Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Pixabay For the first time ever in the State of Israel, the government reports the fertility rate of Jewish women has surpassed that of their Arab counterparts, primarily due to Chareidi and Settler births. According to 2018 data released Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, the fertility rate for Jewish and Other […]

Photo Credit: CDC This image depicts a young child with the characteristic cervical swelling brought on by the mumps infection. Modi’in has announced the city is providing a special vaccine to its residents after a number of teens in the local Bnei Akiva branch were diagnosed with the mumps. It is not known how many […]

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israeli exports increased by almost 70% in the past decade, the exports to China grew five-fold, and 2019 will break another record in Israeli export which is expected to reach $114 billion, an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous year’s figures, according to a report by Israel’s Foreign […]

Photo Credit: TPS Internal Hamas Document Implicates Group in Elimination of Senior Islamic Jihad Commander in 2019. An internal Hamas document reveals its alleged involvement in the IDF’s assassination of senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Atta in the Gaza Strip in November and exposes the ongoing power struggle between the various Gaza factions. The […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay {Originally posted to the FirstOne Through website} The fancy Art Basel art fair in Miami sold a remarkable item for $120,000 in December 2019: an actual ripe banana duct taped to a wall. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); The “work of […]

Photo Credit: Tamir Baram Rightwing pirates protest high court’s judicial piracy Dozens of demonstrators in pirate costumes gathered Tuesday morning outside Israel’s High Court of Justice in Jerusalem to protest what they dubbed the “judicial piracy” of the court. The rally, organized by Im Tirtzu, was held in response to the court’s hearing on whether […]

[embedded content] Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich, 39, leader of the religious Zionist Tkuma faction in the Knesset, on Tuesday issued a frank and blunt message to his former partner, Habayit Hayehudi chairman Rabbi Rafi Peretz, suggesting that clever political maneuvering would be the death of both their parties. Last week, Peretz united with Otzma Yehudit […]

Photo Credit: TPS 1. According to PriceWaterouseCoopers, the 2019 volume of Israeli hightech exits (companies that were sold or held stock exchange offerings), totaled $9.9BN, compared to $4.9BN in 2018, $7.4BN in 2017, $14.9 in 2014, $7.6BN in 2016 and $1.2BN in 2010. If 10 follow-on deals are included (companies acquired more than once, or […]

Photo Credit: screenshot {Originally posted to The Lid website} The NY Post reports that A Jewish mom and her young son were assaulted in Brooklyn — the fifth anti-Semitic attack this week, police said Friday. Ayana Logan, 42, approached the 34-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son on Avenue U near West 5th street in Gravesend […]

Photo Credit: Courtesy CJNV The Center for Jewish Nonviolence delegation in Judea and Samaria, December 2019. To start, you should know there’s a thing called The Center for Jewish Nonviolence, and that it “strives for a future that honors the full equality and shared humanity of both Palestinians and Israelis.” Then you should know that […]