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Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat in Singapore, Aug. 21, 2023. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Economy.

Israel-Singapore talks focus on boosting trade

Bilateral commerce is on the rise.

Pesach Benson

August 21, 2023

Anti-judicial reform protesters and hotel security and staff clash at the Pastoral Hotel in Kfar Blum, Israel, May 15, 2023. Source: YouTube.

Violence breaks out at protest of Israeli minister’s visit

Anti-judicial reform activists clash with security guards and staff at a hotel in the Galilee.

May 15, 2023

Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat arrives at a Likud Party meeting on May 28, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Barkat drafts bill to stop reopening of US mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem

The mission was merged into the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem in 2019 by the Trump administration, becoming the Palestinian Affairs Unit.

July 15, 2021

A group of 26 Israelis debark from a rescue plane belonging to American billionaire philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Mr. Sheldon Adelson at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on May 14, 2020, after having been trapped in Morocco by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Courtesy.

Stranded Israelis extracted from Morocco to Israel in secret operation

The rescue, spearheaded by Likud Knesset member Nir Barkat, involved intense efforts by Israel’s National Security Council and the use of a Boeing 767 belonging to billionaire philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson.

Yehuda Shlezinger and Erez Linn

May 14, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting, at his office in Jerusalem on June 8, 2014. To his right is then-Cabinet Secretary and current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit; to his left is former Likud challenger and current New Hope Party leader Gideon Sa'ar. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90.

Likud members are now presenting alternatives to Netanyahu’s party leadership

The Likud Party has had just four chairmen since its founding, all of whom served as premier.

November 25, 2019

Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat arrives at a Likud Party meeting on May 28, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Barkat proposes primary for deputy Likud leadership, ‘inspired by US model’

Following MK Gideon Sa’ar’s appeal for Likud primaries, MK Nir Barkat suggests a plan to hold elections for a party “vice president” who could take over should the premier be removed from office.

November 24, 2019

Then-Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat attends a Hanukkah event at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Aharon Krohn/Flash90.

Former Jerusalem mayor Barkat, now a Knesset member, asks not to be paid

“Forbes“ magazine estimated Barkat’s worth at $139 million. The incoming MK requested to have his salary cut to just one shekel a year.

May 2, 2019

A view of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Group raises alarm over UNRWA’s anti-Israel incitement within its Jerusalem schools

Experts and former Israeli politicians who contend that the U.N. agency is perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by encouraging incitement are urging the Israeli government to revoke permits for schools in Jerusalem under UNRWA’s auspicious.

January 29, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Terrorist who planned to assassinate Netanyahu gets 11-year sentence

Jamal Rashda was convicted of charges including conspiracy to commit murder, aiding the enemy in a time of war, and espionage • He reported to terrorists in Syria • Rashda also planned attacks on buildings owned by the American Consulate.

Yair Altman

January 10, 2019