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Rabbi Daniel Sperber with a Jain spiritual leader. (Hillel Maeir/TPS)

Not your average interfaith confab

JERUSALEM (TPS) — Over 20 religious leaders from East Asia arrived in Israel Monday, Sept. 12, for a four-day summit in Jerusalem. Participants came from countries...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a press conference, April 22, 2014 in Ramallah. (Thaer Ghanaim/ Getty)

Was Mahmoud Abbas a KGB spy?

JERUSALEM — Evidence has been unearthed that points to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas serving as an agent for the USSR during the 1980s. Isabella Ginor...

IntSights team, l-r: Bal Ben David, Gy Nizan and Alon Arvatz

Israelis hack encrypted ISIS group

HERZLIYA — An emerging Israeli startup firm in the cyber-security sector managed to infiltrate an encrypted ISIS group and retrieve the terror organization’s latest...

A mosaic in the exhibition depicts an ancient fabric shop. (Andrew McIntire/TPS)

The art of mosaics returns to Jerusalem’s Old City

JERUSALEM — A new art and tourism project featuring 10 original and reproduced mosaics was unveiled on July 25 by Israel’s Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Zeev...

Yosef Gamliel testifies at the Knesset committee. Tsachi Miri/TPS

‘Yemenite children affair’ awakens

JERUSALEM — A painful chapter in Israel’s history — the mysterious disappearance, or abduction, of hundreds of Yemenite children shortly after the country’s...

Israel Police appoints first ever Muslim commissioner

TEL AVIV — The Israel Police appointed the country’s first ever Arab Muslim commissioner in what was described as an emotional ceremony on Wednesday, April 13. Jamal...

Israeli wine exports up by 6%

TEL AVIV — As the Israeli wine industry continues to expand, more international markets are opening up to what Israel’s winemakers have to offer. The 2016 Sommelier...

Knesset open house…playhouse

JERUSALEM — Thousands attended the first ever “open house” event in the Knesset building in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Israeli legislature opened its doors to...

For Yazidis of Iraq, crisis is not over

NEARLY ONE year ago, global media and public opinion raged over the humanitarian crisis and near genocide facing the Yazidi population of northern Iraq at the hands of...

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