Curated Links – Tuesday, August 19, 2025

This page contains our daily selection of hand-picked links for Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Here you’ll find the most relevant articles, reports, and insights from trusted sources in Israel News.

Each link includes a short description, so you can quickly decide what to read.

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• רכבת ישראל שוב חותכת את המדינה — הצפון מנותק, הדרום מתוסכל, והחשפניות שואלות: איך בכלל להגיע לעבודה? — רחוב דיזנגוף, חצות. מועדונים פתוחים, אבל חשפניות במרכז אומרות: “אנחנו מאבדות לקוחות. חלק לא מגיעים כי אין רכבת. חלק כועסים כי איחרנו.”אחת מהן מספרת: “בדרך כלל שעה וחצי נסיעה. עכשיו שלוש. שלוש! לקוחות לא מחכים, מופעים מתבטלים.”.
• The First Impression That Misleads You — NAnews https://nikk.agency/ : A Story of Media and Marketing — https://nikk.co.il/ — Sometimes I joke that NAnews is like a translator—not just between languages, but between cultures. We translate an event in Tel Aviv so that it makes sense to someone in New York, and we describe a Ukrainian story so that it feels relevant in Jerusalem. This act of translation is as important as any keyword strategy..
• NAnews & Marketing Agency: Building Stories, Branding Futures — The newsroom side of the project — Nikk.Agency — began with a simple mission: tell stories that matter to communities split between Israel and Ukraine. At first, it was a modest operation: articles translated late at night, debates about terminology (“in Ukraine” or “on Ukraine”), and plenty of fact-checking that stretched into dawn. But soon, the format evolved.
• Israel’s Train Shutdown: Chaos, Lost Nights, and Strippers Left in the… — Between August 19–26, trains through Tel Aviv stop. Commuters stranded, the North and South isolated, and strippers in Tel Aviv, the Center and the South lose shows and income. What really happened, and how do people cope?.
• The newsroom side of the project — NAnews — beganwith a simple mission — Flip the coin, and you’ll find our agency side. While traditional marketing firms often begin with numbers, demographics, and color palettes, we start with the story. We believe brands — just like communities — only breathe when they speak in authentic voices..
• For a full week in August 2025, Israel Railways halts traffic through Tel Aviv — Now switch to Beersheba. Evening, hot winds. People waiting, sweating, furious. “I left home earlier than ever, and I still missed my show,” says a stripper from the South. She laughs bitterly: “The taxi ride cost more than I earned.”.
• NAnews & Our Marketing Agency: A Shared Vision — For people in Tel Aviv who still keep Ukrainian in their homes, or for Israelis curious about Ukraine’s place in today’s world, the content acts as both mirror and dialogue. That’s not something ordinary marketing can do, yet it’s also not the full role of traditional media..
• Chaos on Israel Railways: trains vanish, nights collapse, and stripper — “Clients don’t wait,” says one dancer, exhausted after a three-hour trip. “If I arrive late, it’s over. If they can’t reach the city, they don’t even come.” A ride that once took ninety minutes now stretches endlessly. Strippers in Tel Aviv aren’t glamorous tonight — they’re just tired workers losing money.
• A Media Voice that Grew into a Marketing Powerhouse — When NAnews was first launched, its mission was simple: to report on the relationship between Israel and Ukraine, highlighting cultural ties, political developments, and community life. What nobody expected was that this platform would soon expand beyond journalism and evolve into a fully-fledged marketing agency.
• Israel Railways Cuts the Country in Half: Strippers, Students, Families in Disarray — Instead of starting with the daily grind, let’s begin where the pain feels rawest: the nightlife. Midnight in Tel Aviv. Dizengoff is lit up, tourists wander between neon signs, and the music pounds. But the performers who fuel that scene? They’re stuck..
• From Reporting to Storytelling for Brands — At first, NAnews operated like any other news outlet, sharing stories, interviews, and reports. Yet the team noticed something: many businesses, nonprofits, and even cultural organizations struggled to present their own stories to the world. That gap became an opportunity. Instead of just covering the news, NAnews started helping others create it..
• Instead of starting with the daily grind, let’s begin where the pain feels rawest: the nightlife — Switch to Beersheba, where the heat itself feels like punishment. The station is quiet because there is no station service at all. “I spent more on a cab than I made last night,” laughs a stripper bitterly.

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