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Israel improves slightly in corruption survey as many nations get worst scores in years

Transparency International finds ‘global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering’

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Ben Gurion exhibit traces Jewish life throughout Israel’s history

The finds on display include a Hasmonean coin hoard, archaeological evidence of the biblical king Ahab, and a Western Wall stone

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Israel Antiquities Authority rejects bid to put it in charge of West Bank antiquities

Professionals warn that bill extending Israeli law over West Bank may strengthen claims of de facto annexation, would not solve neglect and looting...

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Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt

Israeli researchers recently deciphered an ostracon in a grand 1st-century structure in the Jordan Valley that could prove Jewish rebels used the site...

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Prehistoric artifacts from Israel prove our ancestors made art 100,000 years ago

New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began earlier than 50,000...

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Mysterious 2,500-year-old burials hint at human trafficking in ancient Israel

A mass grave in the Negev excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority sheds light on funerary, divination, and commercial practices in the first...

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Did a daring semiliterate sailor wreck a ship off the Israeli coast 2,400 years ago?

Parts of two double-handled jugs were found in the waters near Tel Achziv in 2016. Scholars recently deciphered the etched writing on one of them

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Hoard of coins illuminates triumphant Maccabee campaign in 2nd-century-BCE Israel

A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan Maccabee and his army drew...

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Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows

During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant’s inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind Syria and Mesopotamia. But...

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Fraud, forgery and sedition: 1,900-year-old papyrus records Roman trial against Jews

New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in the Land of Israel in Bar...

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Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple?

Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval Jewish nuptial bands,...

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Newly found letter shows Martin Buber’s concern over the fate of Polish Jews in 1945

On February 5, 1945, some Hebrew University scholars launched an appeal to fellow faculty members encouraging them to mobilize for European Jews

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Roman-era boundary stone hints at a political tiff described in the Jerusalem Talmud

Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local population; also mentions two...

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Magnificent hoard of gold and silver coins sheds unprecedented light on medieval Israel

New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof. Jodi Magness; its findings...

22.01.2025 20

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Sa’ar says a reformed Palestinian Authority could be involved in governing Gaza

But in a joint press conference with Italian counterpart, foreign minister says ‘pay to slay’ policy needs to end, as must incitement,...

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Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy

JTA — In April, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists pressured Florence’s city hall to have the local honorary Israeli consul resign, they...

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Israel improves slightly in corruption survey as many nations get worst scores in years

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Ben Gurion exhibit traces Jewish life throughout Israel’s history

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Israel Antiquities Authority rejects bid to put it in charge of West Bank antiquities

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Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt

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Prehistoric artifacts from Israel prove our ancestors made art 100,000 years ago

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Mysterious 2,500-year-old burials hint at human trafficking in ancient Israel

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Did a daring semiliterate sailor wreck a ship off the Israeli coast 2,400 years ago?

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Hoard of coins illuminates triumphant Maccabee campaign in 2nd-century-BCE Israel

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Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows

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Fraud, forgery and sedition: 1,900-year-old papyrus records Roman trial against Jews

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Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple?

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Newly found letter shows Martin Buber’s concern over the fate of Polish Jews in 1945

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Roman-era boundary stone hints at a political tiff described in the Jerusalem Talmud

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Magnificent hoard of gold and silver coins sheds unprecedented light on medieval Israel

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Sa’ar says a reformed Palestinian Authority could be involved in governing Gaza

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Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy

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