Israel

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Showcase unveils the similarities between different religions

An exhibition in Jerusalem is showing how women from three different religions wear similarly modest dresses.

24/04/2019

Israel

Lifting the veil: Jerusalem exhibition aims to explain religious dress

The exhibition delves into the similarities and differences between the various veils worn by some Muslims, Jews and Christians who all walk the streets of Jerusalem.

24/04/2019

Israel

Netanyahu moves to name new Golan Heights settlement after Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to try and get a new settlement in the Golan Heights named after US President Donald Trump to thank him for recognising the Jewish state's sovereignty over the disputed territory.

23/04/2019

Israel

World’s first 3D-printed heart with human tissue revealed

Israeli scientists called the 3D print a "major medical breakthrough" that advances possibilities for transplants.

16/04/2019

Israel

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft fails in moon landing attempt

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft failed in its "soft" landing on the moon's surface on Thursday evening, its support team said.

11/04/2019

Israel

Watch: Thousands of prayer notes removed from Western Wall

Twice a year the Rabbi of the Western Wall oversees the collection of the prayers to make room for more

10/04/2019

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Clean out of written prayers from cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall

The tradition of putting a small paper with a prayer between the cracks of the wall is several centuries old.

10/04/2019

Israel

Netanyahu on course for record fifth term after rival admits defeat

Benjamin Netanyahu's is on course for a fifth term as Israel's prime minister. Benny Gantz, his main rival in Tuesday's election, conceded defeat at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

09/04/2019

Israel

Euroviews. Bibi fatigue: How the Israeli election became a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu ǀ View

This is a race between two competing perspectives: Those who have Bibi fatigue and those who see Netanyahu as indispensable to the nation.

08/04/2019

World

Is Netanyahu's annexation threat a panic move as election looms?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to formally annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank ahead of Tuesday's elections in Israel.

08/04/2019

Israel

Netanyahu election pledge slammed

Turkey and the Palestinian Authority have condemned the Israeli prime minister's pledge to extend sovereignty over the West Bank

07/04/2019

Green News

Seaweed can save the planet from plastic waste

Researchers have devised a possible solution for durable plastic waste, inspired by the ocean.

07/04/2019

Israel

Israel reopens Gaza crossing after "Great March of Return” protests

Israel reopens Gaza crossing after "Great March of Return” protests

31/03/2019

Israel

Watch: A look inside the world's longest salt cave

During one dinner break the researchers felt their pasta lacked flavour – "So we just broke some salt off and used that."

28/03/2019

Israel

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after long range missile attack

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after long range missile attack

26/03/2019

Israel

Outcry as Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

President Donald Trump says it's time for the United States to fully recognise Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a territory captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Such a move would reverse decades of US foreign policy.

22/03/2019

Destinations

How to save the rainforests of the sea?

Two new projects are aiming to restore and save coral reefs.

17/03/2019

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Tel Aviv installs 'zombie lights' for pedestrians addicted to mobiles

Tel Aviv is trying to catch the attention of people distracted by their smartphones using LED stoplights embedded in its pedestrian crossings.

15/03/2019

Israel

Red Sea corals flourish at previously-restricted Israeli beach

For 50 years an Israeli oil company kept bathers off a prime Red Sea beach. But it couldn’t stop sea life: a spectacular coral reef blossomed over time. Now, scientists have discovered a magical undersea world.

13/03/2019

Israel

Israel shoots one man dead on Gaza border

Israeli forces shoot dead one Palestinian man who was part of protests at the border with Gaza.

09/03/2019

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Ultra-Orthdox Jews try to block women's rally in Jerusalem

The woemn were praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall but ultra-Orthodox protesters tried to stop them.

09/03/2019

Israel

Rival Tel Aviv protests over Bibi corruption charges

Rival Tel Aviv protests over Bibi corruption charges

03/03/2019

Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption charges: what's next? Euronews answers

Netanyahu faces three possible charges on bribery, breaching trust and fraud. It could be his downfall.

01/03/2019

Israel

Netanyahu dismisses corruption charges as 'witch hunt'

Netanyahu has denied the allegations and denounced "an unprecedented witch hunt intended to topple the right-wing government."

28/02/2019

Israel

Israel to take 'digital bible' into space and leave it on the Moon

The privately funded venture will include a copy of the Bible and Israel's national anthem.

21/02/2019

Living

Would you choose lab-grown steak to help the environment?

Scientists in Israel are growing their own steaks in the hope that it could one day help to solve the problem of food production and climate change.

28/01/2019