Magen David Adom and Israel Railways install defibrillators on 150 trains The collaboration has extended to include joint emergency drills, crew training, blood-donation drives and other initiatives focused on public safety. April 8, 2025
Belgian railway company urged to apologize for WWII deportations Germany paid the SNCB/NMBS to deport 25,843 Jews and 351 Roma from to concentration and extermination camps. Yossi Lempkowicz Feb. 21, 2025
New York transit CEO accuses EndJewHatred of ‘cyber attack’ “Ironic that EndJewHatred, which I am sympathetic to, has set in motion what is effectively a cyber attack against MTA leadership,” wrote Janno Lieber, who is Jewish. March 14, 2024
Police foil stabbing attack by two Arabs in Tel Aviv The would-be terrorists, both 14 years old, were apprehended near the Savidor Central railway station on Nov. 2. Nov. 13, 2023
Gazan with butcher’s knife arrested at Tel Aviv train station Separately, the Shin Bet said that Hamas was behind a recent attempt to smuggle explosives into Israel. Sept. 20, 2023
Israel announces $27b high-speed rail project The line, which is to run from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat, could in the future link Israel to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Etgar Lefkovits July 30, 2023
Siemens agrees to boycott Israel for $360 million Turkish deal The German conglomerate’s deal to provide trains may run afoul of U.S. state anti-BDS laws. June 6, 2023
Israel-Gulf train awaits Saudi normalization The project would link Haifa to the Saudi Gulf port of Damman, the UAE and Bahrain. Etgar Lefkovits May 29, 2023
Siemens signed Israel-boycott contract with Turkish railways: German media The Saudi bank financing the sale allegedly demanded the boycott commitment. Benjamin Weinthal Feb. 9, 2023
