Before taking over as the Consul General in Chennai, Hodges served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE). Prior to that assignment, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination and Press and Public Diplomacy in the Bu
A plan promoted by the Israel Land Authority in Tel Aviv-Yafo for an area for Hachashmal Park was approved for deposit in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Local Planning and Construction Committee.
Thirteen people alleged to be affiliated with organized crime groups were arrested on suspicion of involvement in incidents of arson, stabbing and threats in Beit Shemesh, a town near Jerusalem. The acts of violence were said to have been carried out as part of an ongoing conflict between cr
Jerusalem is due to unveil Israel’s longest suspension bridge on Sunday night, connecting Mount Zion with the Hinnom Valley to the south. The bridge will make Mount Zion’s holy sites and Jerusalem’s Old City more accessible to pedestrians.
Israel Police arrested three Arab residents of Bethlehem (ages 17, 18 and 19) suspected of carrying out last Thursday night’s terrorist stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighbourhood.
Many of the protesters marched the 40 miles from Tel Aviv, with others joining along the way. The protesters pitched tents at Gan Sacher Park near the Knesset, Supreme Court and other government institutions.
Thousands rallied against the controversial judicial reform bill that faces a final vote early next week, protesters set up a ‘tent city’ near Knesset after the multi-day march, Times of Israel reported.
The reform plan has met with months of massive demonstrations against it that have seen major highways and city streets blocked to traffic. Many IDF reservists have also been threatening to refuse to perform military service should it pass and this week even saw a general strike carried out
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem chaired the fourth meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Fighting the High Cost of Living.
Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure published a call for “Pioneer Leap and Demonstration” a program from the Chief Scientist Unit in the Ministry, within which it will invest approximately 25 million Shekels (USD 7 million) to promote innovative projects and develop the energy and