82.5 puts Israel in the top 10 countries for longevity -- ahead of the US, with its 78.7 years

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National Library, Facebook Launch Joint Project To Identify IDF Soldiers In Rare, Historic Images

The Library posted unique albums to its Facebook page showing IDF soldiers throughout Israel's various wars, and inviting the public to identify friends and loved ones. | NoCamels

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Israelis Stand in Silence to Remember Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism

An IDF soldier and a friend stand still as a one-minute siren marking Memorial Day is sounded across Israel, at …

Politics | Opinion

There's Nothing Progressive About Terrorists Targeting Civilians—Except When Israelis Are the Victims

Many Western progressives, including those in elected office, who claim to support peace, equality, and social justice, seem to think it is OK for Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to launch rockets at Israeli civilians.

Politics | Opinion

FLEISHER: Explaining The Clash Of American Liberal Jewry And Israeli Nationalism

The recent landslide election of Benjamin Netanyahu and the ascendancy of the Israeli Right has deepened the rift between Israeli and American Jews — the latter of whom disproportionately identify with the political Left.

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

WATCH: Ari Fuld's murder celebrated on Palestinian TV

A former mayor of Gaza City interviewed on a Palestinian TV network extolled the terrorist who stabbed to death Israeli Ari Fuld last week, praising the “morale” of murderer Khalil Jabarin.

More from the scum who are supposed to be Israel’s “partners in peace.” This is absolutely revolting.

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Major Gun-Law Reform Passes, Allowing Arming of Thousands More Qualified Israelis

JNS.org – A major reform to Israel’s gun law meant to put an end to terrorism on Israeli streets will make...

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Maori Group Holds Apology Ceremony Over New Zealand’s Opposition to Israel at UN | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner

A group representing the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand held this week a traditional ceremony of apology for the...

Repeat after me: JEWS, NOT ARABS, ARE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. Science (archeology and genetics) proves that fact.

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Mossad recovers Israeli spy Eli Cohen's wristwatch

In special operation, the Mossad retrieved the wristwatch of Israel's spy in Damascus, Eli Cohen, who was caught by the Syrians and executed in 1965; watch was apparently sold to the Mossad by grandchildren of woman who kept it all these years.

This is so cool.

Politics | Opinion

Terror kites, terror tunnels, suicide bombings, stabbings, rock-throwing: the lie of the Palestinian “right of return”

Nazi politician and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels once advised: “When one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. [One should] keep up the lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.”

This is one of the best opinion pieces about the Palestinian issue I have read in a very long time...

“Jews do not refer to the slaughters, pogroms, property confiscation and deportations they endured in Arab countries as nakbas (the Arabic word for catastrophes). Instead of using these slaughters and expulsions to drive their narrative, Jewish Israelis have chosen to build a country. None of them, including the Holocaust survivors who (to put it mildly) had the right to be heart-wrenchingly furious after losing most of their families, have ever returned to their countries of origin to throw bombs, stab civilians, run down people with vans, and commit other acts of terror and revenge.”

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(Ignorant) Anti-Israel activist shares 1939 clip of ‘Palestinian’ Jewish soccer players

George Galloway posts video of Maccabi Tel Aviv, in blue and white with Star of David logo

Galloway is sick and idiot. But the point is that Arabs didn’t call themselves “Palestinian” until after 1967. In fact, they hated the term because it was exclusively applied to Jews before 1948. Repeat after me AGAIN: there has never, ever, not for a second, been an independent nation called “Palestine.”

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After night in bomb shelter, family wakes up to discover porch hit by rocket

Naomi Fletcher saw pottery scattered on lawn and blamed the cats; then she saw the projectile and a yawning meter-wide hole

Politics | "Apartheid" State?

The truth about Israel’s “apartheid wall” – Israel Video Network

Is it really that shocking?

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

500 Startups launches a short marketing ramp-up bootcamp for startups in Israel | TechCrunch

500 Startups is launching a four-week program in Israel that targets pre-seed and seed companies as they get to the stage where they begin marketing their..

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UN ranks IDF emergency medical team as ‘No. 1 in the world’

Israel becomes first country to earn World Health Organization’s highest ranking for its field hospital unit

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'I yelled for help and they spat at me,' says victim of Jerusalem attack | The Times of Israel

Adele Banita gives harrowing account of terror assault in which her husband Aharon and Old City resident Nehemia Lavi were murdered, and she was badly wounded

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Arabs Throw Stones at Ambulance Carrying Bodies of Murdered Boys

According to multiple reports, Arabs stoned the IDF ambulance that was carrying the bodies of the murdered Israeli teenagers. The ambulance was forced to stop, its windshield shattered. According to The Algemeiner:

They are animals.