merge International
May 23, 2019, 12:19 am
Israeli actress Shira Haas nominated 
for Emmy for ‘Unorthodox’ role
Haas was nominated in the category of outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie, alongside Australian actress Cate Blanchett.
By Nathan Jeffay
Australia's Eurovision entrant Kate-Miller Heidke. Photo: SBS
May 19, 2019, 10:51 am
Australia finishes ninth in Eurovision
Australia's Kate-Miller Heidke has secured ninth place in the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Tel Aviv.
By Nathan Jeffay
Malka Leifer being led into the Jerusalem District court last February. Photo: EPA
May 16, 2019, 12:00 am
Leifer, Litzman revelations set to air
THE scandal over a top Israeli politician's alleged interference in the Malka Leifer case is expected to cause an earthquake in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition-building. 
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin review the president's order giving Netanyahu two more weeks to form a government, on May 13, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 14, 2019, 9:53 am
Netanyahu gets two more weeks to form a government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two more weeks to form a government.
Signs carried and badges worn at the National Demonstration for Palestine in central London on May 11, 2019.
May 13, 2019, 10:42 am
Thousands march in London for a ‘free Palestine’
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London for the National Demonstration for Palestine.
John T. Earnest stands at his arraignment hearing in San Diego County Superior Court. Photo: Nelvin C. Cepeda/Pool/Getty Images
May 13, 2019, 10:14 am
Poway gunman: ‘Jewish people are destroying the white race’
The gunman who killed a woman and wounded three others at the Chabad of Poway told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because “the Jewish people are destroying the white race.”
Malka Leifer appears in an Israeli court. Photo: AP
May 13, 2019, 9:46 am
‘Leifer functions like a normal woman’
A private investigator who tracked alleged sex-offender Malka Leifer has said that during the two weeks he and his associates followed her they did not witness anything that would indicate she does not function like a normal person.
The family of Moshe Agadi at his funeral in Ashkelon last Sunday. Photo: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner
May 9, 2019, 12:00 am
‘There’ll always be a hole in our hearts’
THE rockets have stopped, but the tears continue. 
By Nathan Jeffay
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president-elect, meeting with rabbis in Kiev.
May 7, 2019, 9:37 am
Ukraine’s Jewish president-elect meets with Chabad rabbis
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian Jewish actor who was elected president last month, met the country’s top Chabad rabbis.
Palestinians walk through the wreckage of a building that was damaged by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 5, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 7, 2019, 9:24 am
Netanyahu: Gaza battle ‘not over’ despite cease-fire
Despite Monday morning’s cease-fire, which ended two days of intense fighting between Israel and Hamas, the “campaign is not over,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
An apartment building hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, in southern Israel, on May 5, 2019. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 6, 2019, 4:42 pm
Israel reaches ceasefire in Gaza after two days of violence
Palestinian media reported early Monday morning that a ceasefire agreement was reached between Gaza officials and Israeli officials.
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, May 4, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
May 6, 2019, 9:59 am
Eurovision on track in Tel Aviv despite threat of rockets
Performers scheduled to take the stage next week at the Eurovision Song Contest have begun rehearsing at the contest’s venue in Tel Aviv despite the threat of rockets.
Residents of southern Israel survey the damage to their home by a rocket fired from Gaza on May 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 5, 2019, 9:57 am
At least 300 rockets fired from Gaza strike Israel
A 58-year-old Israeli man is dead after a rocket hit his home in the city of Ashkelon. At least 300 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza on Saturday, directly hitting two houses and also seriously injuring an 80-year-old woman.
Smoke trails are seen as a rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. Photo: Reuters
May 4, 2019, 6:28 pm
90 rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel
About 90 rockets were fired from the Gaza strip into Israeli territory as Iron Dome batteries intercepted dozens of rockets fired at Ashkelon and the Gaza border communities on Saturday, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Eva Heyman
May 3, 2019, 10:23 am
Holocaust victim’s story told on Instagram
MILLIONS of people have been flocking to Instagram, transfixed by the story of a Jewish teenager … during the Holocaust.
By Nathan Jeffay
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