Israel catches up with Ukraine in the UEFA ranking: four clubs against Shakhtar’s bonuses
Ukraine is currently ahead of Israel in the UEFA national associations ranking, but out of four Ukrainian clubs, only two continue the fight. Israel has retained all its representatives, so the August matches could significantly reduce the gap. Ukraine has dropped to 23rd place in the five-year UEFA national associations ranking. Israel is in 25th […]
Turkey called Al-Aqsa ‘one of our holy sites’: what 14 Muslim countries decided in Amman and how Israel responded
Turkey did not “declare” Al-Aqsa its property, but Hakan Fidan included it among the “shrines affecting the values of the Turkish people.” A joint statement by 14 states went much further, declaring all 144 dunams of the Temple Mount “a place of worship exclusively for Muslims.” On August 5, 2026, a special ministerial meeting on […]
Chornitsa at Sho: Ukrainian rock from Haifa will be heard in Tel Aviv on August 7, 2026
On Friday, August 7, 2026, at 8:00 PM, a concert Chornitsa at Sho will take place at the restaurant Sho? in Tel Aviv — an evening of live Ukrainian rock, powerful vocals, new songs, and the atmosphere for which people come not just to “listen to music” but to become part of an event. For […]
From Empire to Putin’s Russia: How the Abolition of the Pale of Settlement Helps Understand “Great Russian” Anti-Semitism
On April 2, 1917, the Provisional Government officially abolished religious and national restrictions in the former Russian Empire. For Jews, this meant the end of the Pale of Settlement — one of the most well-known systems of state discrimination in European history. Formally, the document was adopted on March 20, 1917, according to the old […]
Up to 37.5 shekels per day: what is known about the paid entry into the Tel Aviv agglomeration
A regular commute to downtown Tel Aviv may incur another expense line — in addition to gasoline, parking, insurance, and time spent in traffic. In the Gush Dan metropolitan area, preparations for a congestion charge system continue. Drivers are planned to be automatically identified when crossing the borders of three payment rings, and the cost […]