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Israeli firm’s space vest to protect astronauts from solar storm radiation

Tests show the AstroRad top could reduce exposure by up to 60% on missions to Mars or the Moon

By John Jeffay

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August 17, 2026 16:32

Preflight photograph inside the Artemis I Orion spacecraft. The mannequin on the left, Zohar, is wearing the vest. Helga, on the right, does not have a vest. (NASA/Lockheed Martin/DLR)

Trump’s envoy Kushner meets Netanyahu after discussing peace plan with Hamas

Washington wants ‘real efforts not just words’ from terror group on disarmament

By JC Reporter

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August 17, 2026 08:32

Jared Kushner speaks as a 'Gaza Timeline' is displayed on a giant screen at the Board of Peace meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

UN study debunks Gaza malnutrition claim, but Labour presses on

Falsehoods about Israel have fuelled hatred towards anything branded ‘Zionist’ – including British Jews. Yet the government seems intent on inflaming, rather than calming, those tensions

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August 14, 2026 15:30

Trucks carrying aid to Gaza provided by the World Food Programme (Image: Getty Images)

West Bank law enforcement to shift from IDF to Israel Police

Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army was not ‘capable of handling the enforcement of civil issues’ amid the ‘welcome increase in the number of settlers’

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

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August 14, 2026 15:00

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz during a press conference in Athens, Greece, on January 20, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel could face ban on hosting Eurovision

New EBU rules bar the use of venues in countries involved in ‘armed conflict’ or any other ‘sensitive geopolitical situation’

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

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August 14, 2026 10:38

Yuval Raphael during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest Opening Ceremony on May 17, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. (Image: Getty)

Israel tightens speed-camera enforcement as road deaths rise

Traffic police say ‘not a single shekel’ in fines will go to the force and that the measure is designed to improve safety

By John Jeffay

1 min read

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August 13, 2026 15:24

A speed camera seen on the Route 1 highway from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea (Flash90)

By Ashley Perry

Isolated Israel? Countries rush to sign trade and security deals

With Slovenia and Colombia expected next, the number of embassies in Jerusalem will soon reach 10

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August 12, 2026 17:30

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(L), US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan(R)smile as they participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates arrived September 15, 2020 at the White House to sign historic accords normalizing ties between the Jewish and Arab states. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly half of Brits want less immigration from Israel, poll finds

The YouGov study also showed that Green supporters were as likely to oppose migration as Reform voters if it came from the Jewish State

By Gabrielle Apfel

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August 12, 2026 16:58

An El Al plane at Heathrow Airport (Getty Images)

Israel on Trial: one judge’s search for truth

Jonathan Sacerdoti speaks to Judge Roy K. Altman about his hopeful new book, where he puts Israel in the dock

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

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August 12, 2026 16:51

Judge Altman puts Israel in the dock (Photo: Simon & Schuster)

Ed Miliband warns Israel ‘measures to come’ in response to ‘unacceptable’ settlement scheme

‘Time to come home’: Persian Jewish families whose ancestors were exiled to Babylon make aliyah

Israeli student stripped of gold medal at computer Olympiad after waving flag on podium

Israeli attack on airbase could have sparked ‘military confrontation’ with Syria and Turkey, says US envoy

IDF recovers remains of fallen soldier missing for 44 years

Walk like a caveman! A modern woman’s pelvis is similar to a Neanderthal man’s, Israeli study finds

Pro-Netanyahu TV network takes down report on former top IDF lawyer after confronting her neighbour by mistake

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