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New York mayor Eric Adams praised by Netanyahu on first foreign trip to Israel

Adams met the Israeli PM during his three-day trip to Israel and prayed at the Western Wall

By Richard Percival

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Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City visits at the Westren Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 22, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כותל אמריקה ביקור מתפלל תפילה הכותל המערבי כותל מערבי מושל ראש עיריית ניו יורק אריק אדמס

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JC Stays: The Ritz-Carlton Herzliya, Israel

By Sandy Rashty

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A wildlife officer holds a smuggled ploughshare tortoise from Madagascar, one of the rarest tortoises in the world, during an Operation Jungle Book media event at the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Torrance, California on October 20, 2017. Operation Jungle Book, a law enforcement initiative led by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that targeted wildlife smuggling, resulting in federal criminal charges against defendants who allegedly participated in the illegal importation and/or transportation of numerous animal species -- including a tiger, monitor lizards, cobras, Asian "lucky" fish, exotic songbirds and several coral species. / AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli citizen jailed in Madagascar for smuggling tortoises

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HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 28: Mayor of New York City Eric Adams speaks on stage during the National Urban League Conference Plenary II: State of Black America on July 28, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for National Urban League)

NYC mayor Eric Adams to make first foreign trip to Israel

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A shopkeeper browses a phone and smokes a waterpipe while waiting for customers at a market in the old city of Jerusalem on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Jerusalem merchant arrested after charging US tourist £1500 for ashtray

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the District Court in Jerusalem after the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan's in his trial, on July 6, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ביבי אולם מגיע עורכי דין בית משפט מחוזי דיון משפט נתניהו מילצן

Rabbi I have a problem

Can a Jewish state be led by a person on trial for alleged corruption?

By Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Bibi's government seems intent on spending the Knesset break on infighting

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Tiny beating heart created from stem cells is 'game changer' for cardiac patients

The minuscule heart, which is the size of half a grain of rice, has the potential to transform drug testing and cardiovascular research

By Eliana Jordan

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August 9, 2023 15:02

Tiny beating heart created from stem cells is 'game changer' for cardiac patients

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp: 'When I came out, people's reaction made me cry'

Schnapp, who plays Will Byers on the hit show, came out in a video posted to TikTok

By Richard Percival

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August 7, 2023 17:34

AUSTIN, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Noah Schnapp speaks onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for its Inner Soul review - How diverse Israel manages itself

Nuanced picture of Israel explores its spirit of innovation, identity politics, culture wars and inability to agree a border with the Palestinians

By Colin Shindler

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August 3, 2023 15:44

JERUSALEM, : Participants hold up the multi-coloured Gay Pride flags and the Israeli flag during a rally at the Hebrew University's Givat Ram stadium in Jerusalem, 10 November 2006. Some 2,000 participants arrived at the stadium for the rally and were out numbered by 3,000 police officers. Other officers were deployed in central Jerusalem amid a heightened security alert to prevent possible protests against the event, which has been the cause of near daily violent clashes between police and members of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of Israelis protest against judicial reforms as MKs go for summer break

Protesters keep pressure on Netanyahu after judicial turmoil

By Richard Percival

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July 30, 2023 12:42

Protesters beat drums as they protest against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on July 29, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish pilgrims clash with Christians at famous Haifa church

The Catholic church is a site of Hasidic pilgrimage

By Hannah Gillott

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July 27, 2023 13:18

Jewish pilgrims clash with Christians at famous Haifa church

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Broken Bibi is powerless as Israel tears itself apart

Part of the judicial reform bill passed into law this week, but the prime minister has never looked more beleaguered

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July 27, 2023 11:00

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and minister of Defense Yoav Galant attend a vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת מליאה נאום הצבעה יריב לוין חוק יסוד השפיטה הצבעה קריאה ראשונה יואב גלנט ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ביבי

Ian Austin

Skewed priorities harm the prospects of peace

Almost a third of Commons questions for the Foreign Secretary concerned the Jewish state

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July 27, 2023 09:46

Skewed priorities harm the prospects of peace

'Bafflingly dull': Critics pan new Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren

The film was screened earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival before its cinematic release

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July 26, 2023 09:55

'Bafflingly dull': Critics pan new Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren

Tens of thousands of Israelis march to Jerusalem in judicial reforms protest

The Knesset today began the process of enacting highly controversial legislation to reduce the power of the courts

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July 23, 2023 12:41

Tens of thousands of Israelis march to Jerusalem in judicial reforms protest

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